Like many people, I accumulated a lot of plants during the pandemic. With some, I was preternaturally successful; with others, not so much. I downloaded PLANTA, and it was a game changer. It not only gave me pointers I needed for my ‘drama’ plants but also occasional tutoring on how to generally optimize plant growth and health. With PLANTA, a hydrometer, and some great soil and fertilizer, you really can’t go wrong. It’s nearly fool-proof. I now have over 100 plants in a 900 sq ft apartment, and they’re all thriving.

I’m not sure how to use the app completely but I want to take pictures of my plants and diagnose issues. I’m having. Seems like every time I take a picture of it, I get a different path in the app.

I started using this app as the free version, and when I moved to a completely different climate, I purchased one year subscription, thinking I’d go back to the free version when that year was up. I have renewed it. Multiple times! This app is fabulous and helpful and the best one I’ve found— I’ve tried most of them. I love the most recent update that learns from when a plant is watered or not watered. I love that in-ground plants is now supported. I also love that the light meter (available with subscription) tells me which direction that window is facing. As a paying user, I would like to see a few more changes: 1. I’d like to be able to add a custom soil type- I mix my own (yes, I’m one of those). 2. I’d like to see an orchid pot added as a pot- type option- they have holes in them, so that definitely affects the watering schedule. 3. Also, I update all my plants in one area at the same time, but that schedule doesn’t learn/ can’t be customized? And when I update them by clicking “complete early,” it doesn’t remove that task for the preset date.

The list of features available to free users is a list 🔐icons. Gross.

I followed an in-app advertisement saying it would be $36/yr for the subscription. After I clicked pay, the payment was $4.80. Folks, this is a convenient error that adds 60% to the advertised price. Kind of disappointing as this is the first interaction I’m having with this app.

Love the app. One thing though, I was signing in for the first time for my grandma but I couldn’t find a section to change the language. I am fluent in English and she is fluent in Spanish. Please update the app so she doesn’t have to struggle.😅

I want to know why this plant is dying!

To be honest, I use the free version because I can’t afford to pay for the app yet, so there may be things I’m missing. I like that it nudges me about watering because I apparently was underwatering everything. Some of the other features are nifty. I like the shopping section. It’s handy for just getting what I need especially as (again) I would forget if I had to navigate away. I wish there was an away mode because it’s demanding updates, etc. but I am not home so whatever is going on there is out of my control. Also, I wish there was a way to tell the app the position of my plants in relation to my windows. I have a christmas cactus about a foot away from my window so the app keeps yelling at me that it’s too sunny. What it doesn’t know is that it’s NEXT to the window against the wall and gets zero direct sunlight. A minor annoyance, but still. I also wish we could just input our zip code instead of it getting mad that I won’t give it access to my location (I have location disabled on my iPad as I am a very private person). [Update] I tried connecting my location to the internet briefly to allow it to find my location, but it didn’t stay? It thinks I’m in a whole other state. Anyway- the window distance= amount of sunlight thing is killing my Christmas cactus I think. It’s prompting me to water frequently and now there’s mold on the soil. I need to figure out what distance the app needs me to lie to it about so that it understands zero sunlight. This would be easier if I could just manually input the amount of sunlight.

I’ve always loved plants but have always killed them almost immediately, complete black thumb. After researching and test driving multiple plant care apps, I landed on Planta. Long story short, I now have about 8 plants that not only are still alive, but thriving with new growth about 3-4 months in! Without this app I would have easily killed all these plants by now. It’s even given me the confidence to buy more new plants! A great feature I couldn’t find anywhere else is that you can add family members or a house sitter via invite, so they’re able to download the app, view and complete plant care tasks under one subscription. So I purchased the app but my girlfriend is able to help with the plant tasks and check them off once completed, which syncs across all devices. This app has earned a customer for life, and made me confident to take care of, and even buy new plants. Thanks Planta!

I’ve been using Planta for about three years now and it has been on a steady decline the entire time with new features consistently being implemented poorly in lieu of fixes for previous poor implementations. As an example Comcast recently went down in my area and Planta was rendered completely useless because for some reason your plant data isn’t stored locally. This is a great app if you have two pothos that you occasionally need help remembering to water, but if you have a collection of plants you need to schedule watering for this is absolutely not a reliable tool.