# Metadata Pro — user reviews > 84 indexed App Store user reviews of Metadata Pro by PLATINUM CITY LLC, rated 3.80/5 from 127 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metadata-pro/id835505449/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/metadata-pro/id835505449.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 79 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 30 ## What do users think of Metadata Pro? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Works for photo metadata - 👍 Can change date/time - 👍 Can add/change GPS - 👍 Useful for organizing photos - 👍 Good for video metadata - 👍 Comprehensive metadata editor - 👍 Intuitive app design - 👍 Preserves date/geo info on videos - 👍 Removes GPS data without touching original **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes frequently - 🐛 Doesn't work for many users - 🐛 Inconsistent metadata deletion/overwrite - 🐛 Over-compression of JPGs - 🐛 No folder sorting - 🐛 Dysfunctional UI - 🐛 GPS location issues (southern hemisphere) - 🐛 White text on white background search - 🐛 Batch edits fail - 🐛 Tedious UI for batch edits - 🐛 Converts live photos to JPG - 🐛 Slow and time-consuming - 🐛 App closes/fails on video date change - 🐛 Misleading app info - 🐛 Price changes - 🐛 Updates break functionality - 🐛 Can't delete all pictures - 🐛 Metadata not recognized by Photos app - 🐛 Creates copies instead of updating originals - 🐛 Disables other editing options - 🐛 Unstable when selecting multiple photos - 🐛 Edits time badly - 🐛 No metadata added to photos - 🐛 GPS data stuck on photo - 🐛 Confusing and frustrating - 🐛 Cleared all dates instead of updating - 🐛 No IOS 12 support - 🐛 Date not updated - 🐛 No option to sort by date/camera/location - 🐛 Difficult to find video metadata fields - 🐛 Not all metadata fields editable - 🐛 Incomplete EXIF data editing - 🐛 Cumbersome to use - 🐛 Can't handle many images at once - 🐛 No embedded help/tutorials **Commonly reported bugs** - Cannot delete all pictures - Metadata not consistently deleted or overwritten - App crashes when changing multiple photos/videos - App crashes when selecting photos from album - App crashes when trying to change date - App crashes when trying to remove all metadata - Changes not reflected in Photos app - GPS location incorrect for southern hemisphere - Search field text invisible - Batch edits fail or process partially - App closes/fails when changing video date - Live photos converted to JPG when changing metadata - Updates break functionality - Date doesn't change in Photos app - Location data not updated - Map is blank - Cleared all dates instead of updating - Unable to change location for photos/videos on iOS 12 - Date not updated after multiple attempts - Crashing when selecting a picture from an album - Program spins wheels or errors/force closes when selecting multiple photos - Time edits not reflected in Photos app - No metadata added to photos - GPS data still stuck on photo - Cannot change location for photos/videos on iOS 12 - App crashes when selecting "remove all metadata" - One or more changes could not be edited - Creation date won't change - Rotates photos when clearing metadata - Changes do not take effect in Photos app - Bulk removal of GPS data crashes app - App crashes regularly when browsing photo metadata - Confirmation required for each image modification - Original metadata sent regardless of changes - Batch edits not functional - Single image edits not functional - Video files: cannot select metadata to change, only create date editable, not modify date - App disables other editing options in Photos app - App crashes when trying to adjust creation date **Most requested features** - Add tutorials/documentation - Improve video tagging (keywords, descriptions) - Offset photo dates by a certain amount - Allow renaming files - In-line editing for video metadata - Ability to change modify date for videos - Dark mode option - More intuitive batch editing process - Option to overwrite originals - Better handling of large photo libraries ## Newest reviews (15 of 84) ### 3/5 — Can't delete pix *2026-03-12* It is impossible to delete all the pictures that are inside the app. Really frustrating. ### 3/5 — Can't delete pix *2023-10-16, version 9.2* It is impossible to delete all the pictures that are inside the app. Really frustrating. ### 2/5 — Crashing Issue *2022-05-25* App crashes when changing multiple photos and videos. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work. *2021-02-01* I’ve changed every date I can and the photo is still in the wrong order. I want my money back. ### 4/5 — Good *2021-02-01, version 9.2* This app is able to change the date and it will save on the date you put in your library. Only complaint is that when I airdrop it it doesn’t show the edited date. When you click airdrop you have to click options and click on include all data button. Then it will show the date you put. ### 1/5 — Bad *2020-12-20, version 9.2* Does not do what it says. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Work *2020-11-22, version 9.2* In tried to change a creation date and a TIFF date to make the photos sort properly in IPAD Photos and it did not work. There is no embedded HELP a only a link to YOUTUBE with outdated videos. Really disappointed! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t change date on iPhone pics *2020-11-09* I bought this to change the date on imported iPhone pics back to the ‘taken’ date. I believe the info which said it could do all I needed. However, changes are very hard to do, batch changes don’t seem possible, and the iPhone Photos app does not recognise any of the changes. I would like my £3.99 refunded. Very misleading app info. ### 3/5 — Help *2020-10-11* Everytime I try to change the creation date it doesn’t let me ### 1/5 — Mistake to purchase *2020-06-04* App crashes constantly, and can’t handle more than 10 images at a time. Unusable. ### 1/5 — Don’t buy *2020-04-23, version 8.7* Wasted my time and money on this app for it not work. I’d give it zero stars if I could. ### 1/5 — Scam! *2020-03-05, version 8.7* Guys please don’t spend your money on this app. It’s a scam! It will not update your date/time on a picture! To be sure it didn’t work, I watched a YouTube video showing how to use it. They’re