Your photos know more than you think. The Photos app shows you where and when a picture was taken. 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. NEW IN 8.2 • On iOS 27, captions and keywords stay in sync with the Photos app, and you can see and change Photos star ratings • A rebuilt Edit Metadata screen with search, plus new date and location editors • Open any location in Google Maps or Waze from the Share and Editing extensions AI IMAGE DETECTION Photo Investigator flags AI-generated images using on-device metadata signals. No image leaves your phone. We check three layers: • 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. • 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. • 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. No 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. THE PRIVACY TOOLS • Strip GPS: remove precise coordinates, altitude, and compass direction before sharing • Clear timestamps, device details, copyright, and creator fields • See at a glance whether a photo reveals where you live, work, or travel • Use the Photos editing extension to clean metadata without leaving Photos • Templates for one-tap presets across an entire photo selection • Edit confirmation: review every change before it's saved THE DEEPEST METADATA VIEWER ON iOS • Every EXIF, IPTC, and XMP field in one place: nothing hidden from you • GPS coordinates, altitude, direction, and UTC capture time • Camera make, model, lens, focal length, ISO, shutter speed, aperture, color space • IPTC: creator, copyright, description, keywords, credit, source • XMP: edit history, ratings, Content Credentials, AI provenance • Video: codec, resolution, frame rate, HDR data, plus audio export • Extended attributes (xattr): which app created the file, original filename, timezone, system-level fields iOS doesn't surface anywhere else • Depth maps, Live Photo flags, HDR flags, WebP hidden metadata, RAW support INSPECT FROM ANYWHERE • Photos editing extension: review and edit metadata without leaving Photos • Share sheet extension: inspect any file's metadata from Messages, Files, or any app • Open any location instantly in Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, or Maps.me • Browse your full photo and video library with metadata visible at a glance MADE FOR • Privacy-conscious users who share photos online and want to know what they're broadcasting • Journalists and investigators verifying image authenticity and provenance • Photographers managing camera settings, copyright, and editorial metadata • Researchers and forensic analysts who need a full technical record, including xattr and C2PA Content Credentials • Anyone curious about what their phone quietly records every time they tap the shutter THE MAP Every 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. Note: viewing all metadata is free. Editing and removing metadata requires a one-time in-app purchase. In the App Store since 2012. Built and maintained by a single developer who cares about your privacy.