# Smart Identifier: Plant+Insect — user reviews > 96 indexed App Store user reviews of Smart Identifier by Vulcan Labs Company Limited, rated 3.70/5 from 2,050 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smart-identifier-plant-plus-insect/id1265061997/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smart-identifier-plant-plus-insect/id1265061997.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,138 · 4★ 200 · 3★ 122 · 2★ 92 · 1★ 498 ## What do users think of Smart Identifier? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🤩 Fun to explore - 🤖 Identifies objects well - 👍 Useful for education **Cons** - 🤦‍♀️ Inaccurate identification - 💰 Requires paid subscription - 🙄 Vague and unhelpful results - 🤯 Completely wrong identifications **Commonly reported bugs** - Fails to identify common plants and insects - Incorrect object identification - Subscription paywall after limited free usage **Most requested features** - More accurate plant and insect identification - Ability to identify specific species - Free access without subscription ## Newest reviews (18 of 96) ### 2/5 — Jude 1967 *2024-04-05, version 2.4* I preferred the old version. Much more accurate. Where have all my previous requests and identifications gone? ### 1/5 — Horrible *2020-12-05, version 2.4* This app is terrible I scanned my dog then it said it was a totally different breed than my dog is. than I scanned a small pumpkin then it said it was a squash and at the end it said it was a shoe like what! ### 1/5 — Doesn't identify *2020-11-10, version 2.4* If you are hoping to be able to identify a specific thing such as a plant , tree, insect, etc. this app is useless. Take a photo of a plant and it will give you the definition of a "plant", and tell you your photos match things like "plant", "leaf", and "science" at 85.2%. Waste of time. ### 1/5 — Dismal *2020-09-10, version 2.4* I’m disappointed. There is a plant that I know the name of but I’ll be darned if I can remember. But this app told me I could not identify it. It’s a fairly common plant, usually planted outdoors in someone’s beds, not an indoor/house plant I’ll delete the app and try another one ### 1/5 — Constant obvious mistakes. Charged me when it just said it would not *2020-08-10, version 2.4* Not very useful ### 1/5 — Didn’t identify spotted lantern fly *2020-08-02, version 2.4* First two paid apps I tried identified the lantern fly. This app offered “beetle”. ### 1/5 — Useless *2020-06-18, version 2.4* I submitted a very clear photo of a firefly and it was identified as “insect.” This is an app better suited for toddlers who are learning to identify photos with words. ### 1/5 — Smart identifier *2020-06-05, version 2.4* This app is a piece of crap. It makes money for the inventor or distributor. And nothing more.Now I must fight to get my money back. ### 1/5 — Worthless app *2020-05-21, version 2.4* Total scam.. after third picture they want you to subscribe ### 1/5 — This app is stupid. *2020-04-24, version 2.4* I subscribed for one year and yet, it’s not working ### 1/5 — Don’t even. *2020-04-16, version 2.4* I got this to identify a 3 cm long black ant, as I hadn’t previously come across such a large one indoors. It helpfully identified the ant as: an insect (with 45% probability of being right). I kind of worked that out myself, already, with 100% probability of being right. Delete. ### 1/5 — Keep Looking *2020-04-03, version 2.4* Very vague and extremely uncertain about what it’s actually identifying. Like a struggling student yelling out guesses like they are playing Pictionary. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother. Useless. *2020-01-08, version 2.4* Worst app ever! Don’t even bother, completely useless. So worthless. ### 2/5 — Bad identification *2019-12-23, version 2.4* When I was testing it I tested it on my bearded dragon. The results did not have bearded dragon. ### 1/5 — Insect *2019-11-12, version 2.4* Stuck on insect. Can’t change to plant or flowers. Guess it’s gonna be trash. Waste of time ### 1/5 — Low level *2019-10-29, version 2.4* Unhappy with the app, 10% only identifies flowers & plants! ### 1/5 — Not smart or identifier *2019-10-20, version 2.4* This app is terrible I took a picture of a tree and it told me it was grass. It says it’s only correct 30% of the time so far for me it’s been correct 0%. