FlowerMate vs fullmoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlowerMate
Identify plants using advanced artificial intelligence. Simply upload a photo to get instant information about the species. Explore a vast database of botanical knowledge.
- AI plant identification
- Photo upload for analysis
- Detailed species information
- Botanical database access
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FlowerMate，Identifying plants with artificial intelligence
fullmoon
This app provides a private and offline way to interact with local large language models. It runs models directly on your device, optimized for Apple silicon, and is available across multiple Apple platforms. Personalize your experience and integrate with other apps via Shortcuts.
- Private LLM chat
- Fully offline operation
- On-device model execution
- Cross-platform Apple support
- Customizable themes and fonts
- Shortcut integration
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the simplest way to use private LLMs: works fully offline and private when you don’t have internet. runs models on-device optimized for Apple silicon. works on every platform: iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS personalize: adjust the theme, fonts, and system prompt in the app. Shortcut: chat with fullmoon or get an output from a local model to use with other actions. free, open source, private.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: fullmoon at 4.4 against FlowerMate's 3.5. fullmoon also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (100 vs 2). FlowerMate's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). 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.
fullmoon holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: fullmoon has 100 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of FlowerMate's written reviews are positive against 78% of fullmoon's.
FlowerMate ships an update every 3 months, fullmoon every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FlowerMate | fullmoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.4 (100 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 100 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Mainframe Computer, Inc. |
Customer experience
FlowerMate
fullmoon
Bugs and requests
FlowerMate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
fullmoon
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incompatibility with iPhone SE2 and iPad Pro Gen3 despite supporting Metal 3
- Deepseek models not working on some devices
Requested features
6 requests- Add support for saving/copying full chat conversations
- Expand functionality through Shortcuts integration
- Provide more advanced language models
- Allow users to remove/delete downloaded models
- Add support for attaching files and images
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- Implement voice mode and customizable AI models
In-app purchases
FlowerMate
No in-app purchases
fullmoon
No in-app purchases
