GPS Camera — Geotag & Timestamp

Coming soon — the Android build is in review on Google Play and the iOS build is in review on the App Store. This page will link to the live listings once they are approved.

The problem: a photo that can't prove where or when

On a busy job site, a photo on its own proves almost nothing. It shows a finished wall or a cleared area, but not where in the building it is, or when it was taken. Phones can be set to any time, screenshots can be cropped, and not every corner of a site is covered by CCTV. When a dispute or an incident comes up weeks later, an ordinary gallery photo rarely settles it. GPS Camera closes that gap by making each photo carry its own context — coordinates, address and a timestamp that are visible on the image and written into the file — so the picture answers the "where and when" before anyone has to ask.

What GPS Camera does, feature by feature

The core action is simple: you open the camera, frame the shot, and the live overlay already shows your coordinates and address. When you capture, that information is composited onto the image so it can never drift away from the photo it belongs to.

• Coordinate, address and time stamp. Every photo is captioned with latitude and longitude, the reverse-geocoded street address, altitude and the capture time. You choose decimal or DMS coordinates and metric or imperial units in Settings, so the caption matches how your team records locations.
• Two clean caption styles, plus your company name. A Classic block and a compact Bar style keep the stamp legible without swallowing the picture, and a custom label lets you print your company or crew name on every shot for accountability.
• Real EXIF GPS, not just a caption. Beyond the visible overlay, the true coordinates are written into the photo's EXIF metadata. That means mapping tools and other apps can read the geotag directly — useful when a record has to be plotted or verified later.
• Geotagged video. When a still isn't enough — water ingress, a temporary barrier, a delivery in progress — you can record a short clip with the same coordinate, address and time stamp. Video is recorded without audio; the app never uses the microphone.
• On-device text scan. A built-in text scanner (OCR) reads printed text in a shot — a door number, an equipment tag, a serial plate — entirely on the device, so you can confirm details without typing them out.
• Logo watermark and a private gallery. An optional corner logo brands your records, and everything you capture is kept in an in-app gallery on the device until you choose to share it.

How people actually use it

The most common pattern is on construction and maintenance sites. Different trades — carpenters, electricians, plumbers — finish a task in a specific place (say, the twelfth floor of Block C, a particular riser, a plant room) and take one geotagged, time-stamped photo of the completed work before they leave. That shot goes straight to the safety officer or supervisor as proof that the area was worked at that hour and was sound at the time, with no incident. Because the stamp is applied at capture and sent immediately — before anyone could retouch it — the record stays credible. If something is reported in that zone later, the timeline can be traced backwards from the photos.

It works just as well off-site. A driver at the scene of a minor collision, a traveller recording damage to a rental, or anyone filing an insurance claim can capture a geotagged, time-stamped photo on the spot and hand it to the insurer with the location already baked in — no separate note about where it happened, no argument about when. Used honestly and kept unedited, these are exactly the kind of records that hold up in an insurance file or, if it ever comes to it, a police report or a hearing.

Why choose GPS Camera

Plenty of camera apps add a date sticker. GPS Camera is built around evidence, and a few choices make the difference. The coordinates and time are stamped offline, so it works on remote sites with no signal. The geotag is written into EXIF, so it is verifiable, not just decorative. There are no full-screen or interstitial ads interrupting a capture — on the free version there is only a small banner, and on iOS a one-time Premium purchase removes even that. And nothing is uploaded: your photos, videos and coordinates stay on the device until you decide to share them.

Who it's for

Site supervisors and safety teams who need dated proof of completed work; tradespeople who report progress from the field; drivers, delivery crews and field engineers; and anyone documenting an accident scene, property condition or insurance claim who needs a photo to say, on its own, exactly where and when it was taken.

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FAQ

Does GPS Camera work offline? Yes — coordinates, altitude and time are captured and stamped on the device, so it works with no signal. Only the readable street address needs a connection; offline, the shot still carries its coordinates and time.

Is the location written into the photo file? Yes. Alongside the visible caption, real GPS coordinates are written into the photo's EXIF metadata, so the geotag is machine-readable by other apps.

Does the video record sound? No. Video is recorded without audio and the app does not use the microphone; each clip carries the same coordinate, address and time stamp as a photo.