Sprout
$0 for good
- Up to 5 plants
- Photo ID across about 9,400 species
- Thirsty, cold and light alerts
- Local weather and window direction
Plants with feelings.
Snap a photo. Sprout works out what it is, gives it a face, and from then on it tells you when it's thirsty, cold or stuck in the dark. Free for your first five.
9:41
Tuesday · Tonight 4° · East window
Your jungle
Gary is thirsty. It's been 9 days. About two glasses, slowly.
GaryMonstera deliciosaWater today
PipGolden pothosCold tonight
MabelFiddle-leaf figWants light
DorisBunny-ear cactusHappy
LouSnake plantHappy
PlantsSnap a plantMe
One photo. Then it talks back.
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Snap it.
Point your camera at any plant. Sprout names the species, out of about 9,400 it knows.
Monstera deliciosaSwiss cheese plant -
Meet it.
It gets a face, a name and a care plan built for its species, your room and your weather.
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Hear it.
When it's thirsty, cold or squinting at a dark corner, it tells you in plain words, before the leaves do.
Garynow
It's 4° tonight. Can you move me off the windowsill?Pip7:02
Bright morning tomorrow. East window is perfect.
Go on, neglect Gary.
Drag the sliders. This is what Sprout keeps an eye on for every plant: when you last watered it, tonight's forecast where you live, and which way the window faces.
Sprout · now
All good. Gary's soil is still damp and he's getting soft morning light. Nothing to do today.
A demo with Gary's real care rules (a Monstera). In the app your forecast and window direction fill in on their own.
9,400 species it can recognise from one photo. Roughly.
From the pothos everyone owns to the thing from the garden centre with no tag. When it isn't sure, it shows you the closest matches and lets you pick.
- Monstera deliciosa
- Calathea orbifolia
- Ficus lyrata
- Dracaena trifasciata
- Epipremnum aureum
- Pilea peperomioides
- Zamioculcas zamiifolia
- Echeveria elegans
- Maranta leuconeura
- Hoya carnosa
- Aloe vera
- Strelitzia nicolai
- Chlorophytum comosum
- Peperomia obtusifolia
- Alocasia zebrina
- Philodendron hederaceum
- Opuntia microdasys
- Ficus elastica
Five plants free. The whole jungle, $3.99.
Sprout Plus
$3.99 a month
- Unlimited plants. Name them all.
- Vacation mode. Sprout texts a friend when something needs water.
- Repotting planner. Knows when roots are cramped and which pot is next.
- Everything in the free app
Upgrade inside the app whenever plant six turns up.
Vacation mode · Text to Sam
Hi Sam, it's Sprout. Maya's away till Sunday. Could you water Gary (big leafy one by the window)? Two glasses. Doris the cactus is fine, don't touch her.
on it
Repotting planner
PipApril → 14 cm pot
MabelFine till autumn
GaryNext spring
Fair questions.
What if it gets my plant wrong?
Tap "Not this one" and Sprout shows the closest matches, or search all 9,400 species by name. Your plant keeps its name and face either way.
Why does it want to know which way my window faces?
Light is what most people get wrong. Sprout combines the window direction with your local forecast to work out how much light each plant actually gets, and tells you when to move it.
What happens when I add a sixth plant?
Your first five stay free. Adding a sixth asks if you'd like Sprout Plus at $3.99 a month. Say no and nothing changes.
How does vacation mode work?
Set your dates and pick a friend from your contacts. While you're away, Sprout texts them when a plant needs water: which one, where it is, and how much. They don't need the app.
iPhone or Android?
Both. Same app, same faces.
Keep one alive.
Start with the one on your windowsill that's looking a bit sad.