GardenKeenLast updated July 15, 2026
GardenKeen uses the photo and growing location you choose to identify a plant and build a care plan. Email sync is optional, purchases stay with Apple, and the app includes local and synced deletion controls.
GardenKeen uses plant photos you take or select, the care language you choose, and a growing location you enter. The location may include city, region, country, latitude, and longitude. Optional sync uses an email address and one-time verification code.
When you scan a plant, the selected photo and requested health setting are sent through Tepesoft's encrypted backend to Plant.id for specialist plant identification and diagnosis. The photo, candidate identification, chosen language, and growing-location context may be sent to Google's Gemini service to create the care guide. These providers process data under their own service terms and privacy policies.
GardenKeen uses the location you select to personalize planting months, weather-sensitive care, light, watering, and timing guidance. The app does not require continuous or background location. Location is not included on generated social share images.
Photos, reports, plant notes, chat history, watering events, and reminders are stored locally on your iPhone. If you optionally verify an email in Settings, encrypted background sync stores this data with your GardenKeen account so it can be restored after reinstalling or on another device.
Subscriptions are processed by Apple. GardenKeen checks cryptographically signed App Store transaction information on device and may send the signed transaction to Tepesoft for entitlement verification. Tepesoft does not receive your full payment card details.
Tepesoft may retain a SHA-256 image hash and successful Plant.id response in a protected cache. This prevents the same unchanged photo from consuming another Plant.id credit and improves speed. The hash is used for cache matching, not advertising.
We do not sell GardenKeen personal information. Data is shared only with service providers needed for hosting, identification, AI care guidance, email verification, purchase verification, security, and support, or when legally required.
The GardenKeen support website uses Tepesoft's self-hosted analytics and Microsoft Clarity to understand page performance and support needs. These website tools may process device, browser, interaction, and approximate network-location information. They are not embedded in the GardenKeen iPhone app.
You can delete individual history and garden items or clear them in the app. Synced deletions propagate to the server. Settings also provides account deletion, which removes the optional sync account and its synced history, photos, and garden inventory. Removing the app deletes remaining local app data.
Plant identification and care guidance can be wrong. Use qualified expert confirmation before eating, touching, treating, selling, or making medical, toxic, allergy, or pet-safety decisions about a plant. GardenKeen is not directed to children under 13.
Questions can be sent to info@tepesoft.com. We may update this policy when providers or app features change. Material updates will be reflected here with a new date.