# Strain Guide — user reviews > 52 indexed App Store user reviews of Strain Guide by phannafest llc, rated 4.80/5 from 902 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/strain-guide/id1596314933/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/strain-guide/id1596314933.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 776 · 4★ 85 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 20 ## What do users think of Strain Guide? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Helpful and knowledgeable - 🔍 Useful database and reference guide - 📚 Extensive strain information - 🗒️ Ability to save notes on favorite strains - 🤝 Good for both new and experienced users - 🌱 Useful for cannabis growers **Cons** - 🙄 Obnoxious commercials/ads - ⏱️ Frequent ads interrupting usage - 🔍 Limited strain selection - 🤖 Temperamental app performance **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes and freezes on startup - Search function not working properly **Most requested features** - Photo identification feature to identify strains - Ability to filter strains by terpene profile - Option to remove ads through a paid subscription ## Newest reviews (15 of 52) ### 5/5 — Try this one *2024-09-07* This is a very hand tracking your Cannabis proclivities! **Developer response:** Thank you for sharing your experience. Glad you enjoy the app ### 5/5 — Thanks! *2024-08-22* You’re always my first step in choosing strains **Developer response:** Best review ever! Thanks ### 5/5 — Ben *2024-08-08* Pretty much bang on the mark **Developer response:** Thank you for the awesome review! ### 5/5 — Huh *2024-07-30, version 4.3.2* Hhh ### 5/5 — 4 u *2024-07-27, version 4.3.1* Great work ### 4/5 — Great app *2024-07-15* This would be the perfect app if it had a photo identification option or feature take a pic and it tells you the type **Developer response:** Working on it 👍 Thanks for the awesome review ### 5/5 — Nice *2024-07-13, version 4.3.0* Wonder ### 5/5 — Best cannabis app by far *2024-05-21* I love the app especially the new update however, I could be biased I suppose 🤷‍♂️ **Developer response:** Thanks for the awesome review! ### 4/5 — So helpful— *PLEASE* allow ad removal *2024-04-13* I am a medical patient, and find this really helpful for making notes as I try to navigate towards finding what strains work best for my needs. This is exactly what I was looking for! It’s also easy to utilize and understand, which is imperative for those of us dealing with brain fog and the distractions and anxieties of illness/pain. But I can’t even type a full note without those #!%* 30 second, non-dismissible ads popping up. For those of us with anxiety? Gezus talk about a trigger. I just wanna make a note. I’d happy pay a flat rate of 5 bucks to remove and I’m sure I’m not alone. I don’t expect the developer to totally forego the ad revenue. On the contrary, I support it them making money through ads. HOWEVER—- I think reaching out to the exploding and lucrative market of cannabis product co’s, and forging partnerships for small **unobtrusive** advertising space within the app would be FAR better (and make more sense), than the obnoxious 30 sec ads for garbage games. DEVS: For the sake of the medical and mental condition of the people that utilize this (otherwise excellent) app, please, give us an option to remove the ads? A good portion of us have painful, stressful (and sometimes short) lives and aren’t willing to waste it watching intrusive garbage while trying to navigate and getting stressed out by it. **Developer response:** Thank you for your detailed review! We're glad to hear the app is helpful. Good news!, we have included an option to remove the ads. ### 5/5 — Eric *2023-12-09, version 3.8.8* Merci ### 5/5 — Banger *2023-11-27* Icl it’s a good app would suggest it ### 5/5 — Great app for strain info! *2023-10-12, version 3.8.8* Very handy app - thanks! ### 5/5 — So helpful!!! *2023-08-30* Wow!! I’ve been looking for an app like this forever!! it’s so helpful! I am always confused about all the different strains, and how they would affect me. This tells me everything I need to know! beautifully done! Five stars!!!! **Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to write this awesome review! ### 5/5 — Awesome sauce *2023-08-09, version 3.8.6* The best of the best, top rated, I highly recommend my peeps ### 5/5 — Great app. Responsive Developers. *2023-07-03* Updating my review. Back to 5 stars. Recent version was littered with ads. Developers responded to criticism and fixed the ads and the app. Thank you developers! **Developer response:** Great news! We wanted to let you know that we've listened to your feedback and taken immediate action. Those pesky full screen time-based ads have been banished from our app ! We appreciate your understanding and patience as we were experimenting with different ways to offset our server costs. Thanks to insightful users like yourself, we've learned that turning our app into an ad circus is definitely a "nogo." Lesson learned! Check out the latest up date! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Dumb *2024-11-03, version 4.4.6* Fine if you want to watch ads and never actually see anything. ### 1/5 — Zero stars!!!! *2024-06-29* This use to be a good app until now. Waiting 3 minutes between each strain search unless you watch a video clip or positively rate them is a little too much. Deleting immediately In response to your reply: it happens after every search since the latest update **Developer response:** To clarify that the brief waiting period you experienced happens after a certain amount of usage and not after every strain search. During this wait, you can still explore other awesome features of our app, like our AI-based recommendation system. This waiting period resets regularly, so you won’t encounter it frequently. Also, we never prompt users to leave a positive review. We appreciate your input and are always looking to improve. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! 