Plantminder vs Bask Light Meter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plantminder
Easily manage your plant care with automated reminders for watering, misting, and fertilizing. Track your plants' growth and health through a dedicated journal and view all upcoming tasks in one place.
- Add plants with photos and notes
- Watering, misting, and fertilizing reminders
- Plant growth and health journal
- Daily task overview
- iCloud synchronization
- Photo import/export
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Plantminder makes it simple to care for your houseplants and keep track of your growing collection. Add your plants, organize them into rooms, schedule their care, and keep a record of how they change over time. Plantminder keeps everything synchronized privately through iCloud across your Apple devices. - Keep track of watering, misting and fertilizing schedules for every plant. - See everything that needs attention in Today's Tasks. - Snooze plant care until later without changing your regular care schedule. - Receive reminders when your plants are due for care. - Organize your collection into rooms and quickly find plants by name. - Record notes, photos and care activities in each plant's journal. - Follow your plants' history with photos and important milestones. - Choose a favorite photo for each plant and browse your journal photos full screen. - Keep track of plants that are no longer with you in the Graveyard. - Back up and restore your Plantminder collection whenever you choose. - Use Siri and Shortcuts to quickly access Plantminder. - Import photos from your Photo Library or take new photos directly in Plantminder. Plantminder is designed to keep plant care organized without turning it into another chore. Your plant data stays yours, stored and synchronized using iCloud.
Bask Light Meter
This app uses your device's camera to measure sunlight intensity. It helps you determine the best locations in your home for your houseplants to receive optimal light for growth.
- Measure sunlight with camera
- Optimize plant placement
- Supports houseplants
- User-friendly interface
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With Bask Light Meter, you can use your device's camera to measure light to help you place your house plants where they will thrive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Plantminder at 89% against Bask Light Meter's 40%. Plantminder also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Plantminder holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Plantminder's written reviews are positive against 40% of Bask Light Meter's.
Plantminder ships an update every 5 days, Bask Light Meter every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plantminder | Bask Light Meter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (42 ratings) — better | 3.9 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stratosphere Software, LLC | Protean Studio |
Customer experience
Plantminder
Bask Light Meter
Bugs and requests
Plantminder
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes when trying to switch to list view
- Plant list doesn't show, requires clicking blank space
- Plant list not loading, blank spaces
- Notification issues (in-app only, not on home screen, disabled when enabled)
- App sends notification disabled message even when settings are correct
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- Cannot confirm plant information due to notification issues
- App crashes or doesn't load plant list after updates
- iPad version does not fill the screen
- App not present in iPhone notification settings
Requested features
22 requests- Add a tag field for grouping plants
- See at a glance which plants need watering soon
- Easily delay watering schedule
- Manually sort photos
- Add notes to journal entries (e.g., soil type, fertilizer used)
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- Edit logged notes
- Calendar view for watering due dates
- Add a 'prune' reminder with options
- Automatically find wiki links based on plant name
- Add customizable link types to different websites
- Interactive options for photo uploads to auto-fill plant type/care
- Snooze reminders for a certain number of days
- Rolling average of watering intervals for each plant
- Display days since watering schedule was passed
- Duplicate a plant and its journals
- Add journal entries to multiple plants at once
- Ability to upload photos from phone library
- Allow for backdated journal entries
- Journal overview for all plants
- Different colors for journal entries
- Remember main page view settings (grid/list)
- Add a donate option for developers
Bask Light Meter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plantminder
No in-app purchases
Bask Light Meter
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Plantminder free?
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