# Garden Advice Apps The Fountain App Offers Gardening Help By Solving Problems in Real-Time By Alyson Wyers | Published 2014-10-31 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gardening-help References: [springwise](http://www.springwise.com/personalized-home-garden-advice-real-time/) & [fountain](https://www.fountain.com/login) If you are a visual learner and tend to struggle with home and garden related things, but darn it if you're not going to try anyway, this app offers [real-time gardening help](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/plant-care-assistants). The Fountain app connects users to experts who can help you with your issue within five minutes. This will come in especially handy as the advice will be personalized and relevant to your situation, which is not the case if you perform a [Google](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spendher-hotline) search. Nor would your search results be as timely. The gardening help app provides video chat and image messaging so you can better communicate with [home experts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lowes-mylow). Users simply type in their problem and the Fountain algorithm figures out the area of expertise you are lacking in and finds you a suitable DIY authority. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.3/10 - Popularity: 47% | Activity: 75% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/mobile) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Real-time Gardening Help:** Fountain app offers personalized and timely advice from gardening experts in real-time. - **Visual Learning in Home and Garden:** Fountain app caters to visual learners by providing video chat and image messaging for better communication. - **Personalized DIY Advice:** Fountain app utilizes an algorithm to match users with suitable DIY authorities based on their specific problem. ### Who This Affects Most - **Mobile App Development:** Developing similar real-time gardening help apps can disrupt the mobile app development industry. - **Home Improvement and Gardening:** Integrating real-time expert advice can disrupt the home improvement and gardening industry by enhancing the customer experience. - **Online Education and Learning Platforms:** Real-time personalized learning in specific domains can disrupt online education and learning platforms in various industries, including home and garden. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [AI Plant Care Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/homegardenai.md) - [Plant Care Assistants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/leaffy.md) - [Informational Gardener Support Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/legume-app.md) - [AI-Powered Plant Care Assistants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/plantora.md) - [Plant Care Assistants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drplant.md) - [AI-Powered Planters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/leafypod.md) - [Home Improvement Chatbots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fixxai.md) - [Aggregated Plant Retail Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/getanyplant.md) - [Comprehensive Gardening Brands](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gardenuity.md)