Comparison

Timestamp It vs DateStamper

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

Head to head
About

Timestamp It

Instantly add timestamps, dates, captions, and logos to your photos and videos. Organize your visual documentation into projects that sync across devices and collaborate with your team in shared projects for seamless visual record-keeping.

Highlights
  • Add timestamps and date stamps
  • Add custom captions and logos
  • Customize font, color, and placement
  • Organize media into projects
  • Cloud sync projects across devices
  • Collaborate with teammates
  • Stamp multiple files at once
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Add timestamps, dates, GPS location, captions, and logos to your photos and videos — instantly. Timestamp It is a powerful timestamp camera and photo stamping app that helps you create accurate, professional photo and video records for work or personal use. Add a date stamp, time stamp, GPS location, custom caption, or logo watermark in seconds — then organize everything into projects that sync across your devices, your team, and the web. Capture new photos and videos with a live timestamp overlay, or stamp existing media from your library. Once stamped, organize files into projects, back them up to the cloud, share them with clients, and collaborate with your whole team. TIMESTAMP CAMERA & PHOTO STAMPING - Add timestamps, date stamps, and time stamps to photos and videos - Stamp GPS location and full address right on the photo - Add weather conditions and temperature to your stamp - Add a location map to document exactly where a photo was taken - Add custom captions, notes, and your own data fields (job number, crew name, address, anything) - Add your logo or watermark for professional branding - Customize font, color, size, opacity, and placement - Choose any date — past or present — and any date format - Record video with a timestamp burned into the footage MARKUP & BEFORE / AFTER - Annotate photos with arrows, circles, boxes, lines, and freehand drawing - Create Before/After comparison photos, side by side or stacked - Save reusable stamp templates so every photo looks consistent BATCH TOOLS - Stamp one photo or hundreds at once - Move, organize, or delete photos in bulk PROJECTS, CLOUD SYNC & WEB DASHBOARD - Organize photos and videos into projects - Sync projects to the cloud and across all your devices - Access and view your projects from any browser at app.timestampitapp.com - Recover deleted photos from Recently Deleted TEAM COLLABORATION - Invite teammates to shared projects by email, link, or QR code - Owner, Editor, and Viewer roles for the right level of access - Everyone stays in sync with secure cloud syncing and shared photo libraries - Sign in with Apple or Google SHARE & EXPORT - Export projects as a ZIP, a PDF report (with cover page, title, and notes), or an Excel spreadsheet with thumbnails - Share projects via private team links or public web links - Save to your camera roll or share via Messages, Email, and social apps PERFECT FOR Contractors, construction crews, home inspectors, real estate agents, property managers, field service teams, insurance adjusters, investigators, landscapers, restoration and roofing pros — and anyone who needs reliable, verifiable visual documentation. Timestamp It keeps your photos and videos stamped, organized, verified, and ready to share. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://timestampitapp.com/privacy-policy

About

DateStamper

Easily add date, time, location, and custom captions to your photos. Preserve your memories with customizable stamps that blend beautifully with your images. Edit or remove stamps non-destructively at any time.

Highlights
  • Apply date, time, and GPS location stamps
  • Add custom captions
  • Extensive font, color, and style customization
  • Non-destructive editing
  • Batch stamping
  • Photos app extension
  • Shortcuts integration
Features
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DateStamper allows you to apply beautiful date stamps overtop your photos – and include time, location, caption, and filename if you’d like. — "DateStamper brings back old memories for me ... It looks good, it gets the job done, and it’s nicely integrated with Apple’s Photos app." – MacStories Editor-in-chief and Founder, Federico Viticci — The modern photo date stamp is here! Easily add a stamp to your photos so you can remember when or where they were taken. Perfect for printing pictures to display in albums or scrapbooks, allowing you to preserve your memories. The best feature of point and shoot cameras is now available on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac – and better than ever. Styles ◦ With many fonts, colors, and styles to choose from, you can get just the look you want* ◦ The vibrant style beautifully blends the stamp into the photograph, allowing the image behind to shine through ◦ Or go with a classic look with the traditional digital display font ◦ Add a background color, stroke, shadow, underline, and adjust opacity ◦ Customize the date and time format ◦ Use the date taken, date created, date added, current date, or a custom date ◦ Add the location where your photos were taken — name, address, GPS coordinates, or custom text ◦ Add the photo caption, a custom caption, or filename ◦ Adjust the placement with position and padding options, and change the order of the text Stamp ◦ Quickly select photos from your library to stamp — select each individually, swipe to select, select a range, or select all photos in an album ◦ Stamp multiple photos at the same time** ◦ Take a new picture with a stamp pre-applied ◦ Use the DateStamper edit extension to stamp a photo directly in the Photos app ◦ Use the Stamp Image action in Shortcuts to automate your workflow ◦ Easily see which photos have been stamped with filters, badges, and a DateStamper album Edit ◦ Edits are applied right on top of the photo in your library, no duplicating necessary ◦ Remove or change a date stamp at any time, it’s completely nondestructive ◦ With iCloud Photos, when you apply a date stamp on one device, it will appear on all your other devices automatically Features ◦ Lock Screen widget and Control Center control ◦ Beautiful and intuitive Liquid Glass design ◦ Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac ◦ No ads, no tracking, no nonsense * Premium Styles is an available in-app purchase that allows you to utilize all of the style options ** Unlimited Batch is an available in-app purchase that allows you to stamp more than 10 photos at a time

