Rock ID: Rock & Gem Identifier
Rockhounding Inc Reference iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Rock ID: Rock & Gem Identifier is a free Reference app for iPhone and iPad by Rockhounding Inc. Rated 5.0/5 from 1 ratings. Requires iOS 15.1.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 1 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 52 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 27
- 2026 · v1.1.2
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About Rock ID: Rock & Gem Identifier
Point your camera at a rock and Rock ID tells you what it is. Built by Rockhounding.org, the site behind the largest free rockhounding maps in the United States. Identify from a photo. Take a picture and get an answer in seconds, with honest confidence and the runners-up when a call is close. The catalogue covers more than 1,000 rocks, minerals, gems, fossils and the man-made lookalikes people actually find — slag, sea glass, dyed stones, concrete. No photo? Identify by hand. Answer what you can see — colour, shine, crystal shape — and the app narrows a thousand possibilities to a handful, then gives you the one kitchen test that settles it: the streak plate, a copper coin, a drop of vinegar. Know how to tell lookalikes apart. Every result explains what else it could be and the exact test that separates them — how to tell agate from jasper, pyrite from gold, real turquoise from dyed howlite. Keep what you find. Your scans and your collection stay on your phone, synced to your free rockhounding.org account if you want them everywhere. Rock ID is free to use: every scan is earned by watching a short ad, and the identify-by-hand flow is always free. Rock ID Pro removes ads and makes scans unlimited — $59.99 per year, and included with a rockhounding.org Pro membership. From the makers of rockhounding.org: free collecting maps for all 50 states, a reference page for every species, and a community of people who pick up rocks. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://rockhounding.org/terms Privacy Policy: https://rockhounding.org/privacy
What’s new
Version 1.1.2 · Updated October 27, 2026
Ads now fit your screen better, and a few small fixes.
App privacy
The developer, Rockhounding Inc, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Photos or Videos
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Coarse Location
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Advertising Data
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics, App Functionality
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