CleanShots vs ExifArmor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CleanShots
Remove hidden location data and device details from photos and videos. Protect your privacy by stripping EXIF metadata before sharing. Add customizable watermarks to your content for added protection.
- Remove EXIF metadata from photos and videos
- Preserves original image quality
- Customizable watermarking
- Batch processing
- On-device processing for privacy
- Supports video files
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Strip Hidden Location Data from Photos & Videos in Seconds Every image contains invisible EXIF metadata revealing your exact GPS location, device details, and timestamps. CleanShots removes it all while preserving original quality—no compression, no re-encoding. Why Your Photos Need Privacy Protection Modern smartphones embed 30+ metadata fields in every photo. This includes your precise GPS coordinates, phone model, unique device identifiers, camera settings, editing software used, and exact date/time. When you share images online, you're unknowingly broadcasting this personal information to anyone who downloads them. Professional Watermarking Tools Protect your original content with customizable watermarks. Add usernames, dates, copyright notices, or custom text to photos and videos. Position watermarks anywhere, adjust opacity, choose fonts—all without needing expensive editing software. Perfect for photographers, artists, and content creators protecting their work. Video Privacy Protection Unlike most metadata cleaners that only handle images, CleanShots fully supports video files. Remove location data from video. Add watermarks to video content for platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Real-World Privacy Scenarios Home Security - Selling items online? Photos taken at home contain GPS data pointing directly to your address. CleanShots removes this before you post to Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, or eBay. Travel Safety - Vacation photos reveal when you're away from home. Strip timestamps and locations before posting to prevent burglars from knowing your house is empty. Professional Verification - Reddit communities require verification photos but you don't want to expose personal data. Remove metadata while adding username watermarks for perfect verification posts. Dating Safety - Dating profile photos shouldn't reveal where you live or work. Clean images before uploading to Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, or other dating platforms. Anonymous Posting - Contributing to forums, whistleblowing, or sharing sensitive content requires true anonymity. Remove all identifying metadata before posting. Content Protection - Artists and photographers need to watermark work before sharing online. Add copyright notices while simultaneously removing camera serial numbers that could identify you. Workplace Privacy - Sharing work-related images shouldn't expose company equipment details or location data. Clean photos before adding to presentations or reports. Batch Processing Power Privacy by Design Everything happens on-device. No servers, no cloud processing, no account creation. Your photos never leave your phone. We can't see, access, or store your images because they never touch our systems. No analytics, no tracking, no data collection whatsoever. Common Questions Answered Does cleaning photos reduce quality? No. CleanShots creates pixel-perfect copies without metadata. Zero quality loss guaranteed. Can removed metadata be recovered? No. Once stripped, metadata is permanently deleted from the cleaned version. Does this work with screenshots? Yes. Screenshots contain device information and timestamps that CleanShots removes. Are original photos affected? No. CleanShots saves cleaned copies, preserving your originals unless you specifically choose to overwrite. Who Uses CleanShots Journalists protecting sources, photographers managing portfolios, real estate agents listing properties, online sellers, Reddit users, dating app users, content creators, privacy advocates, and anyone who believes their location data shouldn't be public information. Stop broadcasting your location. Start sharing safely.
ExifArmor
This app reveals and removes sensitive metadata from your photos and videos before you share them. It helps protect your privacy by stripping location data, device information, and other details that could identify you or your whereabouts.
- Scan photos and videos for hidden metadata
- View metadata including GPS coordinates on a map
- Assign privacy risk scores to metadata fields
- Strip metadata with three distinct modes
- Preserve original files while saving clean copies
- Batch processing for multiple files
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You took a photo at home. The GPS coordinates of your kitchen are inside the file. So is the make and model of your phone, the second you took it, your camera's serial number, and the version of iOS you were running. You post that photo for sale, send it to a group chat, share it to a marketplace listing — and every byte of that hidden data goes with it. Anyone who downloads the image can extract your home address and identify your device. ExifArmor shows you exactly what's hiding in your photos and videos, then strips it before you share. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick photos or videos from your library. 2. ExifArmor scans them and shows you every exposed field — GPS coordinates pinned on a map, device make and model, exact date and time, camera settings, software version. Each item gets a privacy risk score. 3. Tap to strip. ExifArmor saves a clean copy and leaves the original untouched. THREE STRIP MODES - Full Strip — removes all metadata except orientation. Safest for sharing. - Location Only — removes GPS coordinates and altitude, keeps everything else. - Privacy Focused — removes location, date/time, and device, keeps camera settings (good for photographers showing off a shot without leaking where). FREE - 5 strips per day - Photo and video scanning - Privacy risk scoring - All three strip modes EXIFARMOR PRO ($0.99, one-time) - Unlimited strips - Batch process up to 50 items at once - Share Extension — strip a photo from inside any app, then forward the clean copy. One tap, no app switching. - Custom strip templates - Privacy Report — track photos protected, fields removed, locations hidden over time NO SERVERS, NO CLOUD, NO ACCOUNT Everything runs on your device. No photos leave your phone. No login. No analytics. No ads. Works offline. One-time purchase. No subscription. Built by Katafract LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CleanShots at none against ExifArmor's 1. CleanShots also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). 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. ExifArmor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CleanShots asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CleanShots against 5.0 for ExifArmor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
CleanShots ships an update weekly, ExifArmor every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CleanShots | ExifArmor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elijah Arbee | Katafract LLC |
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CleanShots
ExifArmor
In-app purchases
CleanShots
No in-app purchases
ExifArmor
- ExifArmor Pro$0.99
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