Planimeter 55. Measure on map.4.4 - App Store

Measure distance, perimeter, and area on a map with ease. Add stand-alone points to mark locations and understand exactly what’s where. Capture photos with location, direction, altitude, and timestamp data. Share and export your projects seamlessly. Planimeter 55 is the ideal tool for measuring construction sites, roofs, lawns, fences, paving, pools, parking lots, fields, and paths. Or simply for placing stand-alone points on a map for better spatial understanding.

Why choose Planimeter 55?

. Precise control of your planned or measured areas. As you move the map, the app instantly displays the calculated area or distance, including the lengths of adjacent lines-even before you add a new point.
. Native Google Maps support for enhanced zoom. Zoom in closer on satellite and hybrid maps for high-detail measurements.
. Detailed point management. Assign individual colors to points and attach text notes, audio recordings, or images for comprehensive data collection.
. Easy point editing. Move points directly on the main map screen (tap a point and select Move) or in the dedicated point editor. Before confirming, you’ll see the updated area, perimeter, and distance calculations in real time.
. Organize your data. Show or hide shapes and point collections to focus on what’s important for your current project.
. Flexible measurement units. Customize when distances display in feet or meters versus miles or kilometers. The same flexibility applies to area units.
. Custom URL maps, offline maps, and map imports. Planimeter 55 includes Apple Maps and Google Maps by default. You can also add custom URL maps, download offline maps, or import your own maps (mbtiles, sqlitedb) created on your PC or Mac.
. KMZ export and import. Transfer shapes and point collections, including images and audio notes, to continue your work across multiple devices.
. Built-in camera tool. Attach geo-referenced photos to your points for a complete survey experience.

What’s included in the Basic Version:

. Create an unlimited number of points and temporary measurement shapes (areas or routes).
. To measure a new shape, simply discard the previous one and start again.

Unlock the Pro Pack Upgrade for even more:

. Full support for Google Maps, custom URL maps, offline maps, and imported maps (with enhanced zoom for satellite and hybrid maps).
. Save and manage multiple point collections and shapes.
. Import and export individual points or entire shapes and collections.
. Save and share map snapshots showing only the objects you’ve created-without UI buttons or tools.

Support and Help
Access Documentation or Support and Feedback via the MENU (hamburger icon) within the app. For direct support, email stan@blocoware.com. We respond to all emails within a few hours, or up to 9 hours if they arrive during CET/EU night hours.

