---
title: "Photo Investigator: GPS & EXIF - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Your photos know more than you think.  Every image your iPhone takes secretly stores GPS coordinates, timestamps, and device details. And in the age of AI, it stores fingerprints that reveal whether t"
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# Photo Investigator: GPS & EXIF — United States
> Edit Metadata + Detect AI Art

![Photo Investigator App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/30/bd/c3/30bdc391-dbcc-52b1-76b9-b06e2ca30a7d/AppIconRedesign-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.png/400x400bb.png)

**Developer:** [Daniel Anderson](https://apptail.io/developer/daniel-anderson-Sbcc)
**Category:** Photo Video
**Rating:** 4.4/5 (1,451 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.augmen.Investigator
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 8.2 (released 2026-10-15)
**Original Release:** 2012-11-26

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id571574618)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/photo-investigator-gps-exif-lQc/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/photo-investigator-gps-exif-lQc/united-states)

## Photo Investigator Description
Your photos know more than you think.

Every image your iPhone takes secretly stores GPS coordinates, timestamps, and device details. And in the age of AI, it stores fingerprints that reveal whether the picture came from a camera or a machine. Photo Investigator shows you exactly what's hidden, and gives you the tools to remove what you don't want to share.


NEW IN 8.1: AI IMAGE DETECTION

Photo Investigator now flags AI-generated images using on-device metadata signals. No image leaves your phone.

We check three layers:

• C2PA Content Credentials: the signed provenance standard backed by Adobe, Microsoft, and others. When an AI tool signs an image cryptographically, we read the manifest and surface it.

• XMP DigitalSourceType: the field that conforming AI generators write to declare origin (trainedAlgorithmicMedia). Used by Instagram, Facebook, and X for their "Made with AI" labels.

• EXIF fingerprints: the gaps real cameras don't have. Authentic photos carry focal length, lens model, ISO, and a shutter timestamp. AI-generated images often don't, and some generators name themselves in the CreatorTool field.

No signal is perfect. Screenshots and recompression erase a lot, but for unmodified AI exports the signals are usually there. We put them in front of you, on the metadata you already trust.


THE PRIVACY TOOLS

• Strip GPS: remove precise coordinates, altitude, and compass direction before sharing
• Clear timestamps, device details, copyright, and creator fields
• See at a glance whether a photo reveals where you live, work, or travel
• Use the Photos editing extension to clean metadata without leaving Photos
• Templates for one-tap presets across an entire photo selection
• Edit confirmation: review every change before it's saved


THE DEEPEST METADATA VIEWER ON iOS

• Every EXIF, IPTC, and XMP field in one place: nothing hidden from you
• GPS coordinates, altitude, direction, and UTC capture time
• Camera make, model, lens, focal length, ISO, shutter speed, aperture, color space
• IPTC: creator, copyright, description, keywords, credit, source
• XMP: edit history, ratings, Content Credentials, AI provenance
• Video: codec, resolution, frame rate, HDR data, plus audio export
• Extended attributes (xattr): which app created the file, original filename, timezone, system-level fields iOS doesn't surface anywhere else
• Depth maps, Live Photo flags, HDR flags, WebP hidden metadata, RAW support


INSPECT FROM ANYWHERE

• Photos editing extension: review and edit metadata without leaving Photos
• Share sheet extension: inspect any file's metadata from Messages, Files, or any app
• Open any location instantly in Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, or Maps.me
• Browse your full photo and video library with metadata visible at a glance


MADE FOR

• Privacy-conscious users who share photos online and want to know what they're broadcasting
• Journalists and investigators verifying image authenticity and provenance
• Photographers managing camera settings, copyright, and editorial metadata
• Researchers and forensic analysts who need a full technical record, including xattr and C2PA Content Credentials
• Anyone curious about what their phone quietly records every time they tap the shutter


THE MAP

Every geotagged photo in your library plotted on a satellite map. Tap any pin to open the photo and its metadata. The arrow shows which way the camera was pointing.


Note: viewing all metadata is free. Editing and removing metadata requires a one-time in-app purchase.

In the App Store since 2012. Built and maintained by a single developer who cares about your privacy.

