Photo Gopher vs Invenio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photo Gopher
This app extracts and displays detailed metadata from your photos and videos. It can locate media items using GPS data and provide directions to their original capture location. Explore general, image, movie, and Apple-specific metadata.
- Extracts media metadata
- Displays GPS location data
- Provides turn-by-turn directions to media location
- Supports Photos Library and Files App
- Lists general, image, and movie metadata
- Includes Apple-specific metadata
- Favorites management
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Photo Gopher allows you to pick a movie or image from your Photos Library or Files App, and then goes digging for that item's metadata, which it then displays. We use the terms media item to refer to any movie, video, image or photo, and metadata as the descriptive and identifying information bundled within that item. Photo Gopher goes to great lengths to find a media item's location (GPS) metadata, which it uses for the singular purpose of providing turn by turn directions from you to that favorite item. Assuming the media contains GPS information, simply choose the Show Route action to begin your journey. (You must have Location Services enabled in Settings / Privacy & Security / Location Services / Photo Gopher.) Media Metadata: A non-exhaustive list of the metadata that Photo Gopher can show follows. - General information such as name, size, creation date, resolution, etcetera. - Movie specific information such as audio and video track details, data rate, cover art, etcetera. - Image specific information such as orientation, aperture, exposure, etcetera. - Places, GPS coordinates, an annotated map, and if location services are enabled, turn-by-turn walking or driving directions back to that favorite location. - Apple specific metadata: - EXIFAux, EXIF Auxiliary Faces data, the bounding box of detected face regions. - MakerApple, Apple MakerNote data. - MakerNote information from other manufactuers. - EXIF, Exchangeable Image File Format data. - TIFF, Tagged Image File Format data. - PNG, Portable Network Graphics data. - JFIF, JPEG File Interchange Format data. - IPTC, International Press Telecommunications Council data. - DNG, Digital Negative data. - ... and more. Usage: The Photo Gopher window consists of four tabs: - Media presents the Photos Library picker for choosing items (if the picker isn't visible simply click the Media tab to re-open it). External items can be chosen using Files to Share / Photo Gopher. Once a media item is chosen a Gopher view appears showing a media thumbnail (typically clickable), detailed metadata, and a map centered on the coordinates of the media item, assuming the item has a geotag with GPS coordinates. The latitude, longitude and altitude are automatically copied to the pasteboard, which you can paste directly into Maps' search field. You may also manually copy any other asset metadata ferreted-out by the Gopher: long-press for iOS, control-click for macOS. - Favorites itemizes media items that you previousaly marked as a favorite. Selecting a favorite opens a new Gopher view. Swipe left on a favorite to remove it from the list. - Settings contains App settings. - Help shows this information. Gopher Actions: After selecting a media item a Gopher view appears - touch the Action button (or on macOS use the File menu) and the Gopher shows the allowable actions, from the following list: - Make Favorite adds the media item to the Favorites tab. The maximum number of favorites is selectable in Settings. - Show Route invokes Maps to display travel directions, using the media item's location as the destination and your current location as the starting point. You may select the route type and map type in Settings. - Mail invokes Mail with the media item's metadata in two attachments: a textual representation of the data structure used by the Gopher, and a PDF of that structure tailored for human consumption. - Print prints the media item's metadata in human readable form, formatted for 8.5" x 11" paper in portrait orientation.
Invenio
Instantly find any YouTube video using spoken words from a clip. This AI-powered search engine scans over 1 billion video transcripts to locate content based on phrases you remember. Perfect for rediscovering lost clips or specific channel videos.
- Transcript-based video search
- AI-powered search algorithm
- Search over 1 billion YouTube videos
- Filter by specific YouTube channels
- Exact phrase searching with quotes
- Locate videos from spoken words
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Invenio is a revolutionary video search engine that harnesses the power of transcripts to help you find any YouTube video instantly, even if you only know a few spoken words from a clip. Have you ever seen a short video clip on TikTok, Instagram, or Snapchat and wanted to watch the full video, but had no clue what it was called or who posted it? With Invenio, all you need to do is type in a few words from the clip, and our AI powered app will search through over 1 Billion YouTube videos to locate the original video within seconds. Invenio's innovative search algorithm doesn't just look for video titles or descriptions – it scans the actual spoken content of each video. Simply enter a phrase or sentence you remember from the clip, and Invenio will return a list of matching videos, ranked by relevance. For even more precise results, use quotation marks to search for an exact phrase. Invenio's advanced search capabilities make it easy to find that elusive video, even if you only caught a fleeting glimpse. But Invenio isn't just for finding random clips – it's also an invaluable tool for exploring specific YouTube channels. If you're trying to locate a particular video from a channel with hundreds of uploads, simply filter your search by that channel, and Invenio will comb through the transcripts to surface the videos containing your search terms. Whether you're a student looking for a lecture you missed, a researcher digging for a specific interview, or simply someone who wants to rediscover a hilarious viral moment, Invenio is the ultimate video search companion. Its lightning-fast, transcript-based search puts the power of over 1 Billion YouTube videos at your fingertips. Download Invenio today and never lose track of a video again! ••• Terms Of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Photo Gopher at free against Invenio's free with in-app purchases. Photo Gopher also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17). Invenio's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Photo Gopher sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Invenio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Photo Gopher against 5.0 for Invenio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Photo Gopher ships an update every 4 months, Invenio every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photo Gopher | Invenio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steve Lidie | Something Dope Co, LLC |
Customer experience
Photo Gopher
Invenio
In-app purchases
Photo Gopher
- Photo Gopher SharingFree
Invenio
- All Access Monthly$4.991 Month
- All Access Yearly$44.991 Year









