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Turn iPhone Scene Photos into Court-Ready Excel Evidence

Photo Metadata Exporter is an iOS app that extracts EXIF metadata — including GPS coordinates, exact capture timestamps, camera model, and exposure settings — from iPhone scene photos and exports the data to a standard Excel (.xlsx) file. For attorneys building personal-injury, criminal-defense, or civil-litigation cases, that means a defensible, sortable, court-submittable record of when and where each photo was taken. All processing happens on-device with no cloud upload — important for client confidentiality.

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The problem with iPhone scene photos in litigation

Personal-injury attorneys, criminal-defense counsel, and insurance-defense lawyers routinely receive hundreds of iPhone photos from clients, investigators, or witnesses. Without structured metadata, those photos are evidence at risk:

  • close No reliable record of when each photo was actually captured
  • close GPS coordinates buried in EXIF that screenshots strip away
  • close Manually transcribing timestamps and coordinates into Word documents is slow and error-prone
  • close Sharing photos by upload exposes privileged client material to third-party cloud servers

A three-step workflow for defensible photo evidence

Photo Metadata Exporter reads the original EXIF data straight from the iPhone Photos library — the same untouched metadata Apple writes when the photo is captured — and produces a spreadsheet you can attach to a motion, share with opposing counsel, or import into your case-management system.

  1. 1

    Select your case photos

    Choose a case-specific album, or hand-pick photos. The app supports numbered multi-select so the order in the Excel matches the order you submit.

  2. 2

    Configure EXIF fields

    For evidentiary use, we recommend Filename, Date Taken, Time Taken (with time zone), GPS Latitude, GPS Longitude, Altitude, Camera Model, and File Size. Drag and drop to set column order.

  3. 3

    Generate and submit

    Tap Create Excel and the .xlsx is generated on-device. Enable Include original photos to bundle the full-resolution originals in a ZIP — useful for a complete production set.

EXIF fields that matter for litigation

The right combination of fields turns a folder of photos into a structured exhibit that withstands authentication challenges.

check_circle Capture Date & Time

Establishes when each photo was taken — critical for time-line reconstruction and rebutting allegations of post-hoc fabrication.

check_circle GPS Latitude / Longitude / Altitude

Locates the photo to the scene. Useful in premises-liability, accident-reconstruction, and trespass cases.

check_circle Camera Model & Software

Authenticates the device — helps establish that the photo came from a specific iPhone and was not edited in third-party software.

check_circle File Size & Resolution

Cross-references against the original. Compressed or re-saved files will show different size; the original metadata is a chain-of-custody anchor.

Frequently asked questions — Legal Professionals

Specific to legal professionals workflows

Is the exported metadata admissible as evidence? expand_more
EXIF metadata is generally admissible as a business record / system-generated record under the Federal Rules of Evidence and most state equivalents, provided you can establish foundation (the iPhone created it during normal operation). Photo Metadata Exporter reads metadata directly from iOS — it does not modify the original photos or fabricate fields. As with any evidentiary submission, consult applicable jurisdictional rules.
Does the app modify the original photos? expand_more
No. Photo Metadata Exporter is strictly read-only with respect to your Photos library. It extracts metadata and writes a new Excel file (and optionally a ZIP of copies). Your original photos and their EXIF data are untouched on disk.
Are client photos uploaded anywhere? expand_more
Never. All processing is on-device. There is no server, no cloud upload, no analytics on photo content. This matters for attorney-client privilege and work-product confidentiality — the photos stay on the device they were captured on.
Can I export photos from a specific date range, e.g., the day of the incident? expand_more
Yes. Use the album-selection mode after grouping your case photos in a dedicated iOS album, or use the manual multi-pick mode to hand-select photos. The app also supports a "last 30 days" quick filter.
What about photos taken on Android or other devices? expand_more
Photo Metadata Exporter is an iPhone-only app that reads from the iOS Photos library. To process Android or other-device photos, first import them into the iPhone Photos library (most iCloud and Google Photos workflows handle this); the EXIF metadata is preserved during import.

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