PlantAI: Identifier & Diagnose

Why did you put some grandfather in your Ai's avatar?

Fron a few pictures the app diagnosed: - lack of water due to the absence of real soil (there is soil) - healthy plant with perfect soil (when i replied that there IS soil) - lack of water with recommendation to soak the plant. (Terrible advice because i'm pretty sure the plant is actually overwatered and the plant is a SUCCULENT). It also identified (from the same pictures) two distinct plants. This is clearly an AI giving random advice that *sounds* plausible. Not specifically trained on plants at all. Beyond the pretty design there is nothing.

I have been trying to use this for a couple of months now and not once had it identified any plant or leaf correctly. I am unable to I make it of any use at all. Going to try picture this. AI is easy to use and I like the format but so far I’m not impressed with its response or results.

So I innocently assume free meant free and that there would be some limitations. No, wants your card details and you can have 7 days free. I hate it when it says free but actually it means free until you have to pay a subscription 🤨😢

I have been using this app for around 3 months and I reckon it is around 98% accurate to date. Very reliable identification and good guide to plant health. Really impressed and would definitely recommend.

You don’t find out that the app is only free for 7 days until you download it after which you have to pay a subscription and if you have made a mistake by downloading it in the first place there’s no way to cancel it .

Ad for this app says Free. Only free for 7 day trial. Total ripoff and misleading customers. High time this sort of advertising was stopped

Plant AI does not show this trial subscription anywhere under your AppleID, on purpose I suspect. They’ve found a crack in Apple’s system so that they can scam all free 7-day trial users into paying for a year. It appears that Plant Parent set this up to be an in-app purchase instead of a proper subscription. I asked Apple - Apple can’t see it to cancel it for you, and later Apple won’t help cancel the charge when it comes on day 8 because it’s an “in-app purchase”. Plant Parent intentionally does not give any option to cancel anywhere in the app (I’ve read every line of every page, just like many others). If contacted (they only have an email, no phone etc), and you happen to get a response, they’ll apparently send you to iTunes(?!) to cancel it (no one can get this to work). In other words, once you start the 7-day trial, you’re paying for a year, unless you have luck disputing the charge with Apple (keep documentation), or later disputing the Apple charge with your credit card (documentation needed as well). I strongly recommend filing a scam report with your AppleID with Apple. Surely Apple does not want this sort of behavior in its App Store.

A very disappointing app. There is nothing special to warrant the $30 a year price. Sorry I wasted my money. I should have looked longer for other available apps. I was hoping for a more in-depth disease diagnosis but the app gives no more than what is free when you goggle or ask Siri. Also, I asked for the app to identify plants I purchased from a professional nursery and it misidentified more than one.

This has helped me knock off the rust and learn more and more about the plants that I like care for and I’m brave enough to grow