Identify rocks, minerals, and crystals using your camera. Get detailed formation histories, geological data, and create labeled sketches. Build a personal field guide of your finds.
4.6(28 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Rockd by University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps
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📚 Education
4.4😊(187 ratings)
Free
Discover and document the geology around you. Access global geologic maps, 3D globes, and detailed summaries of your surroundings. Contribute your own observations and track your exploration of Earth's geologic history.
What We Love
- 🗺️ Comprehensive geological maps with detailed information
- 💡 Innovative integration of peer-reviewed references and literature
- 🧭 Built-in Brunton compass and clinometer tools
- 📱 User-friendly interface and intuitive navigation
- 🌍 Global coverage with paleomaps and stratigraphic data
- 👥 Social features for sharing outcrops and check-ins
- 💰 Free app with optional donation support
- 📚 Rich educational resource for students and professionals
- 🎯 Accurate geological unit identification by location
- ⛰️ Terrain-based DEM overlay for better context
Room to Improve
- 🐛 Black map display issues in offline and online modes
- 📍 GPS tracking and real-time position updates failing
- 🔌 Offline functionality severely limited or broken
- 🔐 Persistent login requirement without password saving
- ⚠️ Error dialogs that won't dismiss
- 📄 Literature articles and references not loading
- 🔄 App refreshes and resets location when switching apps
- 🎨 Similar color coding for adjacent formations
- 📱 UI elements obscured on newer iPhone models
- 🌐 International maps lack detail and accuracy
- ⏱️ Taxa tab slow to load
- 🔍 Fossils button non-functional
4.5😞(352 ratings)
Free
Easily identify minerals, rocks, crystals, and stones using photo recognition. Search for specimens based on their characteristics and organize your findings on a personal checklist.
What We Love
- 👍 Free to use
- 💡 Informative about minerals
- 🤝 Community discussion feature
- ✨ Good for reference point
- 🌟 Potentially good for specific jobs
- 👍 Great for discussing finds
Room to Improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- ❌ Does not work at all
- ❌ Unresponsive to input
- ❌ Incorrectly identifies rocks
- ❌ Inaccurate readings/percentages
- ❌ Too many results/options
- ❌ Confusing user interface
- ❌ Camera focus issues
- ❌ Doesn't identify rock type directly
- ❌ Limited identification count
- ❌ No two identical identifications
- ❌ Useless when not working
- ❌ Can't identify obvious rocks
- ❌ Hung up after taking photos
- ❌ Needs maintenance
- ❌ Not accurate
- ❌ Doesn't identify moonstone/magnesium
- ❌ Doesn't identify pyrite correctly
- ❌ Gives random mineral makeups
- ❌ Not accurate for identifying anything
- ❌ Complete waste of time
- ❌ Terrible app
- ❌ Needs tons of improvement
- ❌ Problem why it is free
