Comparison

PhotoNotes vs ExifStrip

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

Head to head
About

PhotoNotes

Easily view, add, and modify metadata for your photos. Use it to protect your images, create alibis, or remember important details about your pictures.

Highlights
  • View EXIF, TIFF, IPTC, GPS metadata
  • Add new metadata (copyright, keywords, GPS)
  • Modify existing metadata (date, GPS, camera model)
  • Save edited photos to library
  • Create alibis with modified metadata
  • Add GPS for map viewing
Features
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PhotoNotes provides you with a very simple way to see the metadata of your photos easily, add some information into it and/or modify a part of it. Did you ever need an alibi to help you in a critical situation? A solution to protect your digital photos? A proof showing you already traveled to some far away locations? A way to add information to your photos to remember what is immortalized? Then PhotoNotes is made for you! With PhotoNotes, you can see all the metadata associated to the photos of your camera roll, add metadata to the existing ones (such as copyright, description, keywords, comments...), and modify some of them (date, GPS information, model used to capture the photo...), in a very simple and intuitive way. Special features: - see all the metadata associated to the photos of your camera roll at one glance (EXIF, TIFF, IPTC, GPS... metadata): dimensions, resolutions, date, aperture, exposure, shutter speed... - add new metadata: description, comments, keywords, copyright, document name, GPS, date, model used to capture the photo... - modify part of the metadata: date, GPS, model used to capture the photo... together with the metadata you can add. - Save the selected photo with the new metadata to your photo library Create your perfect alibi to show you were there that day by modifying the metadata of one of your photo. Add GPS information to your photos to be able to see them on the map in the Photos app and iPhoto. Fake a trip in an exotic location by changing the GPS metadata of your photo. And more! Check out many other great iPhone apps, and hundred of free and discounted apps, at www.SEB-AppStore.com

About

ExifStrip

Features
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ExifStrip shows what your photos say about you, then takes it out. A photo you are about to send carries a GPS fix, a camera serial number, a timestamp, and whatever name is sitting in the copyright field. ExifStrip groups all of it by what it reveals about you - location, camera and device, date and time, author, description - rather than by which EXIF container it happens to live in. A lens model is trivia. A GPS fix is your address. Nothing counts as removed until the finished file has been read back. ExifStrip reopens what it just wrote, counts what survived, and shows you that number. A strip that quietly did nothing produces a perfectly good photo, which is why the count matters more than the checkmark. WHAT IT DOES - Reads every tag in the file: EXIF, TIFF, IPTC, GPS, and anything else in there - Strips everything, or location only - Photos and video - Batch strip without a limit on how many, one file's bytes at a time - Edit 16 metadata fields: date, location, camera make, model, lens, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focal length, artist, copyright, title, caption, keywords, comment and software - Share Extension strips from the share sheet without opening the app - Names what it kept on purpose - orientation and color space - instead of claiming the file is empty - Says which fields could not be removed, with their values, rather than a bare count PRIVACY No server. No account. No analytics. Reading, stripping and editing all happen on your device, in airplane mode if you like. Nothing reaches the network unless you ask for it. A purchase does. So does turning coordinates into a place name and a map, which is why that is off until you turn it on, per photo or for good: a GPS fix is the last thing in the file that should leave quietly. App Privacy label: No Data Collected. FREE AND PRO Free: 3 strips per day, and unlimited viewing of everything in every file. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription: unlimited strips, batches of any size, metadata editing, and saving stripped copies to your library.

Screenshots

PhotoNotes4 screens
ExifStrip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ExifStrip at Free against PhotoNotes's $0.99. PhotoNotes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

ExifStrip is free to download; PhotoNotes costs $0.99 up front. ExifStrip sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PhotoNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhotoNotes ships an update every 4 months, ExifStrip every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
PhotoNotes versus ExifStrip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotoNotesExifStrip
Price$0.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviews30.4% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastien BUETAnh Phong

In-app purchases

None

PhotoNotes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ExifStrip

One-time1
  • ExifStrip Pro$4.99

Questions

Is PhotoNotes free?
PhotoNotes costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ExifStrip free?
ExifStrip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PhotoNotes or ExifStrip have ads?
Neither PhotoNotes nor ExifStrip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PhotoNotes or ExifStrip?
PhotoNotes ships an update every 4 months, and ExifStrip every 3 months. Most recently, PhotoNotes was updated on October 9, 2026 and ExifStrip on October 1, 2026.

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