iPflanzen vs Plant Dictionary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iPflanzen
Identify over 1500 garden, park, and forest plants using a key based on traits like flower and leaf structure. View common and scientific names, and access detailed information by linking to other apps. It serves as a bridge between garden and forest plant identification tools.
- Identify over 1500 plant species
- Identification key based on plant traits
- Common and scientific names displayed
- Links to iForest and iGarten apps
- Seasonal identification traits
Read full descriptionHide full description
Pflanzen allows you to identify more than 1500 garden, park, and forest plants using a simple identification key with traits such as flower structure, leaf shape, flower colour or fruit colour. Depending on the season or visibility of plant parts, additional identification traits are available to classify a plant. Identified plants are shown with images as well as common and scientific names. To access detailed information about a plant, you can directly switch from iPflanzen to iForest or iGarten if those applications are installed on your smartphone. iPflanzen also shows you an example of information that is available in iForest and iGarten. It is the connecting App between iGarten (garden plants) and iForest (trees and shrubs). All three applications together form an ideal instrument for identifying plants or selecting plants for your plantings as well as looking up species or practicing your plant knowledge.
Plant Dictionary
Identify plants by their common and botanical names, complete with pictures and descriptions. This app offers a quick reference for gardeners and plant enthusiasts, with links to Wikipedia for further details. Users can also create favorite lists and discover popular plants.
- Common and botanical plant names
- Plant pictures and descriptions
- Links to Wikipedia for more info
- Create favorite plant lists
- Discover popular plants
Read full descriptionHide full description
Ever wanted to know the Botanic (Latin) names of plants in your garden or for a test? Plants Dictionary is Ideal for any gardener and those interested in plants! Use this app to find Common and Botanic names of 600 plants, together with pictures and descriptions. Its quicker and more handy than a book! Get even more information by jumping to the Wiki page to get even more information. Make your list of favourite plants by liking plants and finding them quickly later on. Find out the most popular plants as voted and viewed by other users online.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Plant Dictionary at 2.0 against iPflanzen's 1.0. Plant Dictionary also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 7%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 17 months). iPflanzen's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Plant Dictionary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iPflanzen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Plant Dictionary holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of iPflanzen's written reviews are positive against 40% of Plant Dictionary's.
iPflanzen ships an update every 17 months, Plant Dictionary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iPflanzen | Plant Dictionary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 2.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.1% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Garzotto GmbH | Martin Ogg |
Customer experience
iPflanzen
Plant Dictionary
In-app purchases
iPflanzen
No in-app purchases
Plant Dictionary
- Remove Ads$2.99
