Leafsight vs PlantlyAI for a sick plant

PlantlyAI, by Artmvstd SIA, looks at a photo of a sick plant, names the likely disease, pest or care problem and gives a step by step treatment plan with organic, biological or chemical options; it also identifies plants and flowers. On the App Store it is called Plant Disease Identifier: AI, and its website is plantidentifierfree.app. It had 10 US ratings at 3.8 stars on 8 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 PlantlyAI come from its website, its US App Store page and its Google Play page on 8 November 2026 and may have changed since; Leafsight is not affiliated with it.

Who each one is for

PlantlyAI is for a quick answer and a treatment plan you choose the style of, for houseplants, gardens, vegetables and crops. Its website offers a free check of a photo in a browser, with the full treatment plan in the app, and a library of plant diseases. Its store page lists 19 languages. It runs on iPhone and Android.

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. It runs on iPhone and iPad only, in 9 languages.

What each does with a photo of a sick leaf

	Leafsight	PlantlyAI
The main question	What is wrong with this plant?	What is wrong with this plant? (it also names plants)
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	Not listed on its store page
Care steps	Non-chemical first, product types rather than brands, never a dose	A step by step plan with organic, biological or chemical options
A person to ask	No: it sends you to a garden centre or plant clinic	Its store description lists advice from plant health specialists for tricky cases
Works in a browser	No (the guides on this site do)	A free check on its website
Devices	iPhone and iPad	iPhone and Android
Languages	9	19 in the app

What each costs (US App Store, 8 November 2026)

PlantlyAI: free to download, with 2 free scans a day and no signup according to its website; its store page lists Weekly at $4.99 and Yearly at $29.99.

Leafsight: Leafsight is free to download with free assessments every day, and with a free account the first result's care steps are free with a free account. 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 PlantlyAI is the better choice

You want to try a photo in a browser before installing anything.
You are on Android.
You want to know what a plant is. Leafsight will not tell you.
You want a person to ask about a hard case.
You read a language Leafsight is not in, such as Dutch, Polish or Turkish.

When Leafsight is

You want to see how sure the answer is, and what one photo cannot show, before you act on it.
You want to take a second photo in two weeks and be told whether it looks better.
You use an iPad.
You want the first result's care steps without paying (with a free account), and one result's steps for a one-time price without a subscription.

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; with a free account, the first result's care steps are free with a free account. How the photo assessment works explains what a result shows, and the plant problem guides explain the common problems in plain words, in 8 languages.