Exif Viewer vs EXIF Inspector
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
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 rating: EXIF Inspector at 5.0 against Exif Viewer's 3.0. EXIF Inspector also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 29%). Exif Viewer's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
EXIF Inspector holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Exif Viewer's written reviews are positive against 60% of EXIF Inspector's.
Exif Viewer ships an update every 3 months, EXIF Inspector every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Exif Viewer | EXIF Inspector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harald Meyer | Héliographe, Inc |
Customer experience
Exif Viewer
EXIF Inspector
In-app purchases
Exif Viewer
No in-app purchases
EXIF Inspector
No in-app purchases
