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Most plant apps ask how often you want reminding. This one works it out.

Plant care schedules built from real data — the pot it is in, how bright your rooms are, and the weather where you actually live.

Get it on Google Play App Store Coming soon

Free on Android now. Coming to iPhone soon.

Reminders, when needed

A list that is short because it is right.

A Monstera in a 24cm terracotta pot by a north window is not on the same cycle as one in plastic in a dim corner. Sprout adjusts for pot size and material, drainage, room light, window aspect and season, so the list you get is the list that is actually due.

Set a location and it reads the forecast too. Before a hot dry spell it offers to bring watering forward; before a wet week it offers to hold off. You approve every change.

“Four plants are ready for a drink. Nothing dramatic.” — Sprout

Sprout's Today screen. A card reads "Good morning, Daniel — 4 plants are ready for a drink. Nothing dramatic." Below it: 4 due today, 5 rooms, 6 plants, then a list headed "Needs you today": water the Golden Pothos, the Peace Lily and Monny the Monstera.

Draw your home

It knows which of your rooms is bright, because you showed it.

Trace your floor plan once. Mark the windows, point north, and Sprout works out how much light each room gets and which way it faces, then places every room on the same five-rung scale it matches species against.

Light crosses one doorway and no further, one step dimmer. A plant two rooms from a window is not in a bright room, and Sprout will not pretend it is.

Try the planner (opens in a new tab) In your browser. Nothing to install.

Sprout's plan of a five-room flat, drawn in three dimensions and shaded by light: the balcony and living room glowing warm, the kitchen dimmer, the hallway dark. Six plants sit as markers in the rooms they live in.

See it built

A home mapped, then calculated for the right light.

Watch a home go from a blank grid to a finished plan in under a minute. Draw the rooms, mark the windows and point north, and Sprout works out how much light reaches every corner, then shows where each plant will do best.

The finished walkthrough: a five-room flat shaded by light, the living room bright indirect, the balcony in direct sun, the kitchen low. Play the 59-second film.
Eleven steps, 59 seconds

When something looks wrong

A clinic, not a search box.

Start from what you can see: yellow leaves, brown tips, sudden drop, fungus gnats. Answer what else is true and the ranking shifts, because a supporting clue lifts a cause and a contradicting one pushes it down.

Every cause is weighted by what your species is prone to. A fern with crispy edges is a different problem from a cactus with crispy edges, and the answer comes with what to do about it.

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Sprout diagnosing yellowing leaves on Monny the Monstera. The most likely cause is overwatering, marked worth sorting soon, with a plain explanation of why waterlogged roots yellow a plant and numbered steps for what to do.

Something worth keeping

A record of the plant, not just a reminder to water it.

Every plant gets a diary and a growth chart: photos, measurements, milestones, repottings, problems. Watch a cutting become a plant.

Toxicity is rated separately for cats, dogs and humans.
Tell Sprout what lives with you and it flags what matters.

Monny the Monstera's page in Sprout: a photograph of the plant, its botanical name, tags reading Forgiving, Toxic, Living Room and Perfect light, and tabs for care, diary, photos, growth and propagation.

The species list

Is yours on it?

The plant list on evergreen is ever growing. Each profile carries information on watering intervals, feeding cycle, ideal light, and a toxicity rating scored separately for cats, dogs and humans.

  • Monstera Monstera deliciosa
  • Golden Pothos Epipremnum aureum
  • Snake Plant Dracaena trifasciata
  • ZZ Plant Zamioculcas zamiifolia
  • Heartleaf Philodendron Philodendron hederaceum
  • Spider Plant Chlorophytum comosum Pet safe
  • Cast Iron Plant Aspidistra elatior Pet safe
  • Chinese Evergreen Aglaonema commutatum
  • Chinese Money Plant Pilea peperomioides Pet safe
  • Baby Rubber Plant Peperomia obtusifolia Pet safe
  • Fiddle Leaf Fig Ficus lyrata
  • Rubber Plant Ficus elastica
  • Bird of Paradise Strelitzia nicolai
  • Swiss Cheese Vine Monstera adansonii
  • African Mask Plant Alocasia × amazonica
  • Umbrella Plant Schefflera arboricola
  • Dragon Tree Dracaena marginata
  • Croton Codiaeum variegatum
  • Boston Fern Nephrolepis exaltata Pet safe
  • Bird's Nest Fern Asplenium nidus Pet safe
  • Maidenhair Fern Adiantum raddianum Pet safe
  • Calathea Orbifolia Goeppertia orbifolia Pet safe
  • Prayer Plant Maranta leuconeura Pet safe
  • Nerve Plant Fittonia albivenis Pet safe
  • Parlour Palm Chamaedorea elegans Pet safe
  • Kentia Palm Howea forsteriana Pet safe
  • Peace Lily Spathiphyllum wallisii
  • Flamingo Flower Anthurium andraeanum
  • Aloe Vera Aloe vera
  • Jade Plant Crassula ovata
  • Echeveria Echeveria elegans Pet safe
  • Zebra Haworthia Haworthiopsis attenuata Pet safe
  • String of Pearls Curio rowleyanus
  • Christmas Cactus Schlumbergera truncata Pet safe
  • Ponytail Palm Beaucarnea recurvata Pet safe
  • Flaming Katy Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
  • String of Hearts Ceropegia woodii Pet safe
  • Wax Plant Hoya carnosa Pet safe
  • Inch Plant Tradescantia zebrina
  • Arrowhead Plant Syngonium podophyllum
  • English Ivy Hedera helix
  • Moth Orchid Phalaenopsis hybrids Pet safe
  • African Violet Streptocarpus ionanthus Pet safe
  • Polka Dot Begonia Begonia maculata
  • Basil Ocimum basilicum Pet safe
  • Mint Mentha spicata
  • Rosemary Salvia rosmarinus Pet safe
  • Air Plant Tillandsia ionantha Pet safe

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The part most apps skip

No account. No ads. Nothing to sign up for.

Your plants, photos, diary and schedule live on your phone and are never uploaded. There is no server, no analytics and no profile of you anywhere.

One thing leaves, and it is worth saying plainly rather than rounding up to "everything is local": if you set a location, its coordinates go to the weather service to fetch your forecast. They are rounded to about a kilometre first, so what travels is a neighbourhood rather than an address. Nothing accompanies them and nothing else is ever sent.

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Questions

Before you download.

Is it free?

Yes. Sprout is free on Google Play while we gather its first reviews.

Is it on iPhone?

Not yet. The App Store release is on its way; Android is available now.

Do I need an account?

No. There is nothing to sign up for, and everything you add stays on your phone.

Do reminders need the app open?

No. Reminders are scheduled by your phone itself, so they arrive when Sprout is closed.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Schedules, the planner, diagnosis and your diary all work without a connection. Only the weather forecast needs one.

What if my plant isn't on the list?

Schedules cover the species above, with more added as we go, so a plant outside them can't be added yet. Diagnosis still works for any plant, with the advice left general rather than tuned to a species.

Can I move my plants to a new phone?

Yes. Save a backup from Settings and restore it on the new phone. The file goes wherever you send it, and nowhere else.

Let Sprout do it for you.

Free on Android now. Coming to iPhone soon.

Get it on Google Play App Store Coming soon