Comparison

Plant Identification ++ vs Flower Identification & Garden

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

Head to head
About

Plant Identification ++

Instantly identify plants, flowers, and trees from a photo using advanced AI. Get detailed information and explore a vast plant database. Perfect for gardeners and nature enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Instant plant identification
  • AI-powered analysis
  • Large plant database
  • Detailed plant information
  • Identification history
  • Share findings
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Identify plants in a snap. Take a picture with iPhone's camera, or pick a photo from your library, then we'll use advanced machine learning algorithm to identify the plant in the picture. It's convenient and fast! Whether you're working in your garden, or hiking on the sunny days; whenever you want to figure out what's the name and details of a beautiful flower or an unknown grass, simply use this app to take a picture, and we'll tell you the details instantly. It is very convenient for the curious minds, or people who want to decorate their own gardens with a specific plant. Key Features: - Instantly identify tens of thousands of plants, flowers, trees, leaves - Powered by advanced artificial intelligence - A large database of plants - Great for gardening fans and horticulture specialists - Super simple interface, easy-to-use for anyone - Suggest a list of possible plants based on your photo - Show details about a plant - Check your identification history at any time - Share your picture with plant details to your friends Future Features: - A community for plant lovers - Plant care tips - You can subscribe for premium features from inside the app; subscriptions are billed monthly or annually at the rate selected depending on the subscription plan. - Alternatively a one-time payment plan is available (this is not a subscription). - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscriptions will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of current period. - Your account will be charged according to your plan for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Apple ID account settings at any time after purchase: Go to Settings > iTunes & App Store; Tap your Apple ID at the top of the screen; Tap View Apple ID. You might need to sign in or use Touch ID; Tap Subscriptions; Tap the subscription you want to manage; Use the options to manage your subscription. - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Once purchased, refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Privacy Policy: https://plant-identification.flycricket.io/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://plant-identification.flycricket.io/terms.html Connect with us: https://twitter.com/PlantStoryApp

About

Flower Identification & Garden

Identify flowers from photos and learn about their care needs, characteristics, and global distribution. Explore detailed information, compare species, and test your knowledge with trivia. Perfect for gardeners and students.

Highlights
  • Identify flowers from images
  • Learn plant care requirements
  • Detailed flower information
  • Global distribution maps
  • Filter by characteristics
  • Save favorite flowers
  • Flower trivia games
Features
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Identify flowers from pictures and take care of your flowers by understanding their characteristics like number of petals, color tones, fragrance, blooming season, light requirement, water use, soil type and distribution all around the world with clear images of them and learn more about flowers in detailed info pages. See the similarities and differences of flowers from North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia by using our filters. See the names of flowers in many languages. Just change the language whichever you want. Filter flowers according to blooming season, water need, light requirement, fragrance, hardiness zone, soil type, soil moisture, number of petals and characteristics of flowers. If you want to pick up a flower for your garden's shade part you can choose the shade filter in the light requirement and see all the flowers which can grow in the shade garden. The favorites page will help you to keep your favorite flowers, always remember where you found the flower by seeing on the map and add photos into your favorite flower page you created. You can use the favorite page you created for different purposes like observing your favorite flower's change in time by comparing its photos. Also, flower search and list helps you to see all flowers at once, compare and learn about them. You can learn more about flowers while playing Trivia. We hope that free scientific flower identification app will help you to identify flowers in gardens, parks or forests all around the world and be helpful to pick up flowers for your garden. We also hope that free scientific flower identification app will help students at schools to distinguish features of flowers and understand how flower properties change according to the regions and climates. It is easy to find the history or locations and detailed information about flowers of continents and countries. Lets make our flower identification app better with your contribution. Terms of Use, Standard EULA : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Plant Identification ++4 screens
Flower Identification & Garden4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Plant Identification ++ at 4.6 against Flower Identification & Garden's 4.1. Plant Identification ++ also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (31K vs 29). Flower Identification & Garden's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price 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 Identification ++ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Flower Identification & Garden asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plant Identification ++ holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plant Identification ++ has 31K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plant Identification ++ ships an update monthly, Flower Identification & Garden fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Plant Identification ++ versus Flower Identification & Garden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlant Identification ++Flower Identification & Garden
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (31K ratings) — better4.1 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews
Number of ratings31K — better29
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlant Identification IncErsin KAYALI

Customer experience

Plant Identification ++

All ratings31,359 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews249 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral6.4%
Negative49.8%

Flower Identification & Garden

All ratings29 ratings
Positive69.0%
Neutral17.2%
Negative13.8%

Bugs and requests

Plant Identification ++

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Subscription issues (already subscribed but still prompted)
  • Inability to identify common plants
  • Photos not saving to camera roll

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to save/access identified plant photos
  • More detailed plant information and care tips
  • Option to disable subscription prompts
  • Improved identification accuracy, especially for similar plants

Flower Identification & Garden

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Plant Identification ++

Subscriptions3
  • Unlimited Plant Identification$1.997 Days
  • Unlimited Plant Identification$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited Plant Identification$39.991 Year
None

Flower Identification & Garden

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plant Identification ++ free?
Plant Identification ++ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flower Identification & Garden free?
Flower Identification & Garden is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Plant Identification ++ or Flower Identification & Garden?
Plant Identification ++ is rated higher. Plant Identification ++ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 31K ratings, while Flower Identification & Garden averages 4.1 from 29 ratings.
Do Plant Identification ++ or Flower Identification & Garden have ads?
Flower Identification & Garden shows ads; Plant Identification ++ does not.
Which is updated more often, Plant Identification ++ or Flower Identification & Garden?
Plant Identification ++ ships an update monthly, and Flower Identification & Garden fortnightly. Most recently, Plant Identification ++ was updated on September 24, 2026 and Flower Identification & Garden on September 11, 2026.

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