# BotaniSense: AI Plant Care — Free, ad-free · ID & sun map

> Free, ad-free · ID & sun map (iPhone/iPad app by Xing Chen.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/botanisense-ai-plant-care/id6758401071 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Xing Chen](https://appshunter.io/developer/990526001)
- Category: Lifestyle, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 234 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-02-17
- Data updated: 2026-08-31
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/botanisense-ai-plant-care/id6758401071/reviews.md

## What is BotaniSense?

Discover, Identify, Care for Plants, and Share — with AI-Powered Tools

BotaniSense is an all-in-one companion for plant lovers—identify plants, organize your plant collection, and keep up with care.

Free to use with no ads—core features included at no cost.

Unique highlights: automatically collect and identify your plant photos, search them privately on-device, and plan sun/shade in your yard with 3D maps of nearby buildings and terrain.

Smart Photo Gallery - Local AI Plant Photo Management
Automatically gather all your plant photos into one place and identify what’s in them. Then find images fast with smart filtering and semantic search—your photo index stays on-device; custom search text is encoded securely on our servers (the default search works offline).

Sun Simulation & Solar Analysis
Plan your yard using 3D maps of nearby buildings and terrain to estimate hours of sun and shade. Compare locations and choose better spots for each plant’s light needs.

Digital Plant Diary
Track growth, care, and observations in a clean timeline. Organize by plant or location, attach photos, and tag entries for quick recall.

Plant Doctor & Disease Insights
Explore plant health issues, symptoms, and disease information with helpful visuals. For educational use and a starting point for research—not professional advice.

Plant Search & Discovery
Browse and search plant species by name or characteristics. Build a personal collection and track what you’ve found over time.

Community & Sharing
Share plant photos, ask for help, and learn from other plant lovers. Discover new plants through a friendly community feed.

Expert Care Guides
Get care info—watering, light, soil, and more—in your language.

Key Features
- Completely free with no ads
- Local AI plant photo indexing with semantic search (photos stay on your phone; custom queries encoded on our servers)
- Fast plant identification (multiple plants + context-aware results)
- Sun/shade hours in your yard using 3D maps of nearby buildings and terrain
- Digital plant diary with timeline view
- Plant Doctor: disease info and plant health Q&A
- Species collection tracking
- Community feed: easy sharing and discussions
- On-device photo indexing with semantic search (photos stay on your phone; custom queries encoded on our servers)
- Optional cloud sync across devices (faster loading, better sorting, richer photo details)

Perfect For
- Gardeners planning their next planting
- Plant enthusiasts building their collection
- Homeowners identifying mystery plants
- Anyone wanting to learn about plants
- Plant parents tracking their plant care

Start your plant journey today with BotaniSense - where technology meets nature.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.3.3 — 2026-08-12

• Fixed an out-of-memory crash during indexing on large photo libraries (~10k+ photos) — the on-device indexer now releases its thumbnail cache between batches so the process won't be jetsam-killed mid-index.
• Search results stay fresh — querying right after indexing completes (or after the Skip-iCloud-Photos toggle is changed) now reflects the latest index instead of returning a stale snapshot.
• Toggling Skip-iCloud-Photos now restarts the in-flight index immediately with the new setting — previously the new setting wouldn't take effect until the next launch.
• Search panel refreshes incrementally during indexing — newly indexed photos appear in the result set as the indexer makes progress, instead of only after the whole pass finishes.

### 2.3.2 — 2026-08-10

• Skip-iCloud-Photos toggle — opt out of iCloud-only photos end-to-end, with a confirmation dialog before toggling. Default ON for a safe baseline.
• Photo indexing reliability — fixed a crash during search-after-index, and a force-unwrap race during indexing cancel. The main-thread App Hang during indexing is gone; search no longer blocks while indexing runs.
• Race-condition fixes in the on-device indexer — TaskGroup now uses per-task accumulators so concurrent indexing and search can no longer corrupt shared state.
• Paste from clipboard on Photo Upload — paste a copied image directly into the upload view.

### 2.2.19 — 2026-06-29

• Photo analysis opens in a dedicated fullscreen view — smoother back navigation from gallery and camera on iPhone
• Plant Diary entries show species photos and clearer photo connection summaries
• Plant Doctor returns through the navigation stack for more predictable back behavior on iOS
• Gallery hub and home screen flow refinements

### 2.2.16 — 2026-06-23

• Natural-language search across your plant photo library
• Wide-screen photo grids for gallery, cloud, and community
• Opens on Gallery tab when you launch the app
• Smaller download and faster on-device AI loading
• Gallery back navigation and camera capture flow fixes

### 2.2.12 — 2026-06-18

• Plant Doctor, Disease Info, and Plant Assistant are now localized in your language
• AI plant help follows your app language setting
• More accurate plant common names in your locale
• Search your photo gallery while indexing is still running
• Refreshed app icon and launch screen
• Fixes for photo analysis and camera capture stability

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