Lenstag

This is a free service run by one individual, and it has led to the recovery of lots of camera gear. Support Trevor by paying for the service!

First, this app does nothing the web site doesn't do. But that's not saying much, because the app and the web site are a complete waste of your time and money if you are foolish enough to pay for the "pro" (LOL) version. The problem is that this site does nothing. The one-man-show doesn’t even respond to support tickets for months. Heck, there’s not even a way to mark an item of yours as not stolen if you recover your items. The site purports to search the web looking for images with your gear’s EXIF data, but it does no such thing. It purports to protect your images by searching for unauthorized use of them, but it doesn’t do that, either. It’s just a crude database with a poorly-designed interface that collects your camera info. This don’t-quit-your-day-job operation over-promises and under-delivers on the hope that you’ll pay for an annual subscription of snake oil.

I really will not know how good this app is until (hoping not) my gear is unwillingly separated from me, but it was easy to add my camera gear and the corresponding serial numbers. I love that they make you take a photo of your SN to prove the authenticity, plus track the location 😎. There could be. More explanation on how to enter your equipment names, but there are suggested ones that automatically pop up that you can modify to meet your needs. Can't wait to see if any of my photos come up on the web. Cool feature, but not sure how well it will work, until it finds something. This app is just some peace of mind that I hope I never need to use.