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IMatch vs TagStudio: catalog facts
IMatchTagStudio
Paid

Commercial software sold by photools.com.

Free

Free and open source with no paid tier.

Windows Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Standard-compliant metadata management
  • Catalogs RAW, video, audio, PDF and Office files
  • Tag-based organization on top of your existing files
  • Does not lock files into a proprietary format
  • Windows only
  • Paid software
  • Still evolving, so features and library format may change
  • Organizing a large collection with tags takes manual effort
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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