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2019-09-22, version 2.4* What a rip off 30 dollars a month You can keep it ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — About three camera snaps *2023-06-06, version 2.4* I took about three camera snaps and it brought up subscription. 😦 I tried to take another but still the same thing. So if you want to pay than this is fine, but if you were hoping to take unlimited pictures and just avoid the subscription side, don’t bother. Unless you don’t mind getting three pictures and that’s it. 😕 I was thinking I’d be able to use this app more. Thank you though for this app to identify bugs and other things. 🙂 ### 1/5 — Seems beyond useless *2022-06-19, version 2.4* Unless I am way behind the learning curve, it appears I can bring up or make a picture of, for example, an insect I would like to identify. First I have to tell the app it’s an insect I want to identify. Then, after much special effects, it pronounces that I have found an insect with 65% reliability. That’s it. Seriously? ### 1/5 — Not impressed at all *2022-05-06, version 2.4* I tried to identify several plants the. Most accuracy was 74% ### 1/5 — Prof KP *2022-03-12* Very Bad Dark Photos. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t get specific *2021-11-11, version 2.4* Can’t get it to Id the exact name of the insect . What’s the point ? I know it is a bug. ### 1/5 — Legit garbage *2021-08-23, version 2.4* Took a picture of a houseplant to test it. Results are “leaf - 66% accuracy” ### 1/5 — Horrible App: can’t detect even basic flowers or vegetables *2021-07-19, version 2.4* Waste of money & time! Tried it out on spinach leaves, poppy flowers & herbs like basil and thyme- NOTHING!! Couldn’t even identify one of them- USELESS ! ### 1/5 — Cannot ID Anything *2021-06-23, version 2.4* Testing this app to see what it can do. What a joke!!! Tried it on a simple Petunia. Could not ID!!! Tried on Red Rose. Could not ID!! Why can it be simple ?!? I do not recommend this app. If you want the wrong answer, then this app is for you. ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2021-06-17, version 2.4* Took a photo of a large moth and the app came up with “ tap the closet [sic] match below” all it could come up with was that it was 66% insect, 40% moth. ### 1/5 — Bad *2021-03-23, version 2.4* It says I now have to pay to use it and it can’t identify anything ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — See things my way *2019-08-30, version 2.4* So far it identifies things that are in the picture. Saves more room then doing individual identifiers ### 5/5 — So much fun! *2019-08-15, version 2.4* It is a family event to explore using this app in our wood! What an education! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2019-05-15, version 2.4* I like how it’s not just flowers or plants ### 5/5 — amazing *2018-11-08, version 1.8* This app helps me in tree identification, plant identification and snap identifier. I use this for the purpose of education ### 5/5 — Helpful *2018-10-24* This helps me a lot when I tried to Identify creators. ### 5/5 — Amazing accuracy thus far !! *2018-08-31, version 1.1* I’ve tested it indoors and it’s so smart, I took a photo of a Dolphin (photo mosaic puzzle) & it popped up with “Photomosaic”, and “Puzzle” — Can’t outsmart this! Eventually it concluded it was a “Dolphin Photomosaic” by “Paul Lamond”. After a quick Google — It was right!! I took a photo of a butterfly artwork & it popped up with “Art”. This really is smart — Looking forward to getting outside & snapping a few mini beasts & wildlife. This is Excellent !! Go get it... ### 4/5 — Camera snaps *2025-06-13, version 2.4* I took a couple camera snaps and it brought up subscription so if you want to pay than this is fine but if you don’t than That’s bad ### 3/5 — My first time use and it correctly identified objects in the photo. Great work *2020-09-27, version 2.4* Great work. ### 3/5 — Ehhh *2019-08-27, version 2.4* This is app is okay but like every other app you have to pay money for a premium subscription plan and then you get full access. ### 3/5 — Decent attempt. *2019-05-20* Image recognition is not at its best.I'm sure this will improve. good luck. You may want to do a spell check. It's "closest" not "Closet" match. --- *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 2026-08-26.*