Plant Guru - Plant Care Guide Reviews

by Frankimackia

The advertisement gives the impression it can tell you exactly what to do to heal a hurting plant. It does not do that. It gives you a list of things that COULD be wrong. It could be too much water or not enough water or the wrong water or too much at once. Thank you but DUH!!

by Silkytooshoes

I downloaded this. Within less than 3 minutes of use and trying to figure it out, it interrupts my VERY FIRST search where I am trying to diagnose the yellow leaves in my African Violet with an insistent demand for a review! Forget it. So far I have learned nothing about my violet’s problem and wasted far more time than I have been able to spend in PlantGuru writing this review. I will be deleting it promptly!

by Dragontamez

I had it for ten minutes. I showed it a photo of an apple tree that had the end of a branch that was dying and only affecting a couple of branches out of many. It’s happening on two apple trees and no other fruit trees that get watered the same this year as last and the temperatures have been in the 60’s and 70’s. PlantGuru said not enough water or it’s to hot. When PlantGuru asked if they were correct with the diagnosis I said no. They asked me for more information and I wrote it out but app would not let me view the send button.

by Snookie10

I paid the yearly fee to try PlantGuru. PlantGuru is awful. It did not have my drift roses (or knockout roses) and I did enter it by their scientific name. These are very common in SE US. I also took a picture 10 times of my roses with a white powdery residue - it kept saying that no plant was present. After spending an hour with PlantGuru, I googled white powdery residue on roses to find out it was a fungus and it told how to take care of it in seconds - not an hour with no results. As to how much to water and how to care for a plant, that is easy to google as well. It is not worth $35 to have an app tell me how much water to give to a plant. I am very disappointed and I hope I save someone else the $35.

by Costa Mamma

Horrible
I thought you can take a picture and it will tell you what you need to do

by Theydontwantmetoleaveareview

I should have known better. PlantGuru was cute identified the first plant. Then it was time to charge and every plant was sick and I needed to upgrade blah blah delete before the “free” 3 day trail period. So I don’t get charge 6.99.

by JPZRod

PlantGuru is doesn’t work like it says it does i wish i could get my 50$ back

by Kenzoneus

I was charged for PlantGuru that I do not have on my phone. I unsubscribed in an hour after I saw it. Still not unsubscribed and keeps charging me.

by Ronskers1

If you subscribe to PlantGuru, please know upfront that there is a charge for it. There is no mention of this charge until after you have subscribed. Very deceptive business practice!!!

by Frazzledmarilyn

I just purchased PlantGuru and am extremely disappointed in it. It identified a bush for me and told me it was perfectly healthy although the photo I took for it showed the leaf discolored and curled. The reason I purchased PlantGuru was to identify the problem.

by Andrewkaltman

PlantGuru does not let you cancel your subscription and continues charging you every three days! There is no way to cancel it through PlantGuru or their website, they direct you to Apple, who does not cancel it or give you a refund. Currently appealing with apple.

by MSL Sick As Ever

PlantGuru is worthless. Gives you little information for whatever reasons you may have and has no quality control or assistance if you try to contact support. For instance I tells me I over watered my plants and a few hours later it tells me I underwater. Turns out I had an iron deficiency!

by MissAlexMaam

PlantGuru, much like anything else you would expect from android/Google describes an easy-going simple way to help your plants. it is not until you download PlantGuru and go through all of the motions that you find out it cost to use! Every other gardening app I’ve used was completely free unless you wanted to participate within a club deal. DO BETTER APPLE 🍎.

by Desert Gardener 702

I tried PlantGuru one time, it’s 110 degrees out and I needed to know if the newly planted trees needed longer watering time or numerous time each day. PlantGuru tells the my plant is too close to other plants and to pull off all the browned leaves and to move the diseased tree away from any others! SO WRONG!!! What I found out from a real person was to water once per day but longer time to get a deeper watering.

by MommaTT62

It could not identify the plants and it really wasn’t telling me how to take care of them water thing. Everybody has water plants, and not being able to identify the plants. You could tell me how to take care of them. It was called one thing another thing it’s a terrible app. I’d like to get my money back.

by Jojo71112

It identifies my baby rubber tree as a boya and says it’s healthy when it clearly is not. My Swiss cheese plant has a yellow leaf and it says it perfectly healthy. It identifies my anthurium as a Swiss cheese plant. I have several more plants and just gave up because it is clearly not identifying the plants issues nor the correct plants. I requested a refund but who knows if I will get one. App is total rip off.

by JbugJJ

Took pictures of obviously sick virus plants and it said plants were fine so I was not going to keep PlantGuru within minutes of free trial I’m billed 39+ $ can’t figure out how to get a refund on the automatically generated emails they send for response!

by TruthBTd

Terrible. Doesn’t know what plants are and doesn’t diagnose accurately for issues

by LBHappy365

How about do SOMETHING before asking me to review your app. Which is kinda of sucking right now!

