PlantNet
What is PlantNet?
PlantNet is an education app that identifies plants from photos taken with a smartphone. Photographed plants are collected and analysed by scientists as part of a citizen science project, and users can submit observations that the community reviews. It identifies about 20,000 species and focuses mainly on wild plants.
Pricing. PlantNet is free to download on the App Store.
Good for
- Identifying a wild plant seen on a walk
- Identifying weeds in a vegetable garden or city pavement
- Contributing wild plant observations to a citizen science project
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Why this app is in S tier
PlantNet scores 93 out of 100: rating 92, rating count 82, App Store search rank 99, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged with no weights, and S tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
Pl@ntNet is an application that allows you to identify plants simply by photographing them with your smartphone. Very useful when you don't have a botanist on hand! Pl@ntNet is also a great citizen science project: all the plants you photograph are collected and analysed by scientists around the world to better understand the evolution of plant biodiversity and to better preserve it. Pl@ntNet allows you to identify and better understand all kinds of plants living in nature: flowering plants, trees, grasses, conifers, ferns, vines, wild salads, cacti (and many more). Pl@ntNet can also identify a large number of cultivated plants (in parks and gardens) but this is not its primary purpose. We especially need Pl@ntNet’s users to inventory the wild plants, those that you can observe in nature, but also those that grow on the sidewalks of cities or in the middle of your vegetable garden! The more visual information you give to Pl@ntNet about the plant you are observing, the more accurate the identification will be. There are indeed many plants that look alike from afar and it is sometimes small details that distinguish two species of the same genus. Flowers, fruits and leaves are
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See all 32 ›Questions about PlantNet
Is PlantNet free?
It is free to download. No in-app purchases are listed.
How many species can it identify?
It can recognize about 20,000 species, compared with the 360,000 species living on earth.
What photos should I take for a better identification?
The listing says flowers, fruits and leaves are the most characteristic organs and should be photographed first. Details such as thorns, buds or stem hair can also help, and a photo of the whole plant alone is often not sufficient.
What is PlantNet good for?
PlantNet is built for identifying a wild plant seen on a walk, identifying weeds in a vegetable garden or city pavement, contributing wild plant observations to a citizen science project. It sits in the plant identification list on AppTierList.
Is PlantNet worth it?
PlantNet is S tier, ranked #7 of 33 plant identification apps with a score of 93 out of 100, from a 4.6 App Store rating across 7,049 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 6 apps rank above it.
How does PlantNet compare to Plantum?
PlantNet is S tier at 93; Plantum is S tier at 94. Plantum ranks higher. PlantNet is free to download, Plantum is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is PlantNet updated?
PlantNet was updated 12 days ago, which counts in its favour.
All the facts
- List
- Plant Identification
- Tier
- S (Best in class)
- Score
- 93 / 100
- Rank in list
- #7 of 33
- Ranking certainty
- settled
- Price
- Free download
- App Store rating
- 4.6 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 7,049
- Current version
- (12 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Education
- Good for
- Identifying a wild plant seen on a walk, Identifying weeds in a vegetable garden or city pavement, Contributing wild plant observations to a citizen science project
- Requires
- iOS 15.1 or later
- Size
- 82 MB
- Age rating
- 9+
- Languages
- 41
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
Ranking refreshed · how it is computed