GrowSpot: Plant Care & Light
GrowSpot House & Home In-app purchases
Houseplant care: light meter reads the spot, not the room. Watering reminders.
- Downloads
- 90+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Sep 28
- 2026 · v1.2.1
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About GrowSpot: Plant Care & Light
GrowSpot is a houseplant care app that tells you whether a plant can thrive in the exact spot you have in mind — and it tells you honestly.
Most plant care apps ask which room a plant lives in. GrowSpot reads the spot, not the room.
🌿 SPOT-LEVEL PLANT MATCHING
Every window, shelf, and balcony corner is its own little climate. GrowSpot scores each plant-spot pair on light, warmth, humidity, and airflow: light and airflow are read at the spot itself, while warmth and humidity are worked out from your local weather and whether the spot is indoors, on a balcony, or outside. If a spot won't work, it says so before you move the plant. Give two balcony spots different directions and GrowSpot can tell you why the left side works and the right side doesn't.
💡 BUILT-IN LIGHT METER
Set your phone down right where the plant will live and the light meter reads that spot in lux. No guessing from a room name, and no fake precision: it measures in daylight and tells you when the sun is too low or the weather too poor for a reading it would trust. What the light meter can't measure, GrowSpot works out from your local weather and how you described the spot — and it marks which readings were actually measured. When it can't tell, it says so instead of making a number up.
💧 WATERING REMINDERS THAT FOLLOW THE WEATHER
Your plant care schedule here isn't a fixed timer. Watering reminders and fertilizer schedules adapt to your local weather, the season, and the spot each plant lives in — indoors, on a balcony, or outside. Heat wave or cold snap, watering shifts with it, and for plants on a balcony or outside feeding pauses until it passes. Repotting reminders are timed to your plant's own spring growth window.
📸 PLANT IDENTIFIER AND PLANT DOCTOR
Snap a photo to identify a plant. For a houseplant already in your garden, another photo checks on it when it's struggling: GrowSpot reads that photo together with the spot's real conditions, so the diagnosis is grounded in where your plant actually lives instead of generic advice. Every check, move, and milestone lands in a growth album that tells your plant's whole story.
🪴 WHAT YOU GET
• Spot-by-spot plant matching — light, warmth, humidity, airflow
• A built-in light meter you use at the spot itself, in daylight
• Watering reminders and fertilizer reminders that follow your weather
• Plant identifier from a photo
• Plant doctor — photo diagnosis grounded in the plant's real spot
• Growth album and care history for every plant
• Honest scores, including "can't assess" when the data isn't there
Whether you keep houseplants on a windowsill, indoor plants under a grow shelf, or herbs on a balcony, GrowSpot works as your light meter, plant identifier, watering reminder, and plant doctor in one place.
GROWSPOT PLUS
The free tier includes 2 spots, 2 plants with full matching, and 20 AI scans a month. Plus adds unlimited plants, spots, and AI scans. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime in your Google Play account settings.
Privacy Policy: https://growspot-legal.pages.dev/privacy.html
Terms of Use: https://growspot-legal.pages.dev/terms.html
Most plant care apps ask which room a plant lives in. GrowSpot reads the spot, not the room.
🌿 SPOT-LEVEL PLANT MATCHING
Every window, shelf, and balcony corner is its own little climate. GrowSpot scores each plant-spot pair on light, warmth, humidity, and airflow: light and airflow are read at the spot itself, while warmth and humidity are worked out from your local weather and whether the spot is indoors, on a balcony, or outside. If a spot won't work, it says so before you move the plant. Give two balcony spots different directions and GrowSpot can tell you why the left side works and the right side doesn't.
💡 BUILT-IN LIGHT METER
Set your phone down right where the plant will live and the light meter reads that spot in lux. No guessing from a room name, and no fake precision: it measures in daylight and tells you when the sun is too low or the weather too poor for a reading it would trust. What the light meter can't measure, GrowSpot works out from your local weather and how you described the spot — and it marks which readings were actually measured. When it can't tell, it says so instead of making a number up.
💧 WATERING REMINDERS THAT FOLLOW THE WEATHER
Your plant care schedule here isn't a fixed timer. Watering reminders and fertilizer schedules adapt to your local weather, the season, and the spot each plant lives in — indoors, on a balcony, or outside. Heat wave or cold snap, watering shifts with it, and for plants on a balcony or outside feeding pauses until it passes. Repotting reminders are timed to your plant's own spring growth window.
📸 PLANT IDENTIFIER AND PLANT DOCTOR
Snap a photo to identify a plant. For a houseplant already in your garden, another photo checks on it when it's struggling: GrowSpot reads that photo together with the spot's real conditions, so the diagnosis is grounded in where your plant actually lives instead of generic advice. Every check, move, and milestone lands in a growth album that tells your plant's whole story.
🪴 WHAT YOU GET
• Spot-by-spot plant matching — light, warmth, humidity, airflow
• A built-in light meter you use at the spot itself, in daylight
• Watering reminders and fertilizer reminders that follow your weather
• Plant identifier from a photo
• Plant doctor — photo diagnosis grounded in the plant's real spot
• Growth album and care history for every plant
• Honest scores, including "can't assess" when the data isn't there
Whether you keep houseplants on a windowsill, indoor plants under a grow shelf, or herbs on a balcony, GrowSpot works as your light meter, plant identifier, watering reminder, and plant doctor in one place.
GROWSPOT PLUS
The free tier includes 2 spots, 2 plants with full matching, and 20 AI scans a month. Plus adds unlimited plants, spots, and AI scans. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime in your Google Play account settings.
Privacy Policy: https://growspot-legal.pages.dev/privacy.html
Terms of Use: https://growspot-legal.pages.dev/terms.html
What’s new
Version 1.2.1 · Updated September 28, 2026
• Plant names and plant info now appear in your language, including in reminders, and you can search for plants by their local names • Community posts and comments are translated into your language automatically, with “Show original” one tap away • Your earlier health checks now show in your language too • The Profile tab now opens smoothly
User reviews
Great app to help me plan my new garden area!
really useful tool
Good app. Very helpful for beginners who want to grow plants.
Nice
Cool gardening app to make your plants happy.
This app is a game-changer for plant lovers, using a built-in light meter to match plants to your exact spot. I love how watering reminders adapt to real weather and the spot's conditions, while the photo doctor gives honest, location-based advice. It's the smartest, most reliable plant care companion I've used.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrowSpot: Plant Care & Light | – | Free | 50+ | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| PlantNet Plant Identification | 4.5 / 5 | Free | 10,000,000+ | Sep 21, 2026 | Compare |
| Hexis | 2.7 / 5 | Free | 10,000+ | Sep 16, 2026 | Compare |
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| Planta: Plant & Garden Care | 4.1 / 5 | Free | 1,000,000+ | Sep 22, 2026 | Compare |
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| Plant Parent: Plant Care Guide | 4.5 / 5 | Free | 10,000,000+ | Sep 13, 2026 | Compare |
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