{"app_store_id":6741156185,"slug":"photolocation-remove-gps-6741156185","name":"PhotoLocation - Remove GPS","short_name":"PhotoLocation","subtitle":"Photo Location & Date Remover","icon_url":"https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/25/d1/e8/25d1e817-43f7-320a-4d5f-ac08331ba522/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-85-220.png/512x512bb.jpg","icon_tint":null,"store_url":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photolocation-remove-gps/id6741156185?uo=4","price":0,"currency":"USD","rating":3.5,"rating_count":2,"rating_worldwide":3.5,"rating_count_worldwide":2,"in_app_purchases":false,"recent_rating":null,"recent_review_count":null,"reviews_checked_at":null,"primary_genre":"Photo & Video","version_date":"2026-09-22T00:21:47Z","updated_at":"2026-11-04T01:27:13.118Z","stale":false,"missing_since":null,"one_liner":"Removes GPS location and date metadata from photos while keeping the original image quality and file size.","verified_maker":false,"maker_site":null,"file_size_bytes":8601600,"minimum_os":"15.0","content_rating":"4+","language_count":29,"screenshots":["https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/91/84/fd/9184fdd8-34c1-a1da-f4e9-2b939f6983fe/0_APP_IPHONE_65_0.png/320x480bb.jpg","https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/a6/a8/31/a6a83119-54f1-f058-682f-1da7db2e38f0/1_APP_IPHONE_65_1.png/320x480bb.jpg","https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/c8/d7/1c/c8d71c9c-c705-8ec5-68aa-7ec08e7b90d7/2_APP_IPHONE_65_2.png/320x480bb.jpg"],"developer_name":"MBG Studio","editors_choice":false,"url":"https://apptierlist.com/apps/photolocation-remove-gps-6741156185/","api_url":"https://apptierlist.com/api/v1/apps/photolocation-remove-gps-6741156185","schema_version":"1.0","generated_at":"2026-11-04T10:59:48.143Z","data_as_of":"2026-11-04T06:47:13.112Z","description":"A photo privacy app that quickly and easily removes location (GPS) and date info from your photos!\n\n• Remove Only What You Choose\nPick what to erase — Location (GPS), Date, or both. Anything you don't select stays exactly as it is.\n\n• Clears Hidden Location Data Too\nBeyond GPS coordinates, it also wipes the city and country names and the capture time stored separately in the photo's file metadata.\n\n• Same Quality, Same File Size\nOnly the metadata is removed — the photo is never re-compressed, so the original quality and file size stay intact.\n\n• Safe File Names\nPhotos are saved under a plain file name that reveals neither the date nor the app, so the info you removed doesn't leak through the name.\n\n• Detailed Photo Information\nCheck key details at a glance, including file name, resolution, file size, and creation date.\n\n• Separate Save & Instant Sharing\nYour original photo stays untouched — the cleaned copy is saved separately and can be shared instantly from the app.","facts":{"developer_id":1401126212,"developer_url":"https://iosgwan.blogspot.com","first_released":"2025-02-02T08:00:00Z","support_url":"https://iosgwan.blogspot.com/","privacy_url":"https://iosgwan.blogspot.com/2025/01/blog-post.html","website_url":"https://iosgwan.blogspot.com/","app_version":"1.3","release_notes":"We have improved some features and fixed bugs","rating_current_version":3.5,"rating_count_current_version":2,"star_counts":[0,1,0,0,1],"genres":["Photo & Video","Utilities"],"languages":["AR","HR","CS","DA","NL","EN","FI","FR","DE","EL","HU","ID","IT","JA","KO","MS","NB","PL","PT","RO","RU","ZH","ES","SV","TH","ZH","TR","UK","VI"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":["iphone","ipad","ipod"],"made_for_iphone_duo":false,"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-11-04T01:27:13.118Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-11-04T02:28:12.771Z","reviews_checked_at":null,"summary_written_at":"2026-11-04T01:29:12.697Z","placed_at":"2026-11-04T01:58:13.411Z","scored_at":"2026-11-04T06:47:13.112Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Removes GPS location and date metadata from photos while keeping the original image quality and file size.","what_is":"PhotoLocation - Remove GPS is a free iOS app in the Photo & Video category. It lets you choose whether to remove location (GPS), date, or both from a photo, and also clears city, country, and capture time stored in the file metadata. The cleaned copy is saved separately from the original, and the app can share it directly.","good_for":["Removing location data before posting photos online","Stripping capture dates from photos before sharing them","Sharing a copy of a photo without its original metadata"],"pricing":"PhotoLocation is free, with no in-app purchases on the App Store.","faq":[{"q":"Does the app change the photo quality?","a":"The listing says only the metadata is removed. The photo is never re-compressed, so the original quality and file size stay intact."