Which is better PlantNet or iNaturalist?

Author: Prof. Kip Weissnat  |  Last update: Sunday, June 8, 2025

Although it doesn't offer as seamless a sharing experience as iNaturalist or as much plant background information as some of the other apps we tested, PlantNet provides quick, easy identifications that our testers found to be consistently accurate.

Which plant identifier app is most accurate?

After testing each App with 234 images, PictureThis was the best plant identification app with correct identifications 78% of the time, and Plant.net was the second best plant identification app, being correct 68% of the time. This was above the other five apps I tried.

How accurate is PlantNet?

The overall accuracy at genus level (i.e. genus correctly identified as the top suggestion) was as follows: PlantNet = 97%, LeafSnap = 95%; PlantSnap = 17%; iNaturalist Seek = 93%; Google Lens = 72%.

Which is the best free plant identifier?

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  1. SmartPlant (Android, IOS, smartplantapp.com) ...
  2. Garden Tags (Android, IOS, gardentags.com) ...
  3. RHS Grow Your Own (Android, IOS, rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/app) ...
  4. Garden Answers (Android, IOS, gardenanswers.com)

What is the best nature identification app?

iNaturalist This app lets you take a pic of anything -- flora or fauna and it helps to identify it. You can also upload your own photos to have people verify what it is, but despite using this app for over 6 months, I haven't done that yet.

Can you trust iNaturalist Seek or Standard? #idapp #foraging #inaturalist

How much does the iNaturalist app cost?

iNaturalist is free for anyone to use thanks to the generous support of many organizations and individuals.

Who are the competitors of iNaturalist?

The closest competitor to inaturalist.org are gbif.org, animalia. bio and fws.gov.

Is Plantnet totally free?

Overall a kickass app. And it's free!

Is there a 100% free plant ID app?

Identify plants and plant diseases. For free.

Plant.id can accurately identify more than 35,000 taxa of plants, mushrooms and lichen from around the world. We give you the common name, a short description and the classification of your plant in addition to the scientific (Latin) name.

How accurate is iNaturalist?

In this second experiment, we estimated the accuracy of the iNaturalist Research Grade observation dataset to be 97% correct and the accuracy of the Needs ID subset to be 79% correct. The graph below shows the first experiment (v0. 1) in lighter bars and this experiment (v0. 2) in darker bars.

How good is PlantNet app?

One of the best Apps

Pl@ntnet is a very well run site. The team behind the mobile App are particularly helpful and responsive. There appears to be a considerable cohort of botanists, academics, horticulturists and enthusiasts who provide feedback to those who post.

Does iNaturalist identify plants?

Take your nature knowledge up a notch with Seek! Use the power of image recognition technology to identify the plants and animals all around you. Earn badges for seeing different types of birds, amphibians, plants, and fungi and participate in monthly observation challenges.

Is there a free app to tell me what's wrong with my plant?

Plant Disease Auto Diagnose & Cure

Snap a photo of a sick plant, and PictureThis will diagnose the disease and offer treatment advice. It's like having a plant doctor on call! Your favorite houseplant has developed brown spots on its leaves.

How accurate is PlantSnap?

The researchers' identifications were then compared to the botanist's identification. The accuracy of the applications varied considerably, PictureThis was the best, with 74% correct identification per exposure, followed by Plant Identifier and Pl@ntnet™ (both 72%). PlantSnap had the lowest accuracy (38%).

What is the best AI for plant identification?

Flora Incognita is an AI-powered mobile app that allows users to identify over 16,000 plant species simply by taking a photo of the plant. The app is free, ad-free, and works offline, making it an ideal tool for nature enthusiasts, students, and conservationists.

What does PlantSnap cost?

Instantly Identify Plants with an App: How to Use PlantSnap

Download PlantSnap the app store of your choice. The app is now free on Google Play, but costs $3.99 on iTunes. Watch the short tutorial on the app. This details how best to frame photos so that the artificial intelligence can accurately identify the plants.

Is there a free website to identify plants?

World flora: Identify — Pl@ntNet Identify (Plantnet.org)

Offers multiple possible species.

Can I take a picture of a plant and have Google identify it?

What is Google Lens? Google Lens is a set of vision-based computing capabilities that can understand what you're looking at and use that information to copy or translate text, identify plants and animals, explore locales or menus, discover products, find visually similar images, and take other useful actions.

Does PlantNet identify weeds?

Sixty percent of the time, PlantNet returned the correct species ID as the first result. Twelve percent of the time, the correct species was identified as the second result. Thirteen percent of the time, the correct species was the third hit or lower, and 15% of the time the correct species was not identified at all.

Who makes PlantNet?

This project launched in 2009 has been developed by scientists (computer engineers and botanists) from a consortium gathering French research institutes (Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), Institut national de ...

Does PlantNet use AI?

Pl@ntNet is a citizen science platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to facilitate the identification and inventory of plant species. It is one of the world's largest biodiversity observatories, with several million contributors in over 200 countries.

What are the limitations of iNaturalist?

5. Using iNaturalist in Plant Research: Key Considerations and Recommendations
  • 5.1. Low-Quality Photographs Associated with the Observations. ...
  • 5.2. Errors of Taxonomic Identification. ...
  • 5.3. Lack of Distinction between Captive and Wild Species Observations. ...
  • 5.4. Lack of Accuracy in the Geographic Coordinates.

Do researchers use iNaturalist?

iNaturalist observations are used in thousands of scientific publications. Many of them are using data that are shared with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility as part of the iNaturalist Research-Grade Observations dataset.

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