GreenlyPlant apps compared
What each app is for: care of houseplants, identification, nature observation — or growing your own vegetables, berries and fruit by your own climate.
Side by side
| Feature | Greenly | Planta | PictureThis | Pl@ntNet | iNaturalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made for | vegetables, berries, fruit trees, houseplants, flowers | houseplants | identification and plant care | identification, research | nature observations |
| Planting calendar from your frost dates | yes | not shown | not shown | no | no |
| Care reminders | yes, free | yes | not shown | no | no |
| Photo identification | yes | yes | yes | yes, free | yes, free |
| Disease and pest diagnosis | 2–3 likely causes, organic and chemical options | yes (Dr Planta) | yes | disease and pest identifier | no |
| Frost and heat warnings | yes | weather-adjusted watering | not shown | no | no |
| Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish | all three | not shown | Russian and Spanish, no Ukrainian | about 19 languages, incl. Ukrainian and Russian | 60+ languages |
| Price | free plan; Premium in Google Play | $3.99/month billed $47.99 a year | free trial; price not shown | free | free |
Facts about other apps are from their official pages, seen on 2026-09-30. «Not shown» means their official site does not mention it, not that it is missing.
Which one to pick
For houseplants only, Planta and PictureThis are the best-known care apps. To name a wild plant or add an observation for science, Pl@ntNet and iNaturalist are free and excellent.
Greenly is for people who grow food and flowers in a greenhouse, a bed or on a windowsill: it works out when to sow, plant out, feed and harvest from ten years of weather at your location and reminds you on the day, with reminders free forever.
Honest limits
Greenly uses Pl@ntNet for identification and adds care, the calendar and diagnosis on top. It has no pet-toxicity data yet, and its catalogue is smaller than the big encyclopedias: about 185 plants, with new guides published as their figures are checked against sources.
Detailed comparisons
- Greenly as a Planta alternativePlanta is a houseplant care app. Greenly covers the vegetable garden, the greenhouse and houseplants, and its reminders are free.
- Greenly as a PictureThis alternativePictureThis is best known for identifying plants. Greenly also identifies and diagnoses from a photo, and adds a season calendar for your own climate with free reminders.
- Greenly vs Pl@ntNetPl@ntNet is a free, non-profit plant identifier from French research institutes. Greenly uses Pl@ntNet to name plants and adds what comes after: the season calendar, reminders and problem diagnosis.
- Greenly vs iNaturalistiNaturalist is a free community for recording wild nature, with its offline companion app Seek. Greenly is for growing your own plants.
- Greenly vs Plant.idPlant.id by Kindwise is an identification and plant-health API for developers, paid per request. Greenly is an app for the people who grow the plants.
- Greenly vs GrowVegGrowVeg is known for its Garden Planner for laying out beds, with planting dates from weather stations and a large library of guides. Greenly is a phone app that plans by your own coordinates and reminds you on the day.
- Greenly vs GardenateGardenate shows what to plant each month in about fifty climate zones. Greenly works the dates out for your exact location and reminds you when they come.
- Greenly vs From Seed to SpoonFrom Seed to Spoon is a US garden app with planting dates by frost and an assistant. Greenly does the same in four languages, splits care by greenhouse, open ground and home, and keeps reminders free.
- Planta vs PictureThisPlanta is built around a care routine for houseplants; PictureThis around identifying almost any plant. Greenly is the third way: growing food and flowers by your own climate.