# GrowSpot: Plant Care & Light — Reads the Spot, Not the Room

> Reads the Spot, Not the Room (iPhone/iPad app by RENXIONG LIN.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/growspot-plant-care-and-light/id6780212433 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [RENXIONG LIN](https://appshunter.io/developer/6780212435)
- Category: Lifestyle, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 46 MB
- Languages: American English, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-07-20
- Data updated: 2026-09-15
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/growspot-plant-care-and-light/id6780212433/reviews.md

## What is GrowSpot?

GrowSpot tells you whether a plant can thrive in the exact spot you have in mind — and it tells you honestly.

EVERY PLANT HAS A PERFECT SPOT
Every window, shelf, and balcony corner is its own little climate. GrowSpot reads the whole growing environment of the exact spot — light, warmth, humidity, and airflow — not just the room — and scores each plant-spot pair. If a spot won't work, it says so before you move the plant. Set your phone down right where the plant will live for an honest light reading; what it can't measure, it estimates from your local weather and your description of the spot — an honest estimate, never a made-up number. When two spots look the same, GrowSpot can tell you why the left side of the balcony works and the right side doesn't.

CARE THAT GROWS WITH NATURE
Watering isn't a fixed timer here. Reminders for watering, feeding, and repotting adapt to your local weather, the season, and the spot each plant lives in — indoors, balcony, or outside. Heat wave or cold snap, they adjust with it.

SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE
Snap a photo to identify a plant, or to check on one that's struggling — GrowSpot reads the photo together with the spot's real conditions, so the "why" is grounded, not generic. Every check, move, and milestone lands in a growth album that tells your plant's whole story.

GROWSPOT PLUS
The free tier includes 2 spots, 2 plants with full matching, and 20 AI scans a month. Plus adds unlimited plants, spots, and AI scans. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime in your store account settings.

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## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GrowSpot Plus (Monthly) | $4.99 | per month |
| GrowSpot Plus (Annual) | $29.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.8 — 2026-09-13

• Check-back reminders only arrive when a spot still needs attention, and only once per warning
• Light scoring uses your measured readings everywhere, so Home and the compare page agree
• Adding a plant by a genus name alone now asks for the full name on the label

### 1.1.7 — 2026-09-06

• Reply to comments and like them in the community
• Light meter: a note when the sun is low or it isn't this spot's sunny hour, plus the time of each reading
• Check results show the plant's ideal light range and mark values that are estimates
• After moving a plant, add a Moved note in one tap
• Permission prompts now appear in Spanish too

### 1.1.6 — 2026-09-01

Rooms are here — and GrowSpot now speaks Portuguese (Brazil):
• Group your spots into rooms; set a room's temperature or humidity once and every spot in it inherits the reading
• GrowSpot can suggest rooms from your spot names — one tap to confirm
• Your thermometer now drives care: hand-entered temperature and humidity shape watering, feeding and weather alerts — not just spot scores
• Comparisons, share cards and reminders now say which room a spot is in
• Grow-light spots now rank honestly in spot suggestions
• Correcting a spot's climate no longer reads as "this spot got worse"
• Clearer error states and many small fixes throughout

### 1.1.5 — 2026-08-27

Grow lights, understood better:
• Have a grow light on a spot? Placement advice now says when to move the lamp closer or farther — instead of telling you to chase daylight
• One storm, one alert: weather warnings for the same event now arrive as a single digest instead of repeats
• Spot rankings now factor real wind when judging outdoor airflow
• Plant catalog cleanup: duplicate species entries merged, clearer names
• Smoother subscription screen on weak connections

### 1.1.4 — 2026-08-24

A sharper light meter:
• New: paper mode — lay a small piece of white printer paper over the front camera and readings get dramatically more accurate, for daylight and grow lamps alike
• No paper around? Estimate without it — clearly marked as an estimate
• Results now land on a five-step scale from dark to direct sun
• Own a lux meter, thermometer or hygrometer? Enter readings by hand when editing a spot
• Steadier readings: the meter now waits out slow-settling light before locking in

## Related topics

[growing plants light](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/growing-plants-light)

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