Comparison

EXIFrame vs MergeHDR

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

Head to head
About

EXIFrame

Enhance your photos by embedding their EXIF data, such as camera settings and location, into a custom border or overlay. Personalize the display with adjustable positioning, colors, and selectable data fields. Supports RAW files and batch importing.

Highlights
  • EXIF data overlay with camera logos
  • Border or on-photo overlay styles
  • Customizable border placement and color
  • Selectable EXIF fields
  • Adjustable label positioning
  • RAW file support
  • Batch import up to 50 photos
Features
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EXIFrame lets you frame your photos with the EXIF data that made them — camera brand, model, lens, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focal length, date, location, and more. Choose how your data appears: add a clean border strip to any edge of the photo, or overlay the information directly on the image. Pick which fields to show, drag the label to position it, and customise the border colour to match your style. Import photos from your library or directly from Files — including RAW formats. Export your finished frames to share anywhere. Features • EXIF data overlay with camera brand logos • Border or on-photo overlay styles • Top, bottom, left, and right border placement • Choose which fields to display • Adjustable label position • Custom border colour • Import up to 50 photos at once • RAW file support • Export and share directly

About

MergeHDR

Features
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Your camera already shot the brackets. MergeHDR finds them. Point a camera at a sunset and a single exposure cannot hold it — either the sky burns out or the foreground falls to black. That is what auto exposure bracketing is for. The catch is what happens next: those 3, 5 or 7 frames sit in your library unmerged, because hunting them down and combining them by hand is a chore. MergeHDR does the hunting. It watches your photo library for exposure-bracket sets — frames shot seconds apart at stepped EVs — and flags every one it finds, reading the EXIF your camera already wrote. No manual sorting. No missed brackets. REVIEW BEFORE YOU COMMIT Every merge is yours to shape: • Alignment corrects the small shifts between handheld frames — no tripod required • Four deghosting levels handle moving subjects, rippling water and windblown leaves • Tone-mapping styles set the look, and you can switch after the merge without reprocessing the set • Per-exposure layers with opacity control, so you can see exactly what each frame contributed SEE THE MATH The merge report shows the exposure ladder, how many stops of headroom you recovered and how much of the frame was blown out before the merge — alongside the camera, lens, ISO and focal length read straight from the file. EXPORT Save the full-quality HDR result, or compress it straight to HEIC on the way out using the same on-device pipeline as our other app, RAWtoHEIC — far smaller files, same detail. Results land back in your library beside the originals, with capture date and location carried over. YOUR ORIGINALS STAY YOURS Nothing is deleted behind your back. If you choose to clear out the source brackets after a merge, they move to Recently Deleted with the usual 30-day safety net. EVERYTHING RUNS ON YOUR DEVICE No cloud. No account. No uploads. Detection, alignment, deghosting and tone-mapping all run locally on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. It works on a plane with no signal, and there is no server to breach because there is no server involved. The App Store privacy label reads what it should: Data Not Collected. WORKS WITH Bracket sets from any camera that writes standard EXIF exposure values — Canon, Sony, Nikon and Fujifilm RAW, plus iPhone ProRAW and JPEG. ONE PURCHASE, EVERY DEVICE MergeHDR is a Universal Purchase. Buy once and it unlocks on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with Family Sharing. FREE TO TRY Merge and preview as much as you like. Saving is free for your first 10 exports, up to 5 a day. After that, MergeHDR Pro unlocks unlimited saves. MERGEHDR PRO • Lifetime — $19.99, one-time purchase • Yearly — $9.99 per year, auto-renewing Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A yearly subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. Manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. The lifetime option does not renew. Terms of Use: https://mergehdr.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://mergehdr.app/privacy

Screenshots

EXIFrame3 screens
MergeHDR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MergeHDR at Free against EXIFrame's $0.99. EXIFrame's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

MergeHDR is free to download; EXIFrame costs $0.99 up front. MergeHDR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. EXIFrame asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EXIFrame ships an update every 2 days, MergeHDR every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
EXIFrame versus MergeHDR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEXIFrameMergeHDR
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex StanageSandro Gumz

In-app purchases

None

EXIFrame

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MergeHDR

Subscriptions1
  • MergeHDR Pro (Yearly)$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • MergeHDR Pro (Lifetime)$19.99

Questions

Is EXIFrame free?
EXIFrame costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MergeHDR free?
MergeHDR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EXIFrame or MergeHDR have ads?
Neither EXIFrame nor MergeHDR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EXIFrame or MergeHDR?
EXIFrame ships an update every 2 days, and MergeHDR every 2 weeks. Most recently, EXIFrame was updated on October 1, 2026 and MergeHDR on October 4, 2026.

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