Exif Viewer vs Simple Exif Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exif Viewer
This application displays detailed EXIF data embedded in your photos. It reveals information like capture location, device details, and editing tool history. Location services are required for map visualization of photo locations.
- View EXIF tags
- Show capture location
- Display device information
- Reveal editing tool history
- Map visualization of locations
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Use Exif Viewer to show your photo's EXIF data. EXIF tags provide useful information such as your position, captured device information, or information about tools which were used to enhance the picture. *** Important *** Please grant EXIF viewer location service (which is asked when opening an image the first time). Location service is required to load EXIF location data and for map visualization. If you need to modify (add, edit, remove) EXIF metadata (including position) then please check out Exif Editor: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/exif-editor-and-viewer/id560004690?ls=1&mt=8 I you have questions, ideas, etc. please drop us a line on http://www.tequnique.com/contact
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.
- Read Exif data from photos
- View GPS location data
- Check camera shutter count
- Open images from gallery
- Explore image file information
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple Exif Viewer at 4.5 against Exif Viewer's 3.0. Simple Exif Viewer also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 29%). Exif Viewer's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 14.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simple Exif Viewer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Exif Viewer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Simple Exif Viewer's.
Exif Viewer ships an update every 3 months, Simple Exif Viewer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exif Viewer | Simple Exif Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (8 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harald Meyer | sang reul juen |
Customer experience
Exif Viewer
Simple Exif Viewer
In-app purchases
Exif Viewer
No in-app purchases
Simple Exif Viewer
No in-app purchases
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