Want more than ID and light-meter tools? Plantum is a utility — PropBoxd is the alternative built for a growing collection: catalog, market value, and discovery. Free, $3.99/mo premium.
Most plant apps — Plantum included — optimize for keeping a single plant alive. PropBoxd is built around the collection itself: photos, species, varieties, pot sizes, and market value all in one place.
Your full collection, the social feed, comments, likes, direct messages, lists, profiles, watering reminders, and for-sale tags are all free. No plant-count caps, no paywalls on the core features.
When you want enhanced features, premium is $3.99/mo — one of the most affordable premium tiers in the plant-app category. No annual lock-in, no inflated 'lifetime' upsell.
Plantum is what you reach for when you want a quick answer — what's this plant, how much light is on this windowsill, is this leaf okay. Useful tools, but they don't build into anything. PropBoxd is the opposite of a one-off utility: every plant you log makes your portfolio richer, contributes to the community market dashboard, and shows up on your collector profile. The longer you use it, the more it's worth keeping.
Plantum's light meter and identification are practical, and a lifetime deal can be attractive if you only want a utility app. PropBoxd intentionally stays subscription-light: the core collection and social features are free without restrictions, and premium is $3.99/mo — one of the lowest premium tiers in the category. We'd rather earn the renewal each month than lock you into a lifetime purchase.
PropBoxd is genuinely free for the basic collection and social features — not a trial, not a teaser. Plantum and most of the category gate their best features behind annual subscriptions that add up. When you're ready for more, PropBoxd premium is $3.99 a month, which is one of, if not the, lowest premium price in the plant-app space. You can cancel any time, and the free experience stays generous on its own.
Yes. The core collection — adding plants, photos, species, varieties, pot sizes, watering reminders — plus the social feed, comments, likes, direct messages, lists, and for-sale tags are all free. There's no plant-count cap on the basics.
PropBoxd premium is $3.99/month, which is one of the lowest premium tiers in the plant-app category. It unlocks enhanced features on top of the already-generous free experience. No annual contract required.
Not in the way Plantum does. PropBoxd uses a curated species and variety taxonomy you pick from, which keeps your collection data clean and comparable across users. We do offer Dr. Sage, an AI plant doctor chat, for care questions — but if photo-based plant ID is your main job, dedicated ID apps are still stronger on that one task.
There's no automated import from Plantum today, so you'll add plants one at a time. The upside is you'll end up with a properly structured collection that's social, value-aware, and built to grow with you — not just a private care list.
Plantum owns the convenient pocket plant-care utility. PropBoxd owns the question 'what do I collect, what's it worth, and who else is collecting it?' Different problem, different product.
Start a free PropBoxd collection in under a minute. No credit card, no plant-count limit, no pressure.