Wishing you happy measuring!
The Planimeter 55 Team

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Version History ■ Points and boundaries
‣ See each area corner’s inner angle, including reflex angles above 180°, to read complex boundaries more clearly. Enable Show angle annotations in MENU > Settings > Annotations.
‣ Everyday edits stay simple. In the point editor, open More and choose Advanced under View to compare point/photo values, resolve conflicts, and sync supported metadata.
■ Survey video
‣ Document the whole survey with location-aware video, and take photos while recording continues.
‣ Recover a missed detail as a photo and point from the exact replay frame, with the location data from that moment.
‣ Share the whole survey or just the relevant section, with the data overlays your report needs.
‣ All supported video overlays are available without Pro. Pro provides export and unlimited video storage; without Pro, you can keep one video.
■ Camera and Video
‣ Record video even in complete darkness: in video mode, tap the flashlight button to turn on the Video light. To set its brightness from 25% to 100%, open Settings > Viewfinder controls on the camera screen.
‣ In the viewfinder, tap the zoom readout to choose a lens, or drag it to zoom.
‣ Lock focus, set it by hand, or save a focus position per lens. Use a shutter delay for steadier shots, and let the camera remember your last lens and zoom.
‣ For clearer low-light photos, open Settings > Photo capture settings on the camera screen and enable Prioritize quality in low light; hold steady during capture.
‣ Assign taps or holds in Viewfinder controls to capture photos or start/stop video; set Double tap to Black screen to hide the viewfinder during recording.
■ Camera audio
‣ Capture useful sound in the field: choose an external microphone and monitor it through headphones to check what you are recording.
‣ Keep compatible music or podcasts playing while you record.
■ Video transcripts and captions
‣ On iOS 26 or later, transcribe videos on-device in supported languages, search spoken words and jump to matches, correct, copy, or share transcripts, import or export SRT subtitles, and show captions during replay or in stamped exports.
■ Offline maps
‣ Download Retina-quality maps for offline use directly from Blocoware Open Street Map. Compact WebP tiles keep downloads small and save data; map detail reaches zoom 17, with house numbers visible from zoom 16.
◆ Keep the map around every point
‣ A map snapshot preserves the surroundings of each point for quick visual reference—even after you leave the place.
◆ Terrain elevation, right on the map
‣ Move the red arrow anywhere on the map and the app now shows the terrain elevation for that exact point, next to coordinates, distance from current location, and bearing. 4.4 Sep 25 Added support for Korean, Polish, Turkish, and Traditional Chinese. 4.3 Jan 2 • Fixed an issue where bottom toolbar buttons were difficult to see on iOS 26.1.
• Fixed an issue where exporting multiple collections failed on smaller devices like iPhone 12 mini running iOS 26.
• Fixed search button not being shown in some cases in points list.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur on iOS 26 when exporting large offline maps. 4.2.1 11/13/2025 ■ Updates and optimizations for iOS 26 and beyond:
• Reworked toolbars for the waypoints list, waypoint collections list — ensuring a consistent user experience from iOS 15 through iOS 26.
• Reworked search implementation in waypoints list.
◆ Camera tool:
• Significantly faster camera startup.
• Reworked the toolbar for image annotation.
• Optimized photo stamping for higher speed and improved compatibility with iOS 15 and older devices (e.g., iPhone 6S).
• Fixed an issue on older devices where the camera might not appear when opened from the Point Editor. 4.2 09/17/2025 ◆ Batch Export of Collections: Export multiple point/photo collections at once as a single KMZ file.
◆ Batch Enable/Disable Collections: Easily enable or disable several point collections in one go.
→ To use: tap the new 'more' button (left of the '+' in the collections list), choose Select, pick collections, then choose an action from the bottom toolbar.
◉ The ability to enable or disable multiple collections at once helps you focus only on the points/photos relevant to your project. Multi-collection KMZ export is fully compatible with the Google Earth desktop app and can be used to back up all your collections and points if needed. 100% of the data is preserved when importing back into the app on another device.
◆ Enhanced KMZ Import: Now supports KMZ archives with multiple subfolders and multiple KML files.
→ Import via the 'more' button on the points/photos list or the 'Open In' system option on iPhone/iPad.
◆ New drawing tools for annotating photos taken by the camera tool and ground image overlays:
+ Arrow, Rectangle, Circle, Cross pointer.
+ You can also adjust the line width.
◉ New drawing tools let you annotate your photos or ground map overlays directly in the app, for a more professional look and feel.
◆ Other Improvements:
+ Added info message at the bottom of the points/photos list to indicate when collections are disabled and their items are hidden.
