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 a 0–100% scale from dry soil (0%) to fully soaked soil (100%), so what counts as healthy depends on the plant's range rather than one magic number. Temperature and humidity describe the air around the plant. Light is reported as peak lux. 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, gets too cold, has air that's too dry, or needs more light; when a sensor's battery is low or its Wi-Fi signal is weak; and when a sensor hasn't reported for 8 hours. Each kind can be switched on or off per plant, and a plant gets at most one alert a day.

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 out of the box, and each plant's moisture scale can be fitted to its soil from the Moisture scale card in the plant's settings. Wet potting mix conducts differently from pot to pot, so a quick adjustment makes the dial match what your finger feels.

Right after a thorough watering, tap "I just watered: set this as 100%". The sensor's next reading, usually within a few hours, becomes that plant's 100%. You can also drag the slider (Reads drier / Reads wetter) and watch the "Right now" percentage change, or tap Reset to default.

For a deeper calibration, Advanced: Sensor calibration saves dry and wet points on the sensor itself over Bluetooth and replaces the moisture scale. Tap Calibrate Dry with the probe in completely dry soil, and Calibrate Wet with the probe in the plant's soil right after a thorough watering, never in a glass of water.

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.