Linnea: Plant ID & Herbarium
Elina Patjas Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Linnea: Plant ID & Herbarium is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Elina Patjas. Requires iOS 16.4. Updated August 10, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 57 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Aug 10
- 2026 · v1.2.1
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About Linnea: Plant ID & Herbarium
Linnea turns wild plants into a digital herbarium. Take a close-up photo of a plant you find on a walk. Linnea identifies it, lifts the plant out of your photo, and turns it into a specimen of its own, with its name, the date, and the town where you found it. Every find takes its own numbered place in your collection. WHAT MAKES LINNEA DIFFERENT • Every photo becomes a specimen. You keep the original photo, the cutout, and a framed card for every plant. • A herbarium that fills up. Watching the empty slots fill is the whole pleasure of it. • Every plant has a story. Short sections tell you how to spot it, what not to confuse it with, where it grows, and something worth knowing. • A map of your finds. Linnea remembers the town, never your exact location. • Share it with anyone. Turn your herbarium into a beautiful web page and send it to friends, family, or a teacher. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your photos stay on your phone until you decide to share your collection. Location is saved as a town name only, never coordinates. MADE IN FINLAND Linnea grew out of the Finnish school tradition of the kasvio, the pressed herbarium every schoolchild makes. It works in English and Finnish, anywhere plants grow. ONE-TIME PURCHASE Your first herbarium is free, with as many plants as you like. A single purchase unlocks unlimited herbariums, forever, on all your devices, with Family Sharing. No subscription. Identification uses AI together with curated botanical data, and it can be wrong. Never eat or touch a plant based on an app identification.
What’s new
Version 1.2.1 · Updated August 10, 2026
• Fixed a bug that hid the photos of collected plants after an app update. The photos were never lost, and they now show again. • Identification can now be cancelled with a close button. • The plant list's map button opens the map correctly. • The habitat photo button is easier to spot. • New habitat option: park. • The plant list shows photos for more species.
App privacy
The developer, Elina Patjas, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Coarse Location
- Contact Info: Name
- User Content: Photos or Videos
Used for: App Functionality
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linnea: Plant ID & Herbarium | – | Free | August 10, 2026 | |
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| SageWay AI | – | Free | Oct 10, 2026 | Compare |
| Plantopedia | 5.0 / 5 (1) | Free | Aug 10, 2026 | Compare |
| Cognova: AI Flashcards & Quiz | – | Free | Apr 20, 2026 | Compare |
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