PhotoLocator vs NotifyEM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhotoLocator
This utility app extracts GPS data from photos to reveal the exact location where they were taken. It provides street addresses, pinpoints locations on Google Maps, and allows sharing this information via email. Useful for finding places, sharing your location, or verifying photo details.
- Extracts GPS data from photos
- Displays street address of photo location
- Pinpoints location on Google Maps
- Shares photo location via email
- Finds previously visited locations
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Photolocator can tell you exactly where a photo was taken, your own or someone else’s one! What is the difference of the function PLACES contained in PHOTOS of Apple? Simple, PLACES from a photo can not tell you where it was taken, PHOTOLOCATOR can! With PLACES you can browse the location where the photos were taken, of course you will find tons of images of areas that you frequent more and it'll take long time to scroll through them all until you find what you were looking for, Photolocator it only takes few seconds. PLACES does not give you the address and the time at which the photo was taken, but only gives you a PIN on the map. PHOTOLOCATOR instead provides you with all the data in the blink of an eye. This simple utility will be much more useful than you can imagine. For users iOS5. Go into your preferences Localization service. Turn off the switch the Camera. Re-enable the switch to the Camera. How does Photolocator work: Photolocator reads the GPS data contained in the EXIF description of the photographic images. The photos taken with modern GPS cameras and with iPhone, iPod, iPad (if connected to the network or covered by GPS when the picture was being taken) contain this type of information. Select a photo from your collection. If the photo includes the GPS information, the closest street address to the place where the picture was taken, will be displayed. -The street address is visible on Google Maps and the Pin will be located on the exact spot where the picture was taken (even if you weren’t on the street!). -The picture can be sent by e-mail together with the description of the place where the photo was taken and the link to pinpoint it on Google Maps. The scope of this application ranges from social to work related purposes. - a friend wants to get hold of you in a bar but doesn’t know where it is? Take a picture at the entrance of the bar and email it through PhotoLocator, and that’s it! - Do you want to let others know where you are? Take a picture and send it through PhotoLocator :) -During your last holidays you took a picture when you were on an amazing beach but now you can’t find it anymore? Ask Photolocator and it will take you right back! - Have you done a photo shoot and need to check if the information on the locations is right? Photolocator will serve you perfectly! -Would you like to go back to that spot in the woods where you found those delicious porcini mushrooms you took a photo of? Photolocator can give you directions and following the map you will easily get there! -Have you just received a photo by e-mail from your friend and you want to know where she is? Photolocator will reveal it to you! -Have you gone back to Paris and want to find that beautiful shop you took a photo of but you can’t remember where it is? Don’t worry, Photolocator will find it for you! -And much more: use your imagination!
NotifyEM
This app displays emergency maps and communications, allowing users to subscribe to alerts from organizations. It provides offline map access and detailed incident information, including voice messages and visuals, to help users understand and navigate emergencies.
- Offline emergency maps
- Subscribe to organization alerts
- Customized voice alerts
- Incident navigation on map
- Detailed incident information
- Distance to incident display
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NotifyEM is an iPhone app to display informative emergency-related maps and related voice and visual communications. The maps need to be downloaded only once. After that, they are available on your iPhone offline. The app makes it easy to communicate things that otherwise would be very difficult to explain in a text or voice message. For example, users can instantly understand an irregularly shaped evacuation zone when they see it on a map and can easily decide whether they are in the affected zone or not. Features: - Users can subscribe to a channel created by an organization, such as an Office of Emergency Management or a University Police Department. Should the organization issue an emergency alert or warning, the app will sound a customized voice message, such as “This is an important alert from University Police. Please do not ignore!” - Users can then easily navigate to the incident, which can be viewed on a map. Users can switch to the “details view” that may display instructions, voice messages, photos, and infographics related to the alert and sent by the issuing organization. - The user’s distance from the incident is prominently displayed on the screen in feet and/or miles. Location services need to be active to use this feature. - In Settings, it is possible to subscribe to or unsubscribe from Notification Channels. Those serve the purpose of transmitting notifications only to those who subscribe to a channel. For example, if a Police Department creates its channel, subscribers can opt in to receive communication issued through that channel.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PhotoLocator at every 3 weeks against NotifyEM's every 5 months. PhotoLocator also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PhotoLocator ships an update every 3 weeks, NotifyEM every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhotoLocator | NotifyEM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arcastudio srl | MapText, Inc. |
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PhotoLocator
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In-app purchases
PhotoLocator
No in-app purchases
NotifyEM
No in-app purchases









