plant finder: plant, flower, fruit identification 1.21.01.28

Reviews

5 ★, on 2021-01-28
Ive been amazed by this app. I take a photo of the flower or leaf or both and can nearly always identify it. Ive used it in Florida and in Oregon so far and am so impressed. For those in North America, be sure to read the instructions upon installing the app. I chose USA in the Projects list.

5 ★, on 2021-01-26
Gives identification within seconds after taking a picture or selecting from your photos. I can sometimes get it to work with one bar, but most of the time it’ll just say you can access the information later, which you can. And not just the names but a lot of other good information as well. I have so many plants around my yard I’ve never known the names of. And trees as well. I have several that I thought were Ash and turned out to be something called Eastern Hophornbeam, which I’ve never heard of before! I thought of using it to check out mushrooms (which are poisonous and which are not!), but I’m not sure I’m ready to do that yet.?

5 ★, on 2021-01-28
unlike most other apps like this in the app store, this is completely free. no in app purchases, not even any ads! i love how with non-native plants, if there is no native match, the search engine will suggest plants from other parts of the world, and that has really come in handy. it is also great in that with any picture, you can choose what part of the plant is in the picture/what you’d like to identify, and along with the closest match, it also gives other possibilities and relatives.

5 ★, on 2021-01-26
This is one of the most accurate apps I have ever had in my life! I’ve been discovering what the weird wildflowers in my yard were and it’s all thanks to this app. Now, I know so much about flowers and plants and what they are! I love gardening and flowers so this app is majorly helping me. If anyone is an outdoor guy like me, this is THE APP!!! The best part is is that it’s FREE!!!!!!!!!!!???? Thank you for inventing such a nice app that’s helpful! I’m showing this to my family so they can experience the greatness of this app!

5 ★, on 2021-01-26
I’m a total novice so I can’t follow all the Family/ Genus stuff. It’s over my head. But the app lends itself to basic use too by listing the common names. My favorite part though is when you search a plant, the options offer pics of the flower, leaves, bark, etc. There’s even a Wikipedia tab so you can read about the plant which can help in identification. Because it’s user driven, there’s good and bad. The good: TONS of submitted photos. The bad: Not all the submitted pics will be of the advertised plant (just means someone made a poor identification and “contributed” it to the database). This can fool you into thinking it’s something it’s not. It’s also up to the user network to “validate” everyone’s observations. Sadly there’s no flora-genius overseeing the thousands of contributions to determine the accuracy. That’s just wishful thinking. You’re relying on someone plant-savvy to stumble across your contribution and choose to validate you.

5 ★, on 2021-01-27
I just started a garden and a lot of different other plants are popping up that I didn't put out there and I didn't know what they were. So I found this app and it's amazing it cost a lot though but understanding what I'm looking at helps me better take care of nature I should say because I have corn every where idk where it came from. But the bees have been very nice to me. But thanks for the app I really enjoy it a lot.