Software:Comparison of digital image metadata editors

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This article presents a comparison of digital image metadata viewers and metadata editors.

A metadata editor is a computer program that allows users to view and edit metadata tags interactively on the computer screen and save them in the graphics file. Usually a metadata viewer is preferred over a metadata editor for viewing tags.

A number of metadata editors for various platforms exist. Users choose among them based on factors such as the availability for the user's platform, the feature set and usability of the user interface (UI).

The Metadata Working Group (MWG) is a consortium of leading companies in the digital media industry.[1] The MWG publishes technical specifications that describe how to effectively store metadata into digital media files. These royalty-free specifications are made available to software developers, manufacturers and service providers so that they may create products that use metadata in a consistent way, and that allow consumers to better describe, organize and find their media. Where possible, these specifications rely on existing standards, and aim to create a unified and cohesive approach to applying these standards.[2]

Features

Software Platform License Latest version Last release year Size
(MB)[lower-alpha 1] 		Description Number[lower-alpha 2] Supported metadata standards[lower-alpha 3] Supported file formats[lower-alpha 4]
EXIF GPS IPTC XMP Maker Other JPEG TIFF Raw Other
A Photo Manager[3][4] Android GPLv3 0.6.3.180211 (35) 2018 1.3 Show/Edit GPS infos of local photos through a map. ? REW REW R REW R R Yes ? ? ?
Aves[5] Android BSD 1.7.0 2022 40 Media library application. Handles lot of media formats for images and videos. Provides metadata-based navigation and advanced searching capabilities. Allows to modify EXIF dates, keywords and GPS for images. ? REW REW ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Auto ISO Tool[6] Windows Freeware ? 2007 0.2 GUI for ExifTool to patch Canon ISO information. 2 W - R - R - Yes - - -
AvPicFaceXmpTagger[7] Linux,
Windows 		Freeware 1.7 2010 3.7 Write Picasa face recognition information as XMP to your images. ? - - - RW - - Yes - - -
Caption Pro[8][9] MacOS,
Windows 		Proprietary 1.7.0 2020 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[10] Windows Proprietary 6.4.0.2099 2019 359 (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[11] Windows Proprietary, Trial Available 7.5 2016 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[12] Windows Freeware 0.5.2 2009 10.7 Collection of tools for XMP metadata. 15 - - - EW - - Yes - - -
Easy Exif Delete[13] Windows Freeware 1.2 2010 0.8 Clean any EXIF unwanted data from your digital pictures. N/A D D - - - - Yes - - -
EXIF-O-Matic[14] Linux,
MacOS,
Windows 		Freeware 1.2 2012 0.2 View EXIF tags. N/A R R - - - - Yes - - -
ExifAuto[15] Windows Freeware 2.2 2007 0.4 GUI front-end for ExifTool to perform simple operations. 5 EW - - - - - Yes Yes - -
EXIF Browser[16] Windows Freeware 0.9.9.16 2007 0.9 Extract EXIF information from image files. N/A R R - - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes
Exif Copier[17] Windows Freeware 0.9 2010 5.0 Copy metadata between sets of multiple images using ExifTool. ? W W W W W W Yes Yes Yes Yes
ExifCleaner[18] Windows Shareware 1.8 2012 1.2 Lets you to erase/remove photographic metadata. N/A D D D D D D Yes - - -
EXIF Date Changer[19] Windows Freeware / Shareware 3.55 2017 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[20] Windows Freeware 0.9 2009 0.1 Graphical front-end for ExifTool with drag-and-drop and command-line parameters. >200 EW EW EW EW EW EW Yes Yes Yes Yes
ExifMixer[21] Windows Freeware 0.50 2008 0.4 GUI extension for the ExifTool with command-line parameters. >200 EW EW EW EW EW EW Yes Yes Yes Yes
Exif Pilot[22] Windows Freeware 4.9.3 2016 2.1 Software for viewing, editing, and creating metadata. 26 REW REW REW R R R Yes Yes Yes Yes
Exif Stats[23] Windows Freeware 2006 2.0 Extract some tags using ExifTool. N/A R R R R R R Yes Yes Yes Yes
Exif Tag Remover[24] Windows Shareware 5.1 2014 3.5 Allows you to easily delete all metadata tags. N/A D D D D D D Yes Yes Yes Yes
ExifTool[25] Linux,
MacOS,
Windows 		GPLv1 or Artistic License 12.25 2021 4.7 Powerful command line utility. >200 RDEW RDEW RDEW RDEW RDEW RDEW Yes Yes Yes Yes
ExifTool GUI[26] Windows Freeware 5.16 2015 1.4 GUI for the ExifTool with some editing features. 64 REW REW REW REW R R Yes Yes Yes Yes
EXIFutils[27] Linux,
MacOS,
Windows 		Shareware 3.1.4 2011 3.5 Set of command line utilities that extract, add, remove, copy, and replace metadata. >200 REW REW REW REW REW REW Yes Yes Yes Yes
ExifyMe[28] Windows Freeware 1.0 2010 3.3 Restore EXIF metadata from an original image. ? W W - - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes
Exiv2[29] Linux,
MacOS,
Windows 		GPLv2 0.27.2 2019 1.6 Command line utility and C++ Library >200 REW REW REW REW REW - Yes Yes Yes -
ExposurePlot[30] Windows Freeware 1.1.6 2015 0.6 Analyze your usage of the focal length of your lenses, ISO, shutter speed and aperture. N/A R - - - - - Yes - - -
Free EXIF Eraser[31] Windows Freeware 1.1 2011 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[32] Windows Freeware 3.5.3 2019 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[33] Windows Freeware 1.3 2010 15.7 GUI extension for the ExifTool. 12 R REW R R R R Yes Yes Yes Yes
Image Info Toolkit[34] MacOS,
Windows 		Shareware 3.0 2012 4.9 Editor for IPTC and XMP metadata. 36 R R REW REW - - Yes Yes - Yes
ImBatch[35] Windows Free for non-commercial use 4.7.0 (actually 5.9.1) 2016 11.9 Batch image processing tool >50 REW - REW - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPTC-PLUS Photo Metadata Toolkit[36] Windows Freeware 4 2011 1.2 Editor for IPTC and PLUS photo metadata with Adobe CS3 to CS5. 150 - - REW REW - - Yes Yes - Yes
irfanview[37] Windows Free for non-commercial use 4.51 2018 3.36 Image viewer that also supports viewing image metadata ? REW REW Yes Yes Yes Yes
iTag[38] Windows Shareware 500 2015 9.1 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 0.3.359,

