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Best Plant Identification Apps for iPhone (2026)

33 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

PictureThis - Plant Identifier is the top-ranked of 33 plant identification apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 1,120,010 ratings.

  1. 1
    PictureThis - Plant IdentifierS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,120,010 ratings · score 99
  2. 2
    Plant App: Plant IdentifierS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 55,544 ratings · score 95
  3. 3
    PlantIn: Plant Identifier・CareS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 230,017 ratings · score 95
  4. 4
    PlantSnap - Plant ScannerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 68,275 ratings · score 95
  5. 5
    Seek by iNaturalistS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 30,913 ratings · score 95

What belongs in this list

Find out what plant is in front of me by taking a photo or scanning it.

Not here: plant care reminders alone; plant disease diagnosis alone; tree-only identification alone; a general AI chatbot with image upload alone; a plant photo wallpaper pack alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
PictureThisPlant AppPlantInPlantSnapSeek by iNat…PlantumPlantNet
A
PlantoPlantiaryPlant Identifier, CarePlant Identifier, Plant CarePlantMePlant Identification-PlantariaPlant Identification ++
B
Plant Identifier & CareFree PlantPlantifyLeafSnapGregPlant Identifier: ChatPlant AIBotanPlantSnap ProPlantfie・Pla…
C
Lens ScanPlantAIPlantLushAI PlantPlant CareFlora6Sense AIiplant
D
IdentifyPlantion
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    PictureThis - Plant IdentifierS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,120,010 ratings · score 99 · best in class
  2. 2
    Plant App: Plant IdentifierS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 55,544 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  3. 3
    PlantIn: Plant Identifier・CareS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 230,017 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  4. 4
    PlantSnap - Plant ScannerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 68,275 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  5. 5
    Seek by iNaturalistS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 30,913 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  6. 6
    Plantum - AI Plant IdentifierS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 119,461 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  7. 7
    PlantNetS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 7,049 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  8. 8
    Planto: Plant IdentifierA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 8,438 ratings · score 92 · excellent
  9. 9
    Plant Identifier: PlantiaryA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 28,431 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  10. 10
    Plant Identifier, Care: PlantyA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 37,958 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  11. 11
    Plant Identifier, Plant CareA
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 6,538 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  12. 12
    Plant Identifier - PlantMeA
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 26,453 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  13. 13
    Plant Identification-PlantariaA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 12,768 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  14. 14
    Plant Identification ++A
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 31,397 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  15. 15
    Plant Identifier & Care: FicusB
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 6,980 ratings · score 85 · good
  16. 16
    Free Plant IdentifierB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 25,457 ratings · score 85 · good
  17. 17
    Plantify: AI Plant IdentifierB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 10,510 ratings · score 85 · good
  18. 18
    Plant Identifier: LeafSnapB
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 5,212 ratings · score 84 · good
  19. 19
    Greg: Plant Identifier & CareB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 20,683 ratings · score 84 · good
  20. 20
    Plant Identifier: ChatPlant AIB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 4,738 ratings · score 83 · good
  21. 21
    Botan: Plant Identifier & CareB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 6,588 ratings · score 82 · good
  22. 22
    PlantSnap Pro: Identify PlantsB
    $199.99 · ★ 4.5 · 44,699 ratings · score 82 · good
  23. 23
    Plantfie・Plant Care IdentifierB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 15,232 ratings · score 82 · good
  24. 24
    Lens Scan: Identify AnythingC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 19,478 ratings · score 81 · situational
  25. 25
    PlantAI: Identifier & DiagnoseC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 9,367 ratings · score 77 · situational
  26. 26
    PlantLush: Plant ID & Care ProC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.0 · 8,157 ratings · score 71 · situational
  27. 27
    AI Plant Identifier・Care-LilyC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 10,106 ratings · score 68 · situational
  28. 28
    Plant Care Guide: PlantScopeC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,150 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  29. 29
    Flora - Plant ID & DiagnosisC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,578 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  30. 30
    6Sense AIC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 18,200 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  31. 31
    iplant - Plant IdentificationC
    Free download · ★ 4.1 · 7,063 ratings · score 60 · situational
  32. 32
    Identify Anything & Lens ScanD
    Free download · ★ 4.0 · 2,564 ratings · score 59 · weak · provisional
  33. 33
    Plantion - Plant IdentifierD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 9,720 ratings · score 52 · weak

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Questions people ask

What is the best plant identification app for iPhone?
PictureThis - Plant Identifier, S tier, ranked #1 of 33, rated 4.8 by 1,120,010 people.
Which plant identification apps are free?
32 of 33 are free to download: PictureThis - Plant Identifier (S), Plant App: Plant Identifier (S), PlantIn: Plant Identifier・Care (S), PlantSnap - Plant Scanner (S) and more. 19 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which plant identification app has the best App Store rating?
PictureThis - Plant Identifier at 4.8 from 1,120,010 ratings.
How many plant identification apps reach S or A tier?
14 of 33. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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