Absolutely excellent app!
I am from England but hey , the information you’ll get from this app is priceless. Its a gem packed with knowledge. Thank you so much for sharing this valuable information with us.
It’s Great!
This app is actually awesome! I can so identify plants I find while I’m mushroom hunting! Tysm for making this app :]
Great app, but greedy
When I bought this app it was wonderful — it had a lot of extras with it, extremely useful. Like many developers, this one has chosen to go for the gusto — she wants more of my money, so she takes away certain features, then offers to sell them back to me for more money.
I gave in and did it, only to find out she did not restore the extras – there were little parts where information was cut off, those parts were fixed, but now I’m still supposed to spend to “upgrade.“
I still miss the extras, especially the dictionary of the technical terms she uses, but in order to get those you’ll have to go join her on her Facebook page. Pretty cheap trick for getting more Facebook followers.
And you don’t have access to them if youre not online.
So note to greedy developers: give your customer something, then take it away and charge them again. The information in this app is excellent, but the sleazy tactics give this “medicine“ a bad taste.
I gave in and did it, only to find out she did not restore the extras – there were little parts where information was cut off, those parts were fixed, but now I’m still supposed to spend to “upgrade.“
I still miss the extras, especially the dictionary of the technical terms she uses, but in order to get those you’ll have to go join her on her Facebook page. Pretty cheap trick for getting more Facebook followers.
And you don’t have access to them if youre not online.
So note to greedy developers: give your customer something, then take it away and charge them again. The information in this app is excellent, but the sleazy tactics give this “medicine“ a bad taste.
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What happened
Are used to love this app. Now it limits the information without an upgrade. I don’t know how to upgrade. And it is unstable and not working on my iPhone X. Will rate five stars once it is fixed. Thanks
Makes going outside even more interesting!
Such a cool app! I’m a conservation biology major and I’ve always really liked plants but aside from their appearance never really knew anything else about them. This app has cool little descriptions of the plants, their characteristics, their range, and even their effect on the surrounding soil(COOL)! Some entries are more detailed than others, but I’ve learned a lot from it and there’s even a little section that lists what part of the plants have historically been used as medicine, so now I can follow along when my horticulture friends start talking about all the properties of mint and crud.
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Great app on a plant walk
I know many of the plants, but don't remember medicinal properties or what parts to use. This app is great on a plant walk to not just find the plants but to read a concise description about the plant.
Wonderful!
I love the high quality photos of each plant. Thank you!
Love it!
I love this app have had it since the 2nd gen touch was new or about then --I have seen many changes in it in that time and while it doesn't update a ton it's a very stable platform and has a ton of good info as well it's my first reference app if this dosent have the plant then I go to another app
As always room for improvement and I know some of what I've commented to the developers they had in mind --in the past (I haven't opened lately) there were some that didn't have pictures but they weren't common to me so I wasn't overly concerned by it
As always room for improvement and I know some of what I've commented to the developers they had in mind --in the past (I haven't opened lately) there were some that didn't have pictures but they weren't common to me so I wasn't overly concerned by it
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Great reference app but needs some help
I was so excited to see this app. It's a great little reference app. However I didn't give it 5 stars because it wish it could be more expansive (I.e. How can it not have rhodiola? ) Also many of the entries are cut off in mid sentence so that's disappointing. However it does have lots of information such as contraindication, etymology, plant part use and medicinal uses. It's very general but it's a good snapshot and there's a bonus section on how to make tinctures and some others. Wish I could also search by scientific name. There are some herbal books I own that only list the scientific names so this would be a helpful tool. However I'm glad I have it.
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Effective summaries for choosing health-boosting herbs for specific issues
I use this reference often as I am a great believer in herb teas as health enhancers and this guide, for the herbs it includes, is quite good. Even better, I only recently realized I can search for the herb I need by the condition I'm hoping to improve, e.g. Sinusitis, headache, arthritis,etc. and the guide yields a list of the most useful herbs associated with that condition. Well Done. I've been drinking herb teas for 40+ years and now am a tad more efficient at it thanks to this resource.
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Please add location based plants!
Brigitte is tremendously inspiring and this app reflects the care and knowledge she has about these plants. Please start with a few cities and pull out lists of plants we can find during the summer and then expand on that. Thanks!
A fun resource!
Great for when you're on the go and curious.
Almost worthless
Horrible app. The pictures used to identify the plants are fuzzy and often taken from such a distance that you can't make out the detail of the plants or so close-up that you only see a leaf or two or a flower. Neither is helpful for identification. The only way to identify the plants is through the pictures, so unless you already know the name of the plant, you end up looking through hundreds of poor quality photos hoping to find the plant in question.
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Useful and portable
I'm finding this app plenty useful when I'm out and around - for hiking, casual look-ups, any time I want a plant ID and use reference and don't have a stack of books along. Mars' is an expert and well-respected teacher of herbal lore and her information on medicinal use is excellent. I wish all the apps I've grabbed were this good.
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Not very useful
I was hoping that I would be able to look up native plants for my area so I could identify them. Considering the price I expected more than a simple list with photos of the plants. Disappointed.
Info is good but...
There is no way to search when I find a plant in the wild and want to identify it. There is no range map to show where plant grows. There needs to be a search engine that includes: range, plant height, leaf arrangement, flower shape and number of petals, family of plants, ecosystem in which we find the plant (riparian, plains, forest, etc), elevation where it grows, etc. also, some of the photos are nearly impossible to identify the plant from. If you can positively identify the plant using another guide, then this app will be useful to decide how to use the plant. There's potential here but the app still needs some development.
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Used to love it
Still like it but the info on using an herb as a tea, tincture, etc., is gone. That was the best part!! Grrr
owner: Rebecca's Herbal Apothecary
LOVE THIS APP!!! It's easy to navigate, the pictures are awesome and the information is great! So very cool!
Great App
Been looking for a app to help identify plants and give feed back on them. Greay way to purchase plants that are native to the area.
Fantastic Update
Love the updates. And the new content really makes things easier. We use it with our scouts to identify local plants and the browse by picture view is a great way to look for your plant.
