PlantSnap vs Joint Ops
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PlantSnap
Instantly identify over 600,000 plant species, including flowers, trees, and mushrooms, with just a photo. Get detailed care advice and connect with a global community of plant lovers to share discoveries and gardening tips.
- Instant plant identification
- Extensive plant database (600,000+ species)
- Gardening tips and care advice
- Global plant lover community
- Plant discovery map (SnapMap)
- Personalized plant library
- Augmented reality zoom
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Instantly identify more than 600,000 plants — flowers, trees, succulents, cacti, and more — with PlantSnap! Just take a photo and PlantSnap's plant identifier tells you what you're looking at in seconds, with a full description, taxonomy, and care guide. PlantSnap also teaches you how to grow and care for your plants, with gardening tips and advice for thousands of species. Join the PlantSnappers Community — more than 50 million nature lovers across 200+ countries. Share your favorite discoveries, browse rare and beautiful plants photographed all over the world, and swap gardening tips with people who love nature as much as you do. Don't know the name of that flower you spotted? Looking for the right indoor plant, an orchid, or a striking succulent? Just snap a picture and let PlantSnap do the rest. Already know the name? Use Search to explore facts and information on more than 600,000 species of flowers, leaves, trees, and succulents. With Explore and our SnapMap, discover plants identified anywhere on the planet. Browse photos shared by PlantSnappers and see the incredible variety of species growing around the world. Keep every discovery in one place. Build your own personal library of the flowers, leaves, and trees you find — how many can you collect? Zoom in to study every detail of the plants you identify, and experience our augmented reality technology. Heading out for a walk in the park or garden? Make it more fun and educational — photograph the plants along the way and learn all about them in the app. PlantSnap — identifying plants has never been this easy or this fun! PlantSnap features: • Detailed growing and care instructions for thousands of plants • A global database of 600,000+ plants and trees, with instant results • An identification algorithm retrained and improved every month using millions of images shared by our community Start PlantSnapping today and help us help the Earth!
Joint Ops
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Joint Ops is the professional app from Joint Operations for orthopaedic and surgical healthcare professionals and the Joint Operations field team. Access is by invitation only. FOR SURGEONS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS • Events and courses: browse upcoming training, congresses and observation visits, register in a few taps and keep track of what you have booked or saved. • Events calendar: see your courses and events month by month. • Products: explore the Joint Operations product range by body region and specialty, with product resources and documents in one place. • E-learning: complete courses with MCQs and keep your certificates. • Your rep: request a rep visit, ask for kit for your cases and message your representative directly. • Knowledge hub: ask questions about Joint Operations products and documentation. FOR THE JOINT OPERATIONS TEAM • Today: your visits, contacts in territory and open leads at a glance. • Engage: request kit, log a visit, message the office and manage contacts, events and samples. • Sales: live figures for your territory. SECURE BY DESIGN Accounts are issued by Joint Operations. Notifications keep you up to date with bookings, messages and reminders, and you can delete your account at any time from your profile. Joint Ops does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Joint Ops at none against PlantSnap's 23. Joint Ops also leads on ads (none vs shown). PlantSnap's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, 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. PlantSnap sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Joint Ops asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlantSnap ships an update fortnightly, Joint Ops every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlantSnap | Joint Ops |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (68K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 68K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 197 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PlantSnap, Inc. | VirtualPatients |
Bugs and requests
PlantSnap
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when declining identifications
- Expired password reset links
- Inconsistent plant identification results
Requested features
4 requests- Plant care instructions
- Offline plant database
- Voice-based plant identification
- Improved search/filtering
Joint Ops
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PlantSnap
- Monthly premium subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Weekly Premium Subscription$2.997 Days
- Yearly Premium Subscription1 Year trial$19.991 Year
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- Yearly premium subscription$19.991 Year
- Yearly premium subscription7 Days trial$21.991 Year
- Yearly Premium Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Yearly Premium Subscription1 Year trial2 variants$29.991 Year
- Yearly premium subscription7 Days trial$32.991 Year
- Yearly Premium Subscription1 Year trial3 variants$39.991 Year
- Yearly Premium Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Yearly Premium Subscription7 Days trial$43.991 Year
- Yearly Premium Plus Subscription1 Year trial$59.991 Year
- Yearly Premium Plus Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Yearly Premium Subscription1 Year trial$59.991 Year
- 5 Snaps$0.99
- Lifetime premium access$29.99
- Lifetime premium access$39.99
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- Lifetime premium access$59.99
Joint Ops
No in-app purchases
Questions
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