👍 ### 1/5 — Zero stars!!!! *2024-06-27* This use to be a good app until now. Waiting 3 minutes between each strain search unless you watch a video clip or positively rate them is a little too much. Deleting immediately **Developer response:** To clarify that the brief waiting period you experienced happens after a certain amount of usage and not after every strain search. During this wait, you can still explore other awesome features of our app, like our AI-based recommendation system. This waiting period resets regularly, so you won’t encounter it frequently. Also, we never prompt users to leave a positive review. We appreciate your input and are always looking to improve. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! 👍 ### 1/5 — every 30 seconds a 30 second ad plays *2024-04-01* i love the app- it has a lot of good information on most strains (there was only 1 i couldn't find) and is well organized. it lets you keep a list of strains you like which is the only reason i downloaded it. unfortunately its rendered nearly unusable because every 30 seconds, there is a 30 second candy crush pop up ad. it is so beyond annoying and there's no way to shut it off, not even an option to pay to get rid of ads. a greedy development team ruined another app, what a shocker **Developer response:** Hmmm 🤔 glad you love the app. It shouldn’t be showing ads so frequently. I’ll look into that. Thanks for the review. ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2023-02-17, version 3.0.5* Just stays stuck at opening logo. ### 1/5 — Couldn’t do 1 search *2023-02-11, version 3.0.5* Type in a strain name - anything- same error message If the 1st thing I tried failed…. What else is not working or incorrect info. ### 1/5 — Garbage *2022-07-24, version 1.1* The app is a nice idea that isn’t being executed. The search feature is useless. Hopefully you read this before downloading and wasting your time. ### 2/5 — Now with ads! *2023-06-28* New version delivered full screen time based ads. Will be uninstalling for others that are ad free. ### 3/5 — Doesn’t have information on strains that are household names *2023-05-02, version 3.0.5* Doesn’t even have information on strains that are household names like OG Kush or tropical sherbet.. ### 4/5 — Smokers delight *2025-01-10, version 4.5.0* Unknown & pretty underrated which is crazy it’s a great wee app gives you the low down on everything from flavour to high to strength Thc% effects GREAT APP & I’m in the U.K. most of our cali is just repackaged RuntZ or Cookies but the U.K. is stepping up well up North in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Search option not working *2026-07-14* Has somebody who uses medical cannabis, having this tool would be wonderful. However after purchasing the subscription service, the search function stopped working in the app. Such a shame!! Hopefully if they fix this issue, then I would be happy to rerate. Issue was fixed and quite gladly rerate this app the 5 stars it truly deserves!! **Developer response:** It’s fixed also there’s a way to reach out within the app if you have any other issues. Thanks for taking the time to rate the app. Thank you I truly appreciate you coming back to update your rating 🙏 ### 5/5 — Continuous catalog of cannabis strains / Safe & Serious Rx/ArchX *2026-04-24, version 4.8.1* Continuous catalog of different cannabis strains according to: Indica, Sativa, Hybrids (of the two), or CBD inbred varieties. As a 30+ year Canadian Connoisseur in all three major domains of strains : Indicas, Sativas, and Hybrids; to what I have read so far, this application seems to outperform others. Health Canada should refer to it as a good reference, with some discrepancies of conditions of users, and methods used to induce effects. ### 5/5 — Joyful *2026-03-15* I enjoy this app. It is very knowledgeable and helpful and was helpful in my growth knowing my plant would give it three thumbs up, but I only have two.‼️👍🏿👍🏿 ### 5/5 — Great reference guide *2026-02-10* This is a must have app for any serious cannabis enthusiast. Make sure to also check out there grow guide app if u grow cannabis another great tool for your arsenal ### 5/5 — Useful database *2026-01-01* A useful aid in determining the effects of different and especially new strains. The commercials are obnoxious. **Developer response:** Thanks for the awesome rating and the feedback. ### 5/5 — Watts Life *2025-04-27, version 4.7.1* Strain Guide, is the purest result of infusion of different substances. ### 5/5 — Helpfully *2025-04-12, version 4.7.0* This site is very easy to to navigate and seems to be full of useful information for both the first time users and the seasoned users. ### 5/5 — Works *2025-03-29, version 4.5.0* Good ### 5/5 — Love it! *2025-02-12* Love the fact i can look up strains and see how they May effect me also like that it recommends similar strain to the one i like. Saving notes on my favorites and no so favs is amazing too **Developer response:** Glad you’re loving the strain info and recommendations! Keeping notes on your favorites (and the not-so-favs) is a game-changer for dialing in what works best for you. Hope you find some new go-to strains—happy exploring! ### 5/5 — Just like Leafly *2025-01-02* Very underrated and provides genuine information on each strain including: effects,flavour, parents of hybrids, if it’s sativa Indica or hybrid,THC percentage,terpenes and an overview text of the strain. Is easy to search up any strain you like and even has categorised lists which show u the strains of what affects ur looking for like sleepy,energetic,relaxed, euphoric,creative,happy.. and it goes on. The only thing is that every couple strains u look at they ask you to support them by subscribing and when u press no thanks it gives u an ad each time after like every 4-6 strains. Other than that it is so handy with good info and app features. **Developer response:** Thank you for the awesome review. 👍 happy new year! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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