by Cindals

I was disappointed that you don't show what plant looks like with a problem and no simple resolution to the problem to correct it. I made a mistake getting PlantGuru, wanted the one with alternative methods of helping a sick plant, before and after pictures. Not using chemicals!! PlantGuru I meant to get shows all the above, used lemon, sugar water, paprika, even wine to correct problems!!
Extremely disappointed in your app!! 😩

by Karen’s Apps

Doesn’t do any kind of diagnosis at all. Useless. I tested it several times on plants whose problems I knew and it just says they need more water. Must be a standard reply. I dont know how it gets such a high review rating but I feel it is just a waste of money.

by Sarahsmom203

I took several pictures of my struggling tomato plants. Several of them are suffering from type of leaf curl disease. PlantGuru said they were perfectly healthy. Ummm…the stunted, shriveled and curling leaves and stalks say otherwise. I hoping PlantGuru would help me diagnosis and treat the plants.

by Crazynara1217

I cancelled my subscription but they are STILL charging me a month later, Apple is trying to help stop it but is having a hard time and has already had to refund me one time already

by Kahvi_1

PlantGuru was found by my inquiry as a free app. But yet it is not free when I downloaded. Sad.

by Ms Numero Uno

PlantGuru immediately charges you 7.41 when you chose free trial through apple. This is not free.

by SF Uber Community

Doesn’t work at all. Took a picture and PlantGuru told me I am either:

1. Not watering the plant enough
2. Watering the plant too much
3. Watering the plan irregularly.

PlantGuru could not be less helpful if they tried.

by Can’t Identify Plant

I have an orchid. I’m trying to see what’s wrong with it but PlantGuru keeps saying it’s a snake plant.

by Kat Driffter

Hate it cancel subscription now!

by Gyped-consumer

PlantGuru, although it claims to be ‘free’ with ‘in app’ purchases… charged my card as soon as I opened it. In did NOT intend to subscribe for a 39.99/year membership! I did NOT say ‘OK’ to the charge… I shut down my device. But when I powered it up again, it had charged me anyway. I’ve cancelled the ‘subscription’… but apparently it is for a year. I’ve contacted my bank to not authorize the charge. It is very annoying.

by Kg254374

Too hard to use! Will delete app

by Gregg Lev

I paid for PlantGuru expecting the photo identification to be accurate and it’s really bad. It thinks every common plant here in NY is some type of Japanese weed. It repeatedly told me my eggplant is a tomato, garbage. I want a refund but don’t want the frustration of asking for it.

And yes I take multiple photos and carefully frame the plant.

That “Japanese wineberry plant” was poison ivy by the way.

by Jimgmets

Not pleased, cancel!!

by Sir James 79

PlantGuru is fine but on initial start up read carefully because it’s easy to think your swiping through a tutorial, and then boom! You’re paying $40 for the year.

by Petndaflesh

Not sure if I like PlantGuru yet!

by Dinah1964

I can now officially have a green thumb. I am enjoying taking care of my plants and watching them grow.

by Gaja2020

Identified the problem with my plant. It was browning and shedding foliage, I didn’t know what was wrong until I used PlantGuru . It gave me the name of the disease and recommendations, and after a while my plant finally recovered!

by Olaznak

PlantGuru is like having a plant-savvy friend on speed dial. It not only helped me figure out what was wrong with my sad-looking snake plant but also gave me a crash course in proper watering. Before using PlantGuru i didn’t even know you’re supposed to turn some plants so that they get enough sun, lol :D

by S Raker

I’m not a tech expert and 84 years old so I have made a lot of goofy mistakes. But finally getting it going and it is wonderful. In addition I have never planted flowers until now. So the information has been great. It tells me where to plant- how much H2O. It suggests if the plant is healthy - what problems it has - how to fix it- and keeps a log for each plant type.

by Consistent Daily Devotion Time

I especially like the reminder schedule

by Ready4Summer19

I've been using the Plant Guru app for a few weeks now, and it’s truly impressive! It accurately identifies a wide range of plants within seconds, has so many care tools, and offers so a lot of useful information in its blog! These posts cover everything from plant care tips to the latest gardening trends, making it a valuable resource for both novice and experienced gardeners. I also like videos, as it isn’t always clear from the text what I need to do, and videos are really useful. PlantGuru has a bunch of care tools, such as Water Calculator, Pot Meter, Light meter, Health Check, My Expenses, and so on, and it’s much easier to care for my garden with them. You can also create optimal growing conditions even for the most demanding plant with PlantGuru ’s reminders for watering, fertilizing, and repotting. It’s also great to track the growth of your green pets with the Care Diary. It records every care action you take, Health Check results, and you can also add your own notes and photos to it. PlantGuru has everything you may need for easy and effective plant care, a must-have for every plant parent!

by Willowyirl1

I just started PlantGuru and I love it already.
I am not a green thumb but I really want to be. This is going to help my plants for sure. The reminders will help me for sure

by Анна2075

I have so many plants that i often forget about when it’s time to water, rotate, or fertilize them… I used to write these things down in my notebook, but this is just too overwhelming and didn’t help me at all. I thought i was the worst plant mom until PlantGuru came into my life. This is perfect for busy people like me because it reminds you about watering, misting, rotating, etc with a notification! Love it.

by Rep City

This really helps to take the best care of your plants…especially if you don’t have a green thumb!

by Granny Sara

This is so helpful. Thanks