Planta: Plant & Garden Care

52 of 100 · reviews
4.8of 5 · store
111,411ratings on the App Store
248reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

The best care planner in the category: watering, fertilizing, and repotting schedules work and keep collections alive for users who treat it as an organizer. The weak spot is performance instability and excessive notifications asking for health updates.

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What people use it for

Owners of large home collections who need an organizer, not an identifier

What reviews praise

Adapts the watering schedule to the specific species and season, with dozens of plants in a single daily task list.

What reviews complain about

The watering schedule cannot adapt to drip irrigation or non-standard routines, sending daily reminders where once a week would be right.

What users experience

3 excerpts from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

The watering schedule is problematic as I don't know how to represent a drip system that does a deep soak. The result is I get reminders every day to water plants that should be 1-2 per week.

I have used this app for 5 years now or more. I am very experienced with my plants, so I prefer the free version. I use it to organize my plants with pictures. But mainly to keep track of the last time it was watered.

I downloaded this a while back, not thinking it would actually be of some good BUT I was totally wrong. Because of this app (and further research at a nursery), I have about 10 thriving plants and I knew nothing of gardening firsthand! This app makes me proud to be a learning gardener.