ForestForay: Plant Identifier
Scan Plants, Animals & Rocks
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Identify plants, birds, and insects in seconds! Track your discoveries in a personal Bio-Dex, earn achievements, and explore the wild. Start your journey today!
Your All-in-One AI Nature Scanner & Field Guide!
ForestForay is the ultimate outdoor companion for hikers, gardeners, foragers, and rockhounds. While we specialize in pro-grade plant and tree identification, ForestForay is built to scan the entire ecosystem. Instantly identify plants, flowers, weeds, trees, mushrooms, birds, insects, mammals, and even rocks & minerals!
Whether you are backpacking through deep backcountry trails, identifying wildflowers on a weekend hike, picking out interesting stones, or diagnosing a sick houseplant in your living room, ForestForay provides pro-grade tools to explore, track, and interact with the natural world.
KEY FEATURES
THE ULTIMATE MULTI-SCANNER
Point your camera at any plant, tree, mushroom, bird, insect, or rock. Get instant taxonomic classifications, binomial (Latin) names, family data, geological facts, and ecological guides.
HORTICULTURAL DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS & CARE
Is your houseplant or garden crop looking sick? Scan it to instantly diagnose early blights, fungal rusts, and pest damage. Get organic treatment suggestions and watering guides to revive your garden.
PET TOXICITY WARNINGS
Keep your furry companions safe. Scan wild plants and fungi on your hikes to check if they are hazardous or toxic to dogs, cats, or horses if ingested.
PRIVATE GPS JOURNAL & MAP
Mark your outdoor discoveries on a private map. Drop precise geotag pins where you spotted rare flowers, wildlife, or edible mushrooms. Your trail journal is saved securely on your device.
OFFLINE SCAN QUEUE
No cell service? No problem. The app queues your photos locally on remote trails and processes the identifications automatically once you return to coverage.
CHOOSE YOUR PATH:
- Free Explorer: Ad-supported. Earn free scans by watching rewarded ads.
- Naturalist Pro ($3.99/mo or $29.99/yr): Enjoy ad-free unlimited scans, private GPS maps, offline queue, and full gardening diagnostics. Includes a 7-day free trial!
Start your outdoor journey today and turn your next hike into a professional naturalist expedition!
Privacy Policy: https://forestforay.com/privacy
Terms of Service: https://forestforay.com/terms
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Overhauled offline scanning. Captured photos are saved as drafts, queued, and automatically identified once you reconnect. Native success feedback alerts replace misleading error modals. Fixed camera queue banners to update counts instantly.
The developer, Dustan Sept, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Dustan Sept
- Size
- 89.3 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Annual $29.99
- Monthly $3.99
- Copyright
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