# Strain Guide

> help choosing the best strains

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1596314933](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1596314933)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1596314933`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** phannafest llc
- **Category:** Medical
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (907 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.12.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-05
- **First published:** 2021-12-16
- **Size:** 75 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/strain-guide/id1596314933)
- **Website:** [https://strainguide.app/app-ads.txt](https://strainguide.app/app-ads.txt)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://strainguide.app/terms](https://strainguide.app/terms)

## Description

Strain Guide is your full-featured cannabis strain hub, syncing notes across devices and delivering smarter, personalized recommendations based on what’s actually worked for you.

Discover thousands of strains with Strain Hunter Advanced Search, save notes and favorites, and access growing tips, flavor and terpene profiles, and community ratings—plus a clean, fast interface with dark mode and adjustable text size.

## Rankings

- #56,431 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Strain Guide for its extensive strain database, useful effects information, and easy-to-use notes/favorites features. The most common drawbacks are intrusive ads (often unremovable), occasional bugs and search issues, and gaps in strain coverage along with missing advanced search capabilities such as terpene filters and photo ID.

### Pros

- Comprehensive strain database with extensive information
- Helps determine effects and provides personalized recommendations, including similar strains, with the ability to save notes and favorites
- Easy to use and well-organized, with a sleek interface
- Community-driven features and reliable guidance that support responsible consumption
- Valuable for medical users to track strains that work best for their needs

### Cons

- Intrusive ads that disrupt usage, including 30-second non-dismissible ads and forced video ads; no easy option to remove them
- Reliability issues such as startup hangs and search errors that hamper everyday use
- Incomplete strain coverage, missing some household-name strains (e.g., OG Kush) and limited filtering options
- Lack of advanced search features like terpene filters and no photo identification feature

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1596314933)