PlantNet Plant Identification
PlantNet Plant Identification has 49,048,517 installs, rated 4.5 from 264,664 ratings, #38 of 313,244 in Education.
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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 or cacti. 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 of course but also those that grow on the sidewalks of our 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 the most characteristic organs of a species and it is them that should be photographed first. But any other detail can be useful, such as thorns, buds or hair on the stem. A photograph of the whole plant (or the tree if it is one!) is also very useful information, but it is often not sufficient to allow a reliable identification.
At present Pl@ntNet makes it possible to recognize about 20,000 species. We are still a long way from the 360,000 species living on earth, but Pl@ntNet is getting richer every day thanks to the contributions of the most experienced users among you. Don't be afraid to contribute yourself! Your observation will be reviewed by the community and may one day join the photo gallery illustrating the species in the application.
The new version of Pl@ntNet released in January 2019 includes many improvements and new features:
- The ability to filter recognized species by genus or family.
- The differentiated data revision that gives more weight to users who have demonstrated the most skills (in particular the number of species observed, validated by the community).
- The re-identification of shared observations, whether yours or those of other users of the application.
- The multi-flora identification that allows you to search for the photographed plant in all the flora of the application and not only in the one you have selected. Very useful when you are not sure what flora to look for.
- The selection of your favorite floras to access them more quickly.
- The navigation at different taxonomic levels in image galleries.
- The mapping of your observations.
- Links to many factsheets.
The web version of the application is also available at the following address: https://identify.plantnet.org/
Reviews The reviews Google Play shows first (its most relevant), from the US store, in any language.
From 264,619 ratings · 1★ share 8% (was 8% four weeks ago).
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★★★☆☆ Charles Annecharico · 9 Sep 2026 · v3.26.10would give 5 stars, but cannot until a serious bug is fixed. An excellent tool for figuring out which species something could be and finding sources for further research, but has developed an issue in the last few months where it constantly crashes when trying to take photos for ID, making it near unusable. Fix this and an easy 5 stars.
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★★★★★ Tara · 9 Aug 2026 · v3.26.7I've been using for probably longer than I realize, I'm guessing over two years, as my only plant identification app. I have never encountered an issue, technical or otherwise, not been bombarded with ads. It has been accurate, efficient, and has served its purpose quite well. Overall, I am quite pleased, and only as I make this review do I realize how grateful I am for it. Thank you.
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★★★★☆ Amanda C. · 25 Jun 2026 · v3.25.3Awesome app, but identification of more obscure plants can be a bit tough because a. not all species are represented and b. the photos are user-submitted and community verified. For example, some photos seem to show different characteristics for the supposedly same plant, possibly because other users verified photos of multiple species that look alike as the same one. Still, it narrows things down surprisingly well, so it's a great starting point when used alongside personal research.
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★★☆☆☆ Eric Fedus · 26 May 2026 · v3.25.3Was Great, Now Seldom Works Properly. It used to work for me almost every time. Now, however, about 75% of the time the screen that allows you to choose leaves, flowers, etc. doesn't come up & it goes to the main feed screen. I can sometimes get around this by taking a picture normally on my phone, then going into PlantNet and opening that photo from within. But this workaround is unacceptable. I don't what you all broke, but just go back to an early version. It worked!
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★☆☆☆☆ Dan Meiggs · 8 May 2026 · v3.25.3I tried this app a couple of years ago and wrote a review about constant error messages and inability to identify plants. Plantnet responded that they "had some server issues yesterday that have been removed." That may be true but the issues were there before that day. Now, a couple of years later, I downloaded the app again. Same issues. On the rare occasion that it does finally identify a plant, trying to open the info on that plant causes it to freeze. It's useless.
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★★☆☆☆ Kalem A. · 22 Apr 2026 · v3.25.3It's cool when it works, but a relative 80% of the time after I take a picture of the plant I want to identify, the app just restarts and takes me straight to feed instead of the identification page. I would have assumed I took a bad picture if it didnt work the first or second try, but I've been zooming in, physically getting closer to the plant, and it still resets by attempt #7. The lighting is pretty decent considering I' outside in the sunlight, so that definitely isnt why.
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★☆☆☆☆ Tim Loveless · 22 Apr 2026 · v3.25.3Predatory. Auto-renews for a full *yearly* subscription after the 1-week trial. Can't be canceled through the app itself. Can't be canceled through the Google play store phone app either. I had to get to a PC and dig to finally, actually cancel my subscription. Predatory practices should never be supported. Strongly recommend any other plant ID app but this one.
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★☆☆☆☆ Bryan Bischoff · 21 Jun 2024 · v3.19.3Offline Mode is not working. I installed this app exclusively for its promise of offline operation. I enabled embedded identification and downloaded all of the packages including pictures. It does do a search and provides a list of scientific plant names. But when I click on a name to see more information or to see pictures to confirm, all I get is a network error. A scientific name alone is not enough. :( Also there is nowhere within the app to report an issue.
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★★★★☆ D · 17 Jul 2023 · v3.16.2I just began using this app. Really like it. I found the best way to get accurate Tree ID is to pull of a small leaf cluster and lie on a solid background and take a closeup. Same with bark. I wish there was a way to upload a leaf and bark picture for cross reference. Results would be much better. I tested on my trees and plants in yard I am certain of. I am an amateur photographer so I spend a great deal of time in the woods.
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★★★★★ Kent Schrader · 6 Jul 2023 · v3.14.5This app is great at identifying anything that grows (I kinda want to try it on a couple of my kids...!). Very accurate, speedy, and unlike all the other similar apps I've tried, it does NOT nag you or require payment. To the point I'd actually consider a paid version, since they have given me the opportunity to experience how good the free app is.
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