diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
index e474aa9b2..0c0e86e58 100644
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ endif ()
 if (IOS)
   target_link_libraries(
     MerginMaps PUBLIC AppleFrameworks::CoreLocation AppleFrameworks::CoreHaptics
+                      AppleFrameworks::PhotosUI
   )
   # TODO is this needed? this change requires cmake 3.28+
   # qt_add_ios_ffmpeg_libraries(MerginMaps) # Qt Multimedia
diff --git a/app/ios/iosimagepicker.mm b/app/ios/iosimagepicker.mm
index 37e7217cf..3baa6e060 100644
--- a/app/ios/iosimagepicker.mm
+++ b/app/ios/iosimagepicker.mm
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 #include <QPointer>
-#include <QtCore>
 #include <QImage>
 
 #include "iosinterface.h"
diff --git a/app/ios/iosinterface.mm b/app/ios/iosinterface.mm
index 7a8e3cbf1..8b3894cd4 100644
--- a/app/ios/iosinterface.mm
+++ b/app/ios/iosinterface.mm
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #import <ImageIO/ImageIO.h>
 #import "ios/iosinterface.h"
 #include "iosviewdelegate.h"
-#include "inpututils.h"
 #import <MobileCoreServices/MobileCoreServices.h>
 #include "position/positionkit.h"
 #include "compass.h"
@@ -177,7 +176,26 @@ +( void )showImagePicker:( int )sourceType : ( IOSImagePicker * )handler
   UIWindow *rootWindow = app.windows[0];
   UIViewController *rootViewController = rootWindow.rootViewController;
 
-  if ( ![UIImagePickerController isSourceTypeAvailable:( UIImagePickerControllerSourceType ) sourceType] )
+  bool isCamera = ( UIImagePickerControllerSourceType ) sourceType == UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
+
+  if ( !isCamera )
+  {
+    // Gallery: use PHPickerViewController
+    PHPickerConfiguration *config = [[PHPickerConfiguration alloc] init];
+    config.filter = [PHPickerFilter imagesFilter];
+    config.selectionLimit = 1;
+
+    PHPickerViewController *picker = [[PHPickerViewController alloc] initWithConfiguration:config];
+    static IOSGalleryPickerDelegate *galleryDelegate = nullptr;
+    galleryDelegate = [[IOSGalleryPickerDelegate alloc] initWithHandler:handler];
+    picker.delegate = galleryDelegate;
+
+    [rootViewController presentViewController:picker animated:YES completion:nil];
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Camera: use UIImagePickerController
+  if ( ![UIImagePickerController isSourceTypeAvailable:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera] )
   {
     NSString *alertTitle = @"Image picker";
     NSString *alertMessage = @"The functionality is not available";
@@ -188,7 +206,7 @@ +( void )showImagePicker:( int )sourceType : ( IOSImagePicker * )handler
                                           preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
     UIAlertAction *actionOk = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:alertOkButtonText
                                style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
-                               handler:nil]; //You can use a block here to handle a press on this button
+                               handler:nil];
     [alertController addAction:actionOk];
     [rootViewController presentViewController:alertController animated:YES completion:nil];
   }
@@ -196,7 +214,7 @@ +( void )showImagePicker:( int )sourceType : ( IOSImagePicker * )handler
   {
     UIImagePickerController *picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
     imagePickerController = picker;
-    picker.sourceType = ( UIImagePickerControllerSourceType ) sourceType;
+    picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
     static IOSViewDelegate *delegate = nullptr;
     delegate = [[IOSViewDelegate alloc] initWithHandler:handler];
 
@@ -218,32 +236,13 @@ +( void )showImagePicker:( int )sourceType : ( IOSImagePicker * )handler
       delegate->processingPicture = YES;
 
       NSString *imagePath = generateImagePath( delegate->handler->targetDir().toNSString() );
-      QString err;
-
-      bool isCameraPhoto = picker.sourceType == UIImagePickerControllerSourceType::UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
-      if ( isCameraPhoto )
-      {
-        // Camera handling
-        err = [IOSInterface handleCameraPhoto:info:imagePath];
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        // Gallery handling
-        // Copy an image with metadata from imageURL to targetPath
-        NSURL *infoImageUrl = info[UIImagePickerControllerImageURL];
-        if ( !InputUtils::copyFile( QString::fromNSString( infoImageUrl.absoluteString ), QString::fromNSString( imagePath ) ) )
-        {
-          err = QStringLiteral( "Copying image from a gallery failed." );
-        }
-        infoImageUrl = nil;
-      }
+      QString err = [IOSInterface handleCameraPhoto:info:imagePath];
 
