ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer vs ViewExif
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer
Easily open, view, and extract images from popular brush, tool preset, and pattern file formats. Load files from cloud storage or directly from other apps. Export your extracted images to various destinations.
- View ABR, TPL, and PAT files
- Extract images from files
- Load files from cloud storage
- Export images to Photos, Mail, Files
- Drag and Drop support on iPad
- AirDrop support
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Here is a small but polished tool that allows you to open, view and extract images from abr (brushes), tpl (tool presets) and pat (patterns) files. Abr/tpl/pat are the most popular formats to share brushes and patterns, you can find thousands of them in Internet. Features: - support of all available versions of ABR, TPL an PAT files - displaying full Brush list or Stamp / Pattern items only - loading files from any location - both from Cloud Drive and any other cloud service - export selected images to Photos, Mail, Notes, Files etc - support of Drag and Drop on iPad - support of AirDrop - opening files copied to app folder using File Sharing on computer - opening files directly from Safari, Mail or any other app that include 'Open In' option
ViewExif
This application allows users to view, edit, and remove metadata from their photos. It supports various image and RAW formats, displays EXIF and IPTC tags, and can show geo-location on a map. Users can also protect their privacy by removing personal information before sharing images.
- View EXIF and IPTC tags
- Edit metadata
- Remove metadata
- Display geo location on map
- Support for multiple image and RAW formats
- App extension for easy access
- Share photos without metadata
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ViewExif is a powerful metadata tool for your photos. With the help of ViewExif, you can not only view metadata of photos, but also edit and remove metadata in photo. Besides, it has an app extension, so you can view metadata right in Photos app. Being able to read exif tags can be of great importance not only for beginners, but also for other photographers who want to find out what settings and tools were used to create a particular photograph. For those people who want to protect privacy, this app is useful for you as well. When you send photos via email or share on social network, your personal information (geo location, taken date etc) is shared as well. If you upset to share those information, ViewExif is able to remove it before sharing. Features: * Display EXIF tags: Dimensions, Taken Date, ISO Speed, F Number, Exposure Time, Focal Length and more. * Display IPTC tags: Star Ratings, Keywords, Description etc. * Display geo location on map. * Add star ratings, keywords and description on photo * Remove metadata from photo * Supported image formats (JPG, PNG, TIFF, HEIC) and RAW formats (CR2, NEF, DNG). * Share photo w/o metadata on Twitter, Facebook, email. * App extension for Photos app and 3rd-party apps such as Dropbox, FileExplorer etc. * Dark Mode ===== CONTACT US ===== Email: support@skyjos.com Twitter: @SkyjosApps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ViewExif at 4.3 against ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer's 3.7. ViewExif also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 37%) and ratings volume (283 vs 53). ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer costs $1.99 and ViewExif $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ViewExif holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ViewExif has 283 ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer's written reviews are positive against 73% of ViewExif's.
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer ships an update every 22 months, ViewExif every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer | ViewExif |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (53 ratings) | 4.3 (283 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.1% of reviews | 73.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 | 283 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #189 | #60 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lucky Clan | Skyjos Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer
ViewExif
Bugs and requests
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ViewExif
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incorrect location mapping
- Crashes when trying to open certain photos
- Failure to remove all metadata
Requested features
4 requests- Batch processing of photos
- Ability to edit EXIF data
- Support for more metadata fields
- Integration with more apps beyond Photos
In-app purchases
ABR/TPL/PAT Viewer
No in-app purchases
ViewExif
No in-app purchases
