| Software | Platform | License | Latest version | Last release year | Size
(MB)[a] | Description | Number[b] | Supported metadata standards[c] | Supported file formats[d] |
|---|
| EXIF | GPS | IPTC | XMP | Maker | Other | JPEG | TIFF | Raw | Other |
|---|
| A Photo Manager[3][4] | Android | GPLv3 | (35) | | | Show/Edit GPS infos of local photos through a map. | ? | REW | REW | R | REW | R | R | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Auto ISO Tool[5] | Windows | Freeware | ? | | | GUI for ExifTool to patch Canon ISO information. | 2 | W | - | R | - | R | - | Yes | - | - | - |
| AvPicFaceXmpTagger[6] | Linux,
Windows | Freeware | | | | Write Picasa face recognition information as XMP to your images. | ? | - | - | - | RW | - | - | Yes | - | - | - |
| Caption Pro[7][8] | MacOS,
Windows | Proprietary | | | 80 | Uses facial recognition technology to assist in the automatic application of IPTC and XMP image metadata. | >50 | - | - | RDEW | RDEW | - | RDEW | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Daminion[9] | Windows | Proprietary | | | (Server) 77,7 (Client) | Updates EXIF/IPTC/XMP/ID3/Office metadata in video, audio, docs, camera raw and vector images. Uses ExifTool. | >70 | REW | REW | REW | REW | R | REW | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DBGallery[10] | Windows | Proprietary, Trial Available | | | 63 | Can update IPTC and XMP metadata in images, video, and audio. Uses Adobe's XMP Toolkit to read/write. | 32 | R | REW | REW | REW | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Description Explorer[11] | Windows | Freeware | | | | Collection of tools for XMP metadata. | 15 | - | - | - | EW | - | - | Yes | - | - | - |
| Easy Exif Delete[12] | Windows | Freeware | | | | Clean any EXIF unwanted data from your digital pictures. | N/A | D | D | - | - | - | - | Yes | - | - | - |
| EXIF-O-Matic[13] | Linux,
MacOS,
Windows | Freeware | | | | View EXIF tags. | N/A | R | R | - | - | - | - | Yes | - | - | - |
| ExifAuto[14] | Windows | Freeware | | | | GUI front-end for ExifTool to perform simple operations. | 5 | EW | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| EXIF Browser[15] | Windows | Freeware | | | | Extract EXIF information from image files. | N/A | R | R | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Exif Copier[16] | Windows | Freeware | | | | Copy metadata between sets of multiple images using ExifTool. | ? | W | W | W | W | W | W | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ExifCleaner[17] | Windows | Shareware | | | | Lets you to erase/remove photographic metadata. | N/A | D | D | D | D | D | D | Yes | - | - | - |
| EXIF Date Changer[18] | Windows | Freeware / Shareware | | | 7 | Allows you change the time, date, and other information stored in the metadata of your photos. | 7 | EW | - | EW | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ExifDropper[19] | Windows | Freeware | | | | Graphical front-end for ExifTool with drag-and-drop and command-line parameters. | > | EW | EW | EW | EW | EW | EW | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ExifMixer[20] | Windows | Freeware | | | | GUI extension for the ExifTool with command-line parameters. | > | EW | EW | EW | EW | EW | EW | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Exif Pilot[21] | Windows | Freeware | | | | Software for viewing, editing, and creating metadata. | 26 | REW | REW | REW | R | R | R | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Exif Stats[22] | Windows | Freeware | | | Extract some tags using ExifTool. | N/A | R | R | R | R | R | R | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Exif Tag Remover[23] | Windows | Shareware | | | | Allows you to easily delete all metadata tags. | N/A | D | D | D | D | D | D | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ExifTool[24] | Linux,
MacOS,
Windows | GPLv1 | | | | Powerful command line utility. | > | RDEW | RDEW | RDEW | RDEW | RDEW | RDEW | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ExifTool GUI[25] | Windows | Freeware | | | | GUI for the ExifTool with some editing features. | 64 | REW | REW | REW | REW | R | R | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EXIFutils[26] | Linux,
MacOS,
Windows | Shareware | | | | Set of command line utilities that extract, add, remove, copy, and replace metadata. | > | REW | REW | REW | REW | REW | REW | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ExifyMe[27] | Windows | Freeware | | | | Restore EXIF metadata from an original image. | ? | W | W | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Exiv2[28] | Linux,
MacOS,
Windows | GPLv2 | | | | Command line utility and C++ Library | > | REW | REW | REW | REW | REW | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | - |
| ExposurePlot[29] | Windows | Freeware | | | | Analyze your usage of the focal length of your lenses, ISO, shutter speed and aperture. | N/A | R | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | - | - | - |
