Annotium vs Annotate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Annotium
Easily add notes, shapes, and highlights to your photos for technical fields. Illustrate, track, and share your work visually with a variety of annotation tools. Ideal for students, professionals, and anyone needing to explain visual information.
- Numerous built-in annotation tools
- Customizable shapes, text, and colors
- Highlighting and magnifying features
- Polygon with unlimited vertices
- Blur/Pixelate for sensitive info
- Measuring tools for lines and angles
- High-resolution image support
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Turn any photo into a clear visual explanation with Annotium. Mark up a photo or a screenshot in seconds. Annotate images for site inspections, repairs, lessons, product feedback, instructions, or everyday communication. Point out what matters, add context, and share an image that's easy to understand. ANNOTATE WITH PRECISION • Add arrows, lines, shapes, and text • Highlight details with Spotlight and Loupe • Show dimensions and angles with measurement tools • Draw directly when a quick sketch works best • Snap to 0°, 45°, 90°, or 180° so every line stays straight • Align shapes on an adjustable grid, or start from a blank A4 page PROTECT AND PRESENT • Blur or pixelate private information • Censor a face, a name, a plate, or an address before you send the photo • Use Mosaic for free, and unlock Crystallize, Mezzotint, Pointillize, and Color Halftone with PRO • Erase or crop a freeform area with Lasso Select (PRO) • Crop and combine images to add more context • Organize annotations into editable projects • Export and share the result as an image or PDF TOOLS FOR EVERY DETAIL • Create lines, curves, arrows, rectangles, ovals, rounded rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, polygons, arcs, coordinate shapes, rings, and freehand drawings • Use unlimited vertices in polygons, lines, and curves • Select Multiple shapes to move, copy, or delete them together, and Group them (PRO) to keep them as one • Customize arrowheads, line styles, width, size, color, font, dash pattern, fill, and opacity • Add plain text, comic speech bubbles, pointer text, zigzag bubbles, and thought bubbles • Use hundreds of icons, insert images, and import your own fonts • Zoom and pan with precision and use a finger-following loupe • Work in portrait or landscape with automatic rotation and dark mode • Make collages or stitch multiple photos into a panorama • Add Markdown notes to every project and reopen it anytime • Generate high-resolution images, PDFs with custom templates, or editable project files MADE FOR SCREENSHOTS TOO A screenshot explains a bug, a setting, or a step far better than a paragraph does. Drop an arrow on the button, circle the error, blur the account details, and send it. Annotium keeps the screenshot markup sharp at full resolution, so nothing you point at gets lost when the image is opened on another screen. FROM QUICK MARKUP TO A FINISHED REPORT Start with one arrow. Add measurements, callouts, and notes as the job grows. When the photo set is complete, export every annotated image into a single PDF with your own template, or share the editable project file so a colleague can pick up where you stopped. BUILT FOR REAL WORK Annotium helps contractors, inspectors, technicians, teachers, students, designers, support teams, and anyone who needs to explain something visually. PRO SUBSCRIPTION You can start free with Annotium. An annual PRO subscription unlocks advanced tools and workflows and renews automatically until you cancel. PRO adds advanced shapes and callouts, technical lines, pixel effects, Lasso Select, shape grouping, voice typing with your device's available speech-recognition service, image insertion, the font catalog, notes, collage and stitching, project re-editing, plus PDF and project file export. Take the photo. Mark the detail. Communicate clearly. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://annotium.github.io/legal/privacy
Annotate
Enhance your outdoor photos with essential details like elevation, location, and camera information. Choose from elegant annotation styles and customize the display to perfectly capture the story of your adventures.
- Automatic elevation and location data extraction
- Multiple annotation styles (Minimal, Detailed, Custom, Map)
- Adjustable annotation sizes and positioning
- Choice of elevation units (meters/feet)
- Preserves original photo quality
- Offline functionality
- Customizable metadata display
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Transform your outdoor photos by elegantly displaying elevation, location, and camera details with Snap - Photo Annotations. Perfect for hikers, photographers, travelers, and outdoor enthusiasts who want to showcase the heights of their adventures. KEY FEATURES: Automatically extracts elevation and location data from your photos Two beautiful annotation styles: Minimal and Detailed Basic positioning of annotations Adjustable annotation sizes from subtle to statement Choose between meters and feet for elevation display Preserves original photo quality Support for both portrait and landscape photos Dark and light mode support PRO FEATURES: Ad-free experience Unlimited photo annotations Premium styles: Custom and Map annotations Flexible positioning - place annotations anywhere on your photos Advanced metadata including altitude and camera settings ANNOTATION STYLES: Minimal: Clean, elegant display of essential information Detailed: Comprehensive metadata in a beautifully organized layout Pro Only - Custom: Artistic presentation with customizable backgrounds and effects Pro Only - Map: Location-focused style perfect for travel photos CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS: Select which metadata to display: - Elevation - Location name - GPS coordinates - Date - Camera make and model Pro Only - Advanced metadata: - Detailed altitude data - Complete camera settings - Exposure settings - Focal length - ISO - Aperture Four size presets: Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large Basic position options in free version, unlimited positioning with Pro Multiple background styles with elegant transparency effects SHARING: Export high-quality annotated photos Share directly to social media Save to your photo library Send via Messages, Mail, or any sharing service PRIVACY: Works completely offline No data collection No account required Your photos stay on your device Whether you're documenting a mountain summit, capturing city views, or tracking your hiking progress, Photo Elevation Annotator helps you tell the complete story of where your adventures take you. Perfect for: - Hikers and mountaineers - Photographers - Travelers - Outdoor enthusiasts - Real estate photographers - Drone pilots - Adventure sports enthusiasts - Nature lovers Download now and give your photos the context they deserve! Upgrade to Pro for unlimited photos, advanced features, and an ad-free experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Annotate at 5.0 against Annotium's 4.0. Annotium's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Annotium sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Annotate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Annotate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.
Annotium ships an update daily, Annotate every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Annotium | Annotate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hoang Le | Mobile Card Games & Travel Apps LLC |
Customer experience
Annotium
Annotate
In-app purchases
Annotium
- Spotlight$0.99
- Angle Measure$0.99
- Line Measure$0.99
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- Loupe$0.99
- Save Options$0.99
- Polygon$0.99
- Pixelate$0.99
- Connector$0.99
- Callout$1.99
- PREMIUM$9.99
Annotate
- Snap Pro$0.99









