TiMark vs Stego
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
TiMark
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Your photos travel further than you do. TiMark signs every one of them with your name, your logo and your style, in seconds, right on your iPhone or iPad. YOUR BRAND, IN EVERY PHOTO Set up your Brand Kit once: name, @handle, website, logos, a hand-drawn signature, brand colors and your own fonts. Every watermark uses it, so a new logo updates all your designs at once. Lift a logo off any background, and keep your kit in sync across your devices with iCloud. WATERMARKS THAT LOOK DESIGNED, NOT STAMPED ⢠Combine text, logos, signatures, dates and QR codes, then drag, pinch and rotate them right on the photo ⢠Smart text fills in the date, your handle, or each photo's camera, lens and exposure ⢠Tiled patterns in grid, brick or diagonal layouts for full-coverage protection ⢠Ink that turns white or black on its own, so your mark stays legible on every photo ⢠Print-style frames: Camera Info, Minimal, Polaroid and Blurred, ready for your feed in 1:1, 4:5 or 9:16 PROTECTION THAT'S HARD TO REMOVE ⢠Video watermarks that drift, bounce or hop between corners, so they can't simply be cropped out ⢠Invisible watermark: hide your name inside the pixels, where it survives screenshots, recompression, resizing and moderate crops ⢠Verify any copy you find online to see your hidden mark ⢠Your copyright notice is written into each photo's metadata A WHOLE SHOOT IN ONE GO ⢠Watermark batches of photos and videos together, and keep exporting in the background ⢠Live Photos stay live, with the motion watermarked too ⢠Full resolution, HDR, wide color, frame rate and audio are preserved ⢠Copies are saved next to your originals with their capture dates; originals are never changed ⢠Watermark straight from the Photos app, the share sheet, Shortcuts or Siri PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your device. Your photos and videos are never uploaded, and location data can be removed before you share. Made for photographers, creators, artists, online sellers and small businesses: anyone who wants credit for their work. TIMARK PRO One purchase unlocks the complete TiMark, yours to keep. No subscription, no ads, and shared with your family. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Stego
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Stego-Lab labels AI images under the EU AI Act (Art. 50) and adds steganography, EXIF editing, watermarking and batch processing for iPhone, iPad and Mac. It is made for people who want to handle sensitive material locally on their own device, without relying on external servers or cloud services. On the iPhone while travelling, at the desk on the Mac, or flexibly on the iPad ā Stego-Lab offers the same capabilities on every platform. Steganography ā embed content invisibly With Stego-Lab you can hide text, images or files inside photos and decode them again later. Embedded content can optionally be encrypted with a password. That makes the app suitable for private archiving, protected notes, hidden image information, documented evidence or the controlled handover of content ā discreet, secure and entirely offline. Watermarking ā visible and invisible Beyond invisible steganography, Stego-Lab also does visible and invisible watermarks. Single images or whole series can be marked with text or image watermarks. In batch mode, many photos are processed in one run ā ideal for applying visible, invisible or combined watermarks to entire collections. On the Mac you additionally get comfortable drag-and-drop support and a larger working area. EXIF and metadata editing A second focus is thorough EXIF and metadata editing. Stego-Lab reads, displays and selectively edits image metadata ā description, creator, copyright, software, camera make and model, lens data, capture date and GPS information. Metadata can be adjusted and exported under the same or a changed file name. This makes Stego-Lab useful for photographers, archivists, content creators and privacy-minded users who want to stay in full control of their image data. Supported formats Stego-Lab handles the common image formats PNG, TIFF, JPG/JPEG and HEIC, plus many RAW formats. For invisible content and lossless further processing, PNG and TIFF are the formats of choice. On iOS and iPadOS, files come from the photo library or the Files app; on the Mac, the familiar Finder access is available as well. Exported results can be shared, saved directly or fed into existing workflows. Local processing ā no cloud, no compromises Stego-Lab works exclusively on your device. Content is never transmitted to external servers. That makes the app particularly attractive wherever privacy, control over your data and offline availability matter. A clear interface for every level of experience The app is organised into Encode, Decode, EXIF, Batch and Info. Newcomers and advanced users alike can run complex image workflows straight on iPhone, iPad or Mac ā no extra desktop software required. Free and Pro Included for free: ⢠Visible text or logo watermark for a single image ⢠Label AI images under the EU AI Act (Art. 50): visible label and metadata ⢠Delete all metadata with one click ⢠Simple text decoding ⢠Read EXIF and edit the core fields ⢠Import from Photos and Files Stego-Lab Pro ā a one-time in-app purchase, no subscription ā unlocks: ⢠Invisible embedding of text, images and files, optionally password-protected (AES-256-GCM) ⢠Image and file decoding and password-protected content ⢠Batch processing of multiple images, including metadata deletion ⢠Robust invisible AI labelling and batch labelling ⢠Visible and invisible watermarks combined ⢠The full EXIF editor including camera and GPS fields ⢠Direct camera capture Stego-Lab brings privacy, creative image editing and technical image analysis together in a single app ā across the whole Apple ecosystem. Whether you protect content, control metadata, mark series of images or manage hidden information: Stego-Lab gives you a focused, capable toolbox ā right on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TiMark at monthly against Stego's every 6 months. Stego's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. TiMark sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stego sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TiMark ships an update monthly, Stego every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | TiMark | Stego |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly ā better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac ā better |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 17.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 社攄 é | Christian Raith |
In-app purchases
TiMark
- Unlock Pro$9.99
Stego
- Stego-Lab Pro$12.99