## Photo Investigator Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/0b/ac/82/0bac8221-0c39-f244-8a1f-d9d64412b513/slot1-ai-hero-ipad-v3-ipad-in-hands.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/0f/10/6a/0f106aeb-fac4-cda0-6237-6d6bf34bb87f/slot7-iphone-saw-ipad.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/fd/7d/61/fd7d61c1-7c33-ed95-74bf-7c6ef2ec04d0/slot3-where-been-ipad.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/c3/a4/81/c3a48124-11eb-ebab-7abf-567cfc8556d3/slot2-share-photos-ipad.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/9a/4d/ce/9a4dcec0-8842-c349-731e-2e08cb81db9f/slot4-find-way-back-ipad.png/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/9d/69/e1/9d69e19f-6a4d-435a-c2e4-a4ddd4510ea1/slot6-skim-dive-ipad.png/2048x2732.png)

## Photo Investigator Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 1,057 (73%)
- 4 stars: 166 (11%)
- 3 stars: 62 (4%)
- 2 stars: 20 (1%)
- 1 stars: 146 (10%)

## Photo Investigator Reviews in United States

### ***** "Great app, very helpful"
Well made indie app. Super helpful
-- Function0, 2025-05-04

### *---- "No me deja borrar todos los datos"
No sé por qué no los borra antes si
-- Emoliva, 2025-04-29

### ***** "Hands-Down the Best"
I’ve tried so many apps to try and edit my picture so I don’t send them out and give away personal information. Once I had this one installed, I deleted all the others. It took me one day of using the free version before I paid for the pro version. I would’ve paid 10 times what I did. This app is the most useful app on my phone. I recommend it highly. It does everything that it says it will do. Reliably.
-- sunshineduster, 2025-04-05

### ***-- "Ehhh not worth the money tbh"
So apple can natively edit meta data. This app does not really hold all that much value. Now if it could see the edited or removed meta data from an image or at the very least see that it was edited then that would be a slightly different story.
-- 866799668, 2024-11-23

### ***** "Excellent extractor!"
Best one I’ve used
-- 85k20blazwr, 2024-09-14

### *---- "It’s a clone app for you guys"
Third apps getting information about your location and your phone number and how much time you’re spending in them to fight a government scam.need a new phone with a different name
-- etiujmm, 2024-03-23

### ***-- "I have paid for the upgrade three times in past two years."
Hi - it is asking  me to purchase upgrade for the 3rd time.  I have been using this app for a few years.   I think it is because of these Enterprise MDM enrolments that use side loading without telling the end user.    I guess Apple thinks we should pay for books, apps, and upgrades every time they sell our account “supervision’ without any transparency to us.   I assume that’s where the money is so in the meantime I will have to request (kindly) that you authorise my already-paid upgrade.  Thank you.   #applebusinessmanager   ABM  #volumepurchaseprogram VPP
-- ovrSupervized, 2024-02-05

### ***** "11"
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-- i()$67,.890123456andy, 2023-11-11

### ***** "GR8!  Apps w/ less cost more ❤️"
Tests several similar apps, and ended up using this one about once a week for the last 8 mos. Runs solid & EZ to use. (Usually fixing dates of edited photos to put them on my Leafs Plus photo calendar on the correct day,) #RECOMMENDED W/ iPhone 14, iPad mini w/ iOS 16.
-- McSear, 2023-10-01

### ***-- "Didn’t do what I need"
Please cancel my purchase
-- claymaven, 2023-05-15

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## Photo Investigator In-App Purchases
| Item | Price |
|------|-------|
| Complete Unlock | $2.99 |
| Photo Investigator 7.0 Unlock | $4.99 |
| 7.0 Loyalty Unlock | $2.99 |


## Photo Investigator Discovered Keywords
- photoinfo
- 调查助手
- exif
- metadata editor
- metadata
- photo exif metadata
- exif viewer
- image location
- exif metadata
- metadata viewer

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## Photo Investigator Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/photo-investigator-gps-exif-lQc/united-states)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/photo-investigator-gps-exif-lQc/germany)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/photo-investigator-gps-exif-lQc/united-kingdom)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/photo-investigator-gps-exif-lQc/japan)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/photo-investigator-gps-exif-lQc/italy)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/photo-investigator-gps-exif-lQc/australia)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/photo-investigator-gps-exif-lQc/canada)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/photo-investigator-gps-exif-lQc/france)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/photo-investigator-gps-exif-lQc/russia)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/photo-investigator-gps-exif-lQc/china)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/photo-investigator-gps-exif-lQc/switzerland)
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