+ Various fixes and performance improvements. 4.1 07/04/2025 ◆ Map collections:
Map collections let you prepare a map setup tailored to your mission.:
+ Choose a base map: Apple (street, satellite, hybrid), any online map source, or a downloaded/imported offline map.
+ Add map overlays (online map sources, downloaded/offline map) with adjustable transparency.
+ Add ground image overlays.
+ Switch between preconfigured map collections with a single tap.
◆ Ground Image Overlays:
+ Import KMZ ground image overlays directly from the map list screen.
+ Improved performance when displaying large ground image overlays in the maps list by using pre-cached thumbnail previews. 4.0 05/24/2025 ◆ Import:
+ Points and photos can now be imported from files directly within the app. Supported formats: KMZ, KML, GPX, CSV, and TXT. Use the ‘More’ button on the Points screen.
Don’t miss the major updates from the previous version:
+ Open/Import Offline Maps from Disk/Files Directly in the App. To open or import a map directly in the app, use the '+' button on the map settings (list) screen and select the new option: Import offline map
+ Export/Share Offline Maps. To share or export a map, tap the 'Action' button on the offline map details screen. 3.9 04/03/2025 ◆ Offline maps:
+ Open/Import Offline Maps from Disk/Files Directly in the App. To open or import a map directly in the app, use the '+' button on the map settings (list) screen and select the new option: Import offline map
+ Export/Share Offline Maps. To share or export a map, tap the 'Action' button on the offline map details screen. 3.8 03/17/2025 ◆ Updated the World Magnetic Model for 2025–2029 to ensure accurate declination data between true north and magnetic north.
◆ Fixed the issue with imported offline map files not being deleted when you delete the map in the app:
Option added to MENU > Settings > ... > Maintenance > Find and delete orphaned offline maps. Turns out that imported offline map files (.sqlitedb or .mbtiles) were not deleted when you delete the map in the app. Thus large files might have stayed in the app. If you have ever imported and deleted the offline maps, please check if some of the files are not left over. 3.7.2 01/15/2025 ◆ More updates for iOS 18:
• The search text for points, places, and addresses is now properly displayed in black on iOS 18 devices.
• Fixed an issue where the new coordinates converter was not displayed in the point editor. This issue was not related to iOS 18 but was caused by the new development tools, affecting all devices from iOS 15 to 18. 3.7.1 12/20/2024 ◆ Optimizations for iOS 18. Supported versions of iOS are now 15-18.
◆ Added a new text input-based coordinates converter. You'll find it in several places:
- MENU > Coordinates converter.
- In the point editor, to the left of the Done button or in the Latitude/Longitude, UTM, MGRS rows.
- On the map, in the map search > Coordinates.
• The new coordinates converter also supports the OSGB and SK 42 coordinate systems, in addition to the current Latitude/Longitude, UTM, and MGRS formats.
• This is part of our ongoing effort to bring support for the majority of EPSG coordinate systems to the app. We hope the new coordinates converter proves to be a useful tool.
• Please let us know via a review or at support@blocoware.com if you'd like to see your preferred coordinate system added. 3.7 09/20/2024 ◆ Optimized for iOS 17.
◆ Removed support for iOS 12-14. Supported iOS versions are now 15, 16, 17. You can still install older app versions on the devices with older iOS versions.
◆ Overzoom and underzoom for offline maps:
‣ Allows to show the offline map for zoom levels that are not downloaded or imported.
‣ With overzoom you can download zoom level 2-16 and let the map upscale from zoom level 16 to 17-19 as you zoom in.
‣ Overzoom and underzoom is applied automatically, no need to set up anything.
‣ For the best experience with offline or custom/blank maps on iOS 16, please be sure to have iOS 16.4 or later.
◆ Camera tool:
‣ You can now re-apply comments from existing points/photos to fill all manual comment fields for the new photo, at once. Should give a productivity boost for re-inspections. It's a new bottom section in the comments editor screen.
‣ Removed full swipe delete gesture in the list of photos as it was causing unwanted deletes. Thank you for the feedback! You can still delete by swipe, but need to swipe and then tap on the delete button.
‣ Now you can configure the automatic photo title that goes far beyond the timestamp. Combine collection name, timestamp, custom text and auto increment number in any way that suits best your work or project. Timestamp still stays as a default automatic photo title.
‣ When viewing saved photos, the app now remembers if your last view choice was the original photo or stamped. No need to switch to the stamped view everytime, your preference is now remembered.
‣ When you open photo from the points list, the app now provides controls to navigate through the adjacent photos in the points list, without the need to return to the list. You can swipe through or use left/right arrows. 3.6 09/18/2023 1. Overzoom and underzoom for offline maps:
