Plantminder Reviews: Is It Legit?

Name: Plantminder
Rating: 4.7 (40 reviews)

Plantminder

Stratosphere Software, LLC

🔧 Utilities

🌟 Lifestyle

Customer Experience

Positive experience88.9% of reviews

Neutral3.7% of reviews

Negative experience7.4% of reviews

~ Based on 54 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Plantminder

Reviews of Plantminder are mostly positive: the Lifestyle app is rated 4.7/5 from 40 App Store ratings. What users like most: free and no subscriptions, easy to use and simple interface. Top complaints: notifications are in-app only, iPad version not optimized. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

👍Free and no subscriptions
👍Easy to use and simple interface
💡Great for organizing plants
💡Track plant needs and progress
💡Photo history for plant changes
💡Customizable watering reminders
💡Graveyard feature for deceased plants
💡Cloud sync for multi-device use
💡Journaling with notes and photos
💡Room organization for plants
👍No ads
👍Appreciated updates and new features

Negative things

🐛Notifications are in-app only
🐛iPad version not optimized
🐛App crashes when switching views
🐛Plant list not loading/blank spaces
🐛Cannot manually sort photos
🐛Missing at-a-glance watering schedule
🐛Cannot delay watering easily
🐛Missing tag feature for grouping
🐛Cannot edit logged notes
🐛Notifications not appearing on home screen/badges
🐛Cannot upload photos from library (older reviews)
🐛Notification settings issues
🐛App size on iPad is like phone screen

Is Plantminder Safe?

Plantminder appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Plantminder is 86/100.

This assessment is based on 40 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

92.5% of ratings point to a safe experience

5.0% of ratings suggest some concerns

2.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 40 App Store ratings for Plantminder.

Is Plantminder Legit?

Plantminder appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Plantminder is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

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Great for organizing plants!

This is pretty close to exactly what I was looking for. I tried keeping up with my plants in a more traditional journal, but it it didn’t expand well with my growing plant collection. Plantminder lets me track the plant’s needs, get reminders, see photos of the plants as they change over time, and journal my notes in an organized way.

I appreciate that the app doesn’t track my personal information or ask for yet another subscription.

One thing the app is missing that would help is a field for tags so plants can be grouped in more ways. I’d like to be able to tag my herbs and succulents into separate groups, for example.

Necarie

13 days ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for the thoughtful review! We’re really happy Plantminder has given your growing collection a more organized home. 🌱 Keeping Plantminder respectful of our plant lovers is really important to us, and your privacy is a big part of that. 💚 And good news, tags are already on our list of things we’d love to add! We can definitely see how useful it would be to group plants by things like herbs, succulents, or whatever categories work for your collection. 🪴 Thanks again for the suggestion and the 5 stars! If you ever have more ideas, please feel free to email us. Feedback like this genuinely helps shape what we build next. 💚 Kris 🪴💚

Plantminder is a plant saver also for your wallet!

Update: I’m loving all the new updates! This is now the best plant app I’ve ever used!
Original: I was using another free app that I loved but after 5 years is no longer being supported and I started to lose my information. Searching for a new app, I found Plantminder. This app is wonderful and just as good in every way except for one. I miss not being able to see at a glance which plants will need to be watered the next day, in a few days, in a week. You could also easily delay a plants watering by a couple days when you realize it isn’t quite time yet. This was especially helpful when going on an upcoming trip. Otherwise I’m loving this app and happy to find a great replacement. It’s ridiculous to see so many similar apps charge $6 a month, $60 a year when I just want an app to help me remember to water my plants. I think it’s fair to buy an app but a subscription just seems like a money grab.

