Comparison

Lens Buddy vs Timestamp Camera Enterprise

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lens Buddy

This app allows you to take hands-free photos and videos using a customizable timer. It's ideal for solo photoshoots, group pictures, and content creation, offering features like a photo booth mode and high-quality capture.

Highlights
  • Customizable timer
  • Photo Booth mode
  • High-quality photo capture
  • Video recording
  • Built-in gallery for rating and organizing
  • RAW photo support
  • Burst mode
Features
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Your ultimate handsfree camera experience is here! You take your own photos. Lens Buddy is a simple yet powerful timer camera app that will take pictures of you and your loved ones without the need to press buttons or even hold the device. Just set your desired time interval between the shots and let the camera roll! Leave your Bluetooth clicker home and do your own photoshoot! Take your social media presence to the next level! Once you finished taking your photos you can easily rate your pictures within the app that will help you to keep or export the best ones. Stop taking screenshots from videos - Lens Buddy offers higher quality photos and and easier way to take them! Want to take a group photo without having someone left out? Is there no one around to take a picture of you? Are you a content creator or a solo traveler? In need of building your Instagram feed? Do you need the best self timer app available? Simply put down your device on a safe place and let Lens Buddy make your perfect shot! FEATURES * [NEW] Photo Booth mode * 48MP capture * Video * Save photos to the app to keep your camera roll clean and use the built-in gallery to view, rate and organize your photos * Camera roll integration: save, sort into albums, view and manage your photos in the camera roll just like with the system camera app (optional, requires paid subscription) * RAW photo support (requires iOS 14.3, and available on Pro devices starting from iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max) * High quality photos * Live photos * Portrait mode * A clean, yet familiar and easy to use interface * Fully customizable timer * Sounds: Numerous sound effects and announcements help your photoshoot * Burst mode for super fast photography * Zoom, focus, exposure control * Aspect ratio: You can now snap your photos in either square or wide dimensions * Tracking focus: even if you move around the focus will follow you * Toggle between auto/on/off flash modes * Framing tools: Grid, level * Dark mode support Comments from you: "I love this app! I use is all the time for work and personal." "Just what I needed!" "Super easy and amazing!" "It’s literally perfect when you’re home alone and still want a cute outfit pic!" "This app is really helpful! Especially for those who are content creators like myself and take our own photos for work." Do you like Lens Buddy? Please don't forget to rate it in the App Store! It helps a lot. EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Timestamp Camera Enterprise

Enhance photos and videos with unforgeable date, time, location, and GPS watermarks. Customize text, position, and even add logos. Ideal for documenting events where authenticity is crucial.

Highlights
  • Add date, time, GPS, and address watermark
  • Customizable font, color, size, and position
  • Display altitude, speed, and map
  • Import and customize logo image
  • Adjust video resolution and FPS
  • Timer for photos and black screen power saving
  • Record video without audio
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This app can add non-forged date, time, location and GPS watermark on photo and video. By getting the current time from the network, the photo and video will still have a watermark of true time even if the user changes the time of the phone. This app can be used in a variety of occasions which need true time and location, such as the work report of the construction site , traffic accident scene, goods transfer, private detective work, evidence of borrowed items and so on. The main features: • Add the current date, time, GPS and address watermark when taking photo or video. - Support change font, font color, font size. - Support set timestamp in 6 positions: top left, top center, top right, bottom left, bottom center, bottom right. - Support add address and GPS automatically. - Support input and display custom text on camera. - Support change opacity of text and text background. - Support four text margin modes: no margin, one line margin, half line margin, suitable for printing. • Support display altitude and speed. • Support display map on camera. • Support display compass on the camera. • Support import logo image to display on the camera. Support change the position, size, margins and transparency of the logo. • Support change video resolution (540P, 720P, 1080P, 4K) and fps (30fps, 60fps). • Support timer to take picture (3, 5, 10 seconds with count down). • Support power saving mode of black screen. • Support record video without audio. • Support pause and continue record fragments to one video. • Support toggle camera when recording. • Support portrait and landscape. • Support iPhone and iPad. If you have any questions or suggestions, please email to cybfriend@gmail.com. Thank you.

