Point & Measure
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utilities | $1.99 | TapTapSoft | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
✭ Point your iPhone camera to an object you want to measure and based on the height of the camera lens and iPhone tilt angle Point & Measure will tell you distance and height of it.
✭ Save measurement image in your iPhone gallery or share it with your friends on Twitter or Facebook in seconds!
☆ Measure distance and height of any object with your iPhone
☆ Save measurement results and picture of the object
☆ Share the results and picture via Email, Facebook or Twitter
☼ Continued use of the flash may dramatically decrease battery life. ☼
☆ If you have issues with the app or feature requests, please write to us at [email protected] or leave message to Facebook or Twitter ☆
❤ Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/taptapsoft or Facebook http://facebook.com/taptapsoft ❤
Reviews
Works great! Very accurate!
Jonathan Drew
Bought this app while negotiating a new condo (after realizing I forgot to bring a tap measure). It works great! Allowed me to measure everything; even ceiling heights! Proved to be well worth the cost and came in very handy. Easier to use than an actual tape measure.
Accurate!
jesselperry
Surprisingly accurate and helpful. Just be sure you're still when moving iPhone
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Ggfeyu
This is a total rip off I'm going to try it again but it didn't work. Don't waste ur money
If you get it to work its awesome
Shideh8
It's not user friendly but once you apply the setting and get used to it, it works and it's good
FLAWED APP
Scotty FF/EMT
This app is not accurate on anything and is a complete rip-off. Don't buy it! I don't know how developers get away with posting apps that do not do what they claim,charge for it, and get away with it! It's called fraud! I'm tired of paying for apps that don't do what they advertise. It's one thing if it's free but when you pay for something you should get a guaranty it will do what it advertises.
Great app
Jonrcortez
Works exactly as described if it's used right. Make sure you follow the directions, calibrate your device and use the right lens height.
This App Doesnt Work
Stephanie_1
Its a great thought, if only it worked. I measure something inches away, and its telling me 20 ft. So it definitely does not work. What a waste. At least make it free for a non working app.
A very fun and remarkably accurate app
Akatalutos
This app works excellently, although perhaps the instructions could be clearer based on the handful of disgruntled 1-star ratings. The premise is simple: it uses the Angle-Side-Angle theorem from geometry to determine the distance. You first have to determine the height at which you hold your phone to use the app properly. (The challenging part is to hold the phone at the same height each time.) This is the "side" in the ASA theorem. The app presumes that the first angle (between you and the ground) is 90 degrees. It then uses the phone's ability to sense the angle it's held at to determine the third angle. From this it can calculate the distance you are from the object in question. As a neat feature as well, it can calculate height. The algorithm is self explanatory once you understand how it calculates distance. The zoom feature is also great for further precision. It's difficult to understand what the disgruntled reviewers were doing wrong, but it has worked excellently for me, to an accuracy of about 2-3%. It makes intuitive sense that it would have poor accuracy for extremely small angles or extremely large ones (e.g., close to 0 or 90 degrees, respectively). An app that garners both extremely negative and positive reviews probably is a scam (with the positive reviews fraudulent ones) or is a good app that may be difficult to use correctly. This app is the latter. I am just an iphone user who stumbled across this app. No financial relationship with the developer to disclose.
Doesn't work
Matthew Meagher
This app might be the most worthless thing I've ever paid for in my life, it tells me thing 5 feet away are 140 feet away (yes I've calibrated it, yes I read the instructions, what instructions there are) if I take it outside it won't give me the distance for anything. I've asked for a refund, we'll see if I get it.
Mind=Blown
lmdelirium
People! This app is AH-MA-ZING!!! The people who say it doesn't work have either A. Not calibrated it or B. Not set the height. Both are super easy to do too. This app replaces a very expensive tool. Unbelievable it's only $1.99!!
