Comparison

Love Plants vs 花伴侣

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

Head to head
About

Love Plants

This app provides a comprehensive guide to plant care for over 2400 species, offering personalized watering and fertilizing reminders based on plant type, season, and local weather. Users can track their plant's growth, build a virtual garden, and shop for supplies.

Highlights
  • 2400+ plant database
  • Personalized care reminders
  • Garden construction and tracking
  • Plant growth journaling
  • In-app plant and supply shop
  • Social sharing of garden photos
Features
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Build an everyday plant care routine with Love Plants. Set watering and feeding reminders, explore plant guides, and keep photos and notes as your garden grows. CARE REMINDERS Set reminders around your own routine and review the care tasks you have planned. Adjust watering and feeding to suit your plants and their growing conditions. PLANT GUIDES Browse and search plant profiles to learn about flowers, succulents, trees and other plants, with names, characteristics and available care information. GROWTH PHOTOS AND JOURNAL Add photos and notes to your plants. Look back at new leaves, flowers and changes over time. YOUR PERSONAL GARDEN Keep your plants, care plans and records together. Manage whether other people can visit your garden in the app. PLANT COMMUNITY Explore photos shared by other plant lovers and visit gardens their owners have made viewable. Find inspiration for your own growing days. Need help? Send feedback in the app or visit our help website.

About

花伴侣

Instantly identify plants by taking photos of their flowers, leaves, or fruits. Access a comprehensive plant encyclopedia with detailed information and community-driven contributions. Discover nearby floral attractions and share your own plant knowledge.

Highlights
  • Photo plant identification
  • Plant encyclopedia with toxicity and protection status
  • Discover nearby flower viewing spots
  • User-generated plant content and articles
  • Plant name card creation
  • Community identification assistance
Features
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花伴侣——拍照识花利器、识花应用;中科院植物研究所提供图库、鲁朗软件负责开发的植物识别应用,花草树木,一拍呈名。用户只需要拍摄植物的花、叶、果等特征部位,即可快速识别植物。花伴侣能够识别中国野生及栽培植物上万种,几乎涵盖身边所有常见的花草树木。

 功能介绍
 1.拍照识花:只需拍照或从相册选择照片,即可自动识别。不能识别的植物可提交社群由植物分类达人帮助鉴定。 2.植物百科:提供分类树展示科属关系,提供植物毒性及植物保护等级等重要信息;提供用户上传物种美图功能,参与百科共建。 3.附近:基于花伴侣植物分布大数据,推荐附近赏花点,查看周边人气植物和用户拍摄物种。 4.花记文章:支持用户创作内容,以花记、短视频和文章的形式分享植物知识、自然美景,参与话题讨论。
 5.发现:提供“植物名片制作”、“艺术画廊”、“识花挑战”及应用推荐等栏目,更多精彩请持续关注。 花伴侣是鲁朗软件(北京)有限公司利用人工智能深度学习技术,基于中科院植物研究所海量分类图库及用户共建图库开发的识花工具。随着用户的广泛使用,其识别能力还在不断提升。花伴侣大数据平台也能够为物种多样性调查、区域物种分布、园林绿化建设、野生植物资源调查调查保护等提供数据支撑。花伴侣植物名片可帮助公园、保护区和社区自助打印二维码树牌,支持大众科普。本产品由北京联星时代科技有限公司发布并运营。

 花伴侣适合农业/林业工作者、植物爱好者、大中小学生及学生家长,无论您在街头、公园或者郊外游览,只需拍照就可认识植物,让您在亲近大自然的同时,了解身边的花草树木,给您带来更多快乐! 花伴侣请求下列权限: 1.使用相机 如果允许,你可使用花伴侣拍照识花、发表花记、拍摄视频。 2.使用相册 如果允许,你可以将植物照片保存到相册或选择相册内的照片进行识别。 3.使用位置
 如果允许,花伴侣可以在地图上呈现附近的植物和赏花景区。 4.系统通知权限
 如果允许,可以及时收到来自花伴侣的系统通知及花友互动信息。 

 花伴侣QQ群:607702772
 官方微博:花伴侣拍照识花
 微信公众号:花伴侣拍照识花
 投诉建议:hua@aiplants.cn 官方主页:www.aiplants.cn 鲁朗软件&联星时代

Screenshots

Love Plants4 screens
花伴侣4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Love Plants at 4.8 against 花伴侣's 4.1. Love Plants also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (138 vs 23). 花伴侣's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. Love Plants sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. 花伴侣 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Love Plants holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Love Plants has 138 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Love Plants's written reviews are positive against 67% of 花伴侣's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Love Plants ships an update every 5 days, 花伴侣 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Love Plants versus 花伴侣: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLove Plants花伴侣
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (138 ratings) — better4.1 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings138 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuangzhou Aiyouhuo Information Technology Co., Ltd.北京联星时代科技有限公司

Customer experience

Love Plants

All ratings138 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral3.7%
Negative22.2%

花伴侣

All ratings21 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral12.1%
Negative21.2%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Love Plants

One-time10
  • 三个月会员免广告功能解锁$1.99
  • 捐助爱花草一天网络带宽消耗$1.99
  • 半年会员免广告功能解锁$2.99
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  • 捐助爱花草一天CDN网络消耗$2.99
  • 一年会员免广告功能解锁$3.99
  • 捐助爱花草一天CPU消耗$3.99
  • 捐助爱花草一天存储资源消耗$4.99
  • 两年会员免广告功能解锁$6.99
  • 三年会员免广告功能解锁$8.99
  • 五年会员免广告功能解锁$13.99
None

花伴侣

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Love Plants free?
Love Plants is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 花伴侣 free?
花伴侣 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Love Plants or 花伴侣?
Love Plants is rated higher. Love Plants averages 4.8 out of 5 from 138 ratings, while 花伴侣 averages 4.1 from 23 ratings.
Do Love Plants or 花伴侣 have ads?
Love Plants shows ads; 花伴侣 does not.
Which is updated more often, Love Plants or 花伴侣?
Love Plants ships an update every 5 days, and 花伴侣 every 3 months. Most recently, Love Plants was updated on November 1, 2026 and 花伴侣 on October 24, 2026.

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