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Aspen

Aspen helps you scan, identify, research, and log your plants.

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What it does

You can use your camera to take pictures of plants, and the AI will identify it. You have a built-in calendar for seasonal plants and logging days you've found plants. You can also ask Aspen all about plants you're interested in and keep a list of bookmarked plants and plants you've found. Built for It helps people interested in botany, foraging, floristics, and nature. People of all experience levels can find use in Aspen, whether it be researching or logging plants, Aspen will help you!.

What a real user taught us

I learned that personalization is very important to the user experience and can affect a user's experience more than a developer can realize. My best friend saw my app and recommended I add a dark mode so it's easier on the eyes.

A safety issue we fixed

You must sign into your own google account, with phone number verification, so only you can access your data and logs!

What we would build next

If I had more time, I would have added an interactive map to track the nearest plant of your interest.