Comparison

dayLime vs Nowstamp

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

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dayLime

Features
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Keep important dates in view with dayLime day counter and countdown widgets. Stamp the date, time and D-day on photos as you shoot with the timestamp camera. Match your angle with ghost mode and turn your photos into a timelapse. 1. Count days from or until a date See elapsed days as D+N or remaining days as D-N. Use this day counter app for exams, travel, anniversaries or days together. For a SAT countdown, set your own test date to count the days left. Add a D-day countdown widget or a sticky note widget to your home screen. Put a D-day widget on your Lock Screen, too. There are five slots: slots 1 and 2 are free; slots 3, 4 and 5 require a premium purchase. 2. Stamp the moment you take a photo Turn on the date, time and D-day you want to show in the timestamp camera. Those values are stamped on the photo at capture. Choose from seven date formats and three time formats. Style the D-day label with text frames, and choose from six photo frame options, including Retro Date Stamp. Your photo timestamp can show both when you took the picture and the day count. 3. Keep your angle and watch progress Ghost mode overlays the latest photo in your current record as a translucent guide. Match your pose and framing for fitness progress photos or a diet record. With at least two record photos, make a photo timelapse MP4 in one tap. The timelapse is saved as a video to the Photos app and is ready to share right away. Try the same angle for baby, pet or plant growth. 4. Share a card by link Make a collage, calendar or sticky note wall card. For collages and calendars, choose original photos, blurred photos or numbers only. Numbers only uses no photos; a collage with this option becomes a calendar of numbers. The sticky note wall has no photos or privacy choices. Choose a link duration of one day, one week, 30 days or no expiry. 5. Make it part of your day Post-workout photos: stamp the date and time after your session. Fitness progress photos: match your last pose to record body changes. SAT: set your own test date in your day counter app and follow the days left. Couple anniversaries: count days together and put the day count on a photo. Travel: use a countdown widget before departure, then photograph the trip. Baby, pet and plant growth: keep an angle as your subject grows. 6. Before you start You cannot add new stamps to existing photos. Take photos with the timestamp camera to stamp the moment. Contains ads and in-app purchases for additional slots.

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Nowstamp

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A camera that stamps the date and time on your photos the moment you take them. No ads, no subscription, no account — and no app logo, just your stamp. Free to use. No tracking, no data collection. GREAT FOR • Move-in and move-out photos of a rental • Progress photos: weight, meals, workouts • Study logs, daily journals, and baby milestones • Job site progress and inspections WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT’S SAVED • The stamp lands where you put it, at the size you see. • Portrait or landscape, the photo and the stamp come out upright. • The capture time in the photo’s EXIF data matches the stamp. • You can’t enter a time in this app; the camera uses your iPhone’s clock. MAKE THE STAMP YOURS • 12 styles, 7 fonts, colors, outline, shadow, and opacity • Separate date and time formats, with seconds if you want them • A one-line note or hashtag • Day Counter: count down to a date (D-12) or up from one (Day 37) • 9 preset positions, or drag it anywhere and resize • Save your setups as My Stamps and switch in one tap PLACE NAME AND GPS COORDINATES (OFF BY DEFAULT) • Add a place name you type, GPS coordinates your iPhone measures just before the shot, or both. The app doesn’t check the name. • Coordinates need Precise Location turned on and have a margin of error. If there’s no usable measurement when you shoot, the photo is saved without them and the app tells you. • Saving coordinates in photo info (EXIF) and the Photos app is a separate in-app setting, also off by default (Settings > Location). When it’s on, people you share those photos with can see where they were taken. Even when it’s off, coordinates printed on the stamp are part of the image. • Imported photos can only be stamped with coordinates already in the file, and that location info is kept regardless of the setting. • iOS asks for location access only when you turn on coordinates or the setting above. Without it, everything else works. • No address lookup or maps. A photo’s coordinates go with it when you share it or sync it with iCloud Photos. CAMERA AND ALBUM • Video: portrait 9:16, up to 3 min, live stamp clock, Reels overlay guide • Zoom, flash, grid, a 3/5/10-second timer, and 4:3, 1:1, and 16:9 aspect ratios • Shoot with the volume buttons (iOS 17.2 or later) • Start & Finish: take a start photo, then a finish photo stamped with the time between them (e.g., 2 hr 30 min · 14:00 - 16:30) • Save right away or review first, and optionally keep the unstamped original • Import older photos and stamp them with the date and time saved in each photo • Shots are saved to your photo library and shown by day in the app’s album • See where each photo’s stamp time came from • Tag photos (Diet, Workout, Study, Daily, or your own) and filter the album by tag • Calendar view: which days have photos and how many days in a row, by tag too • App Lock with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode (it locks this app, not the Photos app) CHECK WHETHER A PHOTO HAS CHANGED Capture records are off by default; you decide on first launch and can change this in Settings > Capture Record. When they’re on, photos from the in-app camera carry a record signed with a key in your iPhone’s Secure Enclave. Later, the app can check from the original file alone whether the photo has changed since it was taken. The limits: the date and time come from your iPhone’s clock, and the check can’t tell whether a scene was staged or, for a photo someone sends you, who made the record. Copies from messaging apps or Photos’ default sharing can’t be checked; AirDrop from this app. The person checking needs this app too. It’s a technical check, not a legal one. Each record also includes your iPhone model, the app version, and a public key shared by every photo from that iPhone. GPS coordinates printed on the stamp go into the record too; the check shows only that they haven’t changed, not that the photo was taken there. Videos get no record. The app has no server and sends no data to the developer or any third party.

Screenshots

dayLime4 screens
Nowstamp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nowstamp at none against dayLime's 5. Nowstamp also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. dayLime sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Nowstamp asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
dayLime versus Nowstamp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdayLimeNowstamp
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer포테이토크래프트KYUNGPYO LEE

In-app purchases

5 purchases

dayLime

One-time5
  • Slot 3 Only$0.99
  • Slot 5 Only$0.99
  • Slot 4 Only$0.99
Show 2 more
  • Unlock Remaining Slots(4&5)$1.49
  • Unlock All Slots (3~5)$1.99
None

Nowstamp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is dayLime free?
dayLime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nowstamp free?
Nowstamp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do dayLime or Nowstamp have ads?
dayLime shows ads; Nowstamp does not.
Which is updated more often, dayLime or Nowstamp?
dayLime ships an update every 5 days, and Nowstamp every 5 days. Most recently, dayLime was updated on November 8, 2026 and Nowstamp on November 10, 2026.

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