# LensTrails — Photo Scouting & Shoot Planner > Photo Scouting & Shoot Planner (iPhone/iPad app by Jerome Bei.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lenstrails/id6788136488 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Jerome Bei](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896766887) - Category: Photo & Video, Productivity - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 87 MB - Released: 2026-07-16 - Data updated: 2026-08-27 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lenstrails/id6788136488/reviews.md ## What is LensTrails? LensTrails is a private photography journal and intelligent shoot planner for photographers who collect places, ideas and experiences, not just pictures. Try LensTrails Pro free for one month, with no registration. Viewpoints are available through the separate LensTrails Complete subscription. After the trial, an active subscription is required. BUILD YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY JOURNAL Save locations from the map, Google Maps, a new photo or a geolocated camera-roll image. Keep: • Photos, notes and creative ideas • Tags, ratings and location types • Preferred month and time of day • Shooting direction • Address, coordinates, elevation and distance • Visit and return-planning details Browse your journal on a map, in a searchable list or as a photo grid. Filter by name, notes, tags, type, rating, distance or preferred shooting time. DISCOVER VIEWPOINTS LensTrails introduces Viewpoints, a curated worldwide catalog of promising photography locations. Explore Viewpoints on the map, open a location to see its available photos, notes, tags, address and photographic context, then evaluate its conditions using LensTrails planning tools. Import the locations that interest you into your private journal and add your own photos, notes, tags, rating, shooting direction and preferred timing. Viewpoints help you discover places. LensTrails helps you plan the photograph. Your personal locations remain private and are never published, crowdsourced or added to the public catalog. GET SMART SHOOT SUGGESTIONS LensTrails evaluates saved locations using their character, tags, preferred timing, shooting direction, weather, clouds, fog, sunrise and sunset quality, sun position, moonlight, night-sky conditions, aurora potential, light pollution and tides where relevant. Each suggestion provides a score, recommended time window, direction to face and an explanation of why the conditions may work. Long-term suggestions identify useful months and times to return. PLAN WEATHER, LIGHT AND SKY See current conditions and a five-day forecast, including temperature, rain, wind, humidity, visibility and cloud layers. A 24-hour cloud graph helps reveal changing conditions. Plan daylight, golden hour, blue hour, sunrise, sunset, moon, stars, Milky Way and aurora photography. Use map overlays and Sky Path camera previews to understand how light and sky objects move around a scene. FIND DARKER SKIES Explore light pollution on the map and understand how nearby light sources may affect night photography. PLAN COASTAL PHOTOGRAPHY See five-day tide forecasts and detailed tide curves. LensTrails can consider tides when suggesting shoots involving beaches, rocks, reflections, access and moving water. MADE FOR THE FIELD Search by address or place, check elevation, navigate with your preferred mapping app, share locations and receive reminders. Export your journal as GPX or CSV. Your locations remain private on your iPhone, with optional private iCloud sync between Apple devices. LensTrails is made for landscape, cityscape, seascape, travel, drone, street, wildlife and outdoor photographers. Terms of Use: https://lenstrails.jerome.photo/eula.html Privacy Policy: https://lenstrails.jerome.photo/privacy.html ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Pro Yearly | $44.99 | per year | | Pro Monthly | $3.99 | per month | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.0 — 2026-08-24 LensTrails 2.0 introduces Viewpoints, a new way to discover photography locations and plan your next shoot. What’s new: • Explore curated photographic viewpoints directly on the map • Open a viewpoint to see photos, notes, tags, address and location details • Check weather, light, sun, moon, Milky Way and smart shoot suggestions before visiting • Navigate to a viewpoint or share it with another photographer • Import interesting viewpoints into your private scouting journal • Improved map clustering keeps nearby viewpoints clear and easy to select • New Complete subscription plan combines every LensTrails Pro feature with access to Viewpoints • Performance, reliability and interface improvements throughout the app Your saved locations remain private and under your control. LensTrails Pro remains available as before, while Complete adds the new Viewpoints library. ### 1.9.3 — 2026-08-13 - Added a new compass overlay for easier orientation while scouting locations. - Improved