WeedScan 4+

This is an app that would benefit us greatly but basic functionality doesn’t work, weeds are constantly identified as Lantana, bug reports and requests for help are not answered.

Hi there, thanks for the feedback! We’re sorry that WeedScan did not meet your expectations. Regarding the plants wrongly identified as Lantana, did you know which plants they were? There are many common garden plants that are not covered by the WeedScan model with quilted looking leaves which closely resemble Lantana. If the app has suggested Lantana but with low confidence then it is likely that the plant isn’t Lantana but a species that isn’t in the AI model.


Apologies for a slow response to your bug reports at the time, the staff member who manages the mailbox was in the field for a few weeks, but I believe you should have received a response afterwards. If this is not the case, please get in touch. If you keep experiencing bugs with the app or the image recognition model, please get in touch with us at weeds@invasives.com.au (mentioning your device type if possible).

Pros: Accurately identifies plants that it knows, even if only leaves are present. For weeds, it is important to identify them at any growth stage.

Cons: It is obviously a version 1.0 product and needs a few fixes. In particular, the experience of anonymous weed reports could be better as there is not much feedback that the report has landed in the appropriate place

Hi there, thanks for the feedback and we’re glad you’re liking WeedScan so far. Yes, WeedScan is trained on leaves as well as flowers and fruit, and only able to identify the 459 species that it knows. We appreciate and will consider your feedback on anonymous weed reports for future updates.

Really needs to be reworked. It is consistently wrong. This should of been more extensively tested before being released.

Hi there, thanks for your feedback. We’re sorry that WeedScan did not identify weeds well for you. WeedScan is currently trained on 459 priority weeds and lookalike species which are viewable on our species list. We have found from reviewing the observations that many users are photographing plants that are not on this list, predominantly common lawn and garden weeds. We are working to address this issue, but if you have specific examples, we could review please get in touch with us at weeds@invasives.com.au.