# Golden Map — Your photography, mapped.

> Your photography, mapped. (iPhone/iPad app by Ben Nguyen.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/golden-map/id6806853032 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ben Nguyen](https://appshunter.io/developer/1778990954)
- Category: Photo & Video
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 68 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-04
- Data updated: 2026-09-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/golden-map/id6806853032/reviews.md

## What is Golden Map?

Most photo apps sort by when. Golden Map sorts by where.

Every photo you import gets grouped into a Location — a spot you can revisit, rename, and build a history at. Over months of shooting the same corner, the same beach, the same street, that Location quietly becomes a map of your eye.

CAPTURE & ORGANIZE
• Full EXIF pulled automatically at import — camera, lens, focal length, aperture, shutter, ISO
• Sun context on every photo: golden hour, blue hour, day, or night, computed from its exact time and place
• A free-form note per photo, plus a Timeline of every visit across every Location

EXPLORE
• A living map — a pin per Location, sized by how often you've returned
• Place search that flies the map straight to any city, country, or address
• Pro: a spot heatmap showing where the community is actually shooting

SHARE & BELONG
• Make individual photos public, visible to others on the map
• Real profiles behind every like and comment — know who's engaging, moderate what you don't want
• Live updates via realtime — no pull-to-refresh
• Push notifications that open straight to the exact photo and comment

Free: up to 20 Locations, 5 photos each.
Pro ($1.99/mo or $19.99/yr): unlimited Locations and photos, plus the community spot heatmap.

Available in English and Vietnamese.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internal/terms/site/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://goldenmap.app/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Monthly | $1.99 | per month |
| Pro Yearly | $19.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-12

This update brings faster load times, a new Face ID lock, and several ways to get more out of your photos:

• Download the original file of any of your photos straight to your device
• Tap any photo to view it full-screen
• Lock the app with Face ID
• Much faster app launch, especially on cellular
• Journey now lets you filter by date range, country, or city
• Community Shots shows one photo per photographer, always their latest
• Cleaner map pins and heatmap colors so it's easy to tell your spots from others'
• Various bug fixes and stability improvements

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-05

- New Discover tab — browse public shots from other photographers
- New Journey tab — a retrospective trail of every place you've shot, with time/country/city filters
- See how many other photographers have shot near your spots, and when/which way most of them shoot
- Optional Face ID lock
- Bug fixes and improvements

### 1.0 — 2026-09-04

No release notes.

## More apps by Ben Nguyen

- [Sidepitch](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sidepitch/id6738031408)
- [EV+](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ev-plus/id6757970429)

All apps by Ben Nguyen: https://appshunter.io/developer/1778990954

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