9 Applications To Identify Plants With Your Mobile

We bring you a small compilation with 9 applications to identify plants with your mobile, using the camera to take a picture of them and for the app to tell them what plant it is. All the applications on the list are free, and we will describe what each one offers so that you can try the one that best suits what you need.

We are going to make only nine apps, but there are nine heavyweights that you should surely take into account. We have tried to ensure that practically all of them are in Spanish, although there are some exceptions, as there is also the fact of using the mobile camera. If you think there is another one that should have been on the list, I invite you to share it with everyone in the comments section.

And we’re starting with an app that doesn’t focus on various types of plants like most on the list but specializes in identifying trees. is an application created by the Royal Botanical Garden of the CSIC, which offers 143 species described in 122 files with information on native trees and the most frequently feral ones in Andorra, mainland Portugal, mainland Spain, and the Balearic Islands?

It is also one of the few apps on the list that does not identify trees through your photos but rather offers two guided methods to find out which tree is in front of you. In the tabs, you will see several photographs of each species, a brief description, and a map where you can see their distribution.

• You can download it on Google Play for Android and on the App Store for iOS

Flora Incognita

An application that allows you to identify plants quickly and easily with your camera, using the photos you take of the plants you find. All you have to do is take a photo of the flower and the leaf of a plant with your mobile phone and upload it so that the application compares it with the photos in its database and gives you the result.

When you get the results, you will be able to know what species it is and obtain its characteristics, and other useful information such as its propagation, its toxicity, or its protection status. It is an application designed entirely for wild plants since they do not support the breeding and crossing of garden and indoor plants. In total, it allows you to identify more than 4,800 different species of plants. It also has a search engine with filters to inform you about a specific one.

• You can download it on Google Play for Android and on the App Store for iOS

Garden Answers

An application that also allows you to identify plants through your photos, being able to identify 20,000 different plant species. This app also has its own frequently asked questions engine about diseases or insect infestation, with 200,000 questions and their answers.

This is a free app to identify plants, but it has a small extra charge if you want to get horticulture tips. It also has a favorites tab to save the ones that interest you the most, and a keyword search database to obtain more information.

• You can download it on Google Play for Android and on the App Store for iOS

Google Lens

Google Lens is not a specialized application for identifying plants, but it is capable of identifying the most common plant species. Its way of proceeding is similar to that of other apps on the list, but it uses the photos that are in the company’s search engine to find matches and show you the information.

• You can download it on Google Play for Android and integrated into the Google app on the App Store for iOS

LeafSnap

An application created by a group of nature enthusiasts, and that allows you to instantly identify thousands of plants, flowers, fruits, and trees with your mobile camera. You take a photo of the plant you want to identify, and the artificial intelligence algorithms will compare it with its database to offer you a result.

You will be able to take photos instantly or upload the ones you already have, and the creators of the application claim to be able to identify plants with an accuracy of 95%. By identifying them, you will have files with their information that you can consult or save to read them later.

• You can download it on Google Play for Android and on the App Store for iOS

NatureID

This application makes us go beyond the norm since it is an app that is in English. However, it is one of the great references in apps to identify plants using your mobile camera. It allows you to recognize more than 10,000 plants with more than 95% accuracy and allows you to save them to “your garden” to have at hand the ones you have at home or the ones you like the most. It also identifies some animals and tells you about their behaviors.

Its great added value is that this app allows you to diagnose diseases in many of the plants, and it will also offer you the treatment that you can apply to try to save them. And if you have plants at home, it also has reminders so you don’t forget to water each one when it’s their turn.

• You can download it on Google Play for Android and on the App Store for iOS

PictureThis

An application designed to identify plants through the photos you take of them, and obtain information on all types of plants, such as flowers, trees, succulents, or cacti, among others. Among the information it offers you about plants, it also includes some tips to take care of the ones you have at home.

This application allows you to identify more than 10,000 species of plants, and they promise to be able to do it with an accuracy of 98% thanks to its artificial intelligence engine. Another of the curiosities of this app is that it will also tell you if a plant is toxic to your pet, something that those of us who live with dogs or cats will appreciate.

• You can download it on Google Play for Android and on the App Store for iOS

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