Comparison

PhotoDateStamp vs CreatorGrade

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

Head to head
About

PhotoDateStamp

Easily add precise timestamps, detailed EXIF data, or realistic device frames to your photos. This offline tool supports batch processing and Live Photos, ensuring your memories are stamped with accuracy and quality.

Highlights
  • Accurate timestamps
  • EXIF data watermarks
  • Customizable device frames
  • Live Photos support
  • Batch processing
  • Offline functionality
  • High-quality export
Features
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Add the date a photo was taken, and keep the moments from your trips, everyday life and family memories easy to place in time. PhotoDateStamp adds retro timestamps and camera settings to photos and Live Photos. You can also put screenshots inside iPhone device frames. CHOOSE HOW THE DATE APPEARS • Use an available capture date, the current time or a custom date. • Show just the date, the date with hours and minutes, or the date with seconds. STAMP PHOTOS AND LIVE PHOTOS • Add timestamps or camera-parameter watermarks to Live Photos and preview their motion. • Select up to 9 photos at a time. • If Live Photo processing times out or fails, the app notifies you and switches to a still photo so you can continue. SHOW YOUR CAMERA SETTINGS • Display available EXIF data, including device model, focal length, aperture, shutter speed and ISO. • Show camera settings, the date and time, or both. • Choose a strip layout or a Liquid Glass style. Available details depend on the original photo's metadata. FRAME YOUR SCREENSHOTS • Add an iPhone device frame and choose a model and color. • Use portrait or landscape layouts to share your screen. USE SIRI AND SHORTCUTS • Ask Siri to add a timestamp to your latest photo and save it, without opening the app. • Start your workflow from Shortcuts, widgets or Photos extensions. • Find processed photos in a dedicated album. ON-DEVICE PROCESSING, NO ADS Watermark processing takes place on your device. Your photos are not uploaded. Purchases, restoring purchases and downloading photos from the system's cloud library may require a connection. Try the app for 7 days. After the trial, choose an annual subscription or a lifetime purchase to continue. See the in-app purchase screen for pricing and terms. Terms of Service & Privacy Policy: https://yi-cheng.feishu.cn/docx/BaKMdcFsEoZ1m8xmw8ZcjzUMnhc

About

CreatorGrade

A professional mobile app for color grading and cinematic video editing. It offers a touch-first timeline for trimming and reordering clips, along with advanced color tools like node-based workflows and LUT support. Shape your footage anywhere with a streamlined, premium mobile experience.

Highlights
  • Node-based color grading
  • Realtime color tools
  • LUT support
  • Touch timeline editing
  • Cut, trim, reorder clips
  • Export clips or sequences
Features
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CREATORGRADE — PROFESSIONAL VIDEO EDITING AND COLOR GRADING ON IPHONE CreatorGrade turns your iPhone into a powerful, portable post-production studio. Organize footage, build multi-layer edits, record voiceovers, perform detailed color correction, work with ProRes RAW, and export polished videos—all from one streamlined app. Whether you’re creating social content, short films, client projects, or cinematic mobile productions, CreatorGrade gives you the tools to take an idea from raw footage to final export. PROFESSIONAL EDITING TOOLS • Build complete edits with multiple video and audio tracks • Arrange clips across V1 and V2 video layers • Work with linked audio on dedicated A1 and A2 tracks • Trim, split, move, resize, and reposition clips • Mix videos, still images, titles, music, and voiceovers • Scrub through your timeline with responsive visual previews • Add and edit multiple titles throughout a project • Preview your work in a clean, full-screen player • Organize projects and keep every production easy to find ADVANCED COLOR GRADING CreatorGrade includes a node-based grading workflow designed for both quick corrections and more advanced creative looks. • Adjust exposure, contrast, shadows, highlights, saturation, hue, temperature, and tint • Balance footage with professional lift, gamma, and gain color wheels • Refine individual color channels with Color Mix controls • Apply LUTs and color space transforms • Build grades across multiple adjustable nodes • Compare graded and ungraded footage with a live before-and-after viewer • Preview color adjustments during playback • Maintain consistent color across supported H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and RAW workflows PRORES RAW SUPPORT Work with supported ProRes RAW footage directly on iPhone and begin with a neutral, flexible image ready for grading. • Read supported camera metadata • Adjust RAW white balance, ISO, and tint • Combine RAW adjustments with LUTs, color space transforms, and additional grading nodes • Preserve your grading pipeline from preview through export MULTITRACK AUDIO AND VOICEOVER Sound is part of the edit—not an afterthought. • Record voiceovers directly into your project • Add music and external audio files • Work with multiple audio tracks • View audio waveforms directly on the timeline • Keep source audio linked to its video clip • Relink missing music and media files when needed FLEXIBLE EXPORT OPTIONS Choose exactly what you want to deliver. • Export a complete edited sequence • Export individual clips • Render videos with titles, grading, transforms, crops, and positioning intact • Save finished videos to Photos • Create deliverables for social media, client review, or further post-production DESIGNED FOR MOBILE CREATORS CreatorGrade is built specifically for a touch-first workflow. Pinch to resize footage, drag to reposition it, use alignment guides for precise composition, and move naturally between editing and grading without leaving your project. No desktop required. No watered-down workflow. Just serious editing and color tools built for creators who want to work anywhere. Some professional media formats and features require compatible iPhone hardware, supported source files, and sufficient available storage. ProRes RAW availability depends on device and media compatibility.

Screenshots

PhotoDateStamp4 screens
CreatorGrade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PhotoDateStamp at 5.0 against CreatorGrade's 3.8. PhotoDateStamp also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 50%) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). CreatorGrade's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. PhotoDateStamp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year and CreatorGrade sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PhotoDateStamp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CreatorGrade has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of PhotoDateStamp's written reviews are positive against 50% of CreatorGrade's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhotoDateStamp ships an update every 6 days, CreatorGrade every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PhotoDateStamp versus CreatorGrade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotoDateStampCreatorGrade
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.8 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer路洋 邱Michael Tobin

Customer experience

PhotoDateStamp

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral28.6%
Negative0.0%

CreatorGrade

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PhotoDateStamp

Subscriptions1
  • Subscribe now$0.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Purchase$4.99
1 purchases

CreatorGrade

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$9.99

Questions

Is PhotoDateStamp free?
PhotoDateStamp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CreatorGrade free?
CreatorGrade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PhotoDateStamp or CreatorGrade?
PhotoDateStamp is rated higher. PhotoDateStamp averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while CreatorGrade averages 3.8 from 11 ratings.
Do PhotoDateStamp or CreatorGrade have ads?
Neither PhotoDateStamp nor CreatorGrade shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PhotoDateStamp or CreatorGrade?
PhotoDateStamp ships an update every 6 days, and CreatorGrade every 10 days. Most recently, PhotoDateStamp was updated on November 7, 2026 and CreatorGrade on November 10, 2026.

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