Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 17, 2026

Plant Doctor ("the App") is developed and operated by Sandeep Mysore. There are no accounts. This policy explains what happens to your photos, messages and data.

What stays on your device

Your plants, their names, personalities, diagnoses and care plans.
Your chats with your plants, progress photos and share cards.
Your reminder settings and free message allowance.

These are saved in the App’s private storage on your phone. We have no copy of them.

Plant photos

When you add a plant or take a check-up photo, the App sends that photo (and, for a check-up, a small copy of the previous photo) to the Plant Doctor server, hosted on Google Cloud. The server sends it to Google’s Gemini API to identify the plant and assess its health, returns the result, and does not store the photos.

Chats with your plants

When you message a plant, the App sends your message, recent messages in that chat, and the plant’s details (species, personality, health and watering schedule) to the server, which asks Google’s Gemini API for the plant’s reply. Nothing is stored after the reply is sent back. Google processes this under the Gemini API Additional Terms and the Google Privacy Policy. Please don’t share personal information in chats.

Replies, identifications and diagnoses are generated by AI and can be wrong. Plants are not vets or doctors.

Reporting content

If you report a message or diagnosis, the reason you chose, any note you add, the reported content and up to six recent messages from that chat are sent to our server logs so we can review it. Reports contain no photos and are kept for up to 30 days.

Camera, photos and notifications

The App asks for camera access only when you take a photo, uses your photo library only to let you pick a photo or save a share card, and uses notifications only for the reminders you turn on. Reminders are scheduled on your device.

Anonymous device ID and limits

The App creates a random ID on first launch and sends it with requests so the server can apply fair daily limits. It isn’t linked to your identity and the server forgets it within a day.

Advertising (free version)

Free users can choose to watch a short ad from Google AdMob for more messages. Ads are never shown unless you choose to watch one, and never after you buy Plant Doctor Unlimited. To serve and measure ads, Google’s Mobile Ads SDK may collect:

Device identifiers such as the advertising ID (IDFA on iOS, only if you allow tracking; Android Advertising ID on Android).
Your IP address, which may be used to estimate your general location.
Ad interactions and diagnostic information such as app launches and crashes.

This data is collected and processed by Google under Google’s Privacy Policy. See how Google uses information from apps that use its services. Your photos, plants and chats are never shared with advertisers.

Your choices about ads

iPhone: the App asks through Apple’s App Tracking Transparency prompt. If you choose “Ask App Not to Track”, everything works the same and ads aren’t personalized with your advertising ID. Change it anytime in Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking.
EEA, UK and Switzerland: Google’s consent message lets you accept, reject or manage personalized ads. Revisit it in the App under Settings › Ad privacy choices.
Android: reset or delete your advertising ID in your device’s privacy settings.
No ads at all: Plant Doctor Unlimited removes ads and ad requests.

Purchases

Plant Doctor Unlimited is sold through the Apple App Store or Google Play. They handle payment; we never see your card or account details.

Children

Plant Doctor is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Deleting your data

Delete a plant from its profile, use Settings › Delete all my data, or uninstall the App. See Delete data.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the date above will change. Questions: thesammonroe@gmail.com.