# Zarden: Shared Plant Care — Weather-smart with light meter > Weather-smart with light meter (iPhone/iPad app by Zovia Studio LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zarden-shared-plant-care/id6761345311 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Zovia Studio LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1821501930) - Category: Lifestyle, Education - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 135 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-06-24 - Data updated: 2026-07-23 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zarden-shared-plant-care/id6761345311/reviews.md ## What is Zarden? Zarden is plant care that thinks. It combines your plants, your local weather, your light, and your whole household into one calm daily plan, so you always know what to do today and what to skip. Most plant apps just identify a plant and hand you a generic schedule. Zarden goes further. It reads the weather, learns your home, and adapts your care so you water when your plants actually need it, not on a fixed timer. CARE THAT THINKS Every morning, Zarden reads your local weather and your plants and tells you exactly what to do. Rain coming at noon? Skip the outdoor watering. A plant drifting off its schedule? Zarden flags it before it struggles. This is plant care that adapts to your home, not a generic watering schedule. WEATHER-AWARE WATERING REMINDERS Watering reminders that factor in real local weather. Zarden knows when the rain will do the watering for you, so you never overwater again. A BUILT-IN LIGHT METER Find the perfect spot for every plant with the built-in light meter. Measure the light in any room, see whether a spot is too dark or too bright for each plant, and move them where they will thrive. DIAGNOSE AND HEAL SICK PLANTS Snap a photo to diagnose plant problems like yellow leaves, brown spots, pests, and disease. Then track the recovery over time with a treatment plan and photo evidence, so you can watch your plant get better week by week. A SMART CARE SCHEDULE A care schedule for watering, fertilizing, pruning, repotting, and misting, tuned to each plant and each season. Never miss a watering, and never overwater. ONE GARDEN, TOGETHER Share your garden with your household for free. Everyone can water, log care, and check in, and you see who did what, like "Sarah watered the Monstera 2h ago." Free on every plan, at no extra cost. A PLANT JOURNAL YOU WILL LOVE Every photo check-in builds a plant journal and growth timeline. Watch your plants grow over the months, and revisit your "on this day" memories from a year ago. IDENTIFY ANY PLANT Not sure what you have? Identify any plant from a photo and get a full care profile in seconds. HONEST PRICING Try everything free for 14 days. No credit card required. After that, Premium is $11.99 a year, a fraction of what other plant apps charge, and shared household stays free for everyone. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Zarden offers two auto-renewing subscriptions: - Premium: $11.99 per year - Gold: $24.99 per year Monthly options are also available, and the exact price is shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://zovia.studio/terms Privacy Policy: https://zovia.studio/privacy/zarden Download Zarden and give your plants care that actually thinks. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Premium Monthly | $1.49 | per month | | Premium Yearly | $11.99 | per year | | Gold Monthly | $2.99 | per month | | Gold Yearly | $24.99 | per year | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Premium Lifetime | $24.99 | one-time | | Gold Lifetime | $49.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 3 releases) ### 1.1.0 — 2026-07-18 New: • Pet safety: adding a plant that's toxic to your pets now shows a heads-up first, so you can decide with eyes open. You can still add it, and mute the warning for that plant. • Shared gardens: when someone tends a shared garden, you get one calm summary ("Alex watered 3 plants") instead of a notification for every plant. • Ask Zarden: ask anything about a plant and get an answer grounded in its own care history and your local weather, never generic. Everyone gets one free question to try it. • Your weekly garden recap is now available any day from the Journal, not just on Sundays. • Daily reminders lead with the weather when it matters, like "Rain today, you can skip watering but check in." • Weather now loads automatically, and you can tap the rain banner to mark outdoor plants watered. Improved: • A plant you water or feed drops off the Today list right away. • The Today count now matches the plants in your list. • Check-in reminders are calmer: a plant is flagged after two weeks, not one. • Home-screen widgets open the right screen even from a cold start, and future timeline rows show the correct water status. • The weekly recap shows your real watered and fertilized counts. • Text fields no longer auto-capitalize every word. ### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-01 Minor bug fixes and performance improvements ### 1.0.0 — 2026-06-24 No release notes. ## More apps by Zovia Studio LLC - [Zistil - Store, Pack, Protect](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zistil-store-pack-protect/id6747452682) - [Zuzzle: Premium Logic Puzzles](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zuzzle-premium-logic-puzzles/id6751758440) - [Zots](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zots/id6753878736) - [Zyve: Plan, Sync, Live](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zyve-plan-sync-live/id6754571291) - [Zupply: Grocery lists with AI](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zupply-grocery-lists-with-ai/id6756335541) All apps by Zovia Studio LLC: https://appshunter.io/developer/1821501930 --- *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 2026-07-23.*