Comparison

Markepi vs EMST Camera

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

Head to head
About

Markepi

Add custom watermarks and C2PA content credentials to your photos and videos. Share your creations without cluttering your camera roll, preserving metadata and HDR. Protect your work with on-device processing and verifiable provenance.

Highlights
  • Add watermarks to photos and videos
  • Embed C2PA Content Credentials for provenance
  • Share directly without saving to camera roll
  • Preserve HDR, color profiles, and metadata
  • Batch processing for multiple files
  • Customizable watermark templates
  • On-device and offline processing
Features
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Markepi. Watermark. Sign. Share. Markepi adds beautiful watermarks to your photos and videos, then shares them anywhere without ever cluttering your camera roll. For photos, it can also embed C2PA Content Credentials so viewers can check whether an image has been changed since you signed it. WHY YOU'LL LOVE MARKEPI - Share without auto-saving. Watermark and share in one tap. Markepi never writes to your photo library unless you choose Save, so your camera roll stays clean. - Photos and videos. One simple workflow for both. - Metadata preserved. Exports keep color profiles and metadata like GPS, date, and device, and Markepi Pro keeps your HDR too. You can also strip the fields you would rather not share. - Gallery frames. Choose Classic for a clean centred caption, or Gallery for a matted, two-column layout with an automatic brand mark like "Shot on iPhone 17 Pro" pulled from your photo's own metadata, 25 brands recognized, including the top phone and camera makers. Frame width and sizing are set in real millimetres, and the brand mark can be turned off anytime. - Import from anywhere. Pick media in-app, or send it from Photos, Safari, or any app via the share sheet. - Batch processing. Watermark and sign a whole shoot at once for consistent branding. - Custom templates. Save your favorite watermark and signing setups and apply them with one tap. - Precise placement. Drag text, logos, and your signature anywhere on the photo with your finger. - On-device and offline. All processing happens locally. No accounts, no servers, no network calls. FREE AND PRO Markepi is free to use with unlimited exports. Free exports are sized for social sharing (up to 2048 px for photos, 1080p for videos), in standard dynamic range, with a small Markepi mark placed clear of your own text and logos. Markepi Pro exports in full quality: full resolution, HDR photos and videos, and no Markepi mark. Content Credentials signing is included on both. CONTENT CREDENTIALS FOR PHOTOS Markepi can embed C2PA Content Credentials into your photo exports. These are a signed record based on the open standard from the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity. Anyone can inspect them with free tools like contentcredentials.org/verify, and if the photo changes after signing, verification shows it. Content Credentials are currently supported for photos. They stay attached as long as the file is transferred byte-for-byte, such as saving to Files or sharing over AirDrop. Some services and social platforms re-encode images on upload, which can strip the credentials. Signing happens entirely on your device, using an identity stored on your device and hardware-backed by the Secure Enclave where available. Because that identity is device-generated, verifiers show it as a self-declared signer. That means honest provenance, not a claim we cannot back. Existing credentials on your source are preserved rather than overwritten. Video signing is on the roadmap. BUILT FOR CREATORS Whether you are protecting your photography, adding a provenance trail to your work, or just branding your content, Markepi gives you tools that go beyond aesthetics. It is built on open, non-proprietary tooling from the Content Authenticity Initiative.

About

EMST Camera

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EMST Camera is a film-inspired camera app you operate like a camera. Not a filter you drop on afterwards. Pick a look, set your exposure, aperture and focal length, and shoot. Live preview of the settings directly in viewfinder. YOUR CONTROL • A dial-based shooting interface: one scroll wheel drives exposure, aperture, focal length and aspect ratio. • Aperture dial with depth-of-field rendering. • Focal length presets pinned to your iPhone's real lenses. • Mirrorless-style autofocus: a persistent AF box, tap to move it, AF lock to recompose. • Grid and level overlays when you want them, nothing when you don't. YOUR LOOK • Built-in film-inspired looks, from warm evening color to cool dusk tones and true monochrome + Natural for a clean, untouched capture. • Every look is tunable: grain, halation, vignette, clarity and color temperature. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, everything happens on your device. Open the camera straight from control center or lock screen with shortcut extension. EMST Camera iOS app from Emaki Studio, a small independent photo toolkit.

Screenshots

Markepi4 screens
EMST Camera3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EMST Camera at none against Markepi's 3. Markepi's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Markepi sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. EMST Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Markepi ships an update every 10 days, EMST Camera every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Markepi versus EMST Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarkepiEMST Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOsama MazharTomas Ourednik

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Markepi

Subscriptions2
  • Markepi Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Markepi Pro Annual$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Markepi Pro$4.99
None

EMST Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Markepi free?
Markepi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EMST Camera free?
EMST Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Markepi or EMST Camera have ads?
Neither Markepi nor EMST Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Markepi or EMST Camera?
Markepi ships an update every 10 days, and EMST Camera every 2 weeks. Most recently, Markepi was updated on October 31, 2026 and EMST Camera on November 10, 2026.

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