OFPlants

About us

It started with a plant we almost killed.

Meet Fiddle Fi Fo Fun, a Fiddle Leaf Fig. We had so many plants we couldn't keep up with them all, so we built OFPlants to help us care for every one. That's how we found out we'd been overwatering our fig, and with OFPlants we nursed it back to life.

Fiddle Fi Fo Fun today, tall and covered in bright leaves

The story of Fiddle Fi Fo Fun

Four years, six photos, one stubborn fig. From 2ft and almost dying to 8ft and thriving.

  1. Fiddle Fi Fo Fun healthy, with big bright green leaves

    Oct 2022

    All good.

    Big, glossy leaves. Thriving. Which made it easy to stop really looking at it.

  2. The fig's leaves turning yellow and drooping after overwatering

    Dec 2022

    Too much love.

    We watered on a schedule, not on what the plant needed. The leaves yellowed and dropped.

  3. The fig down to a bare stem with a single leaf

    Mar 2023

    One leaf left.

    A bare stem and a single leaf. This is where most plants get given up on.

  4. A new leaf unfurling from a bud at the top of the bare stem

    Mar 2023, up close

    A tiny new bud.

    Drier soil, more light, and patience. Then, at the top of the stem: new growth.

  5. The fig full of glossy new leaves again, in a sunny window

    Jul 2023

    Thriving again.

    Full of leaves. Not a streak or a badge. A plant that came back.

  6. The fig three years later, tall and covered in bright leaves

    Sep 2026

    Three years on.

    Taller, fuller, still pushing out new leaves. The comeback stuck.

Why we built OFPlants

When the fig was struggling, we tried the plant care apps. They were nagging checklists: water now, mist now, you missed a day. None of them helped us see what was actually going wrong, and none of them noticed when things got better.

What saved Fiddle Fi Fo Fun was looking closely, changing one thing at a time, and being patient through months of no new leaves. When that first bud showed up, it felt like a victory.

Somewhere along the way, we realized a plant app should work like that too: help you notice, explain what's happening, and celebrate the comeback. So we started building one.

  • Notice, don't nag.

    A photo tells you more than a checklist. We help you see what changed and why.

  • Celebrate the comeback.

    New leaves deserve a moment. Progress matters more than perfect streaks.

  • Stick with it.

    Recovery is slow. Roots first, then leaves. We keep you going through the long middle.

Give your plants a comeback story.

Identify plants, diagnose problems from a photo, and celebrate every new leaf.

Get the App

Help your plant write its own comeback story

OFPlants keeps a care schedule and journal for every plant, identifies species from a photo, and diagnoses problems like yellow leaves, drooping and root rot.

How the OFPlants plant care app works →
Get it onGoogle Play
Coming soonApp Store