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About the app
Sylvie is a plant identification and care companion for iOS, designed for casual plant parents who want something clean, honest, and genuinely helpful.
Snap a photo to identify your plant using on-device machine learning and a dual-API system for accuracy. Track watering, fertilizing, repotting, and pruning with one tap. Organize your collection by room. Run instant health checks that detect common issues like overwatering and light problems. Build daily care streaks. Watch your plants grow with a photo timeline. Everything syncs across your devices via iCloud when sync is enabled.
Premium subscribers get unlimited identifications, AI-powered disease and pest diagnosis with step-by-step treatment plans, weather-aware care recommendations, personalized tips tailored to their specific setup, a plant wishlist, and AI-enriched plant metadata.
Boilerplate
“Sylvie is a plant care companion for iOS that combines AI-powered plant identification with personalized health diagnosis, plus weather-aware care recommendations. Built by an indie developer, Sylvie uses on-device machine learning and a dual-API system to identify thousands of species while keeping photos on your device by default.”
Key highlights
Platform
iOS
Native Swift & SwiftUI
Model
Honest freemium
Generous free tier; see pricing in app
Built by
Indie developer
No VC, no ads, no data selling
Sync
iCloud
Sign in with Apple to enable iCloud sync
Identification
On-device + cloud
On-device ML + PlantNet for accuracy
Privacy
Photos stay on device
Only sent to APIs when you initiate
Brand assets
Screenshots & Promo Images
Available closer to launch
About the developer
Sylvie is built by Kristina Quinones, an indie iOS developer and plant parent. Frustrated by plant apps that rely on aggressive upsells, manipulative paywalls, and dark patterns, she set out to build the app she actually wanted to use — one that's clean, honest, and puts the plants first.
Sylvie is self-funded with no venture capital, no ads, and no data selling. It's built with care by one person who believes good software doesn't need to manipulate you.
Press inquiries
For press coverage, interviews, or media requests, get in touch.
press@sylvieplant.app