No snapping. No submitting. No waiting. Plant101 names plants live through your camera, then gives you watering, sunlight, and toxicity info — and reminds you when to water.
Other apps make you photograph, upload, and wait. Plant101 runs on-device, so the name just appears — and updates the instant you point somewhere else.
Open the app straight into the camera. No forms, no onboarding — aim at any plant.
A floating label appears in about a second. Move to another plant and it updates instantly.
Tap the label for care details, toxicity warnings, and one-tap saving to My Garden with watering reminders.
On-device recognition throttled to sip battery, with a cloud double-check for high-accuracy confirmation when you tap.
When to plant, how often and how much to water, and the sunlight each species actually wants.
Clear red/green badges for humans and pets on every plant — sourced conservatively, never guessed safe.
Save plants with their photo and get gentle local reminders when it's time to water each one.
Identification runs on your iPhone. No signal in the nursery or on the trail? Still works.
No account, no sign-in, no tracking. Your garden lives on your device, nowhere else.
Real care data for the plants Americans actually grow — from the monstera in your living room to the tomatoes on your patio, herbs on the windowsill, and everything at the garden center.
Every identification carries a clear toxicity badge for humans and pets. When the science is uncertain, Plant101 says so instead of guessing "safe."
Those apps make you take a photo, submit it, and wait for a result. Plant101 identifies continuously and live — the name floats over the camera view and updates the moment you point at a different plant. It feels like a native camera feature, not a form.
No. Identification runs entirely on your iPhone. When you're online and tap a plant for details, Plant101 can double-check the identification against the PlantNet botanical database for extra accuracy.
Yes. There's no account and no analytics. Frames are processed on your device. Only if you tap for a cloud confirmation is that single tapped frame sent for identification — never the live stream.
Toxicity is sourced conservatively from established references (like the ASPCA for pets). When evidence is uncertain we flag caution rather than defaulting to safe. And regardless of the badge: never eat a plant based on an app identification.
Plant101 is in final testing and coming soon to the App Store for iPhone (iOS 17+). Email us to get a launch note — or a TestFlight invite if you'd like to try it early.