Imagecation
For creators, travellers and everyone who posts

It is not your camera. It is where you are standing.

Every photo you save was taken from somewhere. Imagecation shows where people stood to photograph a place, which way to point your phone and when golden hour starts there.

Download on the App Store iPhone, iPad and macOS · iOS 17+
A phone framing Neuschwanstein Castle in autumn
Neuschwanstein in Imagecation: where to stand, which way to face and when golden hour starts
236,420Photo spots
193Countries, plus 52 territories
146,523With the direction to face
6,910Hidden gems few people shot from
WHAT THE APP DOES

Five things it tells you
before you lift the phone.

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THE LIGHT · DRAG TO MOVE THE SUN

The light changes every day. The spots do not.

Golden hour, blue hour and the sun's direction are computed fresh for today, at your own sky. Move the sun to see the window.

21:04Local time
Golden hour38 min left
291°Sun direction
THIS MONTH

In season

Every place has its months. These are the destinations whose photo spots peak right now, and the list changes as the year turns.

NeuschwansteinBavaria, Germany
Monument ValleyUtah, USA
Horseshoe BendArizona, USA
Spots few people shot from6,910 hidden gems: spots only a handful of people shot from in our data, in 152 countries and territories. The app marks them on the map and on Home.
EVERY COUNTRY

193 countries, 52 territories, 236,420 spots.

Every country with its spots, how many tell you which way to face, how many are the kind people shoot on a phone, its hidden gems and the month most of its spots were busiest.

