GR WORLD

RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.

About this app

GR WORLD is an app that allows you to import images and perform shooting remotely by connecting a GR series camera to a smartphone.

【Feature】
1. Import images, Album, Widget
You can import taken images to your smartphone. The images can be organized into albums, or displayed as a widget on the smartphone home screen, allowing you to enjoy viewing them just like a digital photo frame.

2. Remote shooting
You can remotely release the camera shutter and set the self-timer.

3. Send location information to the camera.
Location information acquired from the smartphone can be sent to the camera to record location information on images captured by the camera. Location information is acquired and sent to the camera even when the application is in the background or the smartphone is in sleep mode.

【Supported Digital Cameras】
RICOH GR IV
RICOH GR III
RICOH GR III HDF
RICOH GR IIIx
RICOH GR IIIx HDF
RICOH GR II

【Supported OS】
Android OS 13 - 15
* Operation is not guaranteed on all devices.
* Operation is confirmed on these devices as of September 2025, but this information may be changed at any time in the future without prior notice.

【Note】
For detail about GR WORLD, refer to the website.
https://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/products/app/gr-world/

Ratings and reviews

I am hard pressed to figure out what is new in this app compared to the old image sync app from Ricoh. I think it operates a bit faster, perhaps, but has lost some functionality along the way. For example, remote shooting no longer has a live view. While the interface may look slightly prettier, I am not willing to trade functionality for it.

Together with many other users, I could not get the previous app to work with my GR3, but I have found this app works fine. The camera connects easily with my smartphone over WLAN & then you can batch transfer images. However, even though I am using a fast SD card, the transfer rate is slow at about 5 seconds per image. Using the same phone and SD card I get a transfer rate of over 1 image per second from my Sony camera using its app. So be patient but the app works and is a big improvement!

It's... fine. A bit slow, but works well enough. It really needs a feature to just start the app automatically when the camera is turned on though. If you forget to start the app, you get no geolocation on the images and have to do it manually later. If the app could start automatically like the Fuji X app does, it would make it much better.

What’s new

Features newly added on version 1.1.1
-Improved the visibility of pairing prompts during camera registration.