PictureThis - Plant Identifier App Review (2024)

FAQs

Is PictureThis plant identifier legit? ›

PictureThis was extremely accurate. The only time it struggled was with tiny seedlings smaller than an inch. If any plant had even a remotely adult leaf to it, the app knew what it was. I was impressed, as was my family.

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.

For kids and adults with an interest in science, gardening, and horticulture, this app is a valuable tool, but unfortunately with requirements such as social sharing on Facebook, logging in to an account, and watching irrelevant ads being required to use it for free, it's not great for young kids to use on their own.

There are a few apps on this list that offer a plant identification service. But the Flower Checker app is perhaps one of the most accurate, using the expertise of real botanists, who are able to identify more than 90% of all plant species. A plus is that the app has no adverts.

I recommend iNaturalist as the best free plant identification app of 2022. Over one million naturalists, biologists and scientists help to identify plants uploaded by users. Available on iOS and Android, it's owned by the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society.

PictureThis offers a 7-day free trial after which the user is automatically entered into a one-year subscription.

PlantNet is our number one pick for a totally free plant identification app. PlantNet describes itself as a “citizen science project on biodiversity”.

A free-to-use app that identifies plant diseases and saves time. When scouting the field, Agrio diagnoses plant problems and provides instant identification that saves the need to waste time on identifying the problems and recording the results.

Planta can help you figure out what's wrong. Get the right diagnosis and set up a treatment plan to cure your plant. - Light meter: Find a plant that suits every corner of your home!

Google Lens

The app can identify landmarks, plants, and animals and provide information about products and businesses. Google Lens is available on Android and iOS devices and on Chrome and Firefox browsers.

How much does PictureThis cost? ›

PictureThis is among the most comprehensive visual plant identifiers for iOS and Android, but there's no free tier. You get a week free to try it out, but the app is $29.99 per year after that.

The Cons Of PlantSnap

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

If you are looking for an easy way to identify the species of plants and flowers that doesn't involve reaching for a taxonomy book, then try your iPhone. You don't even need to purchase an app, because in iOS 15 and later, Apple's software includes a feature called Visual Lookup that will do just what you need.

Yes, it can! Well, Google Lens' plant identification can. Google Lens is available as a standalone app for Android users. Meanwhile, iPhone owners get Google Lens bundled as part of the Google Photos app.

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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.

PlantSnap. Free on Android, $3.99 on iOS.

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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.

What is the best free PhotoScan app? ›

Bing's image search is similar to Google Images and Yahoo Images, so it's another great picture search engine you can use to source images. To get started, type your keywords into the Bing Images search bar. You'll notice a Filter button on the far right-hand side of the screen.

Google Images

Google's image search is the most effective reverse search engine tool you can use on your desktop. They have billions of pictures from millions of web pages to list. So, if you fail to find a match for your image using other tools, Google Images should be the best bet.

What you need is PlantSnap, an app that takes advantage of the machine-learning framework built into iOS to instantly identify more than 300,000 species of plants, flowers, and trees. All you have to do is take a photo. Simply snap a photo of a plant to identify the species.

Pl@ntNet is a tool to help to identify plants with pictures. It is organized in different thematic and geographical floras.

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.

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.

Can iPhone camera identify plants? ›

If you are looking for an easy way to identify the species of plants and flowers that doesn't involve reaching for a taxonomy book, then try your iPhone. You don't even need to purchase an app, because in iOS 15 and later, Apple's software includes a feature called Visual Lookup that will do just what you need.

Android users can identify a plant via a similar method. They can snap a picture, view it and tap the “Lens” feature. This will trigger Google to show what the plant is. And what's more, the function can work for buildings, pets, food and other things.

Google Lens is a free app for iOS and Android devices.