Comparison

CamTag vs Nowshot

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

Head to head
About

CamTag

Add customizable timestamps and GPS data to your photos and videos. Enhance your images with location, date, time, and map details for work, travel, or personal memories. Offers free basic features with an optional premium upgrade for advanced functionality.

Highlights
  • Customizable timestamps
  • GPS location tagging
  • Map integration
  • Date and time stamps
  • QR code scanning
  • Video timestamping (paid)
Features
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Capture photos and videos with beautiful, customizable timestamps that show where and when they were captured. CamTag turns your camera into a powerful location and timestamp tool for work, travel, hiking, driving, deliveries, inspections, and everyday memories. Choose from professionally designed stamp layouts and add the information that matters to each photo — from location and GPS coordinates to maps, date, time, elevation, weather, speed, and more. FREE FEATURES • Capture up to 3 photos • Add location and GPS information • Add date and time to your photos • Choose from professionally designed stamp styles • Customize supported stamp information • Create travel, hiking, work, and driving-focused stamps • Add maps and other supported location information • Scan QR codes directly within the app PAID FEATURES Unlock the full CamTag experience with Premium. • Unlimited photo captures • Remove ads for a distraction-free experience • Unlock premium stamp designs • Access advanced timestamp and tagging features • Capture videos with timestamp and location information • Unlock high-resolution video capture • Enjoy additional premium features as they become available CamTag is designed to keep your captured photos, videos, and location information on your device. No account or login is required, and CamTag does not upload your photos, videos, or location information to its own servers. Terms of Use: https://camtag.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://camtag.app/privacy/ EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Nowshot

Features
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The time lands in the photo the moment you shoot. No more typing a time into a photo after the fact. Tap the shutter and the time, date and address are burned into the shot, and it goes straight to your album. [No review screen. Done in 3 seconds.] - Shutter to saved in one move. Nothing stops to ask "Save this?". - It lands in your album, so you can send it straight on from there. - Hold the shutter to record video instead (up to 2 seconds). The stamp is burned into video too. - Pick the frame: 4:3, 16:9, 1:1 or full screen. [What gets stamped] - The time, the date, and the address of where you are. - Add a line of your own, up to 30 characters, like "Open for business" (Nowshot Pro). - Text color is white or black, and the stamp stays where you dragged it on the next shot. - The time zone follows your device. [Photos you already took] - Import them in the gallery and each one is stamped with its real capture time, not the time right now. - A photo with no capture time recorded is skipped. - Press and hold the stamp to move it, drag a corner to resize it. [Gallery] - Your shots are sorted by date automatically. - Select several and share or delete them at once, up to 30 photos per share. [Location] - The address is worked out on your device. Coordinates and addresses never leave it. - Turn location down and the time is still stamped. - Whether the coordinates stay in the photo file (EXIF GPS) is a switch in Settings. [Free for good] Shooting, saving and time accuracy stay free. On the free plan a "Nowshot" watermark goes on your photos and videos, and a banner ad shows in the gallery. [Nowshot Pro] - The "Nowshot" watermark is gone. - Your own note on the stamp, in any text color you like. - No ads in the gallery. Plans - Nowshot Pro Monthly — $2.99, renews every month - Nowshot Pro Yearly — $12.99, renews every year, with a 7-day free trial where the store offers one - Nowshot Pro Lifetime — $24.99, paid once, nothing renews A subscription renews at the same price unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Cancel any time under App Store account > Subscriptions, and you keep the rest of the period you paid for. Terms of use https://pages.purpozen.com/nowshot/terms Privacy policy https://pages.purpozen.com/nowshot/privacy

Screenshots

CamTag4 screens
Nowