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ExifTool for photo and video on Windows Pc

Developed By: CellHubs

License: Free

Rating: 3,6/5 - 2.044 votes

Last Updated: April 19, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 3.8.0-gms
Size 42.8 MB
Release Date April 20, 24
Category Photography Apps

App Permissions:
Allows an application to read from external storage. [see more (8)]

What's New:
Bug fixes: Android 14 supported [see more]

Description from Developer:
First of all, thank you 👍very much to Phil Harvey who makes a powerful editor application to process the photo, document, file's metadata on Linux, MAC or Window.

We're me... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download ExifTool for photo and video and install on Windows PC. ExifTool for photo and video is free Photography app, developed by CellHubs. Latest version of ExifTool for photo and video is 3.8.0-gms, was released on 2024-04-20 (updated on 2024-04-19). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of ExifTool for photo and video is 3,6. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 2,044 users, 468 users had rated it 5*, 1,061 users had rated it 1*.

How to install ExifTool for photo and video on Windows?

Instruction on how to install ExifTool for photo and video on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install ExifTool for photo and video on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install ExifTool for photo and video using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "ExifTool for photo and video" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install ExifTool for photo and video on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "ExifTool for photo and video" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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First of all, thank you 👍very much to Phil Harvey who makes a powerful editor application to process the photo, document, file's metadata on Linux, MAC or Window.

We're mentioning his introduce
ExifTool is a platform-independent Perl library plus a command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.

ExifTool is also available as a stand-alone Windows executable and a MacOS package."

So, according to that tools, I would like to make a portable application on the Android platform instead and now it has been released today for everyone who is interested in it.

ExifTool supports many different metadata formats including EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP, and ID3, as well as the maker notes of many digital cameras by Canon, Casio, DJI, FLIR, FujiFilm, GE, GoPro, HP, JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Motorola, Nikon, Nintendo, Olympus/Epson, Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Phase One, Reconyx, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Sigma/Foveon, and Sony.


What is EXIF data
EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, ... is a set of metadata attached to photo or video files. This metadata is a list of information, bellow is some kind of popular data.
- Make: Which camera is taken these photos.
- Model: Which model of camera.
- GPS Latitude, GPS LongItude: a set of GPS coordinates of a photo attached when taking a photo by the camera.
- ISO, Flash, Exposure, White Balance, Color Space, ...: parameter set of a photo after taking.
- Shutter Count: current number of photos taken by that camera.
... you can take a look at some documents on the internet to explore more metadata as on.

What is EXIFTool on Android
This is a ported application of above tool into the Android environment, we're working on it to make our app is useful and friendly with nice UI/UX based, to help the user can be easily modified EXIF data with an easy way.

Features
✔️DarkMode theme supported.
✔️Extract Depth Map information.
✔️Powerful, fast, flexible and customizable.
✔️Other than ExifInterface based on Google Developer, this application is supported by many types of files, e.g photo (jpg, jpeg, heic, heif, webp,...), video (mp4, avi, wkv, heif, ...), audio (mp3, mp4, ogg, flac, ...), photoshop project file (psd), raw photo (raw...) or some executing files (.exe, .msi, ...).
✔️Read/View EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP, ID3 and more...
✔️Modify/Edit EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, AFCP and more...
✔️Change currently metadata tags.
✔️Add GeoTag into Photos, Videos.
✔️Date Photo Editor: change Created Date, Modified Date easy by using Date Time Picker.
✔️Change the GPS, location attached to the photo with a little bit of interaction.
✔️Wiping/Remove all metadata (EXIF, XMP ...) of the photo, video ...
✔️Export Exif Data into CSV file.
✔️And more, more features but keep in mind we always keep its FREE to end-user.
✔️Extracts thumbnail images, preview images, and large JPEG images from RAW files
✔️Add/Edit/Delete metadata on multiple files.
✔️Copy from a photo/video to the others.
✔️Date Taken fixer based File Name or based tag
✔️Import data from Track Log (Geotag editor)

What we do next
⚪️ With this portable application, we currently keep adding some new features to the demand and really useful.


Thank you 👍👍👍
If you are interested, let install, share and try to use. We know that this application is still not heaven, but we continuously improve it in free time.

One more time, thank you again to Phil Harvey, you're the best guy.

To the user
We're always want to make our app is improved, so let me your concern to us by email that we can help you faster.

Our email: cellhubsapp@gmail.com
Forum: https://exiftool.org - Managed by Phil Harvey, but I will always be here.
Bug fixes: Android 14 supported
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.