04Journal
Watch your plant grow.
Photos, date and a note: the new leaf, the fresh pot, the new spot. Check photos come in with their findings.
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Your plant buddy
Take a photo. Know the plant. Care for it right.
PlantPal identifies your plant from a photo, writes down the right care, reminds you to water and tells you what’s wrong when the leaves turn brown.
Download on theApp Store
Android: coming to Google Play
- iPhone
- iPad
- Mac
- Android
8languages in the app
0ads, accounts and tracking
4platforms, one collection
5free identifications a month
01Identify
One photo, and you know what’s growing.
Snap a leaf or a flower, and PlantPal names the most likely species with their match probability. Tap the right one, and the plant joins your collection with its photo and care tips included.
- Up to five matches, the best one highlighted
- A collection with photos, watering status and your own notes
- Identification by Claude from Anthropic
02Care and watering
Know when your plant is thirsty.
Every plant gets a watering interval, light, temperature, fertilizing and toxicity for cats, dogs and people. Tap “Watered now” to reset the plan, and PlantPal reminds you next time. It fertilizes only in the growing season and repots in spring.
Waterevery 7 days
LightBright, indirect
Temperature18–24 °C
ToxicityNon-toxic
03Plant check
Brown tips? PlantPal tells you why.
One photo is enough: PlantPal judges whether diseases, pests or care mistakes are involved, with finding, cause and confidence. The next check compares with the last one and tells you whether things got better.
- Finding: brown leaf tips
- Cause: dry heating air
- Next step: check again in two weeks
05Ask about the plant
Answers that know your plant.
About care, placement, pests or diseases. The answers know your plant and its latest check.
Can my spider plant go out on the balcony in summer?
Yes, ideally in partial shade. Direct midday sun burns the leaves, and below 10 °C bring it back inside.
06Plant sensor
Feel what’s going on in the pot.
With a Bluetooth sensor (Xiaomi Flower Care, also MiFlora) you see soil moisture, light, fertilizer and temperature right at the plant, with an ideal range and up to 30 days of history.
37%MoistureGood
5.562lxLightGood
613µSFertilizerGood
22,9°CTemperatureGood
Notices when you watered
PlantPal spots the jump in moisture when you water and syncs sensors and readings with your other devices through iCloud. No sensor? Try everything with the demo sensor.
Readings while you’re away
The PlantPal Bridge, a small ESP32 in a wall socket, reads your sensors every 5 minutes, even when you’re not home. You flash the firmware in your browser and set it up in the app.
Build the Bridge →07Share your collection
Water together, never twice.
Family or flatmates see the same plants and who watered last, even mixed with Android. For vacations there’s a guest pass that ends on its own.
- AAnna watered the Monstera2 hours ago
- MMax fertilized the ficusyesterday
- GGuest: neighborwaters until Sunday, then access ends
08Balcony and garden
Let the weather help water.
For plants outside, PlantPal shows the weather where you are, without location access. Rain from 5 mm counts as watering, hot days bring the reminder forward, and a notification warns you before frost.
Mon75°sunny
Tue61°0.3 in, counts as watering
Wed52°cloudy
Thu28°frost, bring inside
09iPhone, iPad and Mac
Your plants, everywhere.
A real Mac app with a sidebar, iPad with two columns, plus a watering widget. One purchase covers every device, and the collection syncs through iCloud.
10Your data
Your plants belong to you.
On your device
Your collection lives on your device and syncs through your private iCloud.
No account
Just start. No sign-up, no email address.
No ads, no tracking
No advertising or analytics services, anywhere.
Photos only to identify
Photos go through my server to Anthropic and are not stored by me.
If you share your collection, it is also stored on my server so the others in the household can see it. Everything else is in the privacy policy.
11Pricing
Start free. More when you want it.
No weekly subscription, no ads, no tracking.
Free
0 €
forever
- 5 identifications a month
- 2 care tips, 3 plant checks, 3 questions
- Watering plan, journal and sensor
- No account
Plus monthly
2,99 €
per month
- Up to 100 identifications a month
- 60 care tips, 130 plant checks, 100 questions
- Collection sharing and weather alerts
- Sensor Bridge
Plus yearly
24,99 €
per year, €2.08 a month
- Everything in Plus monthly
- Covers iPhone, iPad and Mac
- Cancel any time
Prices include VAT in Austria; in other countries the App Store shows the matching local price. The subscription renews automatically and can be canceled any time in your Apple account settings.
12FAQ
Good to know.
How accurate are the results?
Identification, care tips and the plant check are estimates and don’t replace expert advice. With toxic plants and children or pets at home, ask a vet or poison control if in doubt.
Where do my photos go?
For identification and the plant check, the photo is sent through my server to Anthropic (Claude) and not stored by me. Everything else stays on your device and in your iCloud.
Which sensor do I need?
A Bluetooth sensor of the Xiaomi Flower Care (MiFlora) type. Zigbee sensors don’t work. For readings while you’re away you also need PlantPal Plus and an ESP32 board as a bridge.
Is PlantPal available for Android?
Yes, currently in a closed test on Google Play. Identification, care, watering plan, check, journal and sensor work just like on iPhone, and a shared collection works across both.
Which languages does the app support?
English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese. The app follows your device’s language.
How do I cancel PlantPal Plus?
In your Apple account settings under Subscriptions. Purchase, payment and cancellation go through Apple.
I have a problem. Who can help?
Write to me at support@bumberger.at, I usually reply within 1–2 business days. In the app, “Report a problem” prepares the email for you.
Your plants will thank you.
Get PlantPal for free and identify your first plant in a few seconds.
Download on theApp StoreiOS and iPadOS 17 or later · macOS 15 or later · Android 8.0 or later (in testing)