Comparison

iContour vs Timestamp Camera

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

Head to head
About

iContour

Transform your photos into pencil-sketch style drawings by detecting and highlighting border lines between light and dark areas. Save your creations directly to your photo album.

Highlights
  • Detects image contours
  • Creates pencil sketch effect
  • Uses iPhone camera for new photos
  • Imports photos from album
  • Saves drawings to photo album
  • Audio notification on save
Features
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This application is a little Digital Image Processor (DSP). Starting from an image, it tries to detect the image contours, i.e. the border lines between darker and lighter areas. It then creates a new image with these lines, looking like a pencil drawing derived from the original picture, and shows it on the screen. The main menu lets you choose where to get the original picture from: or an existing one, selecting it from the iPhone photo album, or a new one, shooting it with the internal camera. When the resulting drawing is shown, you can save it in your photo album: just tap on the screen, and a popup window will give you the choice to save or discard it. If you choose to save it, a short sound will notify you when the recording completes. Be aware that the effect of the resulting drawings is not granted to be always pleasant and homogeneous, because it strongly depends on contrast and sharpness of original pictures.

About

Timestamp Camera

Transform your iPhone into a unique camera with a variety of special lenses, crystal scenes, and film effects. Capture photos and videos with a retro feel and experiment with different color ring flashes for creative results.

Highlights
  • 170-degree wide-angle crystal lens simulation
  • 5 unique Crystal Scenes
  • 7 color Ringflash effects
  • 70+ film effects
  • Record videos and capture photos
  • Real-time preview of effects
Features
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Timestamp Camera helps you capture photos and videos with date, time, GPS location, address, and custom text watermarks in real time. It is useful for work records, delivery proof, inspections, field reports, travel memories, and everyday photo notes. Whether you need a quick work record, a delivery photo, an inspection note, a travel memory, or a daily journal, TimeStampCam makes every shot easier to remember and organize. MAIN FEATURES • Add date and time watermarks while taking photos or recording videos • Show GPS location, address when needed • Add your own custom text, notes, project names or job details • Choose watermark position: top left, top center, top right, bottom left, bottom center or bottom right • Customize font, size, color, text opacity and background opacity • Apply photo and video effects when you want a different look • Simple camera controls for fast shooting • Save watermarked photos and videos to your library USEFUL FOR • Work records and field reports • Construction and inspection photos • Delivery and service proof photos • Travel and location memories • Fitness, diet and daily progress logs • Family, pet and everyday photo records TimeStamp Camera is designed to be simple, practical and easy to use. Open the camera, choose your watermark style, and capture photos or videos with the information you need.

Screenshots

iContour1 screens
Timestamp Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Timestamp Camera at 79% against iContour's 0%. Timestamp Camera also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 38 months). iContour's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On 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

iContour costs $0.99 and Timestamp Camera $4.99 up front. Timestamp Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iContour asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timestamp Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timestamp Camera has 163 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of iContour's written reviews are positive against 79% of Timestamp Camera's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iContour ships an update every 38 months, Timestamp Camera monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
iContour versus Timestamp Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriContourTimestamp Camera
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.4 (163 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews78.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1163 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuigi Fonti华芳 张

Customer experience

iContour

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Timestamp Camera

All ratings163 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral12.3%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive78.9%
Neutral15.8%
Negative5.3%

Bugs and requests

iContour

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Timestamp Camera

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Forced sideways orientation on image display
  • Focus difficulty when taking photos
  • Limited zoom capability restricting composition options
  • Intrusive banner ads blocking content

Requested features

7 requests
  • More natural scene backgrounds (beaches, trees, rocks, meadows, flowers, rivers)
  • Simple color and texture background variations
  • Ability to import existing photos from camera roll (noted as limitation in older reviews)
  • Better zoom functionality for framing multiple subjects
  • More filter pack options
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  • Improved app design and modernization
  • Reduced or optional review prompts

In-app purchases

None

iContour

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Timestamp Camera

One-time1
  • All Packs$4.99

Questions

Is iContour free?
iContour costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Timestamp Camera free?
Timestamp Camera costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iContour or Timestamp Camera?
Timestamp Camera is rated higher. iContour averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Timestamp Camera averages 4.4 from 163 ratings.
Do iContour or Timestamp Camera have ads?
Neither iContour nor Timestamp Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iContour or Timestamp Camera?
iContour ships an update every 38 months, and Timestamp Camera monthly. Most recently, iContour was updated on November 3, 2026 and Timestamp Camera on November 13, 2026.

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