PhotInfo vs DigViewer remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhotInfo
Explore, edit, and manage the hidden metadata within your photos, including location, camera settings, and date. This app provides detailed access to EXIF, TIFF, and IPTC tags, allowing for privacy adjustments, information correction, or simply understanding how your images were captured.
- Detailed metadata access (Exif, Tiff, IPTC)
- Human-readable and raw formats
- Edit or remove metadata
- Batch photo editing
- View photo location on map
- Share metadata
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PhotInfo is an app to view, edit, and manage photo metadata - such as location, camera info, date, time, and more - right from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. # Why PhotInfo Every digital photo contains more than just pixels - it holds hidden metadata like shutter speed, camera model, ISO, focal length, and even GPS location. PhotInfo gives you full access to this information, letting you explore, understand, and take control of what your photos say about you. Whether you want to edit or remove metadata for privacy, correct missing or inaccurate info, or simply learn more about how your photos were taken, PhotInfo makes it easy. It's a powerful tool for photographers, teachers, and anyone who wants to get more from their images - or just keep their photo library tidy. Real users include photography instructors and enthusiasts who use PhotInfo to improve their technique or teach others. # What makes this app unique • Detailed metadata access (Exif, Tiff, IPTC...) • Human-readable + raw formats • Smart photo navigation and album browsing • The IPTC metadata editor with a template • Actively maintained since 2013 • Lightweight: less than 4MB # Features With PhotInfo you can: • View all the tags (Exif, Tiff, IPTC, etc.) from a picture: in raw or in human readable format • Display an image with the main tags and the map of the location in a single view • Share an image with or without tags • Copy the key data or the content of individual tags • Share all the tags in raw or in human readable format or as a JSON • Edit or create a copy of the image with modified tags • Modify IPTC tags using values saved in a template • Create a copy of the image with the minimum content of info in the tags (related to image data structure, such as the image size, resolution and • orientation) • Duplicate a photo with a custom name • Edit a batch of photos • See where the photo was taken, in different ways (map, address, coordinate) • Favorite or delete a photo • Quickly scroll through the albums of your iOS device • Look at different pictures in burst photos (iOS only) • See and share associated files: such as original image for edited photos or video for live ones • See advanced image payloads, such as Semantic Segmentation Mattes and HDR Gain Map data • No data is shared; only photo coordinates are sent to Apple's servers to retrieve a human-readable address - and nothing else leaves your device • View the tags directly from other apps with the PhotInfo's Extension PhotInfo app is in constant development, so new features will be added soon. Download now and stay tuned!
DigViewer remote
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With DigViewer Remote, you can explore the location where the photos were taken from various perspectives. Furthermore, you can view EXIF data and check shooting conditions such as aperture and shutter speed. By emulating the settings of well-captured photos, you can take plenty of beautiful pictures. DigViewer remote can also be used as a companion app for Mac's DigViewer, allowing seamless integration between the two. By connecting to DigViewer running on Mac, you can display the shooting location and shooting conditions on your iPhone or iPad, synchronized with the photo display on your Mac. Additionally, you can download lens profiles created on Mac to show precise lens information and accurate field of view. Please download DigViewer for Mac from the following link. https://opiopan.github.io/DigViewer/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DigViewer remote at Free against PhotInfo's $2.99. DigViewer remote also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On update cadence, 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
DigViewer remote is free to download; PhotInfo costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PhotInfo ships an update fortnightly, DigViewer remote every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhotInfo | DigViewer remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (18 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 82.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Enrico Bonaldo | HIROSHI MURAYAMA |
In-app purchases
PhotInfo
No in-app purchases
DigViewer remote
No in-app purchases
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