Comparison

ExifSmith vs ExifStrip

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ExifSmith

Features
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Edit photo metadata and prepare an entire shoot with ExifSmith. Add your name and copyright to a batch, save them as a template, and reuse it on your next delivery. β€’ Edit in batches. Apply author, copyright, descriptions, or keywords to selected photos. Save your settings as a template for next time. β€’ Fix dates and locations. Adjust a single photo’s date and time or shift an entire shoot by two hours, for example, while keeping the intervals between shots. Search for a place on the map to update the location. β€’ Share without GPS. Open ExifSmith from the share menu in Photos or Files and send a copy with GPS data removed. β€’ Convert HEIC to JPG while keeping compatible metadata. β€’ Review before exporting. Check your changes, then save a copy to Photos or Files, or share it directly. View EXIF, GPS, and IPTC metadata. Image processing takes place on your device, and your original photos are preserved. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/exifprivacy/home Apple Standard Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ExifStrip

Features
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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.

Screenshots

ExifSmith4 screens
ExifStrip4 screens

Verdict

The call

ExifSmith and ExifStrip are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. ExifSmith sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ExifStrip sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ExifSmith ships an update every 2 months, ExifStrip every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ExifSmith versus ExifStrip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExifSmithExifStrip
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.617.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size18 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMANUEL MATAS GALEOTEAnh Phong

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ExifSmith

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$24.99
1 purchases

ExifStrip

One-time1
  • ExifStrip Pro$9.99

Questions

Is ExifSmith free?
ExifSmith is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ExifStrip free?
ExifStrip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ExifSmith or ExifStrip have ads?
Neither ExifSmith nor ExifStrip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ExifSmith or ExifStrip?
ExifSmith ships an update every 2 months, and ExifStrip every 6 weeks. Most recently, ExifSmith was updated on November 9, 2026 and ExifStrip on November 9, 2026.

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