Bonsai Album

I absolutely LOVE this app. I use it for tracking progress for both my bonsai and my African violet collections. It's a fantastic tool, my only gripe is that the desktop version is highly overpriced, WAY more than the iOS version. It tracks all of the important and vital information on my bonsai collection, and I like the ongoing log and photo logs. My only wish would be a way to get my named and dated photos OUT of this app via some sort of EXPORT operation so I could share them in some organized fashion on the various social media outlets that allow you to post progressive photos of your prized flora. You spent all the time to label and categorize all your trees so why not make it easy to share those pics online. Other than those items I adore this app. It's very easy to use and you can get out of it as much as you're willing to put into it. However I don't find it necessary to own each specialty version of the app...bonsai, orchids, violets...with a little adfaptation they can all go under one version or the other of the app. Great job! Other bonsai database software is MUCH more complicated and no where near as universal or user friendly in deployment. You can buy this app one day and have your entire collection entered in a few days later and from then on it's a cake walk.

This app lets you track pretty much everything imaginable for bonsai. It has preloaded categories to track (fertilized, repotted, etc.) and provides the option to add your own custom categories. The photo tracking is intuitive, though I haven’t found a way to sort photos by date to track progress over time. (You can link photos to your log, so it’s possible to do. I just don’t know a way to sort in photo view other than manually.) As a database, this app is awesome. When you update anything, everything linked is updated. So if you change the name of a pot, the app automatically updates the bonsai linked to that pot. Basically, the app “just works.” The only thing I might add is a way to create notes or logs on a global scale. For instance, I’d like a way to create one note that I fertilized all trees of a species on the same date and have the log available under each tree. This isn’t a dealbreaker to me though — bonsai is a slow, meticulous journey, and each plant demands its own care. Perhaps it’s best to take 30 seconds and write a journal entry for every tree, every time. :) Disclaimer: I’m just beginning my bonsai journey. So there may be a formal method of journaling that I’m not aware of. However, this app is well-organized as a database app, and fits my needs perfectly.

An excellent app for keeping track of the development of my trees. I use it almost daily but especially when I repot, trim and/or wire. It is very useful to know how my trees change over time. And a photograph doesn’t lie. A great recording app!

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Having a hard time saving my tees in this app. I have 52 trees but for some reason cannot save the info. The save at the upper right of the iPad doesn’t work.

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App doesn’t let me import/export from existing database. More importantly, it freezes up when I try to add new bonsai. Wish I could get a refund!!