# GemIQ

> Capture stunning jewelry photos & videos with GemIQ (formerly GemHub).

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.gemlightbox](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.gemlightbox)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.gemlightbox`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Picup Media
- **Category:** PHOTOGRAPHY
- **Downloads:** 38,927
- **Rating:** 3.53 / 5 (298 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.7.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01
- **First published:** 2018-09-11
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 146 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gemlightbox)
- **Website:** [https://www.picupmedia.com](https://www.picupmedia.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://picupmedia.com/privacy-policy/](https://picupmedia.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

GemHub is a powerful Chrome extension designed to seamlessly integrate with GemLightbox turntables for wireless control and effortless capture of professional-quality jewelry images and videos. With GemHub, users can tap to focus, adjust brightness specifically tailored for jewelry photography to achieve a pure white background, and record videos at multiple angles including 45°, 90°, and full 360° rotations.

The built-in gallery feature organizes all your studio-quality images and videos separately from your smartphone's native gallery, making exporting and sharing simple and efficient. Ideal for jewelry professionals seeking to showcase their pieces with clarity and style, GemHub enhances the visual presentation workflow, transforming jewelry photography and videography into a smooth, one-click operation.

## Rankings

- #331,638 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.REORDER_TASKS`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT`
- `com.gemlightbox.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.gemlightbox.permission.C2D_MESSAGE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS`
- `com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ`
- `com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE`
- `com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE`
- `com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ`
- `me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE`

## Review summary

Users praise the hardware quality of the GemLightBox, with an easy app interface and useful image backgrounds. However, the app suffers from frequent crashes, unreliable Bluetooth connections, and image quality problems like overexposure and color glitches. Many report syncing issues where files fail to save properly or get deleted, and cloud storage notifications are intrusive and unavoidable. These problems severely affect the overall experience and frustrate users, especially following several updates that have exacerbated app instability and functionality issues.

### Pros

- The physical GemLightBox hardware is appreciated and considered high quality by users.
- The app interface is generally easy to use for basic operation.
- Some users like the black background feature and eclipse filter for their images.

### Cons

- Frequent app crashes and instability, especially after updates.
- Bluetooth connectivity is unreliable and often fails to connect cameras to the lightbox.
- Image and video quality issues such as overexposure, low resolution, and color glitches.
- Poor syncing and saving of files, with loss of data or failures to assign SKUs properly.
- Cloud storage notifications are intrusive and cannot be disabled, while syncing wastes battery life.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.gemlightbox)