Comparison

Simple Exif Viewer vs Samatic

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

Head to head
About

Simple Exif Viewer

Explore hidden details within your photos. This utility allows you to view Exif data, including GPS location and camera settings like shutter count. Discover the story behind your images.

Highlights
  • Read Exif data from photos
  • View GPS location data
  • Check camera shutter count
  • Open images from gallery
  • Explore image file information
Features
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A simple app to read the Exif data from your photos This utility lets you open a image from your gallery to view its Exif data. There's lots of interesting information held in image files for you to explore. Some images have GPS data so you can see exactly where it was taken. Nikon also records the camera's shutter count in the Exif data.

About

Samatic

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A slide projector, for the photographs already on your phone. Samatic is two halves of one machine. Your iPhone is the clicker — the corded remote, with the switch, the counter, the focus and the tray of slides. Your Apple TV is the projector and the screen. Load an album. Slide the switch across to LAMP. Press FOR, and the first picture comes up on the television. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open Samatic on the Apple TV and leave it showing. 2. The phone finds the television by itself. The cord at the bottom of the clicker shows when the two are joined. 3. Tap the label slot near the top of the machine and choose an album. That album is your tray of slides. 4. Push the switch across to LAMP — push it with your thumb, it doesn't answer a tap. 5. FOR for the next picture. REV to go back one. 6. Hold FOCUS to send the picture soft, and the other end to bring it sharp, the way a real lens does. 7. Press AUTO and the pictures change by themselves. The timer decides how long each one stays up. 8. Switch back to OFF when the show is over. THE MACHINE The lamp takes a moment to come up to temperature. The fan runs while it's warm. The tray clunks as it turns. You can switch the sound and the vibration off if you'd rather it ran quietly. There's a service record inside the leaflet, counting the shows you've given, the slides you've projected and the hours on the lamp. Nothing here can be broken and no photograph can be lost, so press whatever you like and see what it does. YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS STAY YOURS There is no account. There is no sign-in. There is no Samatic server, because there is no Samatic company — just one person who wanted this to exist. Your photographs go from your phone to your own television, directly, over your own Wi-Fi. They are never uploaded anywhere. Nothing is collected, nothing is tracked, nothing is sold, and there is no analytics, no advertising and no crash reporting of any kind. FREE, AND ALL OF IT No subscription. No in-app purchases. WHAT YOU NEED An iPhone and an Apple TV on the same Wi-Fi network. Samatic is an original design, made in homage to the rotary-tray slide projectors of the 1960s and 70s. It is not made by, endorsed by, or associated with Eastman Kodak Company, and no manufacturer's trademark or letterform is reproduced.

Screenshots

Simple Exif Viewer4 screens
Samatic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Samatic at every 3 days against Simple Exif Viewer's every 4 months. Simple Exif Viewer's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Exif Viewer ships an update every 4 months, Samatic every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Simple Exif Viewer versus Samatic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Exif ViewerSamatic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple TV
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersang reul juenMAXWELL PHOENIX COMMER

In-app purchases

None

Simple Exif Viewer

No in-app purchases

None

Samatic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Exif Viewer free?
Simple Exif Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Samatic free?
Samatic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Exif Viewer or Samatic have ads?
Neither Simple Exif Viewer nor Samatic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Exif Viewer or Samatic?
Simple Exif Viewer ships an update every 4 months, and Samatic every 3 days. Most recently, Simple Exif Viewer was updated on October 10, 2026 and Samatic on October 3, 2026.

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