# Vera: Plant Care Made Simple — Reminders, care tips & journal

> Plant care management app with reminders, tracking, journaling, and educational resources. (iPhone/iPad app by Bloomscape, Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vera-plant-care-made-simple/id1474870193 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Bloomscape, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1537420712)
- Category: Lifestyle, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 559 App Store ratings · 50 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 59 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2019-11-27
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vera-plant-care-made-simple/id1474870193/reviews.md

## What is Vera?

Vera by Bloomscape is a plant care management app that helps you and your plants thrive!

Create a Schedule:

Never leave your plant hanging again! Easily set up watering reminders and fertilizing follow-ups for every plant. Track your plants’ progress as you go and become the best plant parent.


Track Your Plants:

View your plant collection in one place, and create profiles for each leafy friend, with their name, adoption date, and photos you take. Log your plant care activities over time and watch your jungle thrive.


Document your journey:

Journal away when you’re excited for a new sprouting leaf, worried about unwanted pesty guests, or mesmerized by the way the morning light hits your Fiddle Leaf Fig just right.


Learn New Skills:

Curious how to repot your Monstera? Need to know how to trim your Money Tree? We’ve got you covered. The Library has all the plant care tips and tricks you’ll ever need. Plant Mom approved, of course!

Having trouble? Please reach out to verasupport@bloomscape.com - We’re happy to help!

## Key features

- Personalized watering reminders
- Fertilizing follow-ups
- Plant collection tracking
- Custom plant profiles
- Care activity logging
- Plant journaling
- Plant care library

## What do users think of Vera?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 📚 Comprehensive plant care information
- 📝 Detailed logging and tracking of plant care
- 🗓️ Helpful reminders for watering and fertilizing
- 🌱 Ability to personalize plants with names and photos
- 💻 Simple and user-friendly interface
- 🆓 Free app with no subscription required
- 🤝 Responsive and helpful customer support

**Cons**

- 🔍 Limited plant database, mainly focused on Bloomscape's offerings
- 🐛 Occasional app crashes, especially when uploading photos
- 🔄 Difficulty in rescheduling watering and fertilizing reminders
- 🔍 Inconsistent search functionality, not always finding relevant plants
- 📤 Inability to export or share plant data with others

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Inconsistent behavior when logging plant care activities
- Issues with syncing plant data across multiple devices
- Problems with email-based sign-in and account recovery

**Most requested features**

- Add option to track soil type, pH, and other plant-specific details
- Implement a widget for quick access to upcoming plant care tasks
- Allow users to add custom plant species to the database
- Provide a way to group and organize plants by category or location
- Include a feature to track pest control and other plant maintenance

## Recent user reviews (10 of 50)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vera-plant-care-made-simple/id1474870193/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Photo quality and swiping

*2022-11-30, version 2.11.3*

I’ve been using this app for more than 2 years now and I love seeing my plants grow from being small. The only issue I’ve been having since updating the app a year ago was swiping the photo. Everytime I swipe right to see new changes on my plant, it exits and go to About section. It’s frustrating. Also the quality of the photo is bad so whenever I zoom in the pic, it’s blurry. I like the look of the app though

### 5/5 — Great for Tracking Activities

*2022-09-14, version 2.11.3*

I tried probably 8 plant apps. This is the ONLY one that lets me note that I watered my plants on a different day than when I am entering the note. It also lets you make your own watering schedule instead of forcing you to use one based off their database, and it lets you delay a watering reminder by 2 days if you decide your plants don’t actually need water that day. Best plant app for sure!

### 5/5 — Best Plant Care App!

*2022-06-23, version 2.11.3*

I am new to houseplants - got my first one a month ago - and I wanted an app to help me track watering, fertilising, repotting…all the plant-y things. I tried a few others, but didn’t like how limited they were due to wanting you to pay for them. (We are a young, single income family, so we definitely don’t have the budget to be dropping $30 on an app!) Cue this app, Vera; I saw it featured in an article online and gave it a go, despite it being labelled more for established plant folks. I love it, and think it is totally beginner friendly! 

The layout is open and aesthetic, and I really like all the updates you can add to your plants. The reminders and snooze buttons are nice as well. I like that you can name your plants and give them a profile picture; it’s cute, fun, and useful for if someone else needs to care for a plant while you’re gone or something. I have repotted 5 plants, and like that you can track each one as well. (They all seem to be doing really well, which is shocking and makes me so happy! Never thought I could do this.) 

I really don’t have any cons for this app. It’s exactly what I wanted, and I love that it’s free. I would recommend to anyone that has houseplants. :)

### 4/5 — Doesn’t include soul type or ph level

*2022-01-24, version 2.11.3*

Would be great if it included oh level, which is very important for most plants. Also does not include soil type. Would be nice to see a little info about sprouting new plants from a leaf or stem. Other than that it’s a great app and includes a lot of information to take proper care of plants. I love that it includes the option to add notes and different pictures. Would be great if it had a category section. For example, I have many of the same type but in different stages of growth. It would be great to have each of those under one category like “ Arabica”. Then list each plant considering different sizes require a different watering, misting or food schedule.

### 5/5 — Good app

*2021-11-10, version 2.11.3*

I like this app a lot. Very helpful reminders. Nice look (I like having photos of all my plants, and I’m now familiar with their scientific names thanks to the app). One complaint: I never see app icon badges (little number next to the icon, telling me I have an alert). I’ve confirmed that it’s turned on in settings, restarted the phone etc., and I can turn on & off icon badges for many other apps, just not this one, so I think it must be an issue with the app.  Please fix. That would make this app perfect.

