5 Best Apps to Take Care of Your Indoor Plants (2023)

Do you not really have green fingers, but would you still like to have a beautiful ‘urban jungle’ at home? You can find plenty of apps that remind you to supply your green friends with some water. Even by plant type. These five apps will help you take care of your houseplants.

1. Plantsome

Not only does this app have a nice name that reminds of the word ‘awesome’, it also looks very attractive. The app lets you create your houseplants as if they were your friends. You give them a name, you select what type of plant it is and the app will then give you a signal once in a while that they would like a sip of water. The great thing about this app is that it takes into account the condition of the plant: does it get a lot of sunlight? Then he should probably get a splash of water more often. The only downside to Plantsome is that you don’t get any help to recognize what kind of plant you have in front of you, but luckily there are plenty of other apps for that.

2. Planta

In that respect, Planta is a better option: it can help you recognize plants. You then only have to point your camera at the plant in question and Planta will search its database to find out which type of green friend you have. Planta also has another advantage, because like Plantsome you can create your plants and it tells you how to take care of your plants, but with a little extra. You have to indicate how bad you are with plants. Planta will adjust the advice accordingly, so if you’re really dramatic, you’ll get some more basic tips than if you’re a true orchid doctor. This app even takes your time into account. You can indicate how much time you want to spend on taking care of your plants and the app ensures that everything is planned as smartly as possible. And planted, apparently!

3. Pl@ntnet

Pl@ntnet is perhaps an even better app for recognizing plants, because it has a very large database behind it. The app is wonderfully green and full of plants of all shapes and sizes. What we really appreciate about this app is that it is a community driven app. So you can also get started to make the database even better. You do this by submitting your own photos of your plants and keeping track of their development. That Pl@ntnet is very community-driven is also evident from the fact that it uses Wikipedia to teach you more about certain plants. Very clever: why reinvent the wheel there?

4. Plantigo

Plantigo doesn’t so much help you take care of your plants, it mainly helps you find a better home for your plants if even using the above apps you turn out to be a drama with your flora. The Plantigo app is a kind of Marketplace for plants: you can exchange cuttings (for people who are good with plants), but you can also find a new home for your plant. It also works the other way around, of course: you can also get new plants for your home in a sustainable way. There are even plant shelters where you can donate or adopt a plant, so that you don’t have to actively look for that new owner yourself, while you see your plant deteriorating further and further.

5. Plant Nanny

If you are really a drama with your plants, you can still consider trying to keep a virtual plant alive. Plant Nanny is a very funny app, because you have to keep the plant alive by drinking enough water yourself. A very good incentive to make sure you put that bottle of water to your lips often enough: after all, there is a virtual plant that needs you. And yes, if you give yourself a splash of water every now and then, you might eventually be able to pick it up again with real plants.

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