Comparison

BirdFolio vs ExifGone

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

Head to head
About

BirdFolio

Features
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BirdFolio is built for birders and bird photographers: turn your photos into a personal, searchable bird album with stats. **What you can do** • Import bird photos from your library and read capture time and location metadata when available (GPS depends on the photo), with **on-device (offline) species recognition** • Add new shots from the camera and enrich records with place, date, and notes • Link multiple species to one photo with taxonomy details for easy recall later • View sightings on a map and browse your collection in an album layout • See species, photo, and place summaries and time-based stats • Optional import compression to save space; optional iCloud in Settings to sync across devices signed in with the **same Apple ID** **Permissions** Photo library and camera are used to pick or take bird photos. Location (while using the app) helps surface nearby places—you can change this in Settings. **Free vs. unlocked** Free vs. full feature limits are as stated in the app and on this page. In-app purchases are processed by the App Store; use **Restore Purchases** if needed. Questions or feedback? Contact us via the in-app or support email. Happy birding!

About

ExifGone

Features
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ExifGone helps you understand what private metadata is stored in a photo and create a cleaned copy before sharing it. • Inspect EXIF, location, device, date, authorship, description, XMP, IPTC, and supported C2PA metadata. • See whether each field came from EXIF, XMP, IPTC-IIM, Photoshop, PNG, or C2PA. • Filter a batch to the photos that contain location data and swipe through photo details. • Use Full Privacy, Location, Custom, or reusable named cleaning profiles. • See a before-and-after report of what was removed. • Share privacy-safe cleaning reports as readable text or JSON. • Clean in one tap with Quick Clean and an automatic next action. • Import and save batches with Photos or Files. • Use saved profiles in the app, system share sheet, and Shortcuts. • Customize cleaned-copy filenames and optional batch numbering. • Work comfortably on iPad with an adaptive list-detail layout and responsive settings. • Clean JPEG, PNG, HEIC, HEIF, AVIF, and WebP while keeping compressed image data unchanged. • Process everything locally, without accounts, analytics, ads, or uploads. ExifGone removes metadata containers. It does not claim to detect or remove SynthID or other watermarks encoded directly in image pixels.

Screenshots

BirdFolio4 screens
ExifGone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ExifGone at none against BirdFolio's 1. ExifGone also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). BirdFolio's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.6). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BirdFolio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ExifGone asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BirdFolio ships an update every 6 weeks, ExifGone every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
BirdFolio versus ExifGone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirdFolioExifGone
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer家敏 潘Tomasz Lorenc

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BirdFolio

One-time1
  • Unlimited Import$5.99
None

ExifGone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BirdFolio free?
BirdFolio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ExifGone free?
ExifGone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BirdFolio or ExifGone have ads?
Neither BirdFolio nor ExifGone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BirdFolio or ExifGone?
BirdFolio ships an update every 6 weeks, and ExifGone every 2 days. Most recently, BirdFolio was updated on October 24, 2026 and ExifGone on October 29, 2026.

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