Leafsight vs Planta for a sick plant
Planta, by Planta AB, is a plant care app: it identifies plants from a photo, builds watering, fertilizing, repotting and misting schedules that its store page says adapt to your home, the local weather and the plant, and has Dr. Planta, which analyzes symptoms and gives step by step treatment recommendations. It had 114,000 US ratings at 4.8 stars on 4 November 2026. Leafsight does one thing: it assesses a plant that looks wrong. If you are choosing between them for a sick plant, this is the honest comparison.
This page is written by the maker of Leafsight. The facts about Planta come from its US App Store page, its website and its Google Play page on 4 November 2026 and may have changed since; Leafsight is not affiliated with it.
Who each one is for
Planta is for looking after a collection over time: care schedules and reminders, a light meter, a plant journal, sharing the care with someone while you are away, and a community of plant owners. Dr. Planta covers problems such as yellow leaves, brown spots, pests and slow growth. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Vision Pro and Android, in 11 languages.
Leafsight is for the moment a plant looks wrong. You photograph the leaf and get an assessment of the likely problem, how serious it looks, how sure the model is, and what to try first, with non-chemical steps first. It does not identify species and has no care schedules. It runs on iPhone and iPad only, in 8 languages.
What each does when a plant looks sick
| Leafsight | Planta | |
|---|---|---|
| The main question | What is wrong with this plant? | How do I look after this plant? (Dr. Planta is the part for problems) |
| Starts from | One photo of the leaf | Dr. Planta analyzes symptoms; its store page does not say whether from a photo |
| Names the species | No | Yes |
| Shows how sure the model is | On every result | Not listed on its store page |
| Says what it cannot see | On every full result (roots, soil, the room) | Not listed on its store page |
| A second photo compared with the first | Yes: it says whether the plant looks better in the new photo | A journal to log care and document growth is listed; a photo compared with the last one is not |
| Care steps | Non-chemical first, product types rather than brands, never a dose | Step by step treatment recommendations |
| Reminders | Check-in reminders to look at the plant again, and a Home Screen widget; no watering schedules | Watering, fertilizing, repotting, pruning and misting schedules |
| Devices | iPhone and iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Vision Pro and Android |
| Languages | 8, including Portuguese and Chinese | 11, including Danish, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish |
What each costs (US App Store, 4 November 2026)
Planta: free to download, with premium plans listed on its store page from $7.99 to $47.99. Its purchase list has Premium Plant Care for 1 month, 3 months and 12 months, and a 12-month plan is listed with a free trial. The store page does not say which features need Premium.
Leafsight: Leafsight is free to download with free assessments every day, and with a free account the first result's care steps are free. After that, Leafsight Pro is $5.99 a week with a 3-day free trial, $4.99 a month, $29.99 a year or $49.99 once, or one result's steps for $2.99, one time. The price is on the screen before any trial starts.
When Planta is the better choice
- You want reminders for watering, feeding and repotting a whole collection, and someone to share them with while you are away.
- You are on Android. Leafsight is iPhone and iPad only.
- You want to know what a plant is. Leafsight will not tell you.
- You want a light meter in the app. (For a rough answer without an app, the free window light check on this site works by window direction.)
- You read Danish, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian or Swedish, which Leafsight is not in.
When Leafsight is
- One plant looks sick and you want to know how sure the answer is before you act on it.
- You want to take a second photo in two weeks and be told whether it looks better.
- You read Portuguese or Chinese, which Planta is not in.
- You want the first result's care steps without paying, and one result's steps for a one-time price without a subscription.
The two can work side by side: a care app for the routine, and a photo assessment for the day something looks wrong.
Leafsight is new (its first version was released in September 2026) and has no ratings shown on its US App Store page yet. Every result shows how sure the model is, the full result says what one photo cannot show, and a photo assessment can be wrong: for a valuable plant, or anything you might eat, ask a garden centre or a plant clinic.
Try it on the plant in front of you
Leafsight is free to download. Take a photo of the leaf and read the assessment; the first result's care steps are free. The plant problem guides on this site explain the common problems in plain words, in 8 languages.