App Guide

Open PlantSense Connect and every plant you've added is right there in one list. Each one shows its name, its latest reading, and a health indicator you can read at a glance — settled when all is well, warmer when something needs looking at.

Plants that need attention rise to the top, so the thing that matters most is always the first thing you see. A summary line sums up the whole collection in a few words — "All plants healthy," or "2 need water" — before you tap into anything.

Tap any plant to open its detail view.

A plant's detail view is organized into three tabs, so you can move from a quick check to a deeper look without losing your place.

Status shows live dials for the plant's current conditions. About holds the species care information PlantSense loaded when you identified the plant — the ideal ranges that define what "healthy" means for this particular plant. Analytics charts the history of every metric, so you can see how things have moved over hours and days.

Tap any dial to jump straight to its chart in Analytics — a quick way to go from "how's it doing right now" to "how has it been trending."

Each dial shows the current value against the plant's healthy range, so a glance tells you whether a metric is comfortable or drifting.

Moisture is the volumetric water content of the soil, from 0 to 100%, measured by the corrosion-resistant capacitive probe. Temperature and humidity describe the air around the plant. Light is reported as peak lux, a read on the photosynthetically active light the plant is getting. Battery and Wi-Fi round things out, so you know the sensor itself is in good shape.

When a value sits inside the plant's range it reads as healthy; when it drifts outside, the dial flags it — and, if you've set an alert for that metric, PlantSense lets you know.

PlantSense sends a push notification when a plant needs water or when a sensor's battery is running low, so you can step in before the plant starts to suffer.

Every plant is judged by its own standard. In a plant's settings you set a min/max range for each metric — moisture, temperature, humidity, and light — to match what that species prefers. Identifying the plant fills these in for you; adjust them anytime to make alerts stricter or more relaxed.

Because thresholds are per plant, a thirsty fern and a drought-happy cactus can each be held to the range that's right for them.

PlantSense reads the moisture curve and works out when you last watered — no logging, no buttons to press. It does the same for charging, noting when the sensor was last topped up.

From that pattern it estimates what's coming, like "Water in ~3 days," so you can plan ahead instead of guessing. The longer a plant runs, the more its natural rhythm shows through and the sharper those estimates become.

PlantSense works well out of the box, but if you'd like the moisture readings dialed in for your exact soil, you can set the two ends of the scale yourself.

Use Calibrate Dry to mark the low end when the soil is at its driest, and Calibrate Wet to mark the high end right after a thorough watering. With both points set, the moisture dial maps cleanly to your soil, from bone-dry to freshly watered.

Not sure exactly what you're growing? Take a photo and PlantSense identifies the species using PlantNet.

Along with the name, it loads that species' tailored care ranges — the healthy bands your dials and alerts rely on — so a new plant is set up correctly in seconds rather than by trial and error.

On iPhone, pin a plant you care about right to your home screen. The widget shows that plant's health and its key readings at a glance, without opening the app.

It follows your phone's light and dark appearance, so it looks at home wherever you place it.