       [picker dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
       if ( delegate->handler )
       {
         QVariantMap data;
-        QString imagePathData( [imagePath UTF8String] );
-        data["imagePath"] = imagePathData;
+        data["imagePath"] = QString( [imagePath UTF8String] );
         data["error"] = err;
         QMetaObject::invokeMethod( delegate->handler, "onImagePickerFinished", Qt::DirectConnection,
                                    Q_ARG( bool, err.isEmpty() ),
diff --git a/app/ios/iosviewdelegate.h b/app/ios/iosviewdelegate.h
index 92e5c4d21..7947f1b63 100644
--- a/app/ios/iosviewdelegate.h
+++ b/app/ios/iosviewdelegate.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define IOSVIEWDELEGATE_H
 
 #include <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+#import <PhotosUI/PhotosUI.h>
 
 #include "iosimagepicker.h"
 /**
@@ -36,4 +37,11 @@ UINavigationControllerDelegate>
 - ( id ) initWithHandler:( IOSImagePicker * )handler;
 @end
 
+/**
+ * we use PHPickerViewController delegate for gallery image selection, which keeps GPS metadata
+ */
+@interface IOSGalleryPickerDelegate : NSObject <PHPickerViewControllerDelegate>
+- ( instancetype ) initWithHandler:( IOSImagePicker * )handler;
+@end
+
 #endif // IOSVIEWDELEGATE_H
diff --git a/app/ios/iosviewdelegate.mm b/app/ios/iosviewdelegate.mm
index df43b62f6..362fbb204 100644
--- a/app/ios/iosviewdelegate.mm
+++ b/app/ios/iosviewdelegate.mm
@@ -14,12 +14,9 @@
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include <QtCore>
+#include <QPointer>
 #import "iosviewdelegate.h"
 
-@interface IOSViewDelegate()
-
-@end
-
 @implementation IOSViewDelegate
 
 -( id ) initWithHandler:( IOSImagePicker * )handler
@@ -50,3 +47,68 @@ - ( void )imagePickerControllerDidCancel:( UIImagePickerController * )picker
 }
 
 @end
+
+@implementation IOSGalleryPickerDelegate
+{
+  QPointer<IOSImagePicker> _handler;
+}
+
+- ( instancetype ) initWithHandler:( IOSImagePicker * )handler
+{
+  self = [super init];
+  if ( self )
+  {
+    _handler = handler;
+  }
+  return self;
+}
+
+- ( void )picker:( PHPickerViewController * )picker didFinishPicking:( NSArray<PHPickerResult *> * )results
+{
+  [picker dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
+
+  if ( results.count == 0 )
+  {
+    return; // user cancelled
+  }
+
+  if ( !_handler )
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  PHPickerResult *result = results.firstObject;
+
+  NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
+  [df setDateFormat:@"yyyyMMdd_HHmmss"];
+  NSString *fileName = [[df stringFromDate:[NSDate date]] stringByAppendingString:@".jpg"];
+  NSString *imagePath = [_handler->targetDir().toNSString() stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
+
+  [result.itemProvider loadDataRepresentationForTypeIdentifier:@"public.jpeg"
+   completionHandler: ^ ( NSData * data, NSError * error )
+  {
+    BOOL writeSuccess = data && !error && [data writeToFile:imagePath atomically:YES];
+    if ( !writeSuccess )
+    {
+      qWarning() << "Gallery Picker: failed to write image data to" << QString::fromNSString( imagePath );
+    }
+
+    dispatch_async( dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^
+    {
+      if ( _handler )
+      {
+        QVariantMap resultData;
+        resultData["imagePath"] = QString::fromNSString( imagePath );
+        if ( !writeSuccess )
+        {
+          resultData["error"] = QStringLiteral( "Copying image from gallery failed." );
+        }
+        QMetaObject::invokeMethod( _handler, "onImagePickerFinished", Qt::DirectConnection,
+                                   Q_ARG( bool, writeSuccess ),
+                                   Q_ARG( const QVariantMap, resultData ) );
+      }
+    } );
+  }];
+}
+
+@end
diff --git a/cmake/FindAppleFrameworks.cmake b/cmake/FindAppleFrameworks.cmake
index 53b916b9c..17be9bcab 100644
--- a/cmake/FindAppleFrameworks.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindAppleFrameworks.cmake
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ set(APPLE_FRAMEWORKS
     SystemConfiguration
     CoreLocation
     CoreHaptics
+    PhotosUI
 )
 
 foreach (framework ${APPLE_FRAMEWORKS})