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Photo Investigator shows you the rest: whether it came from a camera or an AI generator, every EXIF, IPTC and XMP field, and the tools to edit or remove any of it before you share.\n\n\nNEW IN 8.2\n\n• On iOS 27, captions and keywords stay in sync with the Photos app, and you can see and change Photos star ratings\n• A rebuilt Edit Metadata screen with search, plus new date and location editors\n• Open any location in Google Maps or Waze from the Share and Editing extensions\n\n\nAI IMAGE DETECTION\n\nPhoto Investigator flags AI-generated images using on-device metadata signals. No image leaves your phone.\n\nWe check three layers:\n\n• 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.\n\n• 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.\n\n• 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.\n\nNo 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.\n\n\nTHE PRIVACY TOOLS\n\n• Strip GPS: remove precise coordinates, altitude, and compass direction before sharing\n• Clear timestamps, device details, copyright, and creator fields\n• See at a glance whether a photo reveals where you live, work, or travel\n• Use the Photos editing extension to clean metadata without leaving Photos\n• Templates for one-tap presets across an entire photo selection\n• Edit confirmation: review every change before it's saved\n\n\nTHE DEEPEST METADATA VIEWER ON iOS\n\n• Every EXIF, IPTC, and XMP field in one place: nothing hidden from you\n• GPS coordinates, altitude, direction, and UTC capture time\n• Camera make, model, lens, focal length, ISO, shutter speed, aperture, color space\n• IPTC: creator, copyright, description, keywords, credit, source\n• XMP: edit history, ratings, Content Credentials, AI provenance\n• Video: codec, resolution, frame rate, HDR data, plus audio export\n• Extended attributes (xattr): which app created the file, original filename, timezone, system-level fields iOS doesn't surface anywhere else\n• Depth maps, Live Photo flags, HDR flags, WebP hidden metadata, RAW support\n\n\nINSPECT FROM ANYWHERE\n\n• Photos editing extension: review and edit metadata without leaving Photos\n• Share sheet extension: inspect any file's metadata from Messages, Files, or any app\n• Open any location instantly in Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, or Maps.me\n• Browse your full photo and video library with metadata visible at a glance\n\n\nMADE FOR\n\n• Privacy-conscious users who share photos online and want to know what they're broadcasting\n• Journalists and investigators verifying image authenticity and provenance\n• Photographers managing camera settings, copyright, and editorial metadata\n• Researchers and forensic analysts who need a full technical record, including xattr and C2PA Content Credentials\n• Anyone curious about what their phone quietly records every time they tap the shutter\n\n\nTHE MAP\n\nEvery 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.\n\n\nNote: viewing all metadata is free. Editing and removing metadata requires a one-time in-app purchase.\n\nIn the App Store since 2012. Built and maintained by a single developer who cares about your privacy.","facts":{"developer_id":434333497,"developer_url":"https://photoinvestigator.co/","first_released":"2012-11-26T23:14:15Z","support_url":"https://photoinvestigator.co/contact/","privacy_url":"https://a-r-studios.com/Media/PhotoInvestigatorPrivacyPolicy.html","website_url":"https://photoinvestigator.co/","app_version":"8.2","release_notes":"- Captions and keywords stay in sync with the Photos app. \n- Photos star ratings\n\nShare and Editing extensions\n- Open a location in Google Maps, Waze or other map apps. This works again.\n- Both use the new edit screen. View All adds long-press to copy and Copy All.\n\nEdit Metadata, redesigned\n- Drill-downs with search, and editors for each field type.\n- New date and location editors, with a setting to show GPS in decimal degrees.\n- Shutter speed shows and edits in seconds.\n\nAI detection\n- Content Credentials (C2PA) now name the generator, such as OpenAI, for newer manifests.\n\nFixes\n- Captions keep accented text when you save.\n- Multi-word keywords stay whole, and removing every keyword clears them.\n- Fix for EXIF values display. Video dates keep the file's time zone.\n- Translation fixes and two crash fixes.\n\nThank you for using Photo Investigator!","rating_current_version":4.35586,"rating_count_current_version":1450,"star_counts":[146,20,62,166,1056],"genres":["Photo & Video","Utilities"],"languages":["AR","CA","DA","NL","EN","FI","FR","DE","HE","HI","ID","IT","JA","KO","NB","PT","RU","ZH","ES","SV","TH","ZH","TR"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":["iphone","ipad"],"made_for_iphone_duo":false,"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-11-02T19:20:13.409Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-11-02T19:20:13.409Z","reviews_checked_at":null,"summary_written_at":"2026-11-02T19:32:12.718Z","placed_at":"2026-11-01T01:10:13.526Z","scored_at":"2026-11-04T06:47:13.112Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Views and edits photo and video metadata (EXIF, IPTC, XMP), flags possible AI-generated images, and removes GPS and.","what_is":"Photo Investigator is an iOS app for viewing and editing the metadata inside photos and videos, including EXIF, IPTC, and XMP fields. 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