### 4/5 — Pretty good

*2021-08-04, version 2.11.3*

I’ve been enjoying in the app and I really appreciate the simple, straightforward layout. There are just a few things that I think would make it better:

1) It would be helpful if under “Schedule”, you could tap and open up days in the future like tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to see what plants may need watering. This is especially helpful for vacations or when I know it’s been a hot week and I’m trying to get ahead on watering or to adjust for the weather.

2) I wish you could somehow easily filter/sort so that you can organize the “Schedule” by room or if you could go to the Plants tab and see at a glance how many days left until watering (instead of just “Overdue” or “Up to date”). I have plants all over my house and it’s much easier to go room by room.

### 5/5 — Love that my plants care is now in MY hands

*2021-07-23, version 2.11.3*

Unlike some of Vera’s competitors, Vera lets ME decide my plant’s care and scheduling. I love that Vera does provide vasic care information for my plant, but it doesn’t force a watering or feeding schedule onto me. Vera lets me create the schedule and alter as needed. It also lets me keep a journal of each of my plants for any changes, such as repotting, new growth, wilting, change of environment, etc. 
It’s very organized and easy to use. Vera makes plant care simple and acknowledges that not all plants are going to thrive on a schedule. There are many factors that contribute to a watering schedule, so apps that tried telling me to water my plant every 6 days were actually killing my plant! Vera sends a gentle reminder (that I requested), and gives me the option to skip a watering and postpone the reminder if it’s not required. 
Thanks Vera, for letting ME control MY plants’ care!

### 2/5 — Usually good, issues recently

*2021-07-08, version 2.11.3*

UPDATED REVIEW: 
The app has vastly improved with more recent updates. I’d still like to be able to group plants together or select multiple to be able to log the same care. However, I went in to log some care this morning before work and all of my plants were gone. It says I have no plants. I have been logging care and pictures for a year now and now it’s gone? I am wildly frustrated and if I can’t get it back I’m probably done with this app. 
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I have really been enjoying the app. It’s a great way to log care and keep track of when I last watered. I don’t use the water schedule as I read my plants leaves instead of sticking to a schedule. A big feature that would vastly improve the app would be to be able to group plants together like in an arrangement. I group and regroup and move my plants around relatively often and I would like to be able to say I watered these 5 plants that are together rather than log their individual care. Another thing would be to sort plants alphabetically (without compromising plants that are shown on the screen at once) and make it stay sorted however the user wants each time they open the app.

**Developer response:** Hey clrtaco, thanks for your updated review! We're so sorry to hear you're having trouble viewing your data, that can definitely be frustrating. We can likely help restore the data to your account, though! Please reach out to us at verasupport@bloomscape.com and we can look into the issue for you. Thanks in advance!

### 5/5 — Your one-stop-shop for plant care

*2021-07-07, version 2.11.3*

Everything I could have asked for to help me take care of my plants! I’m fairly new to the plant world but over covid I have acquired quite a few plants all over my house. This has been so helpful to make sure I don’t forget any of them and remind me when to take care of them. It’s like keeping a journal to learn and figure out what did and didn’t work, only better since you can store photos, progress and track more specific things you might not think of. Also the blogs and plant care that links up with your plant has already helped me figure out what was wrong with a plant and save it!

**Developer response:** Hi there! Thank you for your kind feedback :) We're so glad to hear you're finding the reminders and Learn section helpful in your new plant parenthood journey 🌿

### 4/5 — good but search function is weird

*2021-06-29, version 2.11.2*

Im trying to add plants and I search monstera, pothos come up and so does mint, cactus and other plants that are not monsteras. I search for pothos and palms and snake plants come up. I still get results for my searches (some times you need to scroll up the list) but why include all the other plants that have no relation? What does a string of hearts have to do with begonias?

I cant rate the actual app and reminder function because I havent gotten that far yet.

## Frequently asked questions about Vera

### What does the Vera app do?

Vera is a plant care management app designed to help users keep their plants healthy and thriving. It allows you to set up watering and fertilizing reminders, track your plants' progress, create individual plant profiles, and log care activities. The app also features a library of plant care tips and advice.

### What are the key features of Vera?

Key features include personalized watering and fertilizing reminders, the ability to track your entire plant collection in one place, create detailed profiles for each plant with adoption dates and photos, log care activities, journal your plant's journey, and access an extensive library of plant care tips and tricks.

### Is Vera a free app?

Based on the provided information, Vera is offered as a free application. There is no indication of subscription fees or paid features, and it does not have in-app purchases or advertisements.

### What kind of plants can I track with Vera?

The app is designed for general plant care management and can be used for any type of plant you own. You can create custom profiles for each of your leafy friends, regardless of whether they are indoor houseplants, succulents, or other varieties, and set up specific care schedules for them.

### How does Vera help me become a better plant parent?

Vera helps you become a better plant parent by providing timely reminders for watering and fertilizing, preventing you from forgetting essential care tasks. The tracking and journaling features allow you to monitor your plants' health and growth over time, while the comprehensive library offers expert advice to help you understand and address your plants' needs.

## Version history (last 1 release)

### 2.11.3 — 2021-06-30

Hi all! Sending you a small update while we prep for some fun updates coming your way based on your awesome feedback :)

This release includes:
-  Some polishing of our notifications system
-  New style updates from our designer on our plant profile screens, filters, and search

If you run into any trouble, let us know at verasupport@bloomscape.com

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