ShutterLife
Your camera’s shutter count.
See a camera’s shutter count before you buy or sell it, for the 217 models on our list. ShutterLife reads it from the original photos: no internet, no upload, no account. One purchase for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Requires iOS 17, iPadOS 17 or macOS 14 · Supported cameras
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ShutterLife
Overview
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Check before you buy
ShutterLife can only show the shutter count if the camera writes it into the image file. These cannot be read: Canon DSLRs (for example the EOS 5D Mark IV), the Sony ZV-E1, smartphones, most compact cameras and the Leica M series. Only the model list decides: if your model is not on it, we have not tested it. With Nikon, Pentax and Fujifilm it sometimes works anyway; with Canon and Sony, rely on the list. On firmware versions we haven’t been able to test yet, the count may not be read. ShutterLife then shows no number rather than a wrong one.
Your camera is missing?
Email us two original photos taken one right after the other at support@casystudio.com, or use “Report a Camera” under “About” in the app. If possible, as RAW and JPEG, otherwise in whatever format you have. Do not send them through a messenger. Only the difference between them shows how your camera counts. We’ll then check whether the shutter count can be read. We use the photos only for this check and delete them within 30 days, unless you expressly allow us to keep them for longer. More in the privacy policy.
Check several photos at once
New in 2.0: open up to 20 original photos in one go. ShutterLife reads every file and tells you whether they fit together: same camera model and serial number, no newer photo with a lower count, no editing software noted in the file. If something doesn’t add up, it says so plainly and suggests what to ask the seller. It compares what the files say. No software can guarantee that they came from the camera for sale: if in doubt, compare the serial number with the camera.
Getting photos into the app
On iPhone and iPad, pick photos from your photo library or the Files app, or send them to ShutterLife from Mail and other apps through the share sheet. On a Mac, drag photos or a whole folder onto the window, press ⌘O, or choose “Open With” in the Finder. Important: they must be original photos. Messaging apps like WhatsApp strip the data your camera writes into a photo, and the count with it. Ask for the originals via AirDrop, email (original size) or a cloud link.
Share a result
Selling? Share a result card with the count, the manufacturer’s tested threshold and the capture date. The serial number is masked unless you choose to show it. Or send the PDF report with lens, firmware and the editing check, on A4 or US Letter depending on your region.
Every camera on its own page
Tap a camera to see its count charted over the capture dates, how fast it has risen, and every reading. You can name your cameras and assign photos without a serial number to a camera yourself. History lists every reading by date, filterable by camera. The design comes in light and dark; pick either under “About”.
Count and tested threshold
Next to your shutter count you see the manufacturer’s tested threshold and, where the manufacturer names it, the shutter mode of that test. It is a tested minimum, not a failure forecast, and is shown as a figure, not a percentage. Where a Canon counter also counts electronic-shutter actuations, the app says so. Fujifilm counters track frames; Pentax and Ricoh counters can be reset at a service center. On Nikon Z cameras that keep a separate mechanical shutter count, ShutterLife shows that count.
Carefully tested
ShutterLife was built and tested on real camera files and shows the value your camera wrote into the file. On the Canon EOS RP and R7 in HDR mode, the app adds the measured difference and marks it. Firmware updates or counter resets can affect the value. Readable formats are JPG, HEIC, HEIF, HIF, CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, RAF, PEF and DNG.
Privacy first
All processing happens on your device. The app uploads nothing, runs no analytics, does not track you and needs no internet connection. Photos or camera data reach us only if you email them to us yourself.