Comparison

Orchid Album vs SensorPush

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

Head to head
About

Orchid Album

Easily manage your orchid collection, tracking plant development, watering schedules, and important events. Organize your plants with detailed logs, multiple photos, and reminders. Ideal for both novice and experienced orchid enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Record plant details (botanical name, flowering, watering)
  • Track watering schedules with local notifications
  • Log flowering, fertilizing, and other events
  • Add and manage multiple photos per plant
  • Database backup, restore, import, and export
  • Passcode lock for data protection
Features
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Orchid Album makes keeping track of your orchids easy. Track development of your plants throughout their lives, on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch! Whether you're new to orchids, or an experienced collector, Orchid Album is the ideal tool for organizing your plants, watering schedules, and notes. Please note that Orchid Album does not come preloaded with any photos, nor does it include any plant care information and so forth. It only tracks information and displays photos you’ve added yourself. Here's what you can do with Orchid Album: - Record details about your plants, including botanical name, hybrid names, flowering details, fragrance, dimensions, and watering needs. - Select from over 500 botanical names (with over 100 genera), or add new names. - Track watering schedules for multiple plants, with local notifications. - Track flowering, fertilizing, and other events for every plant in dated log entries. - Create and edit log entry reminders linked to your calendar. - Add and rearrange multiple photos per plant and log entry. - Add text captions for each photo. - Scroll through photos in a full-screen gallery view, or in thumbnail form. - View your collection in table form, or by image. - View the log history for each plant, sorted by date. - Review statistics for your collection. - Protect your data with a passcode lock. - Database backup, restore, import and export over WiFi to your computer's web browser. - Transfer the complete database between devices (iPad / iPhone / iPod) over WiFi via Orchid Album ODBI-format support. - Supports iTunes file-sharing to transfer the database between device and computer. - CSV format support to import / export your Orchid Album database to and from desktop spreadsheet applications. - Orchid Report export feature. View your collection on your computer’s web browser. Great for keeping track of your collection for inventory or insurance purposes. - iPad support at no extra charge! Please visit http://andrewnicolle.com/all_apps/orchidalbum for more information about Orchid Album, including contact details to ask questions, request features, or report any issues. Join the Facebook page to discuss Orchid Album with other fans.

About

SensorPush

Monitor environmental conditions affecting your valuables with smart sensors. View current and historical data, set custom alerts for optimal ranges, and receive notifications for problematic conditions. Export data for analysis.

Highlights
  • Real-time environmental monitoring
  • Historical data viewing
  • Customizable alerts
  • Cloud access via WiFi Gateway
  • Data export to CSV
  • Distribution views for prevalent conditions
Features
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SensorPush is the easiest way to monitor the environmental conditions affecting the things you care about. Quickly pair the app with our Humidity & Temperature Smart Sensors (available at http://www.sensorpush.com/buy) and enjoy the sleek interface for viewing current and past conditions. Add the SensorPush G1 WiFi Gateway for easy access to your data from anywhere, using our included cloud service. In addition to the elegant current conditions and time series displays, the distribution views give you instant insight into what temperature and humidity levels are most prevalent in a location and what the extremes were for the previous hour, day, week, month, or year. Of course, as much as you care about your home, musical instruments, family heirlooms, art or wine collections and other prized possessions, you don't need yet another chore: continually monitoring their thermometer and hygrometer readings. This is why we created a streamlined interface to configure desired conditions and enable alerts. You can easily set the optimal range for any situation, whether it's a greenhouse or your guitar. Then when your iOS device is within range of the sensor (300+ feet line of sight), it will be continuously monitoring conditions. Even when you're away, the Smart Sensor will continue to monitor conditions and upon your return the data will be seamlessly pushed to your iOS device which will notify you of problematic conditions so you can take action. Love data? Export your entire history to CSV for analysis with Numbers, Excel or virtually any spreadsheet or data application. Try SensorPush today and protect yourself from moldy basements and attics, cracked and damaged musical instruments, ruined family keepsakes and other costly and frustrating mishaps caused by inappropriate temperature and moisture levels.