0.3.282

2013

2010

1.3

20.8

Allows to drop quickly and easily tags over selected images directly by typing them on the keyboard. Pluginable. ? RDEW RDEW RDEW RDEW - - Yes - - -
JExifViewer[39] Linux,
Windows 		GPL 1.8 2010 5.3 View EXIF information stored in JPEG files. N/A R R - - - - Yes - - -
JPEG & PNG Stripper[40] Windows Freeware 1.5.7.70 2014 0.1 A tool for stripping/cleaning/removing unnecessary metadata. N/A D D D D D D Yes - - Yes
JPEG Comment Editor[41] Windows Freeware and Shareware 1.0 2015 1.0 Software for creating, viewing, editing, and saving metadata as text file for your photos. ? - - - - - - Yes - - -
Metadata++[42] Windows Freeware 1.22.4 2020 1.2 Edit, modify, add, delete any metadata from audio, video, photo, text... >200 RDEW RDEW RDEW RDEW RDEW RDEW Yes Yes Yes Yes
MAT[43] Linux
MacOS 		GPLv2 0.5.2 2014 3.1 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[44] Windows Shareware 1.1 2010 0.4 A tool to explore files by their XMP metadata. N/A - - - R - - Yes - - Yes
MetadataTouch[45] Windows Shareware 5.2 2011 0.6 A tool to view and edit IPTC and XMP metadata. 70 - - EW EW - - Yes - - Yes
MetaEditor Windows Freeware 3.3.0.0 2014 7.1 Allows you read and edit metadata within your digital photos. >200 REW REW REW REW - - Yes Yes - -
Metalith[46][47] Windows Freeware 10.20 2022 17.0 Allows you read, analyze and edit metadata. The main feature of the program is the ability to simultaneously edit any number of files. >200 RDEW RDEW RDEW RDEW D D Yes Yes Yes Yes
Opanda PowerExif[48] Windows Shareware 1.22 2013 1.6 A powerful GUI tool with batch processing to edit EXIF/GPS data and completely remove all data (include EXIF) in images. >130 REW REW - - - - Yes Yes - -
PhotoME[49] Windows Freeware 0.8ß2 2009 3.1 Show and edit the metadata of image files, analyze and modify EXIF and IPTC-NAA data, and analyze ICC profiles. >200 REW REW RE - REW R Yes Yes Yes Yes
QuickImageComment[50] Windows GPLv3 4.35 2019 15.8 Shows images and edit metadata using exiv2 library; GPS data can be shown and modified on a map; optimised to edit comments. >200 REW REW REW REW REW - Yes Yes Yes -
VRmeta[51] Linux,
MacOS,
Windows 		Paid subscription 1.0 2018 11.9 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[52] Linux,
MacOS,
Windows 		Freeware (for private and educational use) 2.45 2018 4.6 to 14.6 Picture viewer, editor with slide show, scan module, add ons >31 RD ? RDEW DEW[lower-alpha 5] ? R Yes Yes Yes Yes
Picvario Web browser Proprietary, Trial Available 1.25 2021 - Digital Asset Management system helping store, search and manage media files. Supports EXIF / IPTC / XMP metadata standards with the ability to view and edit. Allows determining access rights. Enriches metadata using artificial intelligence. >200 RDEW RDEW RDEW RDEW - - Yes Yes Yes Yes

