Available on the App Store

Every sensor.
All at once.

Your iPhone contains multitudes. ReferencePoint puts every sensor it has in front of you — live, simultaneous, and recordable.

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What it is

Built for people who need to know what's happening right now.

Researchers, surveyors, engineers, photographers, outdoor athletes — anyone who needs ground truth from their environment. ReferencePoint turns your iPhone into a precision reference instrument.

Record from all sensors simultaneously. Set thresholds and get alerted. Export clean data. Pair with Apple Watch for on-wrist biometric recording. Every iPhone model is different — ReferencePoint detects yours and surfaces everything available to it.

Sensor suite
GPS
Location tracking with breadcrumb trails and location stamps. Shake to drop a pin.
LiDAR
Real-time 3D mesh reconstruction of your surroundings.
Barometer
Atmospheric pressure with threshold alerts for significant changes.
Accelerometer
High-rate FIFO-buffered and fused device motion. Up to 60 Hz.
Gyroscope
Rotation rate across all three axes, live and recordable.
Magnetometer
Magnetic field strength and heading data.
Ambient Audio
Microphone level monitoring in dBFS with configurable noise alerts.
ARKit
Spatial anchors and environment mapping via ARKit.
Pedometer
Steps, distance, cadence, and pace — continuously tracked.
Activity Recognition
Walking, running, cycling, automotive, stationary — detected automatically.
AirPods Pro
6-axis head motion tracking from AirPods Pro.
Weather
Real-time conditions and forecasts at your recording location.
Camera
Photo capture with full EXIF metadata embedded.
Thermal & Network
Device thermal state and connectivity monitoring.
Apple Watch
Heart rate, motion, GPS, pedometer, and activity — recorded on-wrist and synced live.
Apple Intelligence
On-device AI session analysis and insight cards.
Features
Session Recording
  • All sensors simultaneously
  • Per-sensor enable / disable
  • 1–60 Hz sampling rate
  • Adjustable GPS distance filter
  • Session history with search and filter
  • Side-by-side session comparison
Data & Export
  • Per-sensor charts (line, area, bar)
  • Export as JSON or CSV
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • All data on-device or in your iCloud Drive
  • Nothing sent to any server
Alerts & Customization
  • Noise level alerts
  • Speed alerts
  • Barometric pressure change alerts
  • Heart rate alerts (Watch sessions)
  • Metric or imperial units
  • Haptic feedback toggle
Privacy

Your data goes nowhere.

Everything ReferencePoint records stays on your device or in your personal iCloud Drive. No accounts. No servers. No telemetry. You own what you record.

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