Comparison

Digital Camera User vs Creative Stamping

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

Head to head
About

Digital Camera User

This photography magazine app offers in-depth shooting guides and practical tutorials for all levels of digital photography enthusiasts. It provides professional content from industry experts to help users enhance their skills. Users can purchase individual issues or subscribe for ongoing access.

Highlights
  • Professional photography content
  • Hands-on shooting guides
  • Practical user tutorials
  • Essential reference for digital photography
  • Subscription options available
  • Purchase current and back issues
Features
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Digital Camera User takes high quality, high production professional content and their top team of industry experts to produce the ultimate photography magazine. Each issue is packed with unbeatable hands on shooting guides and practical user tutorials and projects, building up to become the essential reference guide for all core areas of digital photography. Papercut’s Digital Camera User is the perfect title for both amateur photographers and those long standing fanatics looking to enhance their skills, so don’t miss out! Subscribe today! ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

About

Creative Stamping

Features
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Creative Stamping is the UK’s number one magazine dedicated to all things stamping, offering tips, techniques and a wealth of design inspiration. Every digital issue of Creative Stamping is packed with project ideas showing you how to use stamps in a variety of ways, including cards, home décor and accessories! ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

Screenshots

Digital Camera User4 screens
Creative Stamping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Creative Stamping at none against Digital Camera User's shown. Creative Stamping also leads on iOS requirement (11.2 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Digital Camera User sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Creative Stamping sells 40 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Camera User ships an update every 25 months, Creative Stamping every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on July 19, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Digital Camera User versus Creative Stamping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital Camera UserCreative Stamping
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 19 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPapercutPractical Publishing International Ltd

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Digital Camera User

Subscriptions1
  • Digital Camera User$9.991 Year
One-time10
  • Complete Outdoo... (id:763575)$4.99
  • Creative Photog... (id:763576)$4.99
  • Ultimate Photog... (id:804025)$6.99
Show 7 more
  • BDM's Canon Cam... (id:806436)$7.99
  • BDM's Nikon Cam... (id:806434)$7.99
  • BDM's Photograp... (id:806433)$7.99
  • BDM's Black & ... (id:806351)$7.99
  • Photography - T... (id:806341)$7.99
  • Photography Com... (id:806329)$7.99
  • Canon Photography (id:805924)$7.99
40 purchases

Creative Stamping

One-time40
  • 116 (pp:910173)$9.99
  • 117 (pp:910172)$9.99
  • 123 (id:720877)$9.99
Show 37 more
  • 126 (id:720874)$9.99
  • 121 (id:720879)$9.99
  • 122 (pp:910167)$9.99
  • 132 (id:720868)$9.99
  • 128 (id:720872)$9.99
  • 130 (id:720870)$9.99
  • Issue 139 (pp:1084272)$9.99
  • Issue 141 (pp:1084277)$9.99
  • Issue 140 (pp:1084269)$9.99
  • Issue 145 (pp:1084319)$9.99
  • Issue 144 (pp:1084311)$9.99
  • Issue 138 (pp:1084290)$9.99
  • Issue 135 (pp:1084305)$9.99
  • Issue 137 (pp:1084295)$9.99
  • Issue 143 (pp:1084303)$9.99
  • Issue 136 (pp:1084313)$9.99
  • Issue 167 (pp:1142449)$9.99
  • Issue 165 (pp:1142453)$9.99
  • Issue 164 (pp:1142455)$9.99
  • Issue 163 (pp:1142457)$9.99
  • Issue 160 (pp:1142463)$9.99
  • Issue 168 (pp:1142447)$9.99
  • Issue 166 (pp:1142451)$9.99
  • Issue 162 (pp:1142459)$9.99
  • Issue 161 (pp:1142461)$9.99
  • Issue 159 (pp:1142465)$9.99
  • Issue 153 (pp:1117024)$9.99
  • Issue 156 (pp:1117030)$9.99
  • Issue 152 (pp:1117022)$9.99
  • Issue 155 (pp:1117028)$9.99
  • Issue 147 (pp:1116990)$9.99
  • Issue 150 (pp:1117018)$9.99
  • Issue 158 (pp:1117034)$9.99
  • Issue 154 (pp:1117026)$9.99
  • Issue 151 (pp:1117020)$9.99
  • Issue 157 (pp:1117032)$9.99
  • 118 (id:818414)$11.99

Questions

Is Digital Camera User free?
Digital Camera User is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Creative Stamping free?
Creative Stamping is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Digital Camera User or Creative Stamping have ads?
Digital Camera User shows ads; Creative Stamping does not.
Which is updated more often, Digital Camera User or Creative Stamping?
Digital Camera User ships an update every 25 months, and Creative Stamping every 19 months. Most recently, Digital Camera User was updated on July 19, 2026 and Creative Stamping on September 15, 2026.

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