Ivy FAQ

Not yet. Ivy is a web app you add to your home screen, and it behaves like an app from there: full screen, an icon, fast. iPhone: open ivygrows.com in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. Android: open it in Chrome and choose Install app.

Yes, in any modern browser, and on desktop at the same address.

Yes, while in beta. There will be a paid Collector plan later; the free plan stays and plants are never capped. See Pricing.

You photograph the plant. AI vision models return species candidates with how sure they are; specialist identification services are used where available. You pick, or type your own.

What you tell it: rooms with their orientation, window size and light; your water profile; your approximate location for the weather; your indoor temperature if you set it.

Google's Gemini models answer questions, read photos and run scans. PlantNet and Plant.id may be used for identification. Open-Meteo receives only your approximate coordinates. The full list is in the privacy policy.

On our own servers in the European Union, with daily backups. Photos are stored in your account only.

Export a CSV from it and import it in Ivy. Column mapping handles different layouts.

The app is in English. Ivy understands plant and room names in Bulgarian as well.

Write to hello@ivygrows.com and everything, photos included, is removed within thirty days. In-app deletion is on the way.