PlantRx: Plant Identifier
VAISHALI SEJAL PATEL Lifestyle iPhoneiPadiPod touch
PlantRx: Plant Identifier is a free Lifestyle app for iPhone and iPad by VAISHALI SEJAL PATEL. Rated 5.0/5 from 3 ratings. Requires iOS 16.0.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 3 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 61 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 6
- 2026 · v1.9.0
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About PlantRx: Plant Identifier
PlantRx tells you what a plant is, how it is doing, and what to do next — free to use, and no card to get started. Photograph any plant and you get three things in one reading: a species identification, a health score out of 100, and a care guide written for that exact plant. Where something is wrong, PlantRx names the problem, shows you what it spotted in your photo, and gives you a fix you can act on today. IDENTIFY SIX THINGS, NOT ONE Plants and trees go through Pl@ntNet's recognition engine with iNaturalist reference data. Weeds, insects, birds and mushrooms each get their own mode, because a bark-and-canopy shot of a tree and a close-up of a beetle are not the same recognition problem. Add up to four angles when one photo is ambiguous, and see how confident the match is instead of a number that hides itself. READ THE PLANT'S HEALTH Every scan includes a health check: a score out of 100, what looks wrong, the likely cause — from overwatering to pests — and a fix. Assessed by AI, shown with the evidence, so you can judge it rather than take it on faith. CARE BY NUMBERS, NOT ADJECTIVES Light in lux, watering intervals in days, soil type, humidity range, temperature range and feeding schedule — read for the species you actually photographed, not generic houseplant advice. THREE TOXICITY VERDICTS People, dogs and cats are answered separately, because the answer is often not the same. Every result says what the risk is if the plant is eaten. YOUR GARDEN, ON EVERY DEVICE Save a plant and PlantRx builds a care agenda: watering, misting, feeding, rotating and repotting reminders, adjusted by your local weather forecast. Your garden, scans, journal and wishlist sync to your account, so they follow you to any phone or tablet. TOOLS FOR WHAT A PHOTO CANNOT ANSWER A stem counter for multi-trunk trees, a ring counter for cut stumps, a water calculator for how much to pour rather than how often, and a repotting checker. ASK A BOTANIST Ask follow-up questions about your specific plant and get an answer in context, powered by AI. WHAT IT COSTS PlantRx is free to use. Make an account, and your first scan starts two days with everything unlocked — no card, nothing to cancel. After that you keep a few free scans every week, for as long as you want them. PlantRx Premium removes the limit for $9.99 a year. No ads at any point, and nothing is sold to advertisers. If you stop paying, your garden, scans and journal stay yours. HONEST LIMITS Identification photos are processed securely and are not stored on our servers. Full-resolution photos stay on your device; only small thumbnails sync with your garden. AI guidance is for personal gardening — use your own judgement for anything serious, and never eat a wild mushroom on the strength of an app identification. PlantRx: botanical field diagnosis in your pocket.
What’s new
Version 1.9.0 · Updated October 6, 2026
Your account is the front door again. Your garden, scans and journal belong to your account, so they come with you to a new phone and survive a reinstall — and signing out no longer risks taking them with it. Fixed in this release: - Scans that would sit on "Analysing" and never start - The plan card showing the wrong plan, or an ended trial while the trial was still running - Blank thumbnails on every row of Snap History - Care reminders that fired far more often than the card said - Badges that unlocked for the wrong thing, and care you completed from the garden list not counting - Switching accounts on a shared phone leaving the previous account's data on screen - Several smaller fixes across the garden, settings, dark mode and the range map
App privacy
The developer, VAISHALI SEJAL PATEL, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Photos or Videos, Other User Content
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: App Functionality
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
Used for: App Functionality
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