Mk234a

a month ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for coming back and updating your review! 💚 Hearing that Plantminder is now the best plant app you’ve ever used seriously made our day! 🌱 We really appreciated the feedback in your original review because it helped us understand what would actually make Plantminder more useful. I really needed the Snooze feature too! If a plant wasn’t ready for water when I checked it, I’d tell myself I’d come back to it in a few days… and then completely forget 😂 Hence why we also needed the Graveyard 🪦🌱 Thank you for sticking with us and watching Plantminder grow. We have plenty more we want to add, so if you ever have an idea or something you’d love to see in the app, please send us an email! We genuinely love hearing suggestions from our plant lovers. 💚 Kris 🪴💚

Data backup Function and Graveyard Updates are appreciated!

I have appreciated journaling my plants' process and care in this app. I started using it when another was not updated for newer iOS. But I did have concerns about lack of data export and/or iCloud update and eventual phone replacement. I noticed today that both iCloud backup and export functions have been added, as well as a Graveyard. I might add some of my (few) casualties that have been deleted back into the app. Too bad we can't move from deleted to graveyard, but it will be nice to have that feature going forward. Great work, dev team! Now please don't abandon the app without notice someday in the future. Let us export data first. I don't see that happening soon since there are ongoing (and appreciated) feature updates occurring, but ye know...

BigSkyKatie

a month ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for sticking with Plantminder and for taking the time to review! 💚 We’re especially happy to hear that the new iCloud backup and export options addressed some of your concerns. Making sure your plant history can come with you to a new device was really important to us too. And yes, definitely bring those past casualties back for their rightful place in the Graveyard 😂🪦🌱 Gone, but not forgotten! We’re still very actively working on Plantminder and have plenty more we want to add, so we’re not planning on disappearing! We really appreciate the feedback, and please keep sending ideas our way as we continue growing the app. Kris 🪴💚

Incredible!

This is too perfect! It stores exactly what I want to store for a plant, uploading photos to see how it’s changed through time, great for reminding me when to water, mist, fertilised etc, the new update is also great - you can swipe through images of a plant to quickly see, send plants that didn’t survive to a graveyard (love that touch!) and you can now add a journal entry to multiple plants at once - game changer for watering room by room!
You can also sync to cloud to transfer to multiple devices, looks great on my iPad, thanks for an awesome app!! 🌱🪴🌱

Aisamyfr

a month ago

Response from developer

Thank you for taking the time to leave such an amazing review and for noticing all the things we’ve been adding! Hearing that the multi-plant journal entries are a “game changer” makes our day, and we’re glad you appreciate the Graveyard too 😂🪦 We may not be able to save every plant, but at least their photos and memories can live on forever! Please feel free to email us with ideas or suggestions. We love hearing from our fellow plant lovers and have plenty more we want to grow into Plantminder! 🪴💚

The best plant app

This app doesn’t get enough recognition. I recommend it to people all the time. It is so much more than an app that notifies you when you need to water your plants. You can customize the watering and misting schedule or turn it off. You’re able to add pictures and notes to the plant’s journal which also shows the watering, repotting, and fertilizing dates that you log. They recently added a great feature that lets you put a plant in the “graveyard.” When you lose a plant but don’t want to delete all the pictures and journal entries, you can use this so that it’s separate from your living plants in the app. I honestly have no complaints. Highly recommend!

Erinnnn32

a month ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for your thoughtful review! It genuinely means a lot to us that you recommend Plantminder to others. The Graveyard was actually a feature I was especially excited for! I wanted a place where we could still look back on all our plants that didn’t quite make it (RIP little ones 🪦🌱). We’re so happy to hear you’re enjoying it too! And please never hesitate to email us if you have any ideas or suggestions. We absolutely love hearing from our users and learning how you use Plantminder. We want to keep making it the best app we can for fellow plant lovers. 💚

Excellent, easy to use app.

I love this app. It’s great for multiple different plants. I love that it’s streamlined and simple to use. Please keep the app the way it is!!!

Sam07050

3 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the kind words! Rest assured I like simplicity too. We'll be adding features, but not redesigning the experience. Just better sync, backup, widgets, etc. All optional and non-intrusive. If there's any features you wish the app did have, don't hesitate to let me know using the link in the app!