performance and memory use, especially for large photo-location libraries. - Minor enhancements and fixes. ### 1.9.2 — 2026-08-11 Version 1.9.2 contains minor enhancements and fixes. Enhancements for version 1.9 and 1.9.1: - Improved filter colors and organization for clearer navigation. - Refined sun path button colors to make the selected mode easier to recognize. - Additional visual polish and minor reliability improvements. - New Tags / Intent system lets goals such as Sun Glow, Fog, Astro, Aurora and Storm directly influence forecasts and shoot suggestions. - New sunrise-glow and red-sky predictions evaluate cloud layers, horizon conditions, rain, fog and atmospheric structure. - New worldwide storm planning includes forecast details, photographic scoring and an interactive storm map overlay. - Smarter multi-intent suggestions identify the strongest primary and secondary opportunities for each shoot. - Expanded map planning lets you preview sun, moon and Milky Way paths by month and hour. - New tag management lets you organize and remove your own tags. - Your existing scouting journal remains available after the free month, including browsing, sharing, exporting and deleting your data. - Improved iCloud deletion synchronization, offline subscription handling, location creation, camera-roll imports, notifications, tide graphs and night-sky scoring. ### 1.9.1 — 2026-08-09 Version 1.9.1 contains minor interface enhancements: - Improved filter colors and organization for clearer navigation. - Refined sun path button colors to make the selected mode easier to recognize. - Additional visual polish and minor reliability improvements. Enhancements for version 1.9: - New Tags / Intent system lets goals such as Sun Glow, Fog, Astro, Aurora and Storm directly influence forecasts and shoot suggestions. - New sunrise-glow and red-sky predictions evaluate cloud layers, horizon conditions, rain, fog and atmospheric structure. - New worldwide storm planning includes forecast details, photographic scoring and an interactive storm map overlay. - Smarter multi-intent suggestions identify the strongest primary and secondary opportunities for each shoot. - Expanded map planning lets you preview sun, moon and Milky Way paths by month and hour. - New tag management lets you organize and remove your own tags. - Your existing scouting journal remains available after the free month, including browsing, sharing, exporting and deleting your data. - Improved iCloud deletion synchronization, offline subscription handling, location creation, camera-roll imports, notifications, tide graphs and night-sky scoring. ### 1.9 — 2026-08-08 LensTrails now plans around the photograph you want to create. - New Tags / Intent system lets goals such as Sun Glow, Fog, Astro, Aurora and Storm directly influence forecasts and shoot suggestions. - New sunrise-glow and red-sky predictions evaluate cloud layers, horizon conditions, rain, fog and atmospheric structure. - New worldwide storm planning includes forecast details, photographic scoring and an interactive storm map overlay. - Smarter multi-intent suggestions identify the strongest primary and secondary opportunities for each shoot. - Expanded map planning lets you preview sun, moon and Milky Way paths by month and hour. - New tag management lets you organize and remove your own tags. - Your existing scouting journal remains available after the free month, including browsing, sharing, exporting and deleting your data. - Improved iCloud deletion synchronization, offline subscription handling, location creation, camera-roll imports, notifications, tide graphs and night-sky scoring. ## Apps similar to LensTrails | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Vistax - Pro Camera](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vistax-pro-camera/id1509174775) | 4.8 (23) | $6.99 | Photo & Video | | [Grid: Ricoh GR Companion](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grid-ricoh-gr-companion/id6778591533) | 3.0 (2) | Free | Photo & Video | | [mado frame](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mado-frame/id6787994470) | — | Free | Photo & Video | | [Radiant TrueSelf Camera](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/radiant-trueself-camera/id6753002051) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Photo & Video | | [Forest Weather](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forest-weather/id6761806895) | — | Free | Photo & Video | | [ReelPilot](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reelpilot/id6788656617) | — | Free | Photo & Video | ## More apps by Jerome Bei - [Circontrol Charger](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/circontrol-charger/id6770908332) - [PixPrune](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pixprune/id6773922182) All apps by Jerome Bei: https://appshunter.io/developer/1896766887 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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