Screenshots

Timestamp It4 screens
DateStamper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DateStamper at none against Timestamp It's shown. DateStamper also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 44%). Timestamp It's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Timestamp It sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and DateStamper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. 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 — 4.7 for Timestamp It against 4.8 for DateStamper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.5K and 9.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Timestamp It's written reviews are positive against 74% of DateStamper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timestamp It ships an update every 3 days, DateStamper monthly. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Timestamp It versus DateStamper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimestamp ItDateStamper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.5K ratings)4.8 (9.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews73.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.5K9.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShabzCo, LLCJordan Hipwell

Customer experience

Timestamp It

All ratings5,489 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews162 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral8.6%
Negative47.5%

DateStamper

All ratings9,172 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews478 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative20.7%

User reviews

Timestamp It

From 5.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app
  • 👍 Handy tool
  • 👍 Awesome and Easy
  • 👍 Works well
  • 👍 Simple and does exactly what I expected

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes often under load
  • 🐛 App freezes
  • 🐛 Buggy, can't access albums, works only on phone
  • 🐛 Keeps Crashing After I Paid
  • 🐛 Doesn't work

DateStamper

From 9.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Customizable date/time stamp
  • 🚀 Efficient batch processing
  • 👍 Reversible date stamp
  • 👍 No ads or tracking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional freezing or crashing
  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance with certain photo formats
  • 🔒 Concerns about in-app purchases and hidden costs

Bugs and requests

Timestamp It

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes after stamping photos
  • Doesn't save stamped photos correctly
  • Incorrect location stamping
  • Duplicates photos
  • Doesn't work with newer iOS versions

Requested features

8 requests
  • Allow more than 50 photos at a time
  • Ability to rename files by caption
  • Option to remove time option and only show date
  • More date format options (e.g. 8 Nov 21)
  • Ability to save stamped photos to a specific folder
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  • Ability to select multiple photos at once
  • Option to discard original photo and keep only stamped version
  • Ability to adjust font size and placement

DateStamper

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Date/time stamp not visible on some photos
  • Inability to batch process all photos in library

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add option to stamp videos
  • Provide more flexibility in date/time stamp positioning
  • Allow manual date/time input for older photos

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Timestamp It

Subscriptions5
  • Timestamp It Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Timestamp It Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Timestamp It Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Timestamp It Pro Yearly3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Timestamp It Pro Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time2
  • Timestamp It Pro$79.99
  • Timestamp It Pro$149.99
2 purchases

DateStamper

One-time2
  • Premium Styles$4.99
  • Unlimited Batch$9.99

Questions

Is Timestamp It free?
Timestamp It is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DateStamper free?
DateStamper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timestamp It or DateStamper?
DateStamper is rated higher. Timestamp It averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.5K ratings, while DateStamper averages 4.8 from 9.2K ratings.
Do Timestamp It or DateStamper have ads?
Timestamp It shows ads; DateStamper does not.
Which is updated more often, Timestamp It or DateStamper?
Timestamp It ships an update every 3 days, and DateStamper monthly. Most recently, Timestamp It was updated on September 26, 2026 and DateStamper on September 26, 2026.

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