# Frond

> A field notebook for pressing, cataloging, and identifying plants.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.aebu.frond](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.aebu.frond)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.aebu.frond`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Arick Sandman
- **Category:** EDUCATION
- **Downloads:** 3
- **Version:** 1.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-17
- **First published:** 2026-08-17
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 43 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aebu.frond)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://gigaapps65-cloud.github.io/frond-privacy-policy.html](https://gigaapps65-cloud.github.io/frond-privacy-policy.html)

## Description

Frond is a digital herbarium for anyone who collects plants — botanists, foragers, gardeners, hikers, and the merely curious.<br><br>Record a specimen the way you would in a field notebook: photograph it, note where and when you found it, describe the leaf shape, the habitat, the smell of the crushed stem. Frond keeps each entry as a proper record rather than a photo buried in your camera roll.<br><br>WHAT YOU CAN DO<br><br>- Build a specimen catalog with photos, dates, locations, and detailed field notes<br>- Get identification help from AI — describe or photograph a specimen and receive a considered answer, not a one-word guess<br>- Search and browse your collection as it grows<br>- Keep everything on your device, in your hands<br><br>BRING YOUR OWN KEY<br><br>Frond uses your own Google Gemini API key for identification. You paste the key once; it stays on your device and is never sent anywhere except Google&#39;s API. No account, no sign-up, no subscription, no server of ours between you and your data. Free tier keys work fine.<br><br>You can also add specimens entirely by hand and skip the AI altogether.<br><br>ONE-TIME PURCHASE<br><br>Frond is free to try. A single unlock removes the limits — pay once, keep it. No subscription, no ads, no upsells.<br><br>FOR THE FIELD<br><br>Built for people who actually go outside: a clean, legible interface that works in bright sun, records that make sense six months later, and no distractions between you and the plant in front of you.

## Rankings

- #3,020,017 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.aebu.frond.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.aebu.frond)