Light Magick vs ViewExif
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Light Magick
Enhance your photos with beautiful glow effects. Easily add lines, text, and shapes with a simple touch interface. Save and share your creations to popular social media platforms.
- Add beautiful glow effects
- Free line and color options
- Free text with various fonts and colors
- 100+ shapes and colors
- Undo, Redo, and Reset editing
- Share to social media
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Light Magick add beautiful glow effect to your photo. Easy to use just move your finger or tap on the photo. -Free line and colors -Free text, fonts and colors -100 of Shapes and colors -Edit Undo, Redo and Reset -Share to other apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Line etc.
ViewExif
This application allows users to view, edit, and remove metadata from their photos. It supports various image and RAW formats, displays EXIF and IPTC tags, and can show geo-location on a map. Users can also protect their privacy by removing personal information before sharing images.
- View EXIF and IPTC tags
- Edit metadata
- Remove metadata
- Display geo location on map
- Support for multiple image and RAW formats
- App extension for easy access
- Share photos without metadata
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ViewExif is a powerful metadata tool for your photos. With the help of ViewExif, you can not only view metadata of photos, but also edit and remove metadata in photo. Besides, it has an app extension, so you can view metadata right in Photos app. Being able to read exif tags can be of great importance not only for beginners, but also for other photographers who want to find out what settings and tools were used to create a particular photograph. For those people who want to protect privacy, this app is useful for you as well. When you send photos via email or share on social network, your personal information (geo location, taken date etc) is shared as well. If you upset to share those information, ViewExif is able to remove it before sharing. Features: * Display EXIF tags: Dimensions, Taken Date, ISO Speed, F Number, Exposure Time, Focal Length and more. * Display IPTC tags: Star Ratings, Keywords, Description etc. * Display geo location on map. * Add star ratings, keywords and description on photo * Remove metadata from photo * Supported image formats (JPG, PNG, TIFF, HEIC) and RAW formats (CR2, NEF, DNG). * Share photo w/o metadata on Twitter, Facebook, email. * App extension for Photos app and 3rd-party apps such as Dropbox, FileExplorer etc. * Dark Mode ===== CONTACT US ===== Email: support@skyjos.com Twitter: @SkyjosApps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Light Magick at Free against ViewExif's $0.99. Light Magick also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 11 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). ViewExif's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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
Light Magick is free to download; ViewExif costs $0.99 up front. Light Magick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ViewExif asks for nothing beyond the download.
ViewExif holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ViewExif has 283 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Light Magick's written reviews are positive against 73% of ViewExif's.
Light Magick ships an update every 2 weeks, ViewExif every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light Magick | ViewExif |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (283 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 73.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 283 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #51 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenichi Kobayashi | Skyjos Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Light Magick
ViewExif
Bugs and requests
Light Magick
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ViewExif
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incorrect location mapping
- Crashes when trying to open certain photos
- Failure to remove all metadata
Requested features
4 requests- Batch processing of photos
- Ability to edit EXIF data
- Support for more metadata fields
- Integration with more apps beyond Photos
In-app purchases
Light Magick
- Unlock 100 of Shapes and Remove Ads$0.99
ViewExif
No in-app purchases
