Comparison

Creative Preview vs MetaFixer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Creative Preview

Test mobile ads directly on your smartphone or tablet before they go live. Scan QR codes or enter creative URLs to preview display and video ads. Review reporting metrics within the app's console.

Highlights
  • Preview display and video creatives
  • Test ads on smartphone or tablet
  • Scan QR codes for preview
  • Manually add creative URLs
  • Review reporting metrics
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Make sure you know how consumers will experience your ad when it goes live. Creative Preview helps you test mobile ads directly on a smartphone or tablet. Scan a QR code from a Google Marketing Platform product to preview an ad on your device, or manually add a creative URL. Test on your device using the supported mobile ad SDKs or in any mobile browser, and review reporting metrics in the app's console. Use Creative Preview to: * Preview and test display and video creatives directly on your mobile device. Supported mobile ad SDKs: * Google Mobile Ads * Interactive Media Ads (IMA) Permissions Notice: * Camera: Needed to scan QR codes. * Microphone: Needed to preview creatives using mobile ads SDKs that support audio recording. * Storage: Needed to attach photos, videos, and local files for submitting app feedback. It's also needed to save your preview list and app settings.

About

MetaFixer

This app helps you organize your Google Photos Takeout files by fixing missing metadata for dates and locations. It also recombines live photos and their associated videos, ensuring your media is saved correctly and chronologically to your device.

Highlights
  • Fixes missing photo/video metadata
  • Recombines live photos
  • Organizes by date
  • Saves to device library
  • Unzips takeout files
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MetaFixer fixes your Google Photos Takeout zip file's missing photos and videos metadata and streamlines the process of saving them back to your device’s photo library. The recommended method for exporting your Google Photos with all its metadata is via takeout. However, because Google Photos does not modify the EXIF metadata of any photos and videos for which you may have provided custom dates and locations in Google Photos, your photos and videos may appear with incorrect dates or locations once saved to your device. In addition, because the associated video of any live photos are saved as separate video files within the takeout file, your live photos become two separate files — a regular photo and a separate short video. Here is how MetaFixer fixes both these issues and streamlines the entire process: 1- It unzips the takeout file and reads any metadata included in the associated json files for each photo and video. 2- It checks if any photos also include an associated short video. These photos are recombined with their videos and saved as back live photos. 3- It saves the regular photos, live photos, and videos to your device, setting their updated dates and locations. It will save them in order by date, so that in addition to appearing in order in the Library section, they also appear in order within the Recents album. Free Plan The free plan is limited to saving up to 100 photos and videos from takeout files, suitable for testing the app and to save photos and videos from takeout files with less than 100 photos and videos. Premium Plan The premium plan saves an unlimited number of photos and videos from takeout files of any size. Subscription Pricing and Terms - Annual or monthly subscription billing will start immediately after your subscribe and will auto-renew each year or month. - Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled at least one day before the renewal date within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. You can manage and cancel your subscription by going to your account settings in the App Store. - Subscriptions are nonrefundable, so please choose this option carefully. - Please refer to the In-App Purchases section for pricing. Terms and Use — https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy — https://sync.photosplus.app/privacy.php

Screenshots

Creative Preview4 screens
MetaFixer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Creative Preview at 4.3 against MetaFixer's 1.0. Creative Preview also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). MetaFixer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MetaFixer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Creative Preview asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Creative Preview holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Creative Preview has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Creative Preview's written reviews are positive against 0% of MetaFixer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Creative Preview ships an update every 4 months, MetaFixer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Creative Preview versus MetaFixer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreative PreviewMetaFixer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (24 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGooglePixegram, LLC

Customer experience

Creative Preview

All ratings24 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

MetaFixer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Creative Preview

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MetaFixer

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium - Yearly$2.991 Year

Questions

Is Creative Preview free?
Creative Preview is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MetaFixer free?
MetaFixer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Creative Preview or MetaFixer?
Creative Preview is rated higher. Creative Preview averages 4.3 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while MetaFixer averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Creative Preview or MetaFixer have ads?
Creative Preview shows ads; MetaFixer does not.
Which is updated more often, Creative Preview or MetaFixer?
Creative Preview ships an update every 4 months, and MetaFixer every 6 weeks. Most recently, Creative Preview was updated on September 26, 2026 and MetaFixer on October 2, 2026.

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