Photo Importer + SD Card Cull
Pick the best RAW & JPEG shots
$2.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Browse your SD card like the Photos app, group bursts automatically, and save only the keepers. Imported shots get a check mark, so you never import twice.
Browse the photos on your SD card or USB drive like the Photos app, and import only the keepers to your iPhone or iPad.
Bursts are grouped automatically, thumbnails show aperture, shutter speed and ISO, and imported shots get a check mark so you never import the same photo twice.
Photo Importer + is for photographers who want to pick their best RAW / JPEG shots before importing everything. It opens any storage visible in the Files app: SD card readers, USB drives, external SSDs, iCloud Drive and more.
■ Why you need it
If you just want everything on your iPhone, plug in a card reader and use the built-in Photos import. That works fine.
But when you shot hundreds of frames and want the best one, the Photos import screen only gives you tiny thumbnails you cannot zoom. You end up importing everything and sorting later, wasting storage and time.
Photo Importer + gives you the same grid as the Photos app, plus the tools that make culling fast, while the photos stay on the card.
■ Bursts grouped automatically
High-speed bursts fill the grid with near-identical frames. Photo Importer + reads the EXIF capture time (millisecond precision) and groups frames shot less than a second apart. The grid shows one representative frame; tap to open the group and compare every frame. RAW+JPEG pairs and photos from several cameras are handled correctly.
Unlike the Photos app's Burst feature, this works on RAW and JPEG from any camera. You can turn it off in Settings.
■ Shooting info on every thumbnail
Overlay any of these on the grid thumbnails:
• Capture time (ms precision)
• Exposure (aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focal length)
• Camera
• Lens
• File name
• File size
Spot the shot with the wrong aperture or the ISO that went too high without opening a single file. Choose which items to show and their order in Settings.
■ See what you've already imported
Photos saved to Photos or copied to a folder get a check mark. The record survives reinserting the card, so you never have to remember where you left off. Filter with “Show Unimported Only” and continue culling from where you stopped.
■ How people use it
• Open a burst group and pick the decisive moment
• Compare aperture, shutter speed and ISO across frames to choose the best exposure
• Pinch-zoom to check focus straight from the SD card
• Review photos stored on a USB stick or SSD on the iPad
• Between shoots, continue culling from the last imported photo
■ More features
• Photos-style grid, 1 to 5 columns
• Automatic sections by capture date (month / day / hour)
• Tap to open, pinch to zoom, full resolution when zoomed past 1:1
• Save selected photos to Photos or to any folder
• Share, or delete what you don't need
• RAW preview: DNG / CR2 / CR3 / NEF / ARW / RW2 / ORF / RAF
• Sort by name, date or size, ascending or descending
• English and Japanese
■ Supported storage
• SD cards via USB-C or Lightning card readers
• USB drives and external SSDs
• iCloud Drive
• Any cloud storage visible in the Files app (Dropbox, Google Drive and more)
Works with off-the-shelf card readers and drives. No vendor lock-in.
■ What it doesn't do
No editing, albums, tags or cloud sync. It does one thing: browse photos on external storage like the Photos app and import only what you want.
■ Privacy
Your photos never leave the device. EXIF parsing and overlays are all done locally.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
• Refreshed App Store listing and screenshots, now available in English.
• Minor improvements.
Thanks for using Photo Importer +. If it helps your workflow, a review on the App Store means a lot.
The developer, Metasync, Corp, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- META SYNC, K.K.
- Size
- 4.9 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Japanese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Metasync, Corp.
