Comparison

PlantSnapper vs ZeroSpin

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

Head to head
About

PlantSnapper

Instantly identify plants, flowers, and trees with a quick photo. Get general care guidance, including watering and light needs, to keep your plants healthy. Unlock detailed information and identification with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Photo-based plant identification
  • Detailed plant information
  • General plant care guidance
  • Watering and light suggestions
  • Simple user interface
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PlantSnapper helps you identify plants quickly using your camera. Simply take a photo to recognize plants, flowers, and trees with ease. The app provides general care guidance, including watering suggestions, light preferences, and basic maintenance tips to help support plant health. With a PlantSnapper subscription, you can unlock full access to plant identification and detailed plant information, making it easier to learn about and care for a wide variety of plants. Features: - Plant identification using photos (available with subscription) - Detailed plant information and insights (available with subscription) - General plant care information - Simple and easy-to-use interface - Helpful tips for indoor and outdoor plants Subscription: - Subscribe to access plant identification and detailed plant information features - Subscriptions are billed automatically and renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings Disclaimer: Identification results and care suggestions are for informational purposes only and may not always be accurate. Always verify plant care with additional sources if needed. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/plantsnapper/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/plantsnapper/privacy-policy

About

ZeroSpin

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ZeroSpin is a file manager for iPad with the layout you already know from the desktop: columns, list or icons, a sidebar with your locations, and independent windows. BROWSING · Column, list and icon views, with adjustable width. · A sidebar holding your folders, your clouds and your external drives. · Sort by name, size, date or kind. · Search within the folder you have open. OPENING AND EDITING · A code editor with line numbers, syntax highlighting and a monospaced typeface, for scripts and configuration files. Saves in place. · Jupyter notebooks with their cells, their Markdown and their output — and now editable cell by cell, keeping the plots and the results. · Draw on an image and save the result. · Preview for documents, spreadsheets and presentations. · Every file opens in its own window, not in a tab trapped inside the main one. ORGANISING · Copy, move, duplicate, rename, compress and unzip. · A trash you can restore from: deleted items go back where they came from. · Drag and drop both ways, with any other app on the iPad. RUN IT ON YOUR COMPUTER The iPad cannot run a notebook or a script: there is no interpreter and no just-in-time compilation. Your computer can. With BosonCode installed — the app by the same developer that connects the iPad to your machines — ZeroSpin adds "Run in BosonCode" to any .ipynb, .py, .sh or .jl. You pick which machine, the file goes up and opens there, with its GPU and its interpreters. ZeroSpin sees the machines you have already added, so nothing is configured twice. Without BosonCode, ZeroSpin works the same for everything else. YOUR COMPUTERS, INSIDE ZEROSPIN Install the project's free and open-source script on your own Linux or Mac, add that computer in the app, and its folders sit next to yours. · Browse its files in columns, the same as the ones on your tablet. · Open and edit them; saving sends them back to the machine. · A terminal on any folder, in its own window. · Drag files between the tablet and the computer, both ways. It all travels over your private Tailscale network: your computer is never exposed to the internet, and there are no servers in between. The script is free. There is nothing to buy to use any of this. WHAT BOSONCODE ADDS Your tablet cannot run a notebook or a script — no interpreter, no just-in-time compilation. Your computer can. BosonCode, by the same developer, opens any file in the full code editor on your machine: syntax highlighting, extensions, and Jupyter notebooks that actually run, with its GPU and its interpreters. It uses the same computers you already added here, so nothing is configured twice. Without it, everything above still works. NO ACCOUNTS, NO TRACKING No sign-up, no analytics, no th your folders is requested one at a time through the system picker, and ZeroSpin never enumerates files you have not granted.

Screenshots

PlantSnapper4 screens
ZeroSpin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ZeroSpin at none against PlantSnapper's 5. ZeroSpin also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PlantSnapper sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per 7 days. ZeroSpin asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlantSnapper ships an update fortnightly, ZeroSpin every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PlantSnapper versus ZeroSpin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlantSnapperZeroSpin
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (371 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings371 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer雪薇 宋Gary Leonel Guaman Toasa

In-app purchases

5 purchases

PlantSnapper

Subscriptions5
  • Plant Snapper Pro7 Days trial$19.997 Days
  • Plant Snapper Pro3 Days trial$19.997 Days
  • Plant Snapper Pro$29.991 Year
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  • Plant Snapper Pro$34.991 Year
  • PlantSnapper Premium Yearly$89.991 Year
None

ZeroSpin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PlantSnapper free?
PlantSnapper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ZeroSpin free?
ZeroSpin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PlantSnapper or ZeroSpin have ads?
Neither PlantSnapper nor ZeroSpin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlantSnapper or ZeroSpin?
PlantSnapper ships an update fortnightly, and ZeroSpin every 4 days. Most recently, PlantSnapper was updated on November 9, 2026 and ZeroSpin on October 29, 2026.

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