App Guide

When you open PlantSense Connect, you'll see all your connected plants in a scrollable list. Each card shows the plant name, when it was last checked in, and a quick health summary with color-coded indicators so you can tell at a glance how everything is doing.

Tap any plant card to open its detail view. Long-press to rename or remove a device. Pull down to refresh readings from all sensors.

Plants that need your attention (low moisture, extreme temperature) float to the top of the list with an amber or red indicator bar, so you'll always see the most urgent ones first.

The plant detail screen shows four circular gauges for moisture, temperature, humidity, and light. Each gauge displays the current value, the target range for your plant, and a color indicator: green means healthy, amber means it could use some attention, and red means it needs help now.

Below the gauges, a historical chart shows trends over the last 24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days. Swipe between time ranges or tap the period selector to spot patterns in your plant's environment.

Battery level and WiFi signal strength are displayed at the top of the detail screen. You'll get a push notification when battery drops below 20% so you have plenty of time to recharge.

Tap the gear icon on any plant detail screen to configure device settings. You can adjust alert thresholds for each sensor: moisture low/high, temperature low/high, humidity low/high, and light low/high. Set these to match what your specific plant species prefers.

The reading interval is set to 90 minutes by default. This is the sweet spot between keeping you informed and making the battery last for weeks.

You can also rename your device, update the associated plant species, and change the plant photo from this screen.

PlantSense sends push notifications when sensor readings cross your configured thresholds. Common alerts include low moisture, high temperature, low battery, and sensor offline.

You can manage notification preferences from the app settings screen. Enable or disable push notifications per device, or mute everything temporarily with the Do Not Disturb toggle when you're on vacation or just need a break.

The notification history screen shows all past alerts, grouped by day. Tap any notification to jump directly to the relevant plant detail screen.

In addition to push notifications, you can enable email alerts for critical events. This is great if you want a backup channel or need to keep a caretaker in the loop while you're traveling.

Configure email alerts in the app under Settings > Notifications > Email Alerts. Enter the email address you want to receive alerts at and select which alert types to send via email.

Email alerts are rate-limited to prevent spam. You'll receive at most one email per device per alert type within a 6-hour window.

After watering your plant, tap the "Just Watered" button on the plant detail screen. This records the watering event and helps PlantSense learn the moisture curve for your specific soil type.

Your watering history is visible in the plant timeline. Over time, PlantSense learns how quickly your soil dries out and can predict when your plant will next need water.

The Just Watered event also resets any active low-moisture alerts for that device.

If your WiFi network changes (new router, new password), you can update the sensor's WiFi credentials without removing and re-adding the device.

Go to the device settings screen and tap "Update WiFi". The app will use Bluetooth to connect to the sensor and push the new WiFi credentials.

Make sure Bluetooth is enabled and you are within close range of the sensor when updating WiFi settings. The sensor will restart and reconnect to the new network automatically.

PlantSense sensors come factory-calibrated for typical potting soil. Different soil types (sandy, clay, peat, coco coir) may benefit from fine-tuning for the most accurate moisture readings.

Use the "Just Watered" feature after thoroughly watering your plant to set the wet calibration point. The dry point calibrates automatically when the sensor detects consistently low readings over several cycles.

For temperature and humidity, the onboard SHT40 sensor is pre-calibrated. No user calibration is needed. Light readings are relative and depend on sensor placement angle and obstructions.