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The size depends on chosen installation.
    The lower limit is for a minimal installation.
    The upper limit is for a full installation with all features.
  2. ↑ Number of editable tags
  3. ↑ EXIF - Exchangeable image file format for digital still cameras
    GPS - The global positioning system
    IPTC - IPTC-NAA Information Interchange Model
    XMP - Extensible Metadata Platform
    Maker - Proprietary Maker Notes
    Other - Other standards, for example: IRB Adobe Photoshop image resource blocks, MPF - Multi-Picture Format
    R - Can Read tags
    E - Can Edit tags
    W - Can Write tags
    D - Can Delete tags
  4. ↑ JPEG - ISO/IEC IS 10918-1 1993(E)
    TIFF - Tagged Image File Format
    Raw - Proprietary raw formats
    Other - Other formats, for example: PSD Adobe Photoshop, DNG Digital Negative, JP2 JPEG2000
    Yes - Format is supported
  5. ↑ There is an option to update, delete or create XMP metadata along when editing IPTC metadata.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.metadataworkinggroup.org/info/pdf/photokina_pr_2008_09_24.pdf Metadata Working Group Introduces First Specification for Interoperability and Preservation of Metadata in Digital Photography
  2. ↑ http://www.metadataworkinggroup.org/pdf/mwg_guidance.pdf Guidelines for Handling Image Metadata
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  4. ↑ "A Photo Manager". 24 May 2017. https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=de.k3b.android.androFotoFinder. 
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  9. ↑ "Support of IPTC Photo Metadata by Software - Caption Pro". iptc.org. https://iptc.org/standards/photo-metadata/software-support/#pid21. Retrieved 24 June 2020. 
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  11. ↑ "DBGallery: Photo Management Database System". dbgallery.com. http://dbgallery.com. Retrieved 12 November 2015. 
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  30. ↑ "Vandel.nl the homepage for Wega2 the Image Viewer and Exposureplot the Exif Analyzer utility". vandel.nl. http://www.vandel.nl/. Retrieved 12 November 2015. 
  31. ↑ "Free EXIF Eraser". exiferaser.com. http://www.exiferaser.com/. Retrieved 12 November 2015. 
  32. ↑ "GeoSetter". geosetter.de. http://www.geosetter.de/en/. Retrieved 27 March 2016. 
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  38. ↑ "iTag - Tag and Search for your photo and video files". itagsoftware.com. http://itagsoftware.com/. Retrieved 12 November 2015. 
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  42. ↑ "Metadata++ (Official Site)". logipole.com. https://www.logipole.com/. Retrieved 14 November 2016. 
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  44. ↑ "MetadataFox - Multi-Format Metadata Explorer". digitalconfidence.com. http://digitalconfidence.com/MetadataFox.html. Retrieved 12 November 2015. 
  45. ↑ "MetadataTouch - Powerful Multi-Format Metadata Editor". digitalconfidence.com. http://digitalconfidence.com/MetadataTouch.html. Retrieved 12 November 2015. 
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