Plant-O-Matic

The Plant-O-Matic is now available as a free download on Apple Store for both iPhone and iPad owners.The application is supporting English language. It weighs in at only 87.2 MB to download. It is highly advisable to have the latest app version installed so that you don`t miss out on the fresh new features and improvements. The current app version 1.01 has been released on 2014-09-08. The Apple Store includes a very useful feature that will check if your device and iOS version are both compatible with the app. Most iPhone and iPad are compatible. Here is the app`s compatibility information: Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
More Info: Find more info about Plant-O-Matic in Ocotea Technologies, LLC`s Official Website : http://www.ocoteatech.com

It has the basic information there but there are not pictures for when searching which makes it a bit of a goose chase to find the plant It also requires you re location at all times so could very well be useless when hiking in the mountains             Too basic SoullessFish

I love the idea of a botanical app in the vein of iBird However there are a significant number of common taxa that do not show up in a search e g multiple native duckweeds white pine in Central Michigan Also I couldn t find a way to go back to the homepage after changing the sorting criteria This will be a good tool once it has info on most of a region s common plants         Good concept but lacking BotanyBro

If you try to select Family you become trapped and the app won t let you out of the selection option Needs to be fixed Otherwise it s not bad             Nice to have local plant index BUT Dracunculus

It s nice that it filters ants based on your location However pictures of the plants are often of dried leaves which have lost their original colors Need pictures of live plants to be able to better match those in the wild Also if you don t already know the name or family of the plant you have do a lot of searching             Needs a little more work to make finding plants easier Jrojai

Seems ok but I m a beginner on some stuff BUT TOTALLY USLESS in the field when you have to be on line All the area s I need it for have no cell service thats a good thing         on line only tonyl13

This app covers a staggering breadth of plant diversity in the Americas It s probably going to be most useful as a checklist of possibilities for people who know a bit about what they might be seeing but don t know names of species they should consider For example if you know enough about plants to narrow your list to family this is going to be a lot more useful than if you are starting with just flower color or growth form I hope they continue to update this app as they update the underlying dataset Finally it works great on my iPad mini even though it says phone only                     Must have for plant enthusiasts CSturaco1

Pictures and scientific names but no real info or good way to search for common names     Less than helpful kitsana

No pictures of the actual plants just pictures of samples that were cut from the plant No common names no way to check settings for correct area no info on invasive plants I deleted it and put it in my wish list in case they do something with this because it is an awesome idea     Useless right now YoDuh

Resolution is too poor on the iPad Will reload if and when resolution is improved for use on IPads             Poor resolution for iPads ElziVolk

Helpful and timely app Very excited to see such data available                     Christy Baker Knight Beverly K