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Feature · Precision

The light meter.
An honest number, not a guess.

"Bright indirect light" means something different on every plant tag. Point your iPhone at any spot in your home and Planterra gives you a real lux reading - corrected for the camera's exposure - so you can compare it against what your plant actually needs.

Planterra camera light meter showing a live lux reading for a windowsill
<2s to get a reading
1 number, not a vibe
0 external light meter needed
spots you can check
How it works

Exposure correction, not a raw camera guess.

01

Point the camera

Hold your iPhone toward the spot you're checking - a shelf, a desk, the middle of a room. No special hardware, no accessories.

02

Exposure gets corrected

Cameras auto-adjust ISO and shutter speed to make everything look nicely lit - which hides the real brightness. Planterra reads those settings and reverses the correction to recover true scene luminance.

03

You get a lux number

The same unit horticulturists use in grow guides. Planterra compares it instantly against your plants' ideal ranges - no lookup required.

What a reading tells you

The same spot in your home, measured honestly.

Four real readings, four different verdicts. This is the gap between "it's near a window" and actually knowing what a plant is getting.

Deep interior corner 80 lux Too dark for most houseplants
North-facing desk 650 lux Fine for pothos, snake plant
1m from east window 3,200 lux Sweet spot for monstera
Right against south glass 18,000 lux Full sun - succulents only
Ready when you are

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