Planta: Plant & Garden Care

• Premium Plant Care — $47.99/year ($3.99/mo) (derived from the IAP title)

Last verified 29 Aug 2026

• Free download · core features require a paid plan
• In-app purchases: $7.99 - $69.99 per item
• Subscription

Last verified 31 Aug 2026

4.8 113426 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5This is the app I wanted!!!

   If you are a plant parent and need something to keep you organized, this is your app. I originally bought a subscription to another plant app starting with a P which I now regret…because its answer for every plant problem is water and light and soil without being specific. This one is VERY specific and is really good about identifying the correct plant If you don’t know what you are working with. But the thing I really enjoy about it is the schedules…it tailors your watering schedule to your plant and takes into account the size, light, soil, type of pot and reminds you to fertilize and mist and snip flowers…just everything. I bought a subscription pretty immediately because I wanted access to all the features, so I don’t remember what comes free and what doesn’t but what is also cool is the progress updates. You can keep records of the soil recipe you used, compare pictures to see how it’s doing, and it has a snooze and skip feature in the event that you check your soil and it’s not ready for watering yet. I strongly recommend this app for anyone who wants to be more organized and diligent with a watering schedule…my only recommendation for an additional feature would be to have something to track when you spray it with bug spray. Great, great app…I look forward to using it for a long time to come!!!

   emgonz1975 · 29 Aug 2026

2. 4/5Very helpful app but some suggestions…

   🪴🪴🪴🪴Edit: I noticed that you added the slow release fertilizer sticks as an option but you cannot change this for an existing plant. 😔 I have 120+ plants and would prefer to use those types of fertilizers but don’t want to have to delete all my plants and add them back and lose all my progress. Can you please push another update that allows you to modify your current fertilizer preferences? ⭐️ 🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟 I have been using Planta for several months now and use it daily. I am a premium subscriber and while I do love the app I have some suggestions: it doesn’t seem to update watering schedule based on the amount of times you snooze the action. I live in rural VA and in the spring my houseplants don’t seem to need to be watered as often as the app suggests based on pot type and location. I would have thought the app would develop an algorithm over time but it doesn’t seem it has. Another helpful thing would be for you to be able to take a picture of a plant problem and submit it for review. I have had some issues with my plants that I am not positive are the issues outlined in Dr. Planta so I am not confident I am always treating the condition effectively. I wish that feature was more robust. I would also like to have the option to add light sources that are grow lights as I grow a lot of mine under lights. Overall, I love the app and will likely subscribe for another yearly subscription next year too. 🙂

   irieyed · 29 Aug 2026

3. 4/5Very helpful, makes me feel confident to buy more plants

   I had a few houseplants for awhile but could never remember to water them, and so I didn’t feel like a very good plant mom. I decided to try an app, and I’m happy I chose this one, and I’m happy to pay for the premium version. I find it super helpful with the daily reminders, and the ability to identify plants through the app. There are somethings I wish I could do through the app — I wish when you add a plant it would prompt you with questions about the current condition the plant is in, is the soil still moist when you bought it, are there new leaves that haven’t opened yet? Things like that that could help you notice the progress your new plant makes since bringing it home. I appreciate the Dr Planta feature but I wish they gave you the option of writing in what the issue is, instead of just giving you a couple of options to choose from. Also, I wish you could update a plant’s type after you have entered it as part of your inventory. I think I chose the wrong color variant on one of my plants, and I think I just have to delete it and enter it as the other one? Please tell me if there is a way to change this without deleting it and losing all of the data I had saved for it. Overall I’m very happy with this app, and I think the premium features are worth it for a newbie like me. I have learned a lot already and I’ve only had the app for a month. Thanks Planta!

   thehowlingwool · 29 Aug 2026

4. 4/5Best app out of all the other

   I was struggling to find an app I kept deleting some because they never notify in time, they never recognized my plant, or their plant spectrum was not broad enough. I really like this app it gives you information about your plant that I never knew. I hesitated on getting the subscription but I’m glad I made the decision on buying it. The plant doctor is so helpful it tells what I’m doing wrong when I didn’t realize that I was doing harm to the plants. I love the schedule misting option cause most of my plants need that and I forget to do that when I live in a dry area. The only reason why I didn’t give it all 5 stars because it has some flaws I hope they can fix. For example live in Los Angeles and the app says the weather here is 70 degrees which in reality it’s either 80 or 90 😣 so I don’t know if that will affect my plants watering at night since it tells me to water them longer than I usually do. Talking about the watering schedule I wish it has a schedule of setting a LOUD alarm at a specific time because I am a college student the only time I can care for my plant is between 10-11 o’clock am and I know I can’t water them later because of my assignments; another thing is when I water them at night, I learned the hard way, my plants are more prone to pests and bacteria. If anyone is reading this help to get the developers attention to fix this app I really like it.

   Ritz8D · 29 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Not worth the subscription

   It’s ok. But not yet worth the money for the premium subscription. I’m an advanced plant keeper, and my main reason for buying it was to track my plant care so I don’t have to do it manually in my own database, which does save a lot of time. Plus, I like the ability to search plants quickly for different qualities. So I’m enjoying it for some of those things. However, it’s not really there yet. Good things: 1) Fairly nice plant search and plant ID; 2) Nice task tracking features 3) Nice notifications 4) Tasks can be grouped by site, task, or plant, which is nice. 5) Ability to customize plant care for advanced users - nice. Frustrating things: 1) some of the info is just plain wrong. They do allow users to send corrections, but that requires their users to do their research for them — kind of lame. 2) So far, zero support. I’ve contacted them twice but no response. 3) I can’t use it with both my iPhone and iPad because the password/sign in isn’t working to cloud-share info. 4) Plant search is really nice to suggest plants by site conditions, but doesn’t allow multiple filters (such as, only pull up plants that aren’t toxic to pets/kids, etc.) 5) The info is very, very simplified — which is good in some ways, but not in others. A room may have several different lighting zones in it, but Planta just simplifies these into a “room,” and then tells you what would work in there or not. Advanced users would know they need to customize that a lot more, but beginners might not realize that their site still doesn’t get enough light even though Planta says it does. Etc.

   zenblue66 · 29 Aug 2026

4.1 20946 ratings · Google Play

1. 1/5

   Tried to cancel but can't cancel for a year. I was only on the app for 15 min.

   Loretha Whiteside · 1 Aug 2026

2. 2/5

   Dissappointing, I paid to use the picture plant identifier, but it did not identify any of my plants correctly.

   Eszter Tóth · 1 Aug 2026

3. 1/5

   I used to love this app, but the people running it don't care about their users. it's stayed the exact same since I got it. helped me start my plant hobby. it got me to remember to water my plants. It was the only app I recommended for my friends. but I've had lots of issues with it now that I'm farther in my plant journey. Too many useless features and notifications for things you don't actually do. I emailed them twice now, told them my issues and they never got back to me.

   Branden Tate · 1 Aug 2026

4. 1/5

   App does not load or takes multiple minutes. its very annoying

   Alan Ritchie · 1 Aug 2026

5. 1/5

   Forces you to share your exact location. Just for a watering schedule? No thanks.

   Nick Bednarz · 1 Aug 2026

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