Screenshots

Lens Buddy4 screens
Timestamp Camera Enterprise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lens Buddy at none against Timestamp Camera Enterprise's shown. Lens Buddy also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (94% vs 66%). Timestamp Camera Enterprise's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lens Buddy sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Timestamp Camera Enterprise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Lens Buddy against 4.8 for Timestamp Camera Enterprise. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lens Buddy has 34K ratings behind it against 3.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Lens Buddy's written reviews are positive against 66% of Timestamp Camera Enterprise's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lens Buddy ships an update every 2 weeks, Timestamp Camera Enterprise every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Lens Buddy versus Timestamp Camera Enterprise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLens BuddyTimestamp Camera Enterprise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (34K ratings) — better4.8 (3.3K ratings)
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews — better66.4% of reviews
Number of ratings34K — better3.3K
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#152 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLens Buddy Selfie Timer Photo Video Filter Camera LLC玉彬 陈

Customer experience

Lens Buddy

All ratings34,046 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews994 reviews
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.8%

Timestamp Camera Enterprise

All ratings3,290 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews345 reviews
Positive66.4%
Neutral10.4%
Negative23.2%

User reviews

Lens Buddy

From 34K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Customizable timer and photo settings
  • 💡 Ability to take multiple photos at once
  • 👍 Convenient for solo photography
  • 👍 Organized photo management within the app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional app crashes
  • 🐛 Issues with photo saving and transfer
  • 🔒 Cannot fully mute the shutter sound
  • 💰 Subscription model concerns

Timestamp Camera Enterprise

From 3.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Useful features
  • 🚀 Accurate timestamp and location
  • 💡 Helpful for documentation
  • 🤳 Great for work and delivery proof
  • 🌟 Excellent app overall

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional freezing or crashing
  • 🗺️ Inaccurate location/address detection
  • 🔍 Difficulty adjusting timestamp/location display
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🌐 Requires internet connection

Bugs and requests

Lens Buddy

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Photos not saving in order
  • Inconsistent photo count between app and export

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to invert camera view
  • Option to only save liked/approved photos
  • Zip/batch photo export
  • Apple Watch integration as a viewfinder

Timestamp Camera Enterprise

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Camera not working on newer devices
  • Timestamp/location not displaying correctly
  • Unexpected photo/video capture
  • Compatibility issues with iOS updates
  • Incorrect file naming/organization

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to remove timestamp/location overlay
  • Ability to manually edit location details
  • Support for offline usage
  • Customizable timestamp format
  • Improved camera functionality (e.g. rotation, flash)

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Lens Buddy

Subscriptions12
  • Weekly PRO3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Weekly PRO2 variants$2.997 Days
  • Weekly PRO$4.997 Days
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  • Monthly PRO2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Monthly PRO$9.991 Month
  • Special$14.991 Year
  • Special$19.991 Year
  • Yearly PRO3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly PRO$29.991 Year
  • Yearly PRO7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly PRO3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Yearly PRO7 Days trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Timestamp Camera Enterprise

One-time1
  • Upgrade to pro version$9.99

Questions

Is Lens Buddy free?
Lens Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timestamp Camera Enterprise free?
Timestamp Camera Enterprise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lens Buddy or Timestamp Camera Enterprise?
Lens Buddy is rated higher. Lens Buddy averages 4.9 out of 5 from 34K ratings, while Timestamp Camera Enterprise averages 4.8 from 3.3K ratings.
Do Lens Buddy or Timestamp Camera Enterprise have ads?
Timestamp Camera Enterprise shows ads; Lens Buddy does not.
Which is updated more often, Lens Buddy or Timestamp Camera Enterprise?
Lens Buddy ships an update every 2 weeks, and Timestamp Camera Enterprise every 3 months. Most recently, Lens Buddy was updated on September 25, 2026 and Timestamp Camera Enterprise on September 23, 2026.

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