Unlock the full potential of your PlantCam
PlantCam Premium adds longer storage, more images per hour, and smoother timelapses.
PlantCam is fully usable without a subscription. Premium exists for the heavy features: more cloud storage, more uploads, more AI rendering, and more ongoing server work.
Three ways to upgrade
Chose your subscrption
Each PlantCam Premium subscription is available monthly or yearly. From longer storage to smoother interpolation and more video capacity, every tier opens up new creative possibilities for your PlantCam.
Entry premium tier
Hobbyist
Billed annually, 29,99€/year
People who mainly want more history and longer-running projects without changing the standard capture workflow.
- Doubles image storage from 6 months to 12 months.
- Raises the per-timelapse image limit from 2,000 to 4,000.
- Includes export of all images as a planned feature.
Most versatile upgrade
Gardener
Billed annually, 69,99€/year
Growers who want smoother timelapses, denser capture intervals, and room for more than one active video per PlantCam.
- Extends image storage to 24 months.
- Doubles the default capture rate from 6 to 12 photos per hour.
- Unlocks 4x frame interpolation for much smoother videos.
- Allows 2 timelapse videos per PlantCam at the same time.
Full power plan
Botanist
Billed annually, 149,99€/year
Power users chasing the smoothest possible results, the densest capture schedule, and maximum flexibility for advanced projects.
- Unlimited cloud image storage.
- Up to 24 photos per hour for extremely detailed growth tracking.
- Unlimited images per timelapse.
- Up to 3 timelapse videos per PlantCam at once.
- Removes the small plantcam.io text under the day counter as a planned feature.
* Prices may vary depending on your location, device, operating system, and the store used for purchase, such as the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
Why Premium exists
These features are behind a subscription because they are resource-intensive
PlantCam Premium is not there to gate the basic experience. It is there to keep the heavy parts sustainable. More image retention, more uploads, more simultaneous videos, and more AI-generated frames all create meaningful ongoing server costs. PlantCam also uses an AI model on the server to reduce image noise and sharpen uploaded images, which adds even more continuous compute work.
There is also a scheduler in the background that continuously adds the latest 50 new images to each timelapse automatically. That is exactly why active video limits matter. Without guardrails, the workload would scale too aggressively and hurt the experience for everyone.
Cloud image storage is real storage
Every extra month means more uploaded photos kept online. By default, images older than 6 months are automatically deleted. Premium plans extend or remove that limit, which increases storage costs directly.
Higher capture rates multiply everything
Going from 6 to 12 or even 24 photos per hour does not just create more images. It also increases uploads, database work, previews, timelapse preparation, and long-term storage volume.
Interpolation is AI processing
Frame interpolation generates extra in-between frames whenever a timelapse is rendered. That makes motion smoother, but it also means more GPU-heavy work, longer processing times, and larger final outputs.
Multiple videos stay alive on the server
Each active timelapse keeps consuming resources. PlantCam runs background jobs that keep adding the newest images to videos automatically, which is why the number of simultaneous videos has to stay controlled.
Smoother motion
What is frame interpolation
Frame interpolation uses AI to generate intermediate frames between real images whenever a timelapse is created. The result is smoother motion and a more polished final video.
Rather than relying only on higher capture rates, PlantCam uses modern AI models to add realistic in-between frames during rendering. This reduces visible jumps, softens abrupt movement and lighting changes, and gives PlantCam timelapses a level of smoothness that traditional timelapse cameras typically cannot match.
2x by default
A single intermediate frame is generated between real images, which already makes standard PlantCam timelapses noticeably smoother.
4x with Gardener
Two additional in-between frames are generated between real images. The result feels far more fluid, but render time rises significantly.
16x with Botanist
This is the most advanced interpolation level available. It produces the smoothest motion, but because it is so compute-heavy, the real-image cap must stay much lower.
Optional watermarks
All watermarks are optional
All watermarks can be disabled without any subscription. If you want a completely clean video, you can turn them all off on the free plan as well.
The main watermark at the top center is already disabled by default. The only other watermark is a small plantcam.io label below the day counter, and if you turn off the day counter, that label disappears with it.
No subscription required
Removing watermarks is not a Premium feature. Every user can disable them completely.
Top watermark is off by default
The main watermark in the top middle is already hidden unless you explicitly enable it.
The plantcam.io label is tied to the day counter
The small plantcam.io text below the day counter is tiny and almost fully transparent. It is only there as subtle branding, and it disappears entirely when you disable the day counter.
Side-by-side comparison
Free vs. PlantCam Premium
| Feature | Free | Hobbyist | Gardener | Botanist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image storage | 6 months | 12 months | 24 months | Unlimited |
| Photos per hour | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| Images per timelapse | 2,000 | 4,000 | 6,000 | Unlimited |
| Frame interpolation | 2x | 2x | 4x | 16x |
| Active videos per PlantCam | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
PlantCam Premium
Unlock the full potential of your PlantCam
Start with PlantCam as it is, then upgrade only if you want longer storage, more smoothness, more video capacity, and more intensive processing power behind every timelapse.