Nisaba: Plant & Soil

Nisaba identifies your plants from a photo and follows their recovery over time. It reads soil, seeds and stones the same way.

YOUR PLANT JOURNAL

• History — Every scan is kept on your phone. Scan the same plant weeks later and put the two records side by side to see whether it actually improved.

• Calendar plan — Care and treatment steps are tied to dates. Set reminders and each step arrives as a notification when it is due; it works with the phone offline, even when the app is closed.

• Tick off steps — Cross out a step once you have done it. A step you have ticked gets no reminder, and on the next scan Nisaba takes into account what you did and what you skipped.

• Outcome tracking — When the last day of a plan passes, Nisaba asks whether your plant recovered. Your answer stays in your own records and shows what actually worked.

• Filter by type and status — Browse plant, soil, disease, seed and stone records separately, and see at a glance which plans are still running.

WHAT A PHOTO CAN TELL YOU

• Plant identification — Which species it is and the care intervals it needs.
• Soil reading — An estimate of soil type from its colour, texture and structure.
• Disease assessment — Likely causes of a yellowing leaf or a spot, and steps you can actually take.
• Seed identification — What the seed in your hand is, how deep to sow it, and a sowing calendar tied to dates.
• Stone and mineral — Possible stone types from colour, veining and texture, with simple tests you can run at home to tell them apart.

Every result carries a confidence score. When something cannot be determined, the app says so plainly.

WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR PHOTO

When you scan, your photo is passed through our own server to our service provider to be assessed. The result comes back and the photo is deleted. It is never stored at any stage and never used for anything else. The details are in our privacy policy.

HONEST LIMITS

Nisaba is not a laboratory. Soil pH and NPK (nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium) levels cannot be measured from a photograph — those require chemical analysis. The app gives a soil type estimate and general improvement advice.

Disease assessments are not a substitute for a definitive diagnosis. For commercial growing, or when you suspect a serious pest, consult an agricultural engineer.

Stones are the hardest thing to identify from a photo: hardness, streak colour and density are measured in the hand, not on a screen. The app does not force a single name — it lists the likely candidates and tells you which test would separate them. It does not appraise gemstones and never quotes a price.

PRIVACY

• No account needed, we do not ask for your email.
• Your photos are never stored.
• Your scans stay on your own phone.
• No ads, no tracking, no data selling.

LANGUAGES

Turkish, English, German — both the interface and the assessment texts.

The free version adds 4 scans every Monday at 08:00; unused scans accumulate up to 8.