OHD Anywhere vs PlantRx
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OHD Anywhere
Monitor and control your garage door remotely from your smartphone. Receive real-time notifications, manage access for multiple users, and set up custom rules for automated actions. Integrates with smart home platforms.
- Remote open/close garage door
- Check door status
- Customizable notifications
- Manage up to 20 users
- Automated rule setup
- Smart home platform integration
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OHD Anywhere® allows you to monitor and control your garage door from anywhere. The OHD Anywhere® app works with any Overhead Door™ Wi-Fi-enabled garage door opener or retrofit kit and can be set up in minutes. The app controls up to 20 garage door openers or retrofit kits and allows you to do the following: · Open or close the door from your smartphone · Check whether the is door open or closed from anywhere, using your smartphone · Get notified if your door is opened or closed and customize notifications · Add up to 20 family or guest users and get notified when they operate the door · Set up rules to automatically notify you or close the garage if the garage door is open at night or open for a long time. · Connect to leading smart home and voice platforms For more information, visit http://www.overheaddoor.com/garage-door-opener-app
PlantRx
Identify plants, weeds, insects, and mushrooms with a photo. Get a health score, care guide, and personalized reminders. Track your garden's progress with a journal and care agenda.
- Plant and weed identification
- Health score and problem diagnosis
- Personalized care guides
- Automated watering and feeding schedules
- On-device reminders
- Plant journal and care agenda
- Light meter and weather integration
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PlantRx tells you what a plant is, how it is doing, and what to do next. Photograph any plant and you get three things in one reading: a species identification, a health score out of 100, and a care guide written for that exact plant. Where something is wrong, PlantRx names the problem, shows you what it spotted in your photo, and gives you a fix you can act on today - including a recipe you can make at home where one exists. IDENTIFY MORE THAN PLANTS • Plants, from a leaf, a flower or the whole thing • Weeds, with treatment that distinguishes lawn-safe from beds-only • Insects and birds, in plain English rather than field-guide Latin • Mushrooms, with an honest note about what a photo cannot settle • Count the stems on a multi-trunk tree, or the growth rings on a cut stump A REAL HEALTH READING • A score out of 100, with the reasoning behind it • Each problem separated out - what it is, why we think so, and the fix • Six care meters: light, water, soil, humidity, temperature and feeding, each with the numbers and a tap for the detail • Toxicity read per household - people, dogs and cats answered separately, because “toxic to dogs, safe for cats” is one sentence and three different decisions A GARDEN THAT LOOKS AFTER ITSELF • Save a plant and it gets a watering and feeding schedule automatically • On-device reminders that arrive on time - nothing about your garden leaves your phone to make them work • A journal per plant: photos, notes and height over time • A care agenda across every plant, with a one-tap “done” • Going away? Pause the whole schedule without losing your history ALSO IN THE APP • A light meter that uses the ambient sensor to tell you whether a spot suits the plant • Local weather woven into the care advice • A plant guide you can browse and search, filtered by pet-safe, low light, or easy care • A water calculator and a repotting checker • Ask a follow-up question about the plant you just photographed HONEST ABOUT LIMITS An identification from one photograph is a best guess, and PlantRx says so - it shows how confident it is, and asks for another angle when that would help. For anything that matters - a child or an animal that has eaten a plant, a mushroom you are thinking of eating - it tells you to call a vet or a poison line instead of trusting an app. SUBSCRIPTION PlantRx Premium is an auto-renewing subscription billed once a year. New accounts get a two-day free trial with full access; the exact price for your region is shown in the app before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically at the same price unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Your garden, your saved scans and your journal stay yours either way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://plant-doctor-f9504.web.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OHD Anywhere at none against PlantRx's 1. OHD Anywhere also leads on ratings volume (13K vs 2). PlantRx's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PlantRx sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. OHD Anywhere asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlantRx holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OHD Anywhere has 13K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of OHD Anywhere's written reviews are positive against 100% of PlantRx's.
OHD Anywhere ships an update every 3 months, PlantRx every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OHD Anywhere | PlantRx |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 183 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Overhead Door Corporation | VAISHALI SEJAL PATEL |
Customer experience
OHD Anywhere
PlantRx
Bugs and requests
OHD Anywhere
Reported bugs
4 issues- Doors not showing up in app
- Inability to re-register doors
- Notifications not working
- Compatibility issues with iOS 16.5.1
Requested features
5 requests- Integration with smart home platforms (e.g. HomeKit, Alexa)
- Customizable notification settings
- Ability to control garage lights separately
- Apple Watch app
- Scheduled opening/closing of doors
PlantRx
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OHD Anywhere
No in-app purchases
PlantRx
- PlantRx Premium$9.991 Year
Questions
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