| Free EXIF Eraser[30] | Windows | Freeware | | | 0,8 | Allows you to easily and effectively delete entire EXIF/IPTC/XMP information from image files. | N/A | D | D | D | D | D | D | Yes | - | - | - |
| GeoSetter[31] | Windows | Freeware | | | 19 | Show and change geo and IPTC/XMP/EXIF metadata in image files. Batch changes possible | ? | REW | REW | REW | REW | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GUI2[32] | Windows | Freeware | | | | GUI extension for the ExifTool. | 12 | R | REW | R | R | R | R | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image Info Toolkit[33] | MacOS,
Windows | Shareware | | | | Editor for IPTC and XMP metadata. | 36 | R | R | REW | REW | - | - | Yes | Yes | - | Yes |
| ImBatch[34] | Windows | Free for non-commercial use | (actually ) | | | Batch image processing tool | >50 | REW | - | REW | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IPTC-PLUS Photo Metadata Toolkit[35] | Windows | Freeware | 4 | | | Editor for IPTC and PLUS photo metadata with Adobe CS3 to CS5. | | - | - | REW | REW | - | - | Yes | Yes | - | Yes |
| irfanview[36] | Windows | Free for non-commercial use | | | | Image viewer that also supports viewing image metadata | ? | R | R | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iTag[37] | Windows | Shareware | | | | A tool that adds title, description and keyword tags to photos. | 10 | - | - | REW | REW | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| JabRef | Java | GPL | ? | ? | ? | Reference management software that uses BibTeX. | ? | ? | ? | ? | RDEW | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | PDF |
| JBrout | Linux, Windows | GPL | , | | | Allows to drop quickly and easily tags over selected images directly by typing them on the keyboard. Pluginable. | ? | RDEW | RDEW | RDEW | RDEW | - | - | Yes | - | - | - |
| JExifViewer[38] | Linux,
Windows | GPL | | | | View EXIF information stored in JPEG files. | N/A | R | R | - | - | - | - | Yes | - | - | - |
| JPEG & PNG Stripper[39] | Windows | Freeware | | | | A tool for stripping/cleaning/removing unnecessary metadata. | N/A | D | D | D | D | D | D | Yes | - | - | Yes |
| JPEG Comment Editor[40] | Windows | Freeware and Shareware | | | | Software for creating, viewing, editing, and saving metadata as text file for your photos. | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | - | - | - |
| Metadata++[41] | Windows | Freeware | | | | Edit, modify, add, delete any metadata from audio, video, photo, text | > | RDEW | RDEW | RDEW | RDEW | RDEW | RDEW | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MAT[42] | Linux
MacOS | GPLv2 | | | | Toolbox composed of a GUI application, a CLI application and a library, to anonymize/remove metadata | N/A | D | D | D | D | D | D | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MetadataFox[43] | Windows | Shareware | | | | A tool to explore files by their XMP metadata. | N/A | - | - | - | R | - | - | Yes | - | - | Yes |
| MetadataTouch[44] | Windows | Shareware | | | | A tool to view and edit IPTC and XMP metadata. | 70 | - | - | EW | EW | - | - | Yes | - | - | Yes |
| MetaEditor | Windows | Freeware | | | | Allows you read and edit metadata within your digital photos. | > | REW | REW | REW | REW | - | - | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| Metalith[45][46] | Windows | Freeware | | | | Allows you read, analyze and edit metadata. The main feature of the program is the ability to simultaneously edit any number of files. | > | RDEW | RDEW | RDEW | RDEW | D | R | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Opanda PowerExif[47] | Windows | Shareware | | | | A powerful GUI tool with batch processing to edit EXIF/GPS data and completely remove all data (include EXIF) in images. | > | REW | REW | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| PhotoME[48] | Windows | Freeware | ß2 | | | Show and edit the metadata of image files, analyze and modify EXIF and IPTC-NAA data, and analyze ICC profiles. | > | REW | REW | RE | - | REW | R | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| QuickImageComment[49] | Windows | GPLv3 | | | | Shows images and edit metadata using exiv2 library; GPS data can be shown and modified on a map; optimised to edit comments. | > | REW | REW | REW | REW | REW | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | - |
| VRmeta[50] | Linux,
MacOS,
Windows | Paid subscription | | | | Add .xmp metadata, embed in-frame time-based metadata, export as .csv or .xmp, embed IPTC keywords and captions. | >unlimited | REW | REW | REW | REW | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XnView[51] | Linux,
MacOS,
Windows | Freeware (for private and educational use) | | | to | Picture viewer, editor with slide show, scan module, add ons | >31 | RD | ? | RDEW | DEW[e] | ? | R | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
