Metadata Stamp vs EXIF Inspector
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metadata Stamp
Easily add a timestamp and camera metadata to your photos. Customize the footer with details like camera model, focal length, and ISO. An in-app purchase removes the app's branding from your final images.
- Add photo timestamp
- Include camera metadata
- Customize footer details
- Remove app branding via IAP
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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Metadata Stamp is an App that can add a timestamp on a photo. The footer contains some metadata items of the photo such as logo of camera maker, camera model, focal length, F number, exposure time, ISO. You need to purchase an in-app purchase product to remove the app name and icon from the result image.
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 in-app purchases: EXIF Inspector at none against Metadata Stamp's 1. EXIF Inspector also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Metadata Stamp's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Metadata Stamp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. EXIF Inspector asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Metadata Stamp against 5.0 for EXIF Inspector. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
Metadata Stamp ships an update every 2 weeks, EXIF Inspector every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metadata Stamp | EXIF Inspector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 山 黄 | Héliographe, Inc |
Customer experience
Metadata Stamp
EXIF Inspector
In-app purchases
Metadata Stamp
- Unlock all features$1.99
EXIF Inspector
No in-app purchases
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