Meta Scope Pro vs ExifStrip

Meta Scope Pro reveals full EXIF, TIFF, IPTC, GPS, JFIF, PNG, RAW, and Maker notes for photos from Photos or Files. Pick many at once, review clean summaries, and export all details as readable JSON for backup, audits, or workflows. 100% on-device. * Multiple selection from Photos and Files * Full metadata: EXIF, TIFF, IPTC, GPS, PNG, JFIF, RAW, Maker Apple * Per-item sheet + combined export to pretty-printed JSON * GPS map link and optional GPS redaction on export * Fast search by filename, type, or hash * Duplicate detection via SHA-256 hash * High-quality thumbnails in a compact grid * Unique filenames for Photos imports based on content hash * iPad single-column layout; iPhone optimized UI * No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Works offline. Why download * You need complete metadata, not the small subset shown by Photos. * You want batch inspection and one-file export for many images. * You care about privacy: redact GPS before sharing. * You organize large libraries and need duplicate detection with hashes. * You work with varied formats (HEIC, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, RAW). What’s unique vs. Photos “swipe-up” panel * Photos shows a minimal subset; MetaScope shows every ImageIO bucket (EXIF, IPTC, TIFF, GPS, JFIF, PNG, RAW, Maker Apple). * Photos is one photo at a time; MetaScope supports multi-select, gallery view, and bulk JSON export. * Photos has no SHA-256, no duplicate detection, no raw key/value browser, and no export of the metadata itself. * Photos cannot redact GPS on export; MetaScope can.

ExifStrip shows what your photos say about you, then takes it out. A photo you are about to send carries a GPS fix, a camera serial number, a timestamp, and whatever name is sitting in the copyright field. ExifStrip groups all of it by what it reveals about you - location, camera and device, date and time, author, description - rather than by which EXIF container it happens to live in. A lens model is trivia. A GPS fix is your address. Nothing counts as removed until the finished file has been read back. ExifStrip reopens what it just wrote, counts what survived, and shows you that number. A strip that quietly did nothing produces a perfectly good photo, which is why the count matters more than the checkmark. WHAT IT DOES - Reads every tag in the file: EXIF, TIFF, IPTC, GPS, and anything else in there - Strips everything, or location only - Photos and video - Batch strip without a limit on how many, one file's bytes at a time - Edit 16 metadata fields: date, location, camera make, model, lens, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focal length, artist, copyright, title, caption, keywords, comment and software - Share Extension strips from the share sheet without opening the app - Names what it kept on purpose - orientation and color space - instead of claiming the file is empty - Says which fields could not be removed, with their values, rather than a bare count PRIVACY No server. No account. No analytics. Reading, stripping and editing all happen on your device, in airplane mode if you like. Nothing reaches the network unless you ask for it. A purchase does. So does turning coordinates into a place name and a map, which is why that is off until you turn it on, per photo or for good: a GPS fix is the last thing in the file that should leave quietly. App Privacy label: No Data Collected. FREE AND PRO Free: 3 strips per day, and unlimited viewing of everything in every file. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription: unlimited strips, batches of any size, metadata editing, and saving stripped copies to your library.