‣ Allows to show the offline map for zoom levels that are not downloaded or imported.
‣ With overzoom you can download zoom level 2-16 and let the map upscale from zoom level 16 to 17-19 as you zoom in.
‣ Overzoom and underzoom is applied automatically, no need to set up anything.
‣ For the best experience with offline or custom/blank maps on iOS 16, please be sure to have iOS 16.4 or later.
2. Camera tool:
‣ You can now re-apply comments from existing points/photos to fill all manual comment fields for the new photo, at once. Should give a productivity boost for re-inspections. It's a new bottom section in the comments editor screen.
‣ Removed full swipe delete gesture in the list of photos as it was causing unwanted deletes. Thank you for the feedback! You can still delete by swipe, but need to swipe and then tap on the delete button. 3.5 07/02/2023 ◆ Optimized for iOS 16.:
• Paste buttons are changed to the new iOS 16 paste buttons that don't ask for a permission every time you need to paste.
• Compiled and tested under iOS 16 SDK. 3.4 09/20/2022 ◆ Length annotations can now show line direction as azimuth or U.S. land survey bearing. Settings > Annotations > Angle.
◆ Google maps updated to version 6.2.1.
◆ Amazing new feature in this version: Ground Image Overlays!
• The app can import image overlays from kmz (GroundOverlay).
• You can also take map snapshots in the app (use the button with the compass for this) and save them as image overlays.
• You can draw on top of the image overlays to turn them into tactical plans or add fast freehand annotations.
• Image overlays can be exported as kmz files to open in any compatible app or Google Earth.
◆ You can now order point collections manually and newest collections are shown on top by default. MENU > POINT COLLECTIONS > Edit.
◆ You can now sort point collections by name or date of creation. MENU > POINT COLLECTIONS > Bottom-right sort button. 3.3 08/01/2022 ・Improved import for big KML/KMZ files/objects.
・Import of a photo from the photo library for the point now correctly imports .heic photos.
・Google maps updated to version 5.2.0. 3.2 01/08/2022 ・Optimized for iOS 15.
・Google maps updated to version 5.1.0.
Camera:
・Improved speed of a camera start and switching between cameras, especially for older devices.
・Fixed the issue with low quality front camera preset still producing the full quality photos.
・Fixed the app crash when switching on iPhone 6 (iOS 12) from back to front camera with the medium quality preset. 3.1 10/05/2021 ◆ Point collections:
・MENU > POINT COLLECTIONS. Tap on a collection row now shows collection action menu.
・The above mentioned menu adds option to clone the whole collection.
◆ Camera, photo and audio attachments:
・Added option to pick the camera device/type for iPhones/iPads with multiple cameras.
・Manual exposure adjustment now uses target exposure bias. This should correspond to how exposure adjustment works in the stock camera app.
◆ Other improvements and fixes:
・Triangle map cursor is now bigger and has white border added.
◆ Removed support for iOS 9-11. 3.0 07/06/2021 ◆Optimized for iOS 14.5.
!! This is probably the last release supporting iOS 9-11. Main focus of this version is to leave iOS 9-11 users with version that hopefully keeps working very well on their older devices for the years to come.
◆Import/Export:
・The app should now always be offered as 'Open In' option for GPX files.
◆Point editor:
・Note text field is moved to its own section at the bottom of a point editor screen.
・Point notes now support multiple lines.
・Fixed the bug in point editor when subsequent record/play sessions would play the first recording played, not the most recently recorded audio note.
◆Offline and custom maps:
・Fixed crash when selecting offline map area in iOS 9.
・Refreshed Custom map source editor screen.
◆Camera, photo and audio attachments:
・Using downscaled image thumbnails where image previews are shown, e.g. in the points list.
◆Other improvements and fixes:
・All import/export and sharing operations were reviewed to only create temporary files in the system's temporary folder that is being cleaned by iOS automatically after some period of time. 2.3 05/05/2021 Fixed the issue when lines would not be shown on the offline maps for iOS 14. 2.2.1 09/30/2020 ・ Optimized for iOS 14. 2.2 09/20/2020 • Camera tool: Photo file names correspond to photo titles for import to PC/Mac with SynciOS app and for AirDrop transfer from iPhone/iPad photo library to Mac.
• Waypoints: new export option for CSV with all fields from photos and points.
• Bug fixes and optimizations. 2.1 08/25/2020 ・ Optimized for iOS 13.4.
・ Option to order points list by the date of creation (descending), instead of a date of the last update. (MENU > Points > Tap on a filter).
・ Option to show route and polygon connection points as small dots..
+ Please, everyone stay safe! 2.0 04/03/2020 Improved performance for iOS 13-13.2.
Fixed red-arrow pointer placement for the map section of a point editor screen.
Fixed red arrow position on a main map after rotation. 1.8.1 11/02/2019 Improved performance for iOS 13-13.2.
Fixed red-arrow pointer placement for the map section of a point editor screen.
Fixed red arrow position on a main map after rotation. 1.8 11/01/2019