# Flora Incognita

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/flora-incognita/

6 people recommended Flora Incognita in Hacker News comments and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

5 of the 6 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't”.

**Verdict:** Free, ad-free plant identification app from a German university that collects no personal data and is a small download.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## What people recommend instead

- [iNaturalist](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inaturalist/): 37 recommend, 11 mixed, 16 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Flora Incognita", https://hackerapproved.com/p/flora-incognita/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.