PlantFile Pro
The PlantFile Pro is a functional, real-time resource for anyone with an interest in plants – from gardening enthusiasts to professional horticulturalists and landscape designers. It is also ideal for students as it is reliably documented with all botanical features.
The PlantFile Pro App is based on the principal PlantFile.com database, which is networked through Horticultural Colleges.
Key Features include:
-The option to view the plants online or download them locally with the new Download All button to your Android Mobile. This will give you instant access to the plant data and images in remote locations with no internet required.
-The Visual browser allows you to scroll through the plants pictorially, and sort them by botanic or common names.
-Detailed photos for each plant, highlighting growth habit of the mature plant, along with botanic features.
-42 categories of essential information covering all cultivation requirements and botanic features.
-TALK feature for all species, with voice pronunciation and phonetic spelling of botanic names.
-Pest & disease information linked to each plant species.
-Name search function is available within three separate screens – search using common, botanic, family and syn. names.
-Simple search function allows plants to be selected based on practical, simple-use.
-Advanced search capability, including multiple nested search functions on all botanic features, with glossaries.
-Professionals, students and home gardeners can create & save unlimited selected plant lists that can be exported to e-mail, Facebook or Twitter, or to another PlantFile app.
-E-mail reports are PDFs for professional presentation.
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Reviews (29)
I've been using this data base at TAFE for 3 years and love it. I have only just discovered the app and it's just as good. So helpful and informative. It took a while to download all the plants, but then are a lot of plants and info, so it was worth it.
Keeps Crashing! Had this from some time ago and it worked fine. Since I've installed it lately on a new phone it hasn't worked and keeps crashing everytime I select anything
Plant File itself is a great resource but the app doesn't work. It just keeps crashing and is totally unusable which is ridiculous because it costs $9. Useless.
As a bush regenerator having a resource like this is highly desireable but completely useless as it needs a permanent internet connection even when the entire database is downloaded to the device. There is no internet in our mountian gullies
They need to update this app and add more plants to it's been Over a year and no updates is very lazy
Unusable app keeps crashing when attempting to do anything.
Installed the app. All I get on launch is "Unable to process" at which stage the app crashes.
Tried to identify four well known plants but it failed to recognise any. Very dissatisfied.
Was using the app absolutely fine on my home Wi-Fi connection two days ago, now nothing will load unless I'm connected to mobile data. All other apps are working fine on my Wi-Fi except for this one. Extremely frustrating as I have school work due and cannot afford to use my mobile data while I'm at home. This app -was- extremely helpful to me.
Cant find most common plants. Needs a recommend search if you cant spell it properly
Rubbish app. Won't download. Waste of money
It let me download the first 800 plants, now when I try to begin download again it crashes everytime. Can you please advise???
Good app, but since last update the app will not open.
Good app but has stopped working in last week..whats going on?
Why do you need phone permission please reply for 5 stars
Information in the summary on some plants says one thing and then if you go to More Details it can say the total opposite! For example Bangalow Palm-"The bluish flowers appear in summer", this is written on the first summary page. Then go to More Details- "Flowering in: Winter" ???? I have also come across this with other plants. Not good and makes it hard to believe any information....
A little disappointed. 60% of what I looked up aren't listed. Not only that some of the callistemons you have listed have been changed to melaleuca family, such as the polandii. If I didn't pay for the app I would delete it :'(
When selecting a plant the app asks to check Internet connection - no connectivity issues with any other apps. Willing to change rating if rectified.
I struggle to pronounce some of the names and as an apprentice this is making me feel more confident. Two thumbs up
I have been working in one of Mississippi's largest nurseries for going on 11 years. Started out as a summer hand and now the head grower/production manager and I believe this app is very great!!!! Very lucky to have found so useful and a must for ALL people who are involved in growing or apart of the horticulture industry. Very useful and handy!!! Especially while in the field and on the go.
Awesome app most comprehensive data I use this daily as a horticulturist looking up plants to recommend to clients and to answer any questions. I have this app across android and apple platforms and highly recommend
Would like a refund.
This is a great app and as an apprentice geenskeeper we must submit 100 plant profiles to complete the apprenticeship. This app is fully comprehensive and has 98% of what I need in order to complete this componenet of my studies. The only thing I could suggest would be some info on each plants root system but essentially this is all a person would need.
Great app. I've asked to add some plants like safflower but it was not possible You may give the possibility to add own plants. Thanks and keep the good job
Love the app. There may be some glitches when downloading the data but all in all, nice :) Can I recommend the amount of plant file downloaded onto the device and an update on how many you have online?
I am a professional gardener. The major supposed feature of this app is the ability to download. However all you can do is download one plant at a time. You can't save the database to sd. This means that you have to be online so you might as well use free RHS plant selector which is way better than this app. The other problem is that the app appears to list plants from all over the world rather than available in your home country. Finally it's very expensive with no free trial.
No real benefit in using the app your better off just googling.
First 3 plants I typed in by common and latin names could not be found. Tried an easy one (moreton bay fig) still couldnt find it 'database' is a term that should not be associated with this app.
Was introduced to the computer version of this app which was great when I was a student then also used it allot for working in Horticulture and Land Management The phone app however is extremely buggy and the search feature for common names is very average I also find it is missing a few plants here and there but majority of them are there Shame to see it's had no updates to fix these issues in a long time, would be an amazing app for work, study and DIY gardeners otherwise