# Solocator - GPS Field Camera — user reviews > 249 indexed App Store user reviews of Solocator by Civi Corp, rated 4.30/5 from 413 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/solocator-gps-field-camera/id582584117/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/solocator-gps-field-camera/id582584117.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 286 · 4★ 48 · 3★ 24 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 41 ## What do users think of Solocator? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Time-saving - 👍 Helpful for field work - 👍 Great for documentation - 👍 Easy to use - 👍 Useful for various industries - 👍 Responsive customer service **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and glitches - 🔒 In-app purchases required for basic features - 🔋 Battery drain issues - 🐛 Inconsistent GPS and compass accuracy - 🐛 Photos not saving properly - 🐛 Scaling issues on newer devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Rear camera not working after some time - Buttons hidden on screen after updates - Date/time stamps missing from exported photos - Compass direction inaccurate - Photos not saving in some cases **Most requested features** - Add video support - Allow custom text entry - Include elevation readout - Add option for grid lines on photos - Automatically save to Camera Roll - Support additional coordinate formats (e.g., OSGB, UTM) - Improve export/sharing options ## Newest reviews (10 of 249) ### 3/5 — Does what I need, but creates a redundant work flow. *2026-06-26, version 2.26* I use this app for field cataloging, and it’s straightforward and does exactly what I need. It extracts metadata from photos and displays it as a useful overlay. Battery drain is a bit higher than using the normal camera, but it’s manageable. My biggest issue is that every photo is saved twice—once in the app and once in the Photos app—with no option to disable the duplicate storage. Deleting these photos is also unnecessarily complicated. You have to take a new photo just to access the in-app gallery, delete the photo, then go to the “Recover Photos” section to permanently remove it. It’s a confusing workflow that doesn’t make sense. Please add an option to save photos in only one location and simplify the deletion process. It would save storage space and make the app much more user-friendly. ### 4/5 — Very cool! *2026-04-20, version 2.26* I like the extra info for geotags and the ability to add my company’s watermark to the photos. ### 4/5 — Addition Fields *2025-11-21, version 2.22* This saves a lot of time. It would be even more brilliant if there was some Custom fields that could be renamed and used for capturing Data. Utilising to Take off assets in a process facility. Manufactory Model, Serial Number etc. currently being diligent and using the Notes Field with a Deliminator so I can strip out the data later from the CSV ### 2/5 — Camera control *2025-08-19, version 2.21* Ok app. Wish that they would enable iPhone users to be able to use the camera control button to snap picture on the iPhone. It would be helpful. Reached out to support last October and still have yet to hear back. ### 2/5 — Photos are good, geotagging is a dead end *2025-06-05, version 2.20* The photos are as advertised. There is a wealth of information recorded and I like that an unmarked version can also be saved. However, I have not been able to export to a kml file - it seems the guide refers to an earlier version of iOS. I have emailed for support but I only got silence. I am guessing I can provide the files to a GIS professional, but that is not the efficiency I was looking for. ### 2/5 — Great app but you’ll lose all your saved photos if you ever have to wipe your phone *2025-05-07, version 2.20* I’ve been using this app since 2017 for taking work photos and had 32gb of past projects saved in the app. Last night my phone bugged out and had to be wiped. I made sure this app was selected for iCloud backup, did a full iCloud backup of my phone, wiped the phone, and restored. Photos from the app never came back, and either did the apps settings. I reached out to the developer, but was told that feature hasn’t been implemented due to other features being prioritized. I now have 8 years of photos gone and can’t come back. My work requires me to use this app or I’d find another one because of this. App has been great otherwise, but I can’t get over this glaring issue and thought you should all know. ### 5/5 — Exceptional App *2025-02-09, version 2.20* My business has been using Solocator for a couple of years now to provide evidence of forest health and species presence. Great app, easy to use and effective. Looking forward to introducing new staff to it. Well worth the money. ### 5/5 — Far and Away *2025-01-07, version 2.20* This is by far the best app if you’re a Construction professional. I’ve been using this app since 2015 ### 3/5 — Great app just needs work *2024-12-02, version 2.20* Use this quite often for work. My only complaint is the compass is not always displaying the correct direction. I would love if there was a calibration option for when that happens ### 4/5 — Proof of work completed *2024-11-30, version 2.20* This software was recommended by my management at “General Plastering Ltd” and all I can say