Professional metadata editing for macOS
A native macOS app for photographers, archivists, and digital asset managers who care about accuracy, scale, and control.
Edit EXIF, IPTC, and XMP across 50+ formats including RAW, with a 128-field registry, integrated search, templates, automation, and document export. Built for libraries with hundreds of thousands of files.
Metal GPU rendering with Display-P3 color, 50+ RAW formats, masonry and grid thumbnails up to 2048 px, progressive loading, and professional video controls.
128-field registry across 9 categories, 5-tab info panel, compare tray, GPS tools with DMS display, and ExifTool-powered extraction of 500+ metadata elements.
Inline field editing, template manager with 15 presets, batch application to thousands of files, privacy redaction, and unified date management.
Integrated browser search with filter overlay, progressive density, relevance cues, analytics dashboard, and histograms for your shooting patterns.
8 metadata formats, PDF and HTML portfolio generation with custom branding, typography presets, watermarks, and NDJSON for Elasticsearch.
Native library browsing with album access, iCloud download progress, smart prefetch, and export/import between Photos and filesystem.
One window for vocabulary, keyword rules, transformation rules, activity, sets, custom fields, and profiles. Seven tabs (⌘1 to ⌘7) with cross-tab navigation and a Keyword Inspector available from any chip.
On-device image analysis with Apple Vision: AI photo descriptions in four tones, smart keyword suggestions across 1,000+ subjects, and optional Enhanced Recognition. Plus NLP enrichment and rule generation from your vocabularies. Everything runs locally, nothing is written until you confirm.
Four-tab sidebar (Favorites, Libraries, Browser, Photos), Finder-style recursive browser, configurable Launchpad with 18 tiles, per-window footer toolbars, and ⌥⌘↑ to jump to a file's containing folder.
AI photo descriptions in four tones, smart Vision keyword suggestions across 1,000+ subjects, and Enhanced Recognition. Everything runs on your Mac, and nothing is written until you confirm.
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Template application, date operations, privacy redaction, and rename rules across your whole library, with checkpoint recovery and stop-and-resume.
Fix photo dates in bulk →
Pre-built templates for stock, nature, portrait, and event work, or build your own across the 128-field registry. Apply to thousands of images with preview and full undo.
Set copyright once →
I have tried all the tools available out there. MetaScope is one of the most impressive software pieces around, the only one deserving the label of a true metadata studio, IMO. Besides being the only "aesthetic" metadata tool I know (one you want to work with!) it also has a truly uniquely useful architecture and UI/UX concept.
All that while it is genuinely geared to professional work by now even topping the known "boss types" in the field, when it comes to thorough, systematic and ergonomic use. Where other (leading) tools offer boxes and dropdowns dreadful to turn to, MetaScope lays out a luxurious workbench, inviting one to true artisanship (and a drink). This will be the benchmark soon, if it keeps on track…!
Professional metadata viewing and light editing at no cost.
€49,99/year (save 30%) · 3-month trial for €9,99
Unlimited professional workflows for photographers and archivists.
*Pricing varies by region due to local taxes and App Store policies. Final pricing displayed during App Store checkout.