Plantminder is a plant saver also for your wallet!

I was using another free app that I loved but after 5 years is no longer being supported and I started to lose my information. Searching for a new app, I found Plantminder. This app is wonderful and just as good in every way except for one. I miss not being able to see at a glance which plants will need to be watered the next day, in a few days, in a week. You could also easily delay a plants watering by a couple days when you realize it isn’t quite time yet. This was especially helpful when going on an upcoming trip. Otherwise I’m loving this app and happy to find a great replacement. It’s ridiculous to see so many similar apps charge $6 a month, $60 a year when I just want an app to help me remember to water my plants. I think it’s fair to buy an app but a subscription just seems like a money grab.

Mk234a

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the support! I've just got back into the swing of things after recovery from a broken back, so look out for more features and feel free to send suggestions!

It didn’t sync with my cloud

How am i supposed to recover plants from a different device?

just a ton of boredom

5 months ago

Wow!

I grow a variety of plants, but tropical fruits trees specifically. This makes my life so much easier to keep updated with growth, watering, feeding, flowering. Excellent build of the app. Bravo.

TheGrowLab

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much! Great to hear! I'm getting back into the swing of things following an injury and if you have any features you'd like to see don't hesitate to reach out (link in the settings menu).

Love but missing one option

Love the water and misting reminders. The room feature is great as I have many all over the house. Only thing I would recommend is being able to manually sort the photo so you can put them in order. So as I walk around the room I can go from plant to plant without scrolling to find it. I have about 100 plants.

Laksjdgh

5 months ago

Love this app!!!

I love this app so much. It’s all I use to keep track of my plant watering and fertilizing. I love how it’s free and I really struggled to find a free app.

Brenda5555555

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you!! If there's any features you'd like to see in the app, reach out using the link in the menu and let us know what you'd love to see.

Perfect for keeping track of your plants and truly free❤️

I love the layout and being able to organize the plants into rooms. The journal feature is also amazing. I love all the things you can log and add new pictures to keep track of their health and progress.
I also really like that you can set separate reminders for each plant.
I also really really appreciate that this app is truly free. It’s exactly what I was looking for. I can keep track of all my plants in one place without being forced to pay a membership fee. THANK YOU Plantminder!!

There are a couple tweaks that would make this app a 5 star for me:
When logging in the journal I’d love to be able to leave a note for each entry. For example if I log a repot I’d love to be able to write a note about soil type etc. Or if I log a fertilizer I’d love to leave a note to record which fertilizer I used and how much.

I’d also like to be able to edit notes that I log instead of having to delete a mistake and start over.

What would really set this app apart would be adding a calendar page. So we can look at all the watering due dates on a calendar instead of having to look up/click into each plant individually.

But I will definitely be using this app from now on!❤️

McDoug0

6 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for the amazing review! ❤️ We’re so excited to hear you’re enjoying Plantminder and all the features we’ve built into it. We’re finally back into the swing of things after an injury slowed us down for a bit, and we’ve recently added some fun new features for you to check out too! We really wanted to create an app that plant lovers would genuinely enjoy using, and keeping Plantminder free means anyone can give it a try and hopefully love it as much as we do. 🌱 We also really appreciate your suggestions. These are exactly the kinds of ideas we love hearing from our users and they help us figure out how to make Plantminder even better. Please feel free to email us anytime with feedback or ideas. We’re always listening, and hopefully we’ll earn that last star! 💚

Perfect for my needs.

The app is simple and it works. I can keep track of my plants and keep a journal of pictures and my efforts to care for the plants. I can set up reminders as needed. All this for free. I took away one star only because the app now crashes when trying to switch to list view. Not sure the developer is still managing the app.

mikedpp

8 months ago

Response from developer

Hi! The hiatus was due to an injury, but I can confirm I am now back and I believe I have the fix you need in beta testing now. Look out for an update soon!

Absolutely incredible!!

