Comparison

DaterCam Free vs DateStamper

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

Head to head
About

DaterCam Free

Easily add the date and time to your photos with customizable color and size. Preserve memories by tagging moments with accurate timestamps, even for existing pictures from your library. Requires GPS and photo data permissions.

Highlights
  • Automatic date and time stamping
  • Customizable date color and size
  • Add labels to photos
  • Apply timestamps to existing photos
  • Requires GPS and photo data access
Features
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Take a picture and put automatically the date and time, choose the color and size. Immortalize your moments, do not let past the time when you did not remember a photo. You can retrieve your photos from the library and put the date and time when it did. You can place labels where you want IMPORTANT: You need to have the GPS active and give permission to access the data of the photos.

About

DateStamper

Easily add customizable date, time, location, and caption stamps to your photos. Preserve memories with flexible styling and batch processing options. Edits are non-destructive and sync across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Customizable date and time stamps
  • Add location, caption, and filename
  • Multiple fonts, colors, and styles
  • Batch photo stamping
  • Non-destructive editing
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Photos app extension
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

DaterCam Free1 screens
DateStamper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DateStamper at 74% against DaterCam Free's 9%. DateStamper also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (9.4K vs 1). DaterCam Free's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. DaterCam Free sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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

DateStamper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DateStamper has 9.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of DaterCam Free's written reviews are positive against 74% of DateStamper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DaterCam Free ships an update every 3 months, DateStamper monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DaterCam Free versus DateStamper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaterCam FreeDateStamper
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (9.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews73.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjose javier fernandez mendozaJordan Hipwell

Customer experience

DaterCam Free

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral13.6%
Negative77.3%

DateStamper

All ratings9,376 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews483 reviews
Positive73.9%
Neutral5.4%
Negative20.7%

Bugs and requests

DaterCam Free

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

1 purchases

DaterCam Free

One-time1
  • Complete version$0.99
2 purchases

DateStamper

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

Questions

Is DaterCam Free free?
DaterCam Free 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, DaterCam Free or DateStamper?
DateStamper is rated higher. DaterCam Free averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while DateStamper averages 4.8 from 9.4K ratings.
Do DaterCam Free or DateStamper have ads?
Neither DaterCam Free nor DateStamper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DaterCam Free or DateStamper?
DaterCam Free ships an update every 3 months, and DateStamper monthly. Most recently, DaterCam Free was updated on November 1, 2026 and DateStamper on November 10, 2026.

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