PhotoView: EXIF photo viewer
See your photos and everything behind them
A photo viewer first: PhotoView shows the photos, Live Photos and videos in your photo library full screen. One tap brings up a metadata overlay you set up yourself, with the EXIF, IPTC, XMP and GPS fields you choose, and the next tap leaves the photo on its own again. On iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription
- No ads, no tracking, no account
- One purchase for iPhone, iPad and Mac
Features
A viewer first
Browse your whole library, smart albums, your own albums and shared albums. Tap to view photos, Live Photos and videos full screen, with nothing in the way; swipe between them, pinch to zoom, double-tap to reset. On an iPhone Duo, the grids spread across both halves and everything keeps clear of the fold.
A metadata overlay you set up
One tap shows EXIF, IPTC, TIFF, GPS and XMP values, plus camera maker notes and Apple computational-photography flags; the next tap hides them again. Choose exactly which of more than 200 fields appear, save the fields you need for each job as presets, and move or resize the panel with a drag or a pinch.
One purchase, no subscription
PhotoView is free. PhotoView Pro adds IPTC, locations on a map, XMP, DNG and the maker notes of Canon and Nikon cameras. Try Pro free for 7 days, with nothing charged at the end, then unlock it with a single purchase that covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Private by design
Read-only and offline: PhotoView never uploads or copies your photos, needs no account, runs no server, and has no tracking and no ads. Only your own app settings can sync, and only through your private iCloud.
Locations on a map
When a photo carries GPS data, open its capture location on a map with a single tap, switch between Standard, Satellite and Hybrid, and see exactly where the shot was taken.
Slideshows with style
Play any selection full screen with Ken Burns, Crossfade, Slide, Push, Zoom and more. Set the pace per slide; videos and Live Photos play in line, right where they belong.
AirPlay to your TV (iPhone & iPad)
Mirror the current photo, video or whole slideshow to an Apple TV or compatible television. Only the media appears on the big screen, never the toolbar or the metadata, while you keep full control on your device.
Tidy up, too
PhotoView leaves editing and importing to Apple's Photos app, but it lets you organize: create albums and folders, add or remove photos, and delete items. Everything you change is written straight back to your library.
A real Mac app
On the Mac, open original files from any folder, drag photos in and out of the Finder, use Quick Look and the full keyboard, and read extra XMP and Finder details, all in a proper desktop window.
Screenshots
Metadata overlay
Full-screen viewing
RAW, XMP & maker notes
Customize fields
Location & maps
Slideshow
Gallery
Built-in help
PhotoView Pro
Facts at a glance
- Name on the App Store
- PhotoView: EXIF Photo Viewer
- What it is
- A read-only photo viewer that shows the metadata stored in your photos: camera, lens, exposure, place, keywords, copyright and more
- Developer
- Detlev Voss, independent developer, Berlin, Germany
- Platforms
- iPhone (incl. iPhone Duo), iPad and Mac, one purchase for all three
- Requirements
- iOS 26, iPadOS 26 or macOS 26, or later
- Metadata
- More than 200 fields in 18 groups: EXIF, IPTC, TIFF, GPS, XMP and DNG, video details, the maker notes of Canon and Nikon cameras, and the computational data an iPhone records
- Available since
- Current version
- 1.0.2,
- Price
- Free. PhotoView Pro is a one-time purchase with a free 7-day trial: $7.99 in the US, €8.99 in Germany, local prices elsewhere. No subscription.
- Languages
- English, German
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Privacy
- Every field is read on the device. No accounts, no tracking, no ads; photos are never uploaded or changed.
Sources
The standards behind the fields PhotoView reads, and where to check the facts above.
- PhotoView: EXIF Photo Viewer on the App Store: price, version, requirements and languages
- PhotoView press kit: facts, texts and images for the press
- The standards behind your photo’s metadata: TIFF, IPTC, ICC profiles, EXIF, XMP and DNG explained, and what PhotoView shows of each
- CIPA standards, Camera & Imaging Products Association: the Exif standard, the format for camera, lens and exposure data
- IPTC Photo Metadata Standard, IPTC: caption, keywords, creator and copyright
- XMP documentation, Adobe: the format behind .xmp sidecar files and the ratings photo editors write, standardized as ISO 16684-1
- Adobe Digital Negative (DNG), format description by the Library of Congress
- PhotoView user guide: what every field means and where PhotoView reads it
- Privacy Policy: what stays on your device