EXIF Tool vs EXIF Inspector
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EXIF Tool
Access and edit EXIF and metadata for photos and videos. Remove sensitive information like GPS data to protect your privacy. Supports a wide range of image and video formats.
- View and modify EXIF and metadata
- Supports Photos app and third-party apps
- Powerful photo browser
- Strip EXIF and GPS data
- Supports HEIC, JPG, PNG, GIF, Live Photo, and video
- Edit individual metadata items
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[EXIF Tool] is the most powerful EXIF and meta data tool for your photos and videos. You can view and modify EXIF and meta data directly not only from Photos app but also from any 3rd party app. For those who want more efficient browsing, it also supports powerful photo browser. It supports all the image formats including heic, jpg, png and gif. It also supports video. For those who're worried about the privacy, [Exif Browser] enables you to strip EXIF and meta data from your photo. You can choose whether to remove all meta data or just GPS/Location data. You can also edit each of the meta data items if you want. • Supports photos extension - View exif data from Photos app and 3rd party apps. • Also supports powerful photo browsing and viewing. • Display basic info: file name, file size, dimension, orientation, duration, ... • Display detailed EXIF info: date time, aperture, brightness, fNumber, shutter speed, focal lenght, ISO speed, exposure, flash, lens, camera, software, ... • Display GPS / location info: altitude, latitue, longitude, human-readable address, map, ... • Display GIF info: delay time, loop count, ... • Supports all formats including heic, jpg, png, gif, live photo and video. • Edit each of meta data items. • Share photo with all meta data removed. • Share photo with GPS / location removed. • Show raw data.
EXIF Inspector
This tool allows photographers to quickly access and view detailed metadata embedded within their image files. It offers an elegant interface for seeing all prominent information at a glance, supporting various image formats and desktop-class features on Apple devices.
- Quick view of prominent EXIF info
- Information-dense interface
- Desktop-class features on iPad/Mac
- Share Extension for Photos App
- Privacy-focused, no tracking
- Supports JPEG, HEIC, PNG, TIFF, RAW
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A no-nonsense EXIF viewing tool for photographers in the field. - A handy quick view that shows you all the most prominent info at a glance; no scrolling through inscrutable tags to find the info you need - Elegant and Information dense interface that lets you see every detail in you photo's metadata - Supports desktop class features on iPad + Mac: multiple windows, open through drag & drop, keyboard shortcuts, etc. - Features a Share Extension to quickly view full EXIF from the Photos App - Respects your privacy: no 3rd party libraries or tracking. Uses the latest iOS APIs so you don't have to give access to your whole photo library. - Extremely small app size: while many EXIF viewers on the App Store are in the tens of megabytes or more, this one is only a few hundred kilobytes. - Support for JPEG, HEIC, PNG, TIFF, and many RAW formats
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: EXIF Inspector at Free against EXIF Tool's $2.99. EXIF Inspector also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (60% vs 25%). EXIF Tool's advantage is chart position (#198 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
EXIF Inspector is free to download; EXIF Tool costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
EXIF Inspector holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of EXIF Tool's written reviews are positive against 60% of EXIF Inspector's.
EXIF Tool ships an update every 3 months, EXIF Inspector every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EXIF Tool | EXIF Inspector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #198 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dongwook Cho | Héliographe, Inc |
Customer experience
EXIF Tool
EXIF Inspector
In-app purchases
EXIF Tool
No in-app purchases
EXIF Inspector
No in-app purchases