is; Wow 🤩 as it works wonderfully. Definitely something I be using regularly for ALL my work and also private works I do from now on. Looking forward to getting the complete “industrial package” as it’s very cost effective 👍🏿 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Harvesting personal photos *2026-06-06, version 2.26* Every single time I open the app it prompts me to allow access to my entire photo library. If I wasn’t required to use this app for work, it would be deleted. Fix this and I will adjust my review. ### 1/5 — not usefull *2026-06-02, version 2.26* dont use the northing and easting i use on the construction site i work, and autocad, so i just lost 7 pounds buying the industry pack and app ### 1/5 — Bugslocator *2026-01-13, version 2.23* Waste of money, Bugs after bugs after bugs ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-12-08, version 2.22* I can log into my OneDrive doesn’t let me pull my one drive ### 1/5 — No video *2025-09-08, version 2.21* Doesn’t do videos. Also very slow ### 1/5 — Не работает на iPhone XR *2025-03-14* Здравствуйте. Приложение перестало работать. Просит предоставить доступ к камере, хотя доступ ей не ограничен. Решите проблему - исправлю оценку. ### 1/5 — Don’t purchase *2025-02-20, version 2.20* Typical buy the app then they want you to buy more for basic functions that should have came with the purchase. ### 1/5 — In app purchase *2025-01-27, version 2.20* I paid for the app via the App Store and was able to use it all of one time before I was being told by the app that an additional purchase of $5.99 was required to use it. My organization has locked in app purchases on our devices so I now have a useless app that I have paid for but can’t use. Thanks for nothing. ### 1/5 — Locking a free feature *2024-12-18, version 2.20* Have the app on another device now it’s asking me to pay again for the same feature an additional 6 dollars ### 1/5 — Pay for it, still has in-app purchases. *2024-11-23, version 2.20* Paid $10 for the app, it still wants $10 for extra in-app purchases. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Awesome app! *2026-07-19, version 2.26* I love this app! I’ve used it for documenting damage assessments for Team Rubicon RECON Team, my county/state initial damage assessment process, FEMA Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA), my own insurance damage documentation, and when conducting mitigation project assessments. Great documentation tool for easily sharing info with others electronically. The settings allow me to show my location and bearing towards the target directly on the photo. Very helpful when showing others. My biggest gripe is that it defaults to taking two pictures. One of which ends up in my photos folder and it is a pain to get rid of them. It would be very helpful to have a way in settings to only take/store one photo. ### 5/5 — The best GPS Camera App so far. Especially for managed devices *2026-04-14* I was looking for a reliable camera app with a GPS watermark feature that can be deployed and managed via MDM and also is collecting no data. This app is easily the best solution I’ve found so far. It covers all requirements and goes beyond that. The automatic organization of photos, along with seamless saving and cloud upload, is a real game changer for us. It significantly reduces the time needed to collect and manage images. On top of that, the developer is very responsive and helpful. Well worth the price for both the app and the enterprise features. ### 5/5 — Inspector *2026-03-23, version 2.24* Extremely satisfied with this app. Been using it for several years. The creators service has been exceptional. I found glich in the early Verison let me a beta version after fixing glitch. I can’t say enough about the creators of this app and the App ### 5/5 — Super Nice App *2025-10-23, version 2.22* Inspections Make Easy to achieve data ### 5/5 — Супер! *2025-10-08, version 2.22* Отличное приложение, просьба лишь добавить возможность рисования и полное редактирование текстов, расположений, и тд ### 5/5 — Wonderful tool *2025-08-14, version 2.21* I use this tool daily in my work in inspections. It helps tremendously in documentation and legal proceedings. ### 5/5 — Update Photos are good, geotagging works well. *2025-06-30, version 2.20* The photos are as advertised. There is a wealth of information recorded and I like that an unmarked version can also be saved. I was not able to generated kmz files but the developer pointed out the documentation for this and now all is well. I use Outlook exclusively and that works well to send the output to others. I also like that it manages photo resolution too. It is pretty slick and worth 5 stars. ### 5/5 — Please add video support *2025-05-09, version 2.20* Please add video support with live gps updates ### 5/5 — Ignore the looks, focus on utility *2025-02-23, version 2.20* I was a little bit thrown off by the design of the app and the initial $.99 and 599 to get all the features needed to make this app really useful. But at the end of the day, it’s proven it’s worth and utility all around. I can say I 100% recommend this app for now. ### 5/5 — Inspector *2025-02-11, version 2.20* Awesome app very easy to use and very helpful ! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-30.*