iLocation vs PicPos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iLocation
Easily search and share your current or a specified location. Get coordinates, addresses, and compass bearings. Save locations, share via URL, and explain your whereabouts without speaking.
- Search and share location
- Display current location information
- Show coordinates and address
- Compass bearing display
- Change map format
- Save location to Favorites
- Share location via URL
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▷ iLocation is a tool to search and share location easily and quickly. With iLocation, you can tell the current location or the specified location by several screen clicks. And if you want to know the coordinates or address of the current location, you can simply run iLocation. When you want to explain an appointment, or when you need to know your current location in a hurry, you can also pin the map on top of the map and simply select the transport to share the location. ◉ Function • Automatically display current location information when running App • Coordinate and altitude display of current position or specified position • Show the location's address • Show compass bearing • Change the map format (General, Satellite) • Specify the center of the map and check the coordinates and addresses • Specify coordinates by entering coordinates • Specify an arbitrary location by entering an address (Pro) • Save map to camera roll or clipboard • Save your location to Favorites for reuse • Save the specified location information and map or share it via SNS • The location is sent to the URL so that the recipient can connect to the map immediately If you have iLocation, you will be able to explain your location without having to talk. ◉ Notice • This is a completely free app, so no payment or subscription is required. • Depending on the user's location and environment, GPS signal reception may not be smooth or there may be differences in accuracy. • This app cannot change your device's system GPS information. • Since the content of banner ads is published by advertising agencies, we do not know or participate in the interaction between the ads and app users.
PicPos
Easily modify the GPS location data embedded within your photos. View your pictures on a map and set new coordinates by tapping on the map, which also displays the corresponding address.
- Modify GPS location for pictures
- Set new GPS location for pictures
- Show picture metadata
- Display picture location on map
- Pop-up address for map locations
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PicPos is an utility to modify GPS location of picture. When camera or phone take a picture, it will set many information including GPS position into the picture file. The app will show picture’s location on map, and allow user to tap on map to set a new GPS location for picture. Each position will pop up address on map. * Set new GPS location for picture. * Modify GPS location for picture. * Show picture metadata.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iLocation at none against PicPos's 1. iLocation also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (3.9K vs 42). PicPos's advantage is review sentiment (52% vs 36%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads 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. PicPos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iLocation asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for iLocation against 4.3 for PicPos. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iLocation has 3.9K ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 36% of iLocation's written reviews are positive against 52% of PicPos's.
iLocation ships an update monthly, PicPos every 14 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | iLocation | PicPos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3.9K ratings) — better | 4.3 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.9% of reviews | 51.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeonghwan Kim | 宏伟 刘 |
Customer experience
iLocation
PicPos
Bugs and requests
iLocation
Reported bugs
2 issues- Doesn't recognize location
- Doesn't spoof GPS
Requested features
2 requests- Rename the app
- Be more transparent
PicPos
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iLocation
No in-app purchases
PicPos
- Advanced GPS user, and remove AD.$3.99
Questions
Is iLocation free?
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