Comparison

花伴侣 vs Plant Tracker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

花伴侣

Instantly identify plants by taking photos of their flowers, leaves, or fruits. Access a comprehensive plant encyclopedia with detailed information and community-driven contributions. Discover nearby floral attractions and share your own plant knowledge.

Highlights
  • Photo plant identification
  • Plant encyclopedia with toxicity and protection status
  • Discover nearby flower viewing spots
  • User-generated plant content and articles
  • Plant name card creation
  • Community identification assistance
Features
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花伴侣——拍照识花利器、识花应用;中科院植物研究所提供图库、鲁朗软件负责开发的植物识别应用,花草树木,一拍呈名。用户只需要拍摄植物的花、叶、果等特征部位,即可快速识别植物。花伴侣能够识别中国野生及栽培植物上万种,几乎涵盖身边所有常见的花草树木。

 功能介绍
 1.拍照识花:只需拍照或从相册选择照片,即可自动识别。不能识别的植物可提交社群由植物分类达人帮助鉴定。 2.植物百科:提供分类树展示科属关系,提供植物毒性及植物保护等级等重要信息;提供用户上传物种美图功能,参与百科共建。 3.附近:基于花伴侣植物分布大数据,推荐附近赏花点,查看周边人气植物和用户拍摄物种。 4.花记文章:支持用户创作内容,以花记、短视频和文章的形式分享植物知识、自然美景,参与话题讨论。
 5.发现:提供“植物名片制作”、“艺术画廊”、“识花挑战”及应用推荐等栏目,更多精彩请持续关注。 花伴侣是鲁朗软件(北京)有限公司利用人工智能深度学习技术,基于中科院植物研究所海量分类图库及用户共建图库开发的识花工具。随着用户的广泛使用,其识别能力还在不断提升。花伴侣大数据平台也能够为物种多样性调查、区域物种分布、园林绿化建设、野生植物资源调查调查保护等提供数据支撑。花伴侣植物名片可帮助公园、保护区和社区自助打印二维码树牌,支持大众科普。本产品由北京联星时代科技有限公司发布并运营。

 花伴侣适合农业/林业工作者、植物爱好者、大中小学生及学生家长,无论您在街头、公园或者郊外游览,只需拍照就可认识植物,让您在亲近大自然的同时,了解身边的花草树木,给您带来更多快乐! 花伴侣请求下列权限: 1.使用相机 如果允许,你可使用花伴侣拍照识花、发表花记、拍摄视频。 2.使用相册 如果允许,你可以将植物照片保存到相册或选择相册内的照片进行识别。 3.使用位置
 如果允许,花伴侣可以在地图上呈现附近的植物和赏花景区。 4.系统通知权限
 如果允许,可以及时收到来自花伴侣的系统通知及花友互动信息。 

 花伴侣QQ群:607702772
 官方微博:花伴侣拍照识花
 微信公众号:花伴侣拍照识花
 投诉建议:hua@aiplants.cn 官方主页:www.aiplants.cn 鲁朗软件&联星时代

About

Plant Tracker

Easily track your plant care routine, log watering and fertilizing, and set custom reminders. Document your plants' growth with progress photos and detailed notes. Organize your collection with tags and sync data across devices.

Highlights
  • Track watering, fertilizing, and pruning
  • Log progress photos and notes
  • Set custom care reminders
  • Organize plants with tags
  • Cloud sync for multi-device access
  • Detailed plant profiles
Features
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Plant Tracker can help you track your garden, take progress photos to see plants grow, log watering, fertilizing, pruning, and more care activities. It also lets you set care reminders that notify you at scheduled times. 1. Track Plant Care Use this app to record watering, fertilizing, pruning, misting, pest control, repotting, and more care activities. Different logging options are available for hydroponic and soil-grown plants. 2. The Journal/Album of Plant Growth You can upload progress photos of plants or document notes. Each plant has its own detailed page with a growth diary, including progress photos. From the timeline on the detail page, you can see how the plants have grown over time. 3. Set Plant Care Reminders Set plant care reminders based on plant type and needs. Customize timing and frequency to fit your schedule. The app will notify you right on time, helping you build a reminder schedule and manage your plants’ health 4. View All Upcoming Reminders Our reminder page aggregates all scheduled reminders in one place, turning your plant reminder into a simple daily/weekly digest. You won’t forget watering, fertilizing, pruning, misting, pest control, repotting, and more. 5. Use Tags to Manage Plant List Organize and filter plants using custom tags like "balcony," "garden," or "kitchen." Use tags to batch-manage your plant collection. 6. Detailed Plant Profiles You can also input plant’s detailed needs in the introduction part of each plant’s profile, to document plant's needs including fertilizer, pest control methods, light preferences and more. 7. Cloud Sync With iCloud sync, app data won’t be lost and can be accessed across multiple devices. ———————————— 【Premium Plans】: Get access to all features with our premium plans 1. Lifetime Premium - Subscription Period: One-time payment for lifetime access - Price: $6.99 2. Auto-Renewing Annual Premium - Subscription Period: 1 year (auto-renews unless canceled) - Price: $3.99/year - Renewal: Your iTunes account will be charged within 24 hours before the subscription expires. Upon successful payment, the subscription period will be extended by one year. - Cancel Auto-Renewal: To cancel auto-renewal, please do so at least 24 hours before the current period ends. - How to cancel: Go to your phone’s "Settings" → tap "Apple ID" → tap "Subscriptions", then select the Auto-Renewing Annual Membership and cancel. 3. One-Year Premium (Non-Renewing) - Subscription Period: 1 year (does not auto-renew) - Price: $4.99 Premium Features Include: - Unlimited plant entries - Custom tag management - Batch tag editing - iCloud backup & restore 【Terms of Use】: https://plantdiary.xyz/terms.html 【Privacy Policy】: https://plantdiary.xyz/privacy.html This app is subject to Apple's standard EULA.

Screenshots

花伴侣4 screens
Plant Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Plant Tracker at 5.0 against 花伴侣's 4.1. Plant Tracker also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). 花伴侣's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Plant Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. 花伴侣 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plant Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 花伴侣 has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of 花伴侣's written reviews are positive against 100% of Plant Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

花伴侣 ships an update every 3 months, Plant Tracker every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
花伴侣 versus Plant Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter花伴侣Plant Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (23 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer北京联星时代科技有限公司翔 燕

Customer experience

花伴侣

All ratings21 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral12.1%
Negative21.2%

Plant Tracker

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

花伴侣

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Plant Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Premium (auto-renew)$3.991 Year
One-time2
  • 1-Year Premium (no auto-renew)$4.99
  • Life Time Premium$6.99

Questions

Is 花伴侣 free?
花伴侣 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plant Tracker free?
Plant Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 花伴侣 or Plant Tracker?
Plant Tracker is rated higher. 花伴侣 averages 4.1 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Plant Tracker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do 花伴侣 or Plant Tracker have ads?
Neither 花伴侣 nor Plant Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 花伴侣 or Plant Tracker?
花伴侣 ships an update every 3 months, and Plant Tracker every 5 weeks. Most recently, 花伴侣 was updated on November 6, 2026 and Plant Tracker on October 30, 2026.

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