# Garden Camera — Plant Garden Time Lapse Camera

> Time-lapse camera app for documenting plant and garden growth. (iPhone/iPad app by John Ostler.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/garden-camera/id1518414748 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [John Ostler](https://appshunter.io/developer/1279335874)
- Category: Photo & Video, Lifestyle
- Price: $1.99
- Rating: 2.83/5 from 6 App Store ratings · 4 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.2 · 17 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2020-07-06
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/garden-camera/id1518414748/reviews.md

## What is Garden Camera?

Stick out your green thumb because it's time to hitch a ride to the garden tech future. Introducing your time-traveling companion, Garden Camera! She uses the storytelling power of time-lapse photography and frame x frame animation to let you witness the stretching, bending, branching, and fruiting of your plants, flowers, containers, gardens, and yards! There's no setup, expensive professional rigs, tripods, waterproofing, or other objects that your neighborhood squirrel may use as a launchpad. Just line up each shot with the overlay tool, shoot, and in a few days, weeks, or months, export a spectacular growth video rake in those likes, comments, and shares. 

*insert trowel drop here*

Simple & Easy: is how it works
Create some image collections by snapping a few pictures of your plants, flowers, containers, gardens, and full sections of your yard. Then every few days, take another picture with the overlay tool to match the orientation of the original pic. Like a cartoon animator, the overlay tool acts like a lightbox so you can line up each photo you take with the previous photo. Once you have a few photos, hit play and watch your plants and flowers bloom before your eyes! When it's time to post progress, tap on the triple dots to save or share a time-lapse video to your device library or on your favorite gardening social media channels. It is super fun and you'll be wishing you had it even earlier in the growing season. 


Features

• Create any number of plant photo collections
• Easily add new photos over time using the in-app camera
• Show/Hide an overlay of your last photo so that each new photo lines up precisely with the last one you took
• Toggle text overlays to show the date each photo was taken
• Toggle the slide number to keep track of those looping videos
• Easily export videos to your device library
• Share square videos to your social media channels
• All photos automatically get placed in an album on your device

Thanks for checking out this app! Proceeds for my apps go back into making more apps we all wish we had to help maintain our gardens. I'd love your feedback on the website as I continue to support this and my other apps for plant lovers into the foreseeable future.

## Key features

- Create plant photo collections
- Add new photos with in-app camera
- Overlay tool for precise photo alignment
- Toggle date and slide number overlays
- Export videos to device library
- Share square videos to social media

## Recent user reviews (5 of 4)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/garden-camera/id1518414748/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Unable to use

*2024-03-14*

I wanted to use this tool to take photos of my garden I could use for bulb placement so I could see spring photos, late season photos and ensure bulbs are going in correct spots. There are no directions and the Usef interface isn’t helping me. At this point I’m giving up. Which is too bad! It’s exactly what I want- but I can’t figure out how to make it work. If the developers can add a little instruction -  I’d be happy to try it again and re-review.

### 1/5 — Extremely lacking in performance and features.

*2021-03-06, version 1.0*

I was looking for an app that did exactly what this one promises to offer, but the overlay feature is excruciatingly hard to use, with no options to change the way the overlay image is displayed. Additionally, the app only allows you to take cropped/square format images - no way to change to different dimensions. You are also not able to import any previously taken images to use in the time lapse set or to use as an overlay to continue where you left off. 

Absolutely do not purchase this application.

**Developer response:** Thanks, Josh. Appreciate the feedback and the feature requests. There are plans to add different overlay controls, dimensions as well as import. Currently the app is optimized for social media posts which is where the majority of uses who are downloading this app intends to use it. I hope people will continue to download the app so that I can continue to add cool new features and make it better.

### 4/5 — Possibly great - needs better instructions

*2021-02-01, version 1.0*

This app is potentially exactly what I have wanted: a way to organize my plant photos over time so that I document growth and development of plants in my garden as well as in the field. I assume this is a new app, still in development but a “support or help” section and how to reach the developer is needed.

**Developer response:** How can I help?

### 5/5 — Plantastic!

*2020-07-10, version 1.0*

You know that day about 3 weeks after you plant something and you forget how small it was when you started?  This is a really awesome app to help easily track your plants/gardens progress.  Super cool

**Developer response:** Thanks for the review! Glad it’s working for you!

### 5/5 — Great for indoor plant time lapse

*2020-07-09, version 1.0*

I was looking for an app to create plant time lapse videos. This is surprisingly effective with the overlay thing. It’s a little easier to line up indoors vs outdoors but still A+ Please add push reminders for extra credit!

## Frequently asked questions about Garden Camera

### What is Garden Camera?

Garden Camera is a mobile application designed to help users create time-lapse videos of their plants and gardens. It uses an overlay tool to ensure precise alignment of photos taken over time, allowing for spectacular growth visualizations.

### How does Garden Camera work?

You create image collections by taking pictures of your plants. Using the overlay tool, you can align subsequent photos with previous ones, creating a frame-by-frame animation that, when played back, shows the plant's growth.

### Can I share my Garden Camera videos?

Yes, Garden Camera allows you to easily export videos to your device library. You can also share square videos directly to your favorite social media channels.

### What devices does Garden Camera support?

Garden Camera is supported on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices, making it accessible to a wide range of Apple users.

### What is the age rating for Garden Camera?

Garden Camera has an age rating of 4+, meaning it is suitable for children and adults alike, with no mature content.

### When was Garden Camera last updated?

Garden Camera was last updated on July 6, 2020, with version 1.0. The app was initially released on the same date.

### What is the price of Garden Camera?

Garden Camera is available for a one-time purchase of $1.99. There are no in-app purchases or subscription fees associated with the app.

### What do users think of Garden Camera?

Garden Camera has an average rating of 2.8 stars from 6 ratings. User feedback may indicate areas for improvement or highlight specific features that are well-received.

## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2020-07-06

No release notes.

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