I’ve tried a number of plant apps, but this is hands down the best! No subscription or payment required, super easy to use and understand, and the tracking/reminder system is perfect!! It’s been so handy since I’m so forgetful 💚🪴🌵 I’m incredibly grateful I’ve found such an awesome app that has no payment barriers. Thank you so much!!

Pri Pringles

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much! 💚 It seriously makes our day to hear that Plantminder is your favorite after trying so many other plant apps! We wanted to make plant care simple and easy to keep up with, especially for those of us who might need a little help remembering when we last watered something 😂🪴 But don’t worry, if you ever do forget to water one for a little too long, we now have a Graveyard where your plant babies can live on forever! RIP little ones 🪦🌱 Thank you for using Plantminder and for taking the time to leave us such a lovely review! As you continue watching your plants grow, please feel free to email us with any suggestions or ideas that come to mind. We love hearing from our fellow plant lovers! 💚

Recovered missing plants following iOS update

I was using this as a garden journal, obviously not what it is designed for but it was reasonably useful for that purpose for a free app. After a recent iOS update all my plants had disappeared.

I contacted their support who helpfully suggested it may be an iCloud setting and they were right: re-enabling iCloud access for the app in my iOS settings resolved the issue.

If you come across the same problem you may want to try this same solution.

mr chutles

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi! Thanks for the review! The app uses your iCloud account to sync your plants between devices securely for free. Glad we were able to resolve this for you and get your plants back for you. If anyone else faces a similar issue, remember to ensure you're logged into the same iCloud account as before, which you can check in the Settings app on your phone. After logging in the app will usually sync back within a minute or two. Thanks again for using the app and your feedback.

Excellent Plant Journaling App

This is just the kind of app I was looking for. Allows me to journal all my specific plants and note anything down. Keeps track of progress pictures and can export to my photo roll (or vice versa). No ads and extremely responsive and user friendly. Perfect app to track your plants!!

ViPaDawG

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much! 💚 We’re so happy Plantminder is exactly what you were looking for! Being able to look back through your journal and progress photos and see how much your plants have grown is one of our favorite parts too. 🪴📸 We really appreciate you taking the time to leave us such a great review and hope you continue to enjoy watching your plant collection grow! And if you ever have an idea that could make Plantminder even better, please feel free to email us. We always love hearing from our fellow plant lovers! 🌱💚

Great app. Helps a lot

Great app. Easy to use, layout is clean and nice looking. I would forget when/what I have done without this app.

Some options I wish it had
- I had a plant that was destroyed by a storm and tried to bring it back but no luck. Would be nice to still have it on the app but in another section (dead, no longer with me etc section). Only thing you can do is turn off all reminders for it and create a new room for the plants to be listed in.
- when you hit water, fertilise, repot etc it lets you also add a note if you want. Instead of having to do it separately. So it’s altogether in 1 journal.
- maybe option to add your own journal type.

Kayla Sydney

a year ago

Perfect for my needs.

The app is simple and it works. I can keep track of my plants and keep a journal of pictures and my efforts to care for the plants. I can set up reminders as needed. All this for free.

mikedpp

a year ago

Perfect

This app is exactly what I was looking for to keep track of when my plants need watering and feeding. Also good for keeping a journal with photos of each plant to see how much they’ve changed over time

BlueCactus14

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much! 💚 We’re so happy Plantminder is exactly what you were looking for! Keeping track of all those watering and feeding dates can get surprisingly tricky, which is a big part of why we made the app in the first place. 🌱 And we completely agree about the photos! There’s something so satisfying about looking back through your plant’s journal and actually seeing how much it has grown and changed over time. 🪴📸 Thank you for using Plantminder, and please feel free to email us anytime with suggestions or ideas. We love hearing from our fellow plant lovers! 💚

Absolutely amazing

The app is quite basic and lacks a lot of the premium features expected from other apps, but very refreshing with lack of paid options ads for subscriptions. For most plant parents and absolutely amazing app with many customizable options. 10 out of 10 would recommend!

Stepanb1234