Flora Incognita

Plant identification app in Learning

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

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Flora Incognita compared with 1 alternative
Product	Recommend	Criticize	Approval	Months	Owned	Badge
iNaturalist	52	18	74%	6	6 yrs3 owners	Approved
Flora IncognitaThis page	6	2	75%	2	—	—

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“it's a 29MB download so even if it's offloaded, it won't kill me to retrieve it”

RecommendsComment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't”

“I used it to identify a mystery house plant I was gifted”

RecommendsComment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't”

“neither Flora Incognita, nor iNaturalist or PlantNet can be installed from the F-Droid appstore”

CriticizesComment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't”

“It's a massive crowdsourcing project for science”

RecommendsComment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't”

“Flora has 4851 supported species, while PlantNet covered 30,261 at the time”

CriticizesComment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't”

“This is what apps should be.”

RecommendsComment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't”

“It's made by one of the German universities so it's free, don't have ads, and don't collect your personal data.”

RecommendsComment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't”

“The latter seems to be exceptionally accurate (over 80% up to 98% depending on the dataset)”

RecommendsComment from 3 Apr 2026 in “iNaturalist”

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