Medicinal Herbs Identification is a botanical guide for identifying plants and accessing herbal remedy recipes on iOS and Android.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users open the app to identify garden plants and find natural alternatives to pharmaceutical treatments, displacing manual research in botanical books.
For Home gardeners, natural medicine enthusiasts, and individuals seeking botanical identification and traditional herbal remedy information.
What does it look like?
Key features
Camera-based image recognition for plants and mushrooms with 90% accuracy claims.
Database of herbal infusion and decoction recipes for home health treatments.
Exchange space for users to discuss botanical findings with herbalists.
How much does it cost?
The freemium model relies on ad-supported engagement for the majority of users with a subscription gate to remove ad inventory.
Velocity
Steady developmentnew contentmonetizationUX improvementsShow more...
The app currently ships at a steady cadence, averaging approximately one release every three weeks. Development is focused on enhancing core utility through AI optimization and increasing user engagement with gamified educational features. Recent updates also introduced monetization options, allowing users to remove ads via subscription. The development trend remains stable, with consistent feature-oriented updates appearing across both iOS and Android platforms.
Who built it?
Ndonna Yacynth Bolan
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What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows an excited sentiment. Users appreciate extensive herbal knowledge base provides valuable natural health information for users seeking alternatives to pharmaceuticals and the option to choose between ad-supported access or paid removal allows for flexible monetization preferences, but report invasive ad frequency disrupts the user experience and makes navigating the plant information difficult.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Weekly average review rating
What users say, by theme
- Extensive herbal knowledge base provides valuable natural health information for users seeking alternatives to pharmaceuticals
- The option to choose between ad-supported access or paid removal allows for flexible monetization preferences
- Invasive ad frequency disrupts the user experience and makes navigating the plant information difficult
61 of 99 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Excited overall
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How's the Education market?
Medicinal Herbs Identification maintains a 4.70 rating on iOS across 840 reviews. The high rating relative to the 36,848 reviews on Android suggests a strong, albeit polarized, user base that values the content depth despite navigation friction.
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Key takeaways for Medicinal herbs identification
Where is it heading?
The market for natural remedy apps is consolidating around content depth and ease of discovery. Medicinal Herbs Identification is well-positioned content-wise, but the current UX regressions will erode the user base if discovery tools are not prioritized.
- The latest release introduced an ad-free subscription tier, which directly addresses a frequent user request for a better experience.
- Invasive ad frequency and lack of search functionality continue to drive negative feedback, creating a churn risk for new users.
The SWOT
- AI-driven plant identification module provides a differentiated utility for non-experts
- Extensive herbal knowledge base provides valuable natural health information
- Implementation of category filters would improve content discoverability
Next best moves
Ship search bar and category filters because navigation friction is a top-requested feature → improve session duration
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The high rating despite invasive ads suggests the…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The report now incorporates platform-specific performance data for iOS and clarifies technical connectivity requirements. No core features or pricing models were modified in this update cycle.
Bottom line
Medicinal Herbs Identification provides high-value botanical content that retains a loyal user base, but the current navigation friction and notification issues threaten long-term growth. Addressing these usability gaps would unlock higher retention among casual users.
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