Comparison

WaterMark vs Marksta

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

Head to head
About

WaterMark

Easily protect your photos and digital creations by adding custom text or logo watermarks. Adjust opacity, position, and rotation to safeguard your work before sharing or publishing.

Highlights
  • Add text or logo watermarks
  • Adjust watermark opacity
  • Resize and rotate watermarks
  • Choose from 100+ fonts
  • Define text color
  • Save and share at full resolution
Features
Read full description

Protect your photos and digital works with your own watermark in no time before sending them or publishing them! Protect your photos in 4 simple steps: - Select the photo/image you want to protect in your photo library - Select your logo image, or define a text as watermark and adjust its style. Switch between your text and logo by touching the bottom left button - Adjust your watermark on your photos; pinch it, drag it and rotate it. Adjust its opacity precisely with the bottom slider. - Save your photo in your library, send it by email,export it to other apps Special features: - White and black spirals watermark included - Choose the text font among more than 100 different fonts - Define the text color with the sliders - Save and share your watermarked photo at full resolution If you have an issue, question or suggestion, drop us an email at support@seb-appstore.com Check out other great iPhone apps at www.SEB-AppStore.com

About

Marksta

Easily add custom text or logos to your photos to protect your work. This app allows for detailed customization of watermarks, including fonts, colors, and positioning, and also supports editing IPTC and caption information. Protect your images before sharing them online.

Highlights
  • Add text and logo watermarks
  • Customize watermark appearance
  • Edit IPTC and caption data
  • Non-destructive editing
  • Direct sharing to social media
  • Save custom templates
Features
Read full description

Marksta allows you to watermark your photography, adding text or a logo directly from your iPhone or iPad. Add a copyright notice to your images before sharing them to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Flickr, etc. Or add your Twitter name, or your website address. Whatever you want to write, Marksta makes it simple and fast. And now you can add and edit IPTC and caption information too. *** As featured in The Economist, Wired, British Journal of Photography, The Sunday Times, The Guardian and selected by ABC News as App of the Week. *** Features • Add multiple lines of text to your photos, including ©, @, and # • Add an image or company logo to your photographs • Adjust size and position of text and/or logo using gesture control • Adjust font, colour, and opacity of text and/or logo • Add a customizable border • Reverse your text in a box to improve visibility • Add parallel lines or crossing lines to your text to increase protection • Justify text depending on placement • View all changes on screen in real time • Edit IPTC information, including copyright owner • Add/remove GPS geo-tags on the map screen • Save multiple templates to improve workflow and speed • Non-destructive editing; Marksta will save new versions of your edit but always preserves the original image • Share directly to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr or send to Instagram, Camera+ and more, or email directly from inside the app • Customizable output size presets • Information button on each page guides you through the many advanced features of Marksta Reasons to use Marksta • Add copyright information and IPTC to your photographs directly from your iPhone or iPad before sharing online • Protect your images from misuse and theft • Ensure acknowledgement of your creative work • Safeguard your photos from being designated “orphan works” This full-feature, professional standard app is completely ad-free. We have total respect for your privacy and intellectual property, and we will never store or sell any of your information or images - our only income is from the purchase price of the app.

Screenshots

WaterMark4 screens
Marksta1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Marksta at every 5 weeks against WaterMark's every 5 months. Marksta also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 42%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). WaterMark's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, 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

WaterMark costs $0.99 and Marksta $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WaterMark ships an update every 5 months, Marksta every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WaterMark versus Marksta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaterMarkMarksta
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating—2.3 (38 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.4% of reviews53.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—38 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastien BUETThe Ticket Keeper Ltd

Customer experience

WaterMark

Written reviews92 reviews
Positive42.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative53.3%

Marksta

All ratings38 ratings
Positive26.3%
Neutral5.3%
Negative68.4%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive53.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative40.5%

User reviews

WaterMark

From App Store reviews

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Controls watermark intensity
  • 👍 Saves previous templates
  • 👍 Good for copyrighting photos
  • 👍 Simple and quick

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Does not work on newer iOS
  • 🐛 Blurry when saving
  • 🐛 Limited design options
  • 🐛 Not user-friendly

Marksta

From 38 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 🎨 Extensive font and color customization options
  • 🔒 Ability to embed copyright and metadata information
  • 💾 Save and reuse watermark templates
  • 📱 Works well for social media sharing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing
  • ⚠️ Poor compatibility with newer iOS versions
  • 🔴 Lack of developer support and updates
  • ❌ Cannot save to camera roll reliably
  • 📉 Reduces image quality/resolution

Bugs and requests

WaterMark

Reported bugs

30 issues
  • Crashes on any operation
  • Crashes when trying to upload image
  • Crashes when trying to import photo
  • Crashes when trying to load new one
  • Photos would not save to library
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  • Photos would not post to Instagram
  • App crashes as soon as I try to import a photo
  • App crashes when trying to load a new one
  • App crashes when trying to upload the image from my phone
  • App crashes when trying to import a photo
  • App crashes when trying to load a new one
  • App crashes when trying to save
  • App crashes when trying to apply own personal watermark
  • App crashes when trying to modify text
  • App crashes when trying to save modified text
  • App crashes when trying to open
  • App crashes when trying to make a change
  • App crashes when trying to upload photograph
  • App crashes upon opening
  • App crashes when launched
  • App crashes when Zapfino is used
  • App crashes within minutes and won't re-open
  • App freezes
  • App doesn't open
  • App doesn't work
  • App is non-working
  • App is non-accessible
  • App crashes the moment it opens
  • App won't open
  • App is unresponsive

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to have own watermark
  • Save more than one text watermark
  • Add watermark to videos
  • Ability to change font size
  • Ability to move text around photo
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  • Add landscape view
  • Better coloring options

Marksta

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes on iOS 8 and newer versions
  • Crashes when importing photos from albums
  • Tap to edit text field unresponsive
  • Cannot close editing tabs without workaround
  • Save to camera roll function fails
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  • Photos flip or rotate incorrectly when saved
  • Crashes with large file sizes
  • Incompatible with iPhone XS and XS Max
  • Default 'Tap here' text cannot be deleted
  • App freezes during photo capture within app
  • EXIF and IPTC metadata stripped from images
  • Crashes on iPad 1 and older devices
  • UI becomes unresponsive after multiple edits

Requested features

11 requests
  • Batch processing for multiple photos
  • Ability to edit saved watermarks after creation
  • Support for full resolution image saving
  • Angled/rotated watermark placement
  • Watermark border/edge options for visibility
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  • iPad version with persistent templates
  • Better undo/delete functionality
  • Ability to add clickable URLs to watermarks
  • Multiple text layers in single session
  • Custom output size options
  • Better help documentation and tutorials

In-app purchases

None

WaterMark

No in-app purchases

None

Marksta

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WaterMark free?
WaterMark costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marksta free?
Marksta costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do WaterMark or Marksta have ads?
Neither WaterMark nor Marksta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WaterMark or Marksta?
WaterMark ships an update every 5 months, and Marksta every 5 weeks. Most recently, WaterMark was updated on October 12, 2026 and Marksta on October 11, 2026.

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