A curated library of 150,000+ species
Where the names come from
Plants, mushrooms and insects, checked against botanical sources rather than scraped from the web. Every result carries a confidence match, so you can see how sure it is.
Identify, map, tend
Know what is growing,
and what it needs
Snap a photo to identify a plant, mushroom or insect against a curated library of 150,000+ species. Then map your garden, and Crub turns it into what’s coming up, what to do next, and a journal of what worked.
Free to start · works in your browser · iOS app on the way
Identification is a confident guess, not a verdict — never eat anything on an app’s say-so.
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Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Asteraceae
- In flower
- Jul — Sep
- Next job
- Stake tall stems
- Likes
- Full sun · rich soil
How Crub works
From a photo to knowing what to do
Snap it
Point your camera at any plant, mushroom or insect and take a Snap. No keys, no guesswork — just the thing in front of you.
Get the name
Crub names it against the curated species library and shows you how confident it is, rather than just asserting an answer.
Tend it
Add it to your garden and Crub turns it into care, bloom and harvest reminders — and a tidy list of what to do next.
Your garden, mapped
Every plant knows where it lives
Lay out your garden and give every plant its spot — sketch it over a map, or capture it in place with your iPhone, using LiDAR and GPS to put each plant exactly where it grows. Whether it’s your own patch or a client’s.
- Sketch over a map
- or capture it in place
- your patch or a client’s
Your gardening almanac
Know what to do, and when
Crub turns the plants you grow — and where you grow them — into seasonal care, bloom, planting, and harvest calendars tuned to your part of the world.
- Feed · prune · sow · harvest
- tuned to your region
Suggestions
What to put beside it, and where
Crub knows what you grow, where each thing sits and what your region does through the year. Ask it what to plant in a gap and it suggests things that suit the spot, the season and what is already around them. Companions that get on, and a note on what they need from you.
Crub has not seen your garden. It knows what you’ve told it and what the library says, so a suggestion is a starting point rather than a plan. Check anything you would not want to get wrong — what is toxic to a pet or a child, what your area restricts, and how big the thing gets — before you dig.
Your whole garden
The whole garden, joined up
The library, the jobs, the notes and the seasons of your own patch, all pointing at the same plants — so what you learn in one place shows up in the others.
Stay on top of every job
From “I must get to that” to done
Planting, care and harvest as a plain list of jobs — each one tied to the right plant or bed, and ticked off as you go.
Learn from every season
Remember what worked
Note what you spot and what you do in one running timeline, so the story of your garden — what thrived, what struggled, what you moved — is always there to look back on.
FAQ
Common questions about Crub
What Crub is, how identification works, and where it fits in your garden.
- What is Crub?
- Crub is a plant identification and garden management app. Snap a photo to identify any plant, mushroom or insect against a curated library of 150,000+ species, then map your garden and let Crub keep you on top of it with seasonal care, planting and harvest reminders. Crub runs in your web browser today, with an iOS app on the way. It is built and published by AKdev Ltd.
- How does Crub identify plants from a photo?
- Point your camera at a plant, mushroom or insect and take a “Snap”. Crub matches the photo against its hand-curated reference library of over 150,000 species and returns the most likely identification, along with a confidence match so you know how sure it is. Clear, well-lit photos of leaves, flowers or the whole plant give the most reliable results.
- What can Crub identify?
- Crub identifies plants, mushrooms and insects. Every result is backed by a curated library of more than 150,000 species with proper botanical names, clear photos and guidance on how to care for what you have found.
- How accurate is Crub’s identification?
- Each identification comes with a confidence match and is drawn from a hand-curated reference rather than an open web scrape, so the names you get are trustworthy. Accuracy is highest when the plant, mushroom or insect is clearly in frame and well lit. For anything you plan to eat or forage, always confirm with an expert before relying on an app.
- Is Crub free to use?
- Yes. Crub’s free Sprout plan lets you map one garden and take 5 plant identifications (Snaps) a month at no cost, forever. Paid plans add more gardens, more Snaps and sharing: Bloom is £5 a month and Orchard is £35 a month, both cheaper when billed yearly.
- What devices does Crub work on?
- Crub works in any modern web browser right now, so you can use it on a phone, tablet or computer without installing anything. A native iOS app for iPhone and iPad is on the way.
- Can Crub help me manage my whole garden, not just identify plants?
- Yes. Beyond identification, Crub lets you map your garden and give every plant its place, then turns what you grow into seasonal care, bloom, planting and harvest calendars tuned to your region. It builds a simple to-do list of jobs and keeps a running journal so you can learn from each season.
- Can professional gardeners use Crub for multiple clients?
- Yes. Crub’s Orchard plan is built for professionals who tend many gardens: map up to five client gardens (add more for £5 each a month), keep a living record of what is planted where, and never miss the right week for a job across every garden you look after.
Free to start
File your first find
Identify something, map the bed it is in, and see what Crub tells you to do next.