Large global community contributing to biodiversity data
Wide coverage of plant types (wild and cultivated) with emphasis on wild flora
Useful citizen science features: observation mapping, galleries, and factsheets
Free app with a comprehensive feature set for education and exploration
Primarily focused on wild flora identification; may not emphasize garden/flower-focused tools found in some competitors
Reliance on user-contributed data can affect ID accuracy or consistency
Some features perform best with network access for real-time IDs and mapping
About PlantNet Plant Identification
PlantNet Plant Identification is an education app developed by PlantNet.
Download Statistics
PlantNet Plant Identification has been downloaded 49 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 190 thousand times. It is ranked #5 in education.
User Ratings
PlantNet Plant Identification is rated 4.47 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 260 thousand ratings.
App Information
PlantNet Plant Identification is FREE to download. The APK download size is 68.91 MB. The latest version available is 3.26.10. The last update was on July 23, 2026.
Technical Requirements
PlantNet Plant Identification requires Android 7.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Low Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play since January 2014.
Description
Photograph a plant, get a name, and if you share the observation it ends up in a database researchers actually use.
Pl@ntNet is a plant identification app built and run by public research institutes. It works like any plant identifier, with one difference: the observations you share become open scientific data.
IDENTIFY Point the camera at a leaf, a flower, a fruit or a bark, and Pl@ntNet suggests the most likely species among more than 85,000: wildflowers, trees, grasses, ferns, cacti, garden and crop plants. Each result opens onto a species sheet with a distribution map, flowering and fruiting periods, how often the species is recorded, its uses, and links to scientific references.
WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR PHOTOS A shared observation carries a photo, a date and a place. Millions of them together let researchers follow how vegetation is shifting with the climate, catch invasive species early, and document plants that are becoming rare. Pl@ntNet observations also feed GBIF, the global biodiversity data network. Your Sunday walk can end up in a research dataset.
A COMMUNITY THAT CHECKS Shared observations get reviewed by other members, from weekend walkers to professional botanists. Their votes and corrections are what keep the database reliable, and you pick up a lot along the way. Join thematic groups, compare finds with other members, and keep your own digital herbarium: every observation stays on the map, with its date and place.
BUILT FOR THE FIELD • Identification works offline, useful where there is no coverage (free account required) • Several photos of the same plant (flower, fruit, leaf, stem) give a much more reliable result • Disease and pest identification, new in 2026: a first lead on what is affecting your plant. Indicative results, on a limited range of species, and no treatment advice. • Web version, same account: https://identify.plantnet.org/
WHO IS BEHIND IT Pl@ntNet is developed and hosted in France by public research organisations. We do not sell your personal data. The observations you choose to share are public by design, published under open licences so that anyone can study plant life with them.
Make your next walk count.
Recent changes: Fresh update blooming! Explore observations more smoothly with new swipe navigation and improved lists. Bugs have been pruned, translations refined, and sorting improved. A healthier, greener app experience awaits!
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Comments on PlantNet Plant Identification for Android
★★★★★Frances Monk· Aug 27, 2026
This app has been very helpful in identifying plants around our garden and home.
★★★★★Alun Price-Davies· Sep 9, 2026
Very helpful App in identifying Flora and Fauna wherever I have walked in Europe and the U.K.
★★★★★Pangaea Nomad· Aug 30, 2026
Love this app - use it frequently to identify flowers, plants, trees on my travels. Thank you to the creators 💖
★★★★★A Fauth· Sep 24, 2026
Other similar apps seem to be overburdened with ads. This app allows me to look up the rate plant I need helping identify in my area without the harassment.
★☆☆☆☆B M· Aug 12, 2026
Told me it was Phyllanthus Amaru, but did not let me ask if it is a weed. Had to do a web search to find out it is a weed.
★★☆☆☆Joseph Richardson· Sep 10, 2026
This app is incredibly slow, for me anyway, in uploading images, and downloading results. It takes a huge amount of time to get corresponding images to help ID plants.
★☆☆☆☆Matthew Lacey· Sep 4, 2026
Doesn't work. Just keeps saying "An error occurred while uploading images No response from server or No network available - TECHNICAL ISSUE"
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