Introducing PlantSnap for Free on Android! - Instantly ID Plants (2024)

FAQs

Is there a completely free app to identify plants? ›

PlantNet is our number one pick for a totally free plant identification app. PlantNet describes itself as a “citizen science project on biodiversity”. It counts on its users to create a botanical database and the user is the last word on whether or not the plant listed is a match.

For teachers, community educators, and citizen scientists who want to be able to identify plants they find as well as learn and share information about them, iNaturalist (iOS, Android) is the app we recommend. Expert researchers and other experienced users wander the app and confirm publicly shared identifications.

The PlantSnap app can be downloaded on both android and IOS devices for free. However, there is a premium version of this app, and switching to premium is constantly encouraged.

NatureID is free to use with unlimited plant identifications but only allows for a single plant health diagnosis; full access needs a subscription. The main feature in them all is the ability to identify plants around your house, garden, or while on a walk.

Take a picture with your regular camera, then open up that picture in the Google Photos app. Next, tap on the Google Lens button at the bottom of the screen. It will tell you what kind of flower this is within seconds.

The Cons Of PlantSnap

There's a free version or a “pro” version – which costs considerably more money.

One feature you may not know about, however, is one that identifies any plant or flower instantly using your camera. The handy Google app, which comes preinstalled on most Android devices, is more than just a tool to search the web.

What images can Google Lens identify? You can use it to identify images on your camera and gain more information about landmarks, places, plants, animals, products, and other objects. It can also be used to scan and auto-translate text.

First of all, PlantSnap has moved to a free-with-subscription model, where $2/£2 per month lets you access the app's full array of features. You can also pay a one-off fee of $20/£20 for PlantSnap Pro, which is the full version of the app (minus the subscriptions).

Which is better PlantNet or PlantSnap? ›

If you want to read and learn about the different types of plants under certain categories, PlantNet is perfect. PlantSnap is the most expensive app on this list, but also the most useful.

Plantnet can be downloaded on either IOS or Android devices for free. It is necessary to register to take full advantage of the app and to share your own contributions, but no credit card information is necessary.

Get helpful plant care tips and tricks and identify plants on the go with this $15 lifetime subscription.

For identification by leaves, the most accurate two apps were PictureThis™ (97.3% accurate to genus, 83.9% to species) and iNaturalist™ (92.3% accurate to genus, 69.6% to species).

Keen gardeners will want to take a look at PictureThis for Android and iOS. Open the app, point it toward a plant, and the program will instantly tell you what kind of plant you're looking at.

The percentage accuracy (often in the 30- to 40-percent range) on some plant identifications at the time of review isn't entirely reassuring. One really fun feature on the app is that it saves when and where you took the plant photos, creating a personalized catalog of your flower and plant explorations.

Cost: Free | Platforms: Google Lens is an app available for both Android and Apple.

Where is Google Lens on my phone? ›

The Google Lens feature is enabled by default in the camera app on most Android phones. You'll need to check if the Lens icon is displayed in the app, as shown below. Open the Camera app and tap the Lens icon in the lower left corner. In some app versions, you will need to tap Modes and select the Lens icon.

The NatureID app is designed to identify over 14,000 plant species with over 95 percent accuracy.

iNaturalist​ is a free platform—both a website and app—to record observations of plants and animals in nature using photographs; share what you've found; and contribute to a global dataset of biodiversity information used for both science and conservation.

This is a paid app, but you're allowed a one-week free trial (read more about that below), so I downloaded it onto my iPhone from the App Store.

The PlantSnap database covers every country on Earth, is translated into 37 languages, and is 96% accurate when used properly. We have a 4-star+ rating in all countries (most people simply give a star rating rather than write reviews), which means 4.5 out of every 5 people have great success with PlantSnap.

The Rutgers study found that while species-level identification by leaf pictures was not always the most accurate (83.9% to 40.9% accurate), across all the apps observed, genus-level identification by leaves was pretty good, reporting accuracies from 97.3% to 71.8%.