scamming for 3 dollars. Losers. ### 4/5 — Take the time to learn *2020-02-02* This is a very useful and powerful tool to modify the metadata properties of photos but it does take a bit of time too work it out. It would be useful for the developer to have some short tutorials on their website to show you the best ways to use the software. For example you have to create a metadata schema to update multiple photos but once you work that out you can do a lot quickly. There does seem to be a bit of an issue with trying to update too many items at once. I found if you select more than about 50 the app overloads and shuts down but if you do batches you can quickly get through large numbers. Also if you are wanting to set gps location data make sure you select the ref field along with the actual fields particularly if you are setting southern or Western Hemisphere locations otherwise you end up in the wrong hemisphere! ### 1/5 — App doesn't work, I want a refund *2020-01-18* The date of my photos don't change in my photos app so what's the point? I want a refund. ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2020-01-09* Don’t purchase it’s not working i wasted £3.99.. I want refund ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Macht nicht was es soll *2026-03-03* Metadaten werden nicht konsequent gelöscht oder überschrieben. Nutzlos. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2025-02-09* Doesn't do what it says...it is a scam ### 1/5 — Does not allow photos *2024-08-23, version 10.0* Doesnt work ### 1/5 — Von heute auf morgen: funktioniert nicht mehr! *2024-08-03* Die Bewertung würde anders ausfallen, wenn die App tuen würde, was sie tun soll. ### 1/5 — Too much compression & no folder sorting *2023-09-29* The app creates new jpg images that are of horrendous quality because of over compression. Lossy quality is unacceptable! Metadata Pro App won’t sort iPhone photo directories for easy finding of folders. iPhone photo folders are displayed in a random jumble. Total incompetence when a programmer does not include any sort directories option. ### 1/5 — dysfunctional UI *2022-08-06* Purchased pro version only to later find out that one must quit/restart the program EVERY time you want to select a new group of photos...if you back out of the photo select menu, then there is no option to return and select new/different photos...frustrating & time consuming (!) ### 1/5 — Adding/changing GPS location not an option *2022-05-27* The screenshots aren’t representative of what I’m seeing. I purchased this to add locations to my imported photos, but the button simply doesn’t show up as an option. App is worthless to me. ### 1/5 — Barefoot edit lie *2022-05-14* You still have to choose one by one ### 1/5 — Doesnt work for half the planet *2021-09-16* If you are setting the GPS data below the equator by choosing from the map… bad luck, this app will set the latitude to a positive value (ie the northern hemisphere), omitting the negative sign 😓 Also the search text field to find a location to tag has white text on a white background, so you cant even see what you’re typing. ### 1/5 — Scam *2021-03-01* Dont buy this app, its a scam! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — No one her will like me after this and I’m cool with that *2026-01-08, version 10.0* Look ignore 99% of the bad reviews about this app and this may even be the first and only positive review of anything app,e after being stud with an iPhone too long I hate it honestly but I digress, if u read the reviews they say the same stuff oh I bought it and it didn’t work….. … sorry and I don’t care if it doesn’t get post because of this but someone will see it at some point ….. .READ THE INSTRUCTIONS MORONS IT SAYS CURRENTLY ONLY SUPPORTS JPEG AND MOV FILES 99.999% sure none of you read that. Now all that being said the is an out standing app not perfect but will one of y step that is even close. I’m not either and I don’t remotely try , but those are not acurate . Tell you what doubt me first then all I ask is read the instructions and follow them . Then make your damn call ### 5/5 — Spitze! *2024-12-23* Genau das was ich gesucht habe! Und sogar mit Albenunterstützung! ### 5/5 — Its wonderful *2022-10-27* The app does exactly what it promises all i wanted was an app that can mass delete dates on photos so i can arrange my photos on my iPhone in the order that i would like them instead of them being arranged by date and this app did exactly what i needed it to do. ### 5/5 — Allen’s *2021-05-09* This is an awesome and very intuitive app. I’ve worked with meta-data and all kinds of mediums and this is the most thorough I’ve ever seen ### 5/5 — Provides GPS, date & time Stamp *2021-01-09* Very pleased with this app. Can use it to prove where you took the pictures, time and day. ### 5/5 — Works *2018-05-08* You need to open the app then select the photo in order to edit. It edit is you use the extension in Photos. ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2018-05-06* Brilliant, can change date inside a photo to the date it was actually taken, rather than date it was copied to iPhone, so that if ordered by ‘date’ on iPhone, they show in correct order. ... can finally get all favourite photos I’ve taken over the year on my Phone, displayed in order of date taken :-) ### 5/5 — GPS Data and others still stuck on photo *2018-04-12* I was very surprised to find out that the app suddenly stopped working and that all of the meta-data was indeed intact no matter how many times I deleted it with this app. Very disappointed. **Developer response:** Hello, please contact support@platinumcityapps.com with details. We would really like to fix anything that suddenly stopped working. ### 5/5 — Great *2017-12-21* I wanted to change the dates on my old photos so they would appear in order on my iPhone. Worked a treat. Can change good at a too. Not a single issue. A refreshing change. ### 5/5 — Bom para fotos. Não para videos. *2017-10-05* Permite organizar perfeitamente as datas e localizações de fotos. Com videos, entretanto, as localizações não são gravadas e, ao tentar fazê-lo, as datas são alteradas para o dia atual, sendo necessário voltar ao programa para retornar a data para o dia correto. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*