Plantbook - Plants' Companion 4+

Absolutely love the simplicity of this app! It’s a great customizable journal of all the plants you have, unlike the many others that go off a database with very few not so common houseplants on the list. I have all my individual species plus the duplicates with pictures to remind me which is which.

So far the app is AWESOME, would love to give 5 stars but it needs more in the premium version. I use a moisture meter and it would be great to have a specific feature that you can document the reading day to day to build a better watering schedule. Even just a little daily button that you can set just like the watering and fertilizing feature, or even a daily journaling/log space for keeping track of bug/disease treatment. Just having a space for notes means you can’t have a permanent log of what’s happened over time other than watering and fertilizing. I do like the space for information that exists already, I wouldn’t want to replace that, just add to it.

The other thing is you can’t change the order from what needs to be watered first. I love that it is organized this way but when I’m looking for a certain plant it’s hard, my list is absurdly long. It would be nice to be able to toggle between alphabetic and what needs watering. Other than that great app, looking forward to future updates!

I really like this app for helping me keep track of my plants. I especially appreciate the fact that I can take notes on my plants and can save multiple photos to track its health.

I have a couple of requests for the app developer that I think would make it even better, specifically the ability to set custom reminders. As other reviews have mentioned, it would be nice to be able to set specific reminders rather than just having it notify you exactly 24 hours since you last marked the plant as watered (or 48 hours or whatever). It would also be nice to be able to set reminders less than 24 hours apart. I live in a very dry climate so several of my plants need to be watered in the morning as well as evening. I also have plants that need to be misted daily but only need infrequent watering, so it would be nice to have an option to set a reminder to mist once per day then a reminder to fully water every few days.

Overall, however, very useful app!

The reason I like this app is because I have A LOT of plants that are difficult to keep track of by memory, and this app is the most reliable one that I’ve found so far to accurately remind me of watering schedules and keep a lot of data.

I like the way it automatically organizes all of the plants in order of what should be watered next, however, sometimes that means I’m walking from room to room trying to keep it all straight or scrolling up and down trying to find the plants that are in the same room to make watering more efficient. It would be nice if there were filters or sorting options by room or by name.

I also find myself watering at different times of day whenever I find the time, and the notifications only come based on the exact time they were watered last. Sometimes if I water in the morning, I’ll miss a bunch of plants that I have to come back to later because the last time I watered them was nighttime and I haven’t gotten the notification yet. The option to set reminders for a specific time would be helpful.

And finally, I wish that clicking “water” or “save” wouldn’t shut off my music or podcasts to play the little chime that accompanies the clicks. Lowering the volume would be fine, but I’d like to listen to my phone and water my plants at the same time.