# Free Plant Identifier — user reviews > 394 indexed App Store user reviews of Free Plant Identifier by Mohamed Aberkane, rated 4.70/5 from 21,740 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/free-plant-identifier/id6482981085/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/free-plant-identifier/id6482981085.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 18,049 · 4★ 2,146 · 3★ 858 · 2★ 213 · 1★ 474 ## What do users think of Free Plant Identifier? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🚀 Helpful for identifying plants - 💡 Provides useful plant information - 🔓 Free to use **Cons** - 🐛 Inaccurate plant identification - 🔒 Requires subscription for full functionality **Commonly reported bugs** - Unable to look up plants without paying subscription - Crashes or freezes on some devices **Most requested features** - Add more plant species - Improve plant identification accuracy ## Newest reviews (15 of 394) ### 2/5 — Problem *2026-08-19, version 68* You said this was free. Not so. After taking 4 pics I was told that is all you can take in one day and I should pay for the service. Don’t advertise as free when it isn’t. It also is very pesty with ads! ### 4/5 — Easy Peasy *2026-08-16, version 68* Plant identifier is easy to use! ### 5/5 — This app is the best thing that ever happened to me. *2026-08-06, version 68* I, at first, thought do I need a lifetime subscription to this app? The answer is unequivocally yes. It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I find myself pulling over if I see a plant that looks nice, but I may want to add to my garden, but don’t know what it is. I have a catalogue now of all of the plants in my garden, and I can easily look them up and get tips or understand what to plant next to them. It’s wonderful. ### 5/5 — Love this app *2026-08-06, version 68* I enjoy this app daily to discover new varieties of honey bee plants for my garden ### 2/5 — It’s not free *2026-08-05, version 68* Identifying your plant is free. Literally everything else in the app pushes for a subscription fee. ### 2/5 — Ads Inaccuracies and Limitations *2026-08-04, version 68* Couldn’t identify a field of dandelions, put up ads after every identification, started demanding payment after the first ID (which you can x out of in the top right corner after a few seconds so don’t get tricked), required my name and email just to open the app, kept asking for my location, and kept pushing an AI chatbot called Nina. And this was just in the first two minutes of my testing. Just use the identification built into apple photos. It’s the little blue circle with the leaf In it that appears in the lower options bar when you click on a photo of a plant ### 5/5 — If it’s free it’s for me… *2026-08-04, version 68* …usually… but this app is as good as any I’ve ever paid for! ### 5/5 — Todas las plantas del mundo *2026-08-04, version 68* Todas las plantas y flores las encuentra Plant Finder! Es maravilloso! 👌🌳 ### 5/5 — Amazing help *2026-08-03, version 68* Love this App it had helped me save numerous plants so Thank you!🙂 ### 5/5 — Amanda.t *2026-08-02, version 68* Good ### 3/5 — Great Tool *2026-08-01, version 68* Great tool but sometimes misidentifies plants. But I still like it. ### 5/5 — Easy *2026-07-31, version 68* Great and quick to id anything in my yard!!!! ### 5/5 — Plant Identifier *2026-07-29, version 68* I love this plant identifier because they actually don’t have no hidden fees like the other ones that say it’s free when it’s really not. I’m so glad I found this app. ### 5/5 — PLM *2026-07-28, version 68* Excellent app. Well worth the subscription if you’re into plants. I had a previous app and this one is better ### 5/5 — Great app! *2026-07-27, version 68* Very easy to use and accurate ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Please remove free *2026-08-25, version 68* I thought this was a free plant app I was wrong! You guys should remove the free from your app! ### 1/5 — Forced to “sign in” to use and didn’t work. *2026-08-19, version 68* My title sums it up. There is no reason an app like this should require a sign in. I don’t need to save plant information on an account. I just want to identify a plant. Sadly, the multiple pictures that I took of a plant kept returning a “uh oh, something went wrong. Try again later.” message. I don’t care that. It’s in the top 20 best apps. This thing is horrible big and get a thumbs down! I’m deleting it after I post this review. ### 1/5 — Free app! *2026-08-03, version 68* No. No it’s not. It only tells you what the name of the plant is. You gotta pay to find out why it’s “sick”. ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2026-08-02, version 68* It constantly gets the plants wrong and isn’t free!! ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-08-01, version 68* Too many ads. I just want to identify plants ### 1/5 — Four attempts were made with your Free Plant Identifier and no results. *2026-07-11, version 68* Four attempts were made with your Free Plant Identifier and no results. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-07-07, version 68* Keeps saying something went wrong try again later. ### 1/5 — “Free” *2026-07-05, version 68* “Free” then you only get a couple IDs ### 1/5 — Identified same plant as two different plants *2026-07-05, version 68* Very disappointed. I used it with picture 1 and got. a result for a plant that is not native to my area. Used it with picture 2 and it identified it as another plant. ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2026-07-03, version 68* Endless ads leading to the bare minimum information, anything important costs money to find out. Apps like this are such rage-bait. Booo ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Much needed help *2026-08-19, version 68* Taken over the garden after my wife’s death, from a position of profound ignorance. This app has been a great help and source of knowledge ### 5/5 — I’m impressed *2026-08-18, version 68* So far so good ### 5/5 — Excellent Plant Finder *2026-08-16, version 68* Recognised every plant I’ve asked of it Gives you loads of hints how to look after them all Fantastic app!!!! 5***** ### 5/5 — Plant identifier *2026-08-16, version 68* I really like the instant response no matter what time of day or what day it is, even weekends! Thank you! ### 5/5 — Can’t do without it! *2026-08-15, version 68* I’m in love with plants. Want to know what it is if unknown and how to bring good health to the ones I have. Love it! ### 5/5 — Nick *2026-08-11, version 68* So far very impressive I’d of plants. ### 5/5 — So far so good at identifying *2026-08-11, version 68* Like it ### 5/5 — Souleman *2026-08-10, version 68* It’s been a very helpful resource to have on hand. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-08-10, version 68* I just acquired some property with lots of different plants and such. Love this app that helps me identify everything within minutes. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-08-09, version 68* Intuitive, quick so much information. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-30.*