Link Harvester vs Metainfo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Link Harvester
Capture web links, email addresses, and phone numbers from your camera. Automatically detect and save them for easy access and sharing across your devices.
- Scan links from camera
- Detect email addresses
- Capture phone numbers
- Automatic saving
- Cross-device sharing
- Easy access
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Scan. Save. Share. Quickly scan web links, e-mail addresses and phone numbers from screens or printed materials using your device's camera. The links are automatically detected and saved in the app, allowing easy access and sharing across devices.
Metainfo
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Metainfo is a metadata viewer and it helps you to extract EXIF information from photo files, such as GPS location, camera settings, copyright settings, time and date and so on. Additionally it can open media files to view album cover, ID3 tags if any and shortly about used bitrate and codecs. Features: - Support a wide range of media formats, including but not limited to ARW, JP2, PSD, CRW, CR2, CR3, DNG, SR2, RW2, NEF, JPG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, BMP, HEIC, AVI, MP3, OGG, OPUS, M4A, PUBLIC3GPP, ASF, F4V, M2TS, M2V, M4V, MOV, MP4, MPG, MXF, OGV, RM, TS, VOB, WEBM, WMV, WTV, MKV, FLAC, AAC, AC3, AIFF, AU, CAF, APE, DTS, M4R, MP2, OGA, RA, TTA, VOC, WMA, WV, WAV - Ability to export metadata and artwork - Support dark mode Limitations - Metainfo can operate with files opened via Files app. It can't open Galleries and Photoalbums. - Metainfo is a viewer only, you are not able to edit or remove any metadata.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Link Harvester at Free against Metainfo's $6.99. Metainfo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 18 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Link Harvester is free to download; Metainfo costs $6.99 up front. Link Harvester sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Metainfo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Link Harvester ships an update every 18 months, Metainfo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Link Harvester | Metainfo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rob Hailey | Viktor Goltvyanytsya |
In-app purchases
Link Harvester
- Full functionality$0.99
Metainfo
No in-app purchases
