MetaShield: EXIF & GPS Eraser

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MetaShield protects your privacy by removing hidden metadata from photos before you share them — and lets you add GPS to photos taken without location data. WHAT IS PHOTO METADATA? Every photo your phone takes quietly embeds invisible data: your precise GPS coordinates, camera make and model, the exact date and time, lens details, serial numbers, and software version. When you share a photo, all of this goes with it — to strangers, clients, or the internet. MetaShield shows you exactly what is embedded and lets you remove only what you choose. SCRUBBER — REMOVE METADATA • GPS Location — remove the latitude and longitude from every photo • Camera & Device Info — strip make, model, serial number, and lens data • Date & Time Taken — remove the timestamp of when the photo was captured • Artist & Copyright — clean identity fields embedded by professional cameras • Verification engine — every save is re-read from disk to confirm the data was actually removed • Share directly from the app after scrubbing GEOTAG — ADD LOCATION • Select any photo (e.g. a DSLR shot without GPS) • Tap the map to drop a pin, or search for a location by name • The new GPS coordinates are written and verified • Before and after comparison shows exactly what changed PRESETS — ONE-TAP WORKFLOWS • Social Safe — removes GPS and camera info (good for public posts) • Client Share — removes GPS only, keeps camera info for professional delivery • Full Scrub — removes all fields in one tap • Create and save your own presets with any combination of fields SHARE EXTENSION • Scrub photos directly from the Photos app share sheet — no need to open MetaShield first BUILT ON TRUST • 100% on-device — no servers, no accounts, no network calls ever • Non-destructive — your original is always preserved; recover any time via Photos → Edit → Revert • No analytics, no crash reporting, no third-party SDKs HONEST LIMITATIONS MetaShield edits JPEG and HEIC files. RAW files and videos are not supported — iOS does not provide a non-destructive editing API for those formats. Some apps (WhatsApp, Instagram) strip metadata themselves on upload, so MetaShield is most useful when sharing via AirDrop, email, or direct file transfer.