FAQ

Check the compatibility table at /compatibility. Even if your camera is listed as verified, we strongly recommend installing the free version — or starting the two-week Pro trial — and confirming it works with your specific body before subscribing or buying. BLE behaviour can vary by firmware revision, region, and even individual camera.

Standard supports one connected camera at a time. Pro supports multiple cameras connected simultaneously, which is useful for two-body shooters who don't want to swap pairings between shots.

Both. You can pay a one-time price or subscribe — pick whichever suits you. Pricing is shown in the App Store.

Yes. There's a free tier so you can confirm the app connects to your camera and works in your real-world setup. Pro also has a two-week free trial. Please use one of these before paying — it's the best way to verify compatibility on your specific body and firmware.

No. GPS works entirely offline on your phone, and the link to the camera is local Bluetooth. The app works the same in the wilderness, overseas, or in airplane mode — as long as your phone has a GPS fix.

No to both. After the one-time pairing, lock the screen and put the phone in your pocket or bag. Geotag Alpha runs in the background and reconnects to your camera automatically.

No. Once paired and connected, GPS coordinates are written into EXIF on stills and into the container metadata on video, automatically at capture time.

Running them at the same time is not supported. Some people have reported it working, but the apps are likely to conflict with each other over the single Bluetooth connection the camera allows. We recommend disabling Geotag Alpha (or quitting it) before using either of Sony's apps, and re-enabling it afterward.

Geotag Alpha is designed to be battery-aware: it sends location updates only when you've actually moved more than a few metres, and lets iOS sleep the GPS the rest of the time. Drain is highest when you're moving fast (driving, on a train) because the phone wakes the GPS more often.

As accurate as your phone's GPS at the moment of capture — typically 5–10 metres outdoors with clear sky, worse indoors or in dense urban canyons. The speed at which you're travelling also affects precision: at higher speeds the fix can lag behind your actual position by a short distance. The free tier deliberately truncates coordinates to a coarser grid.

Geotag Alpha pushes a new location whenever you've moved meaningfully. On current-generation Sony α cameras with Bluetooth Remote Control enabled, it also pushes the latest location on shutter half-press, for the most accurate per-shot fix.

The Bluetooth link drops cleanly. Any photos taken while out of range will not have GPS in EXIF. As soon as you're back within Bluetooth range, the link re-establishes automatically. The camera does not store missed coordinates retroactively — that's a camera-firmware limitation we can't work around.

Yes, on bodies that support it (most current α and FX models, including the FX3 and FX30). The camera writes GPS into the file container while recording, exactly as it would with stills.

No. Sony has not implemented altitude in the current Bluetooth protocol or camera firmware. We'll add support if and when they do.

Yes, on a Pro license. Standard connects to one camera at a time.

On supported bodies, yes — it can auto-correct the camera's time and time zone from the phone. The behaviour is configurable in Settings.

Nowhere but the camera. Location data is used locally only to push to the connected camera and is never sent over the internet. No accounts, no location telemetry.