Verdejar vs PictureThis: which app to care for plants?

Verdejar is an app that thinks for the plants you already have: it works out when and how much to water each one where it lives, learns from what you tell it, plans each season’s care and helps when something goes wrong, all free and unlimited. PictureThis is an app for identifying plants from a photo.

Verdejar is a recent app, launched in 2026 on the App Store, in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, for people with plants anywhere in the world. This piece is by the Verdejar team; what we write about PictureThis comes from its App Store listing and two published reviews (Futura-Sciences and The List), checked in November 2026.

An app that does the sums for you

Knowing a plant’s name is the first step. Keeping it alive almost always comes down to water, and the right water changes from home to home. Verdejar solves that with a watering engine based on evapotranspiration, the FAO’s scientific method for knowing how much water a crop loses. You choose the species, say where it lives, what light it gets and what pot it’s in, and the app works out the rhythm for that plant, in that spot, at that time of year. With your location, your real local weather comes in too. The weather data is real and current: your area’s temperature, air humidity and rainfall feed into the sum every day.

Then the app keeps learning: each time you water, you say how the soil felt and it corrects itself. The same species drinks far more by a sunny window than in a shady corner, and Verdejar knows it.

What Verdejar takes off your hands

• Watering with a measure: not just the day, but how many glasses to give.
• It remembers what isn’t water: feeding in spring, turning the pot to the light, dust-free leaves, a watch for pests.
• Everything due today on one screen, with a monthly calendar and phone notifications.
• When something goes wrong, you pick the symptoms (leaves, stem, soil) and read the causes and the fix.
• A photo journal to compare the plant month by month.
• A dash of play: levels, achievements and pots you earn by caring.

You’ll find your plant among 159 species, by its name in any of the four languages or by its scientific name. No ads, no sign-up and no subscription; only the optional decorative pots are for sale.

And PictureThis?

PictureThis, from Glority, was built around the camera: point your phone at a plant and the app tells you what it is. It adds disease diagnosis from a photo, guides and reminders. Unlimited identification and diagnosis are part of the subscription.

Verdejar and PictureThis side by side

	Verdejar	PictureThis
Mainly for	Care: when and how much to water	Identifying plants
Price	Free and complete	Limited free + subscription
Watering worked out for the plant’s spot	✓	—
Learns from the state of the soil	✓	—
Journal with notes and photos	✓	—
Problem diagnosis	✓ free	Paid

How to read it: ✓ has it · “Paid” means subscription · — not on the official page.

Who is Verdejar for?

For people who want the plants they already have to thrive, and know that most problems start with watering. Plenty of yellow leaves, on a peace lily or any other plant, come from too much water rather than disease; a snake plant almost never suffers from too little. Verdejar gives each one the right rhythm, every day.

Quick questions

Is PictureThis free? It has a free version to try, but unlimited identification and diagnosis need the subscription.

Does Verdejar identify plants from a photo? No; you choose the species from the catalogue. Verdejar focuses on what comes next: caring for it.

Can I use both? Yes. Some people use one app to learn a plant’s name and Verdejar to look after it day to day.

And the other apps?

We also compared Verdejar with Planta, Greg and Blossom in the best plant care apps. If you already know your plant’s name, see below what Verdejar would say.

Sources: App Store (PictureThis listing) · Futura-Sciences · The List. The days between waterings come from the Verdejar watering engine.