Comparison

PhotInfo vs Silhouette Magic

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Silhouette Magic

Easily create stunning silhouette effects with an intelligent object masking tool. Apply various decorations like colors, images, and borders to your silhouettes, and compose them with background images for unique artwork. Save your creations as transparent stickers.

Highlights
  • Intelligent one-step object masking
  • Apply fill, gradient, and image colors to silhouettes
  • Add borders and vignette effects
  • Save silhouettes as transparent stickers
  • Compose with background images
  • Use preset or custom images for silhouettes and backgrounds
Features
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Create amazingly beatiful silhouette effect with powerful object masking tool and tons of silhouette decoration options. • Super intelligent one step object masking. • Create silhouette within just a few seconds. No complex editing needed. • Apply fill color to silhouette. • Apply gradient colors to silhouette. • Apply image to silhouette. • Supports beautiful silhouette image presets. You can also use your own photos. • Apply darkness and vignette effect to silhouette. • Apply border to silhouette. • Save silhouette image as sticker image with transparent background. • Compose silhouette with background image to create stunning artwork. • Supports beautiful background image presets. You can also use your own photos as background.

Screenshots

PhotInfo4 screens
Silhouette Magic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PhotInfo at 83% against Silhouette Magic's 25%. PhotInfo also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Silhouette Magic's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PhotInfo costs $2.99 and Silhouette Magic $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PhotInfo holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of PhotInfo's written reviews are positive against 25% of Silhouette Magic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhotInfo ships an update fortnightly, Silhouette Magic monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PhotInfo versus Silhouette Magic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotInfoSilhouette Magic
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating4.7 (18 ratings) — better3.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews82.6% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnrico BonaldoDongwook Cho

Customer experience

PhotInfo

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive82.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative16.3%

Silhouette Magic

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

PhotInfo

No in-app purchases

None

Silhouette Magic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PhotInfo free?
PhotInfo costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Silhouette Magic free?
Silhouette Magic costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PhotInfo or Silhouette Magic?
PhotInfo is rated higher. PhotInfo averages 4.7 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Silhouette Magic averages 3.4 from 5 ratings.
Do PhotInfo or Silhouette Magic have ads?
Neither PhotInfo nor Silhouette Magic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PhotInfo or Silhouette Magic?
PhotInfo ships an update fortnightly, and Silhouette Magic monthly. Most recently, PhotInfo was updated on November 10, 2026 and Silhouette Magic on November 3, 2026.

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