Country or territorySpotsVantage pointsSocial media spotsHidden gemsBusiest month
United States39,34921,6855,501378July
United Kingdom16,72010,4511,370157August
Japan5,8473,605846719April
Germany5,7734,29645684August
Spain5,5004,272362218August
France5,1593,79022444July
Canada5,0723,263813600July
Italy3,5362,856130151May
Australia2,6251,978329225February
Netherlands2,0561,42329157April
Sweden1,6151,038248209August
Taiwan1,43433734548December
Switzerland1,30375811193June
Romania1,094741366August
South Korea1,0896534325October
Cambodia1,053620932January
Portugal1,05391338162September
Vietnam1,0536002969February
Peru1,047674330October
Morocco1,0346731319February
South Africa1,0146609124February
Latvia1,0126651154July
Israel1,0006432816September
Denmark98357012389August
Indonesia980569629April
Palestinian Territories976663230April
Lithuania966592112May
Laos963623123February
Slovakia963654552May
Serbia956635226September
Guatemala952637539July
Colombia945590925April
Bulgaria944608040June
Croatia943587795July
Uzbekistan93658900March
Nepal933620116October
Ukraine928549815August
Austria9257025583October
Bosnia & Herzegovina921619012May
Egypt918614339November
Jordan91861109November
Belgium9114343838June
Georgia90860228September
Afghanistan90760010–
Syria905599010October
Zimbabwe90560526–
Lebanon90459906December
Belarus90259611–
Bolivia90058223July
Brazil9004067749July
Tajikistan90060000–
Armenia899599011October
Chad89959900–
Kosovo89960000–
Paraguay89959700–
Hong Kong898721114214March
North Macedonia89859623–
Iran897587120August
Mali89659400–
Kyrgyzstan89559500–
Ethiopia89458830–
Pakistan89258410–
Iraq89158900–
China mainland8874868774August
Turkmenistan88658600–
Libya88157702–
Mongolia87857021–
Montenegro87856919July
Algeria87757601–
Mauritania87557500–
Tunisia875569017October
Djibouti87157000–
Guyana86956900–
Niger86957900–
Sudan86956700–
Azerbaijan86656401–
Albania86556502–
Zambia86456500–
Angola85655600–
Cyprus856553219September
Rwanda85455701–
Congo - Kinshasa84955101–
Kenya84654323–
Kazakhstan84353801–
Mozambique84354200–
Cameroon83353300–
Uruguay832529237November
Qatar83151142October
Dominican Republic83053002–
El Salvador82953104–
Namibia82051800–
Yemen82052000–
Sri Lanka815508022February
Somalia81050900–
Antarctica80750700–
Honduras80750310–
Venezuela80350204–
Finland798512175163July
Saudi Arabia79749414–
Estonia7943971014July
Cuba791473055January
Congo - Brazzaville78852200–
Malawi78648900–
Oman78348303–
Philippines7804181015November
United Arab Emirates779461917November
Costa Rica778467119January
Bangladesh77746500–
Svalbard & Jan Mayen77747510–
Ecuador77445435June
North Korea77445701April
Nigeria76549800–
Jamaica76046201–
Norway75560466142June
Gabon75245400–
So. Georgia & So. Sandwich Isl.74945000–
Nicaragua74243503–
Panama74042816January
Ireland73460930128August
Andorra73349207July
Haiti72442500–
Guadeloupe72342711–
Réunion72345602–
Uganda72242500–
Greece7146084545June
French Guiana70445000–
Myanmar (Burma)70337127December
Singapore703621130149January
Eritrea69739800–
Tanzania68438007July
Greenland68238000–
Faroe Islands67437901–
Cape Verde66636602–
Slovenia6654601142September
Belize66236111–
Russia6592329551July
Mexico6563995277April
Senegal65441702–
New Zealand65234762153February
Madagascar65134900–
Trinidad & Tobago65037300–
Bahrain63839102–
Vanuatu62532400–
Papua New Guinea62031900–
India6193341760December
French Southern Territories61531500–
Fiji60230110–
Timor-Leste59136700–
New Caledonia58328302–
Côte d’Ivoire58237300–
South Sudan57138000–
Suriname56737000–
French Polynesia56626703–
Czechia5615031843May
Poland55942826115August
Martinique55632600–
Thailand5533166247February
Puerto Rico546350237February
Malta542372150December
Falkland Islands52722700–
Mauritius52729000–
Solomon Islands51721701–
U.S. Virgin Islands517302212December
Burundi50433400–
Bahamas485185311March
São Tomé & Príncipe47329200–
Argentina4662981941November
Northern Mariana Islands46327500–
Guinea-Bissau45622300–
Guam45128200–
Türkiye4492804540October
Micronesia44815901–
Åland Islands44814701–
Guinea38823100–
Tonga38412800–
Hungary37829823102June
Ghana37123803–
Vatican City37160152March
Western Sahara36322400–
Central African Republic33922600–
Samoa33618000–
Malaysia3301404537December
Maldives3282701–
St. Helena32818400–
Chile3251491733January
Equatorial Guinea32317200–
Marshall Islands3232300–
Sierra Leone31116800–
British Virgin Islands30616701–
Liberia30517900–
Luxembourg304169013August
Turks & Caicos Islands30413300–
Iceland3022082295July
American Samoa30017000–
Antigua & Barbuda28716307April
Mayotte28314500–
Kuwait27917000–
Cayman Islands27717104–
Moldova27618515–
Grenada27214703–
Palau26610700–
St. Vincent & Grenadines26112900–
Liechtenstein25517404–
Seychelles25510301–
Barbados24115404–
St. Lucia23713702–
Kiribati2368100–
Togo21914600–
Eswatini21414200–
Bermuda212137020April
Burkina Faso19513000–
Comoros19110500–
Wallis & Futuna1899700–
Brunei1769900–
Botswana17211410–
Dominica1699001–
Niue16410200–
Guernsey1598401–
Caribbean Netherlands1589201–
St. Pierre & Miquelon1539300–
Gambia1519000–
Cook Islands1493601–
Macao136115361November
Montserrat1257700–
St. Kitts & Nevis1217401–
Bhutan1187800–
Isle of Man11573015July
Jersey11569116September
Benin1137500–
Lesotho1087200–
Curaçao1076301–
St. Martin1006039June
Aruba925704–
Anguilla914901–
Monaco7470538April
Christmas Island683100–
Gibraltar6151231August
Tuvalu57700–
St. Barthélemy512905–
Norfolk Island422500–
Sint Maarten392727May
Cocos (Keeling) Islands361100–
Nauru241500–
Pitcairn Islands201000–
San Marino10915–
Total236,420146,52312,8286,910

The app carries all 193 countries and 52 territories

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