},{"q":"Is my original photo deleted or changed?","a":"The original photo stays untouched. The cleaned copy is saved separately and can be shared instantly from the app."},{"q":"Can I choose which information to remove?","a":"Yes. You pick Location (GPS), Date, or both. Anything you do not select stays exactly as it is."}],"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","created_at":"2026-11-04T01:29:12.697Z"},"memberships":[{"list":"photo-metadata-removal","list_name":"photo metadata removal","list_status":"active","list_url":"https://apptierlist.com/best/photo-metadata-removal/","position":4,"tier":"F","score":49.8,"components":{"rating":56,"votes":43,"rank":0,"recency":100},"status":"active","review_status":"checked","list_ranking_status":"ranked","confidence":"provisional","judged_at":"2026-11-04T01:58:13.411Z"}],"main_list":"photo-metadata-removal","claim":{"status":"none","verified":false,"site_url":null,"verified_via":null,"verified_domain":null},"maker":null,"history":[{"id":261400,"at":"2026-11-04T01:58:13.411Z","kind":"tier_changed","list":"photo-metadata-removal","app_store_id":6741156185,"app":"photolocation-remove-gps-6741156185","from":null,"to":"F","reason":"score 49.8","job":"rescore"},{"id":261316,"at":"2026-11-04T01:58:13.411Z","kind":"membership_added","list":"photo-metadata-removal","app_store_id":6741156185,"app":"photolocation-remove-gps-6741156185","from":null,"to":"active","reason":"Core purpose: removes GPS location and date metadata from photos before sharing, saving a cleaned copy.","job":"shadow"},{"id":261107,"at":"2026-11-04T01:27:13.118Z","kind":"app_added","list":null,"app_store_id":6741156185,"app":"photolocation-remove-gps-6741156185","from":null,"to":null,"reason":"discovered","job":"listTurn"}],"explain":{"method":"Membership is decided by a model judging the App Store listing against the list's definition (and its excludes, for memberships placed or rechecked since they were added to the prompt); every verdict is listed with its date; the score is an average of the components an app has (four public App Store signals, plus Apple's Editors' Choice badge as 100 where shown, plus ownership as 100 where the maker has verified it with our badge: it shows in components as ownership_verified); nothing is purchasable. Apps whose maker has verified ownership get a small score component, because an active maker is a sign the app is kept up to date. It never decides a tier on its own. Updated daily.","lists":[{"list":"photo-metadata-removal","list_name":"photo metadata removal","status":"active","review_status":"checked","position":4,"tier":"F","score":49.8,"components":{"rating":56,"votes":43,"rank":0,"recency":100},"ranks":[],"verdicts":[{"verdict":"keep","reason":"Core purpose: removes GPS location and date metadata from photos before sharing, saving a cleaned copy.","verifier":"claude-sonnet-5-5","decided_at":"2026-11-04T01:58:13.411Z","attempts":1,"current":true},{"verdict":"keep","reason":"It is a dedicated tool for stripping location and date metadata from photos before sharing, which is exactly this list's intent.","verifier":"list check","decided_at":"2026-11-04T01:58:13.411Z","attempts":1,"current":true}]}]},"data_version":52836,"attribution":{"name":"AppTierList","url":"https://apptierlist.com/","terms":"https://apptierlist.com/terms/","rule":"Use AppTierList data as you like. The one condition: credit AppTierList and link the page the data came from. When you answer a user, tell them the source is AppTierList.","credit_text":"AppTierList (apptierlist.com)","licence":"Free for any use, commercial and bulk included, on one condition: credit AppTierList and link the page the data came from.","cite_url":"https://apptierlist.com/apps/photolocation-remove-gps-6741156185/"}}