Screenshots

Orchid Album4 screens
SensorPush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SensorPush at Free against Orchid Album's $7.99. SensorPush also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Orchid Album's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (73% vs 63%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

SensorPush is free to download; Orchid Album costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Orchid Album holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 182 and 184 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Orchid Album's written reviews are positive against 63% of SensorPush's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orchid Album ships an update every 3 months, SensorPush weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Orchid Album versus SensorPush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrchid AlbumSensorPush
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (182 ratings) — better3.9 (184 ratings)
Positive reviews73.2% of reviews — better63.1% of reviews
Number of ratings182184 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew NicolleCousins & Sears Creative Technologists

Customer experience

Orchid Album

All ratings182 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive73.2%
Neutral11.3%
Negative15.5%

SensorPush

All ratings184 ratings
Positive70.7%
Neutral10.3%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive63.1%
Neutral13.1%
Negative23.8%

User reviews

Orchid Album

From 182 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for organizing collections
  • 📸 Good for storing photos
  • ✅ Useful for tracking plant details
  • 💡 Developer responsiveness
  • ✨ Easy to use for beginners

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues across devices
  • 🗑️ Data loss concerns
  • 🐌 Slow import/export
  • 🪲 Glitchy and crashing
  • 🤔 Not intuitive for some

SensorPush

From 184 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Accurate and fast sensors
  • 📊 Detailed data and graphs
  • 🔒 Reliable and stable
  • 🌐 Useful for monitoring various environments
  • ⭐ Great product overall

Room to improve

  • 🔔 Unreliable alert notifications
  • 🔍 Limited calibration options
  • 📱 App issues (slow, crashes, font too small)
  • 🔋 Battery drain on phone
  • 🤖 Compatibility problems with iOS updates

Bugs and requests

Orchid Album

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App won't open after update
  • Crashing constantly
  • Data loss after updates
  • Sync not working across devices
  • Import/export function is archaic
Show 6 more
  • Camera access issues (black screen)
  • Data corruption when editing genus
  • Backup doesn't work
  • App crashes with iOS updates
  • Watering schedules revert
  • Issues exporting database to PC

Requested features

30 requests
  • Search function for collection
  • Add missing orchid types
  • Option to add custom orchid types
  • Ability to list killed orchids
  • Cloud sync option
Show 25 more
  • Add subgenus field
  • Confirm deletion prompt
  • See log entries against orchid
  • Copy record and amend
  • Search function on genus, grex, etc.
  • More structured watering/fertilizing options
  • Link to calendar for watering reminders
  • Edit fields to suit user reality
  • Swipe left/right duplicate entry
  • Vendor database
  • Option for Hanging Basket
  • Add quantity counter
  • Field for vendor
  • Ability to switch main picture
  • Hide but not delete orchids
  • Sync updates when subtracting plants
  • Track plant development
  • Sort by temperature ranges
  • Simplify watering process (blanket feature)
  • Upload more photos
  • Search function for genus
  • Auto-suggestions for plant names
  • Reverse camera access denial
  • Add fertilizing schedule functionality
  • Last watered field on home page

SensorPush

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sensors stop reporting data
  • Gateway connectivity issues
  • App login/password reset problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add widgets for quick access
  • Allow custom graph scaling
  • Implement dew point alerts
  • Add ability to reorder sensor list
  • Improve alert settings (delay, comparative triggers)

In-app purchases

None

Orchid Album

No in-app purchases

None

SensorPush

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orchid Album free?
Orchid Album costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SensorPush free?
SensorPush is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Orchid Album or SensorPush?
Orchid Album is rated higher. Orchid Album averages 4.6 out of 5 from 182 ratings, while SensorPush averages 3.9 from 184 ratings.
Do Orchid Album or SensorPush have ads?
Neither Orchid Album nor SensorPush shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orchid Album or SensorPush?
Orchid Album ships an update every 3 months, and SensorPush weekly. Most recently, Orchid Album was updated on October 16, 2026 and SensorPush on October 11, 2026.

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