Comparison

CertiPhoto vs eWitnessMedia

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

Head to head
About

CertiPhoto

Securely date and verify the integrity of your photos. This app encrypts, geolocates, and stores images on a secure server, providing a tamper-proof certificate with legal value in EU countries. Ideal for documenting evidence for rentals, construction sites, and more.

Highlights
  • Secure photo encryption
  • Geolocation tagging
  • Tamper-proof PDF certificates
  • Remote secure storage
  • Legal value in EU countries
  • Timestamping by trusted authority
Features
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Capture, timestamp, prove: create your own certified digital evidence, recognised by case law. Designed in 2015 by a court-appointed digital forensics expert, CertiPhoto lets you securely geolocate and date a photo or video, and guarantee that it has not been altered since it was captured. You can build your own digital evidence, anchored in time and space, to demonstrate your good faith or protect yourself against certain abuses. A technology proven for over 10 years: Every capture is encrypted and embedded in a cryptographically sealed PDF/A-3B certificate: any subsequent modification is immediately detectable. The certificate is signed with an AdES-QC seal and timestamped by a trusted third party (eIDAS-qualified timestamping for professionals). Your evidence is archived for a minimum of 3 years in a secure cloud compliant with the NF Z 42-013 standard. Every certificate can also undergo in-depth analysis after the fact: to date, in every dispute, our fraud-detection algorithms have identified the tampering, enabling fraudulent certificates to be invalidated across a corpus of more than 6 million captures. CertiPhoto is recognised by French case law and is a reference solution for inspections under the French energy savings certificate scheme (CEE), notably since the ministerial order of 13 June 2023. Your certificates are designed to meet the requirements of digital evidence law across the European Union (eIDAS Regulation). Use cases include: * Property inventories: whether you are a landlord or a tenant, secure your move-in and move-out inspections with certified photos and videos, effortlessly. * Insurance claims: build solid, enforceable evidence to strengthen your claim and speed up compensation. * Planning notices: record the installation of your site notice board (building permit, prior declaration...) yourself, and affix a label proving the start of the display period on a certified date. * Valuables: classic cars, paintings, jewellery... prove their existence and condition on a specific date. * Contractors and tradespeople: timestamp and geolocate your work and that of your subcontractors, track your worksites and prevent disputes. For businesses: CertiPhoto is a complete ecosystem: a scalable API for fast integration, intuitive management dashboards, and CertiLink technology to roll out the solution at scale by distributing thousands of automatic sign-in links in one click, with comment injection. CertiPhoto that respects your data: The app gives you several free credits every month, with no ads and no strings attached. It respects your privacy: GDPR-compliant, with a zero-knowledge architecture. Pricing is public and transparent, with no subscription and no commitment, and your credits never expire. Note: CertiPhoto requires a phone whose software integrity can be verified (non-rooted / non-jailbroken devices). For more information, please contact the publisher, PROBANTIA SAS.

About

eWitnessMedia

Features
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In an era of deepfakes, generative AI imagery, and rampant photo manipulation, the simple question "is this real?" has never been harder to answer. Misinformation and disinformation are escalating threats to journalism, public safety, and trust in democratic institutions. Verifying digital images from unknown sources has become an essential part of the editorial process in the news industry. Social media platforms bear a corporate responsibility to establish trust in authentic content, recognize tampering early, and prevent circulation of images that do not come from verified sources. eWitness addresses this challenge by registering a SmartHash fingerprint of every photo or video on an immutable blockchain at the moment of capture — making the chain of custody permanent and publicly verifiable. Learn more at https://ewitness.io

Screenshots

CertiPhoto4 screens
eWitnessMedia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: eWitnessMedia at none against CertiPhoto's 3. CertiPhoto's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. CertiPhoto sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. eWitnessMedia asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CertiPhoto ships an update every 2 months, eWitnessMedia every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CertiPhoto versus eWitnessMedia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCertiPhotoeWitnessMedia
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPascal Eric MayanieWitness Media Inc.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CertiPhoto

One-time3
  • 10 certified pictures$3.99
  • 25 certified pictures$8.99
  • 50 certified pictures$14.99
None

eWitnessMedia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CertiPhoto free?
CertiPhoto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is eWitnessMedia free?
eWitnessMedia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CertiPhoto or eWitnessMedia have ads?
Neither CertiPhoto nor eWitnessMedia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CertiPhoto or eWitnessMedia?
CertiPhoto ships an update every 2 months, and eWitnessMedia every 7 months. Most recently, CertiPhoto was updated on October 16, 2026 and eWitnessMedia on October 8, 2026.

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