Comparison

PhotInfo vs PicDeploy

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

PicDeploy

Features
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PicDeploy captions, tags and exports your photos right on iPhone and iPad — with real IPTC and EXIF fields, no Mac or pro software required. Whether shot with a pro camera or captured quickly on your iPhone: PicDeploy reads the existing metadata of every photo and lets you edit title, caption, photographer, copyright and keywords directly. IPTC & EXIF — READ AND WRITE • View the existing IPTC and EXIF data of every photo • Edit title, caption, photographer, copyright, location and keywords • Per image or as batch metadata across an entire series • Enter copyright and creator once and have them remembered for good • Optionally strip all metadata including GPS • Works with imported pro camera images just as well as photos taken directly on iPhone RESIZE & WATERMARK • Resize by max edge, percentage or maximum file size • Text or image watermarks with freely adjustable position, opacity and size • Adjustable JPEG quality FLEXIBLE EXPORT • Save to your device, iCloud Drive or a custom folder • Your originals stay untouched – every export is a new file • Fully configurable filename template with tokens for date, series, number and more ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION PicDeploy uses a one-time purchase price instead of a subscription. FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ON THE GO Built for sports photography, events, reportage, and every moment a photo needs to go out fast with correct IPTC data to clients or the newsroom — no computer nearby required. YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE PicDeploy works entirely locally on your device. No account, no backend, no tracking — your photos and metadata only leave your device when you export them yourself.

Screenshots

PhotInfo4 screens
PicDeploy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PhotInfo at $2.99 against PicDeploy's $3.99. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PhotInfo costs $2.99 and PicDeploy $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhotInfo ships an update fortnightly, PicDeploy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PhotInfo versus PicDeploy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotInfoPicDeploy
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.7 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnrico BonaldoArdan Fuessmann

In-app purchases

None

PhotInfo

No in-app purchases

None

PicDeploy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PhotInfo free?
PhotInfo costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PicDeploy free?
PicDeploy costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PhotInfo or PicDeploy have ads?
Neither PhotInfo nor PicDeploy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PhotInfo or PicDeploy?
PhotInfo ships an update fortnightly, and PicDeploy every 3 weeks. Most recently, PhotInfo was updated on October 15, 2026 and PicDeploy on September 24, 2026.

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