Using the app
Written for the app on iPhone and iPad. If you are on a computer, the website guide covers the parts the app does not have.
The app has five tabs: Today, Plants, Study, Games and Profile. On an iPhone they run along the bottom; on an iPad they can sit across the top.
Today is the home screen — the daily plant, your streak, shortcuts to whatever you were last doing and, once you are signed in, the notification bell.
Plants is the full catalog: search it, filter it, and open any plant for its photos and care detail. With Pronunciation Audio enabled in Settings — it is on by default — each plant page has a speak button that pronounces the botanical name out loud. Turn that setting off and the button is hidden.
Study is where flashcards and the quizzes live.
Games holds the three daily puzzles.
Profile has your badges, your progress and the leaderboard — and the gear in its top right corner, which is where Settings lives.
If you have used the website, note the app does not have the floating dock — the five tabs replace it.
Still stuck?
The website help guide has a contact form. In the app, Settings → Contact Support opens the app’s own form. Both send your message to the same support queue. If the app cannot send the form, it offers support@plantref.org as an email fallback.
Found a bug, or have an idea? When you are signed in, Settings → Report a Bug and Suggest a Feature open a short form in the app that comes straight to us, the same place the website’s feedback form sends it. Signed out, they open an email instead.