# Photo Investigator: GPS & EXIF — user reviews > 526 indexed App Store user reviews of Photo Investigator by Daniel Anderson, rated 4.40/5 from 1,451 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photo-investigator-gps-and-exif/id571574618/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photo-investigator-gps-and-exif/id571574618.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,057 · 4★ 166 · 3★ 62 · 2★ 20 · 1★ 146 ## What do users think of Photo Investigator? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great for beginners - 🚀 Intuitive and clean UI - 🚀 Helpful and responsive developer - 🚀 Excellent metadata extraction - 🚀 Useful for fact-checking images/videos - 🚀 Reliable and solid app **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy after updates - 🐛 Sluggish performance - 💰 Requires paid upgrade to edit metadata - 💰 Asks to pay again after previous purchase - 🔒 Privacy concerns with data collection - 🔍 Lacks bulk editing options **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes after recent update - Metadata editing not working as expected - Incorrect file size and video info displayed - Location mapping inaccurate in certain regions **Most requested features** - Add ability to edit IPTC metadata - Implement dark mode option - Allow batch processing of photos - Add option to automatically remove metadata - Improve integration with iCloud Photo Library ## Newest reviews (15 of 526) ### 3/5 — getting there but a few issues *2026-06-25, version 8.1.1* Thank you for quickly dealing with the Files issue, but there’s a couple of things (one quite crucial) that are a problem for my work. 1] To open from Files, we have to allow Photos access in System Settings or else the open dialogue won’t load - so in Settings I have to set Photos access to ‘Limited Access’ to keep my photos private (ok so far), but then what happens is upon opening the App it shows all the thumbnails of Recent Files - which is a big no go for me as I work on multiple cases and often have clients looking at my screen. 2] Much less important a problem, but the ‘Saved From’ field shown on all images says: Investigator (which doesn’t seem right?) ### 3/5 — Only works with Photos app *2026-06-22, version 8.1* Unfortunately I can’t use or even test this app as it only opens images that are in your Photos app, and not in Files (where all of the images are that I need to check). The images I want to check are client related and will never be in my Photos app I’m afraid. Having said that, it looks well made and if you only use your Photos app then this should be ok for you. I tried it on my MacBook too. ### 4/5 — 8.1 bug workaround... *2026-05-30, version 8.1* Always a great app--I use it dozens of times/day, happily. New update (~ 5/28/2026) introduced a bug where: after doing a multiple-select, I'll hit DONE button, but it takes me to thumbs selection in FILES. No way to process further. Workaround: after selecting multiple thumbs, rotate iPhone to Landscape orientation, then hit that DONE button. Continue as usual. (Bug: overlapping touch targets.) ### 2/5 — I like this, but .. *2026-05-20, version 8.0.1* Update: Changed to different mobile phone but unable to restore my purchase. ——————- Easy to use, and does what it promises. Kudos to developer(s) ### 5/5 — Très bien pour les métadonnées *2025-10-19, version 8.0.1* Utilisé pour gérer/ajouter des métadonnées sur iPhone avant transfert sur PC Ubuntu. Utilisation simple. ### 5/5 — Perfekt!! *2025-10-18, version 8.0.1* Wie es im Titel steht, einfach perfekt 👍 ### 5/5 — Great app, very helpful *2025-05-04, version 8.0.1* Well made indie app. Super helpful ### 5/5 — No me deja borrar todos los datos *2025-04-29, version 8.0.1* No sé por qué no los borra antes si ### 5/5 — Hands-Down the Best *2025-04-05, version 8.0.1* I’ve tried so many apps to try and edit my picture so I don’t send them out and give away personal information. Once I had this one installed, I deleted all the others. It took me one day of using the free version before I paid for the pro version. I would’ve paid 10 times what I did. This app is the most useful app on my phone. I recommend it highly. It does everything that it says it will do. Reliably. ### 5/5 — Excelente *2025-03-26, version 8.0.1* Muy buena me funcionó perfectamente y fácil de usar ### 3/5 — Ehhh not worth the money tbh *2024-11-23, version 8.0.1* So apple can natively edit meta data. This app does not really hold all that much value. Now if it could see the edited or removed meta data from an image or at the very least see that it was edited then that would be a slightly different story. ### 5/5 — Good App *2024-10-26, version 8.0.1* Good for Fact Checking images or videos ### 5/5 — Excellent extractor! *2024-09-14, version 8.0.1* Best one I’ve used ### 2/5 — It's not free *2024-08-26, version 8.0.1* It will charge you £4.99 in case you want to edit metadata fields and remove the advertisements ### 2/5 — Useful at start *2024-05-25, version 8.0.1* Used it successfully for a few months then I couldn’t access the ability to scrub metadata. No on screen instructions as to why. Poor ‘FAQ’ section too ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 吃二茬，吃翔吧，真恶心 *2025-10-29, version 8.0.1* 吃二茬，吃翔吧，真恶心 ### 1/5 — App will let you rate photos but will only save them back to Apple Photos *2025-08-20, version 8.0.1* Bought this app to rate my photos stored on a NAS drive. The photos get rated but will only save to Apple Photos instead of my NAS. When I requested a refund due to not working as expected I was refused saying it didn’t qualify for a refund. Be careful with purchasing this app. Your money won’t be refunded. The app is now useless to me. ### 1/5 — Фото исследование *2025-07-04* Приложение не удаляется! После перезагрузки вновь появляется на айфоне! ### 1/5 — Mahdi *2025-04-04, version 8.0.1* M ### 1/5 — It’s a clone app for you guys *2024-03-23, version 8.0.1* Third apps getting information about your location and your phone number and how much time you’re spending in them to fight a government scam.need a new phone with a different name ### 1/5 — Do not pay *2023-05-07, version 8.0.1* I paid to unlock the app and I’ve been asked to pay again?? ### 1/5 — broken heart *2023-04-27, version 8.0.1* Until a couple of days ago, this app enabled me to get the "IMG_nnnn" name that Apple refuses to provide for iMovie videos saved to our iPad camera rolls...... Then I updated with the last "Photo Investigator" update and I can no longer do that. My heart is broken. It has been the only feature I needed this app for, and it saved the day. Before finding the app, I had despaired of ever being able to determine the iPad "IMG_nnnn". And I used this app all the time. It mattered to me. And now the feature is unavailable from the Apple camera roll. Sad. ### 1/5 — Funktioniert nach update nicht mehr *2023-04-26, version 8.0.1* Nach dem update funktioniert die app leider auf meinem iPhone 6 mit iOS 12.5.7 nicht mehr. Version 8.0 is Not the last compatible version for ios 12.5.7!!!!!!! I Need version 7.0.2 as Last compatible Version please!!!!! ### 1/5 — Useless *2023-03-31, version 8.0.1* I can’t see any location in any pic except for the ones I take. And that feature is already available on iOS ### 1/5 — Danke *2023-03-30, version 8.0.1* Für nichts ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Indispensable - I use this every day! *2026-07-01, version 8.1.1* This utlilty beats any other EXIF app I've tried and I've tried about 20 of the best I could find! (Metapho, View EXIF, PhotoMeta, EXIF Wizard Pro, etc) This is the only one to truly show all the stuff! I absolutely CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT IT. Trust me, THIS IS THE ONE YOU WANT. Also - buy the upgrade. I did just to help encourage this developer to keep this app going for years to come because I can’t imagine not having it. 10Y Update: I’ve had this app over 10 years now! Still use it every day. ### 5/5 — Great app, responsive dev *2026-06-25, version 8.1.1* Previous build's bug fixed, plus at least one of my suggestions implemented--thanks! A useful, fast, sleeper app. 👌 ### 5/5 — Indispensable for Photographers *2026-06-25, version 8.1.1* Photo Investigator has been my go-to when it comes to searching/indexing my photos online. For example, though VSCO embeds information that allows quick searches using Google Photos or Flickr, Snapseed does not. Photo Investigator allows me to create a template that embeds that info, all while preserving location data, etc. It’s been my most commonly used app, tbh. The developer has also been very responsive when I reported any issues. ### 5/5 — Doesn’t work for Photos to be posted to FB. *2026-06-21, version 8.1* Converter photo. Used the web version of FB with Google Chrome as browser but not displayed as 3D photo. ### 5/5 — Old and Useful Friend *2026-05-30, version 8.1* Dunno know how long I’ve used this app for the purpose of adding, editing, and deleting metadata. Map is very usefully to jiggle a marker onto just the right location. Never a fail or mess up experienced on this rock solid app. Do appreciate the idea of simple edits UI and in-depth option. Absolutely worth the shekels the developer requests for this primo editing app. Thanks VanDersons! ### 5/5 — The best for location & date edits ! *2026-03-29, version 8.0.1* Not only is this app easy to use, it can modify EXIF info and metadata that other apps can’t. If you need to correct the location or the time and date of pictures, this app is the best one. I must’ve tried a half-dozen before I landed on this one and I highly recommend it. It’s straightforward and it always works, even on the latest model iPhones. Get it, you won’t regret it. Thank you to the creator of this app from Canada ! ### 5/5 — One of the all-time best apps! *2026-03-21, version 8.0.1* This app is in a league of its own. So many quick and easy uses! ### 5/5 — I like this 👍 *2026-01-17, version 8.0.1* Easy to use, and does what it promises. Kudos to developer(s) ### 5/5 — Really cool *2025-11-15, version 8.0.1* Great for beginners that don’t know what meditate is and is a nice resource, I love it ### 5/5 — Great app! *2025-10-27, version 8.0.1* This app does its job well and the UI is very intuitive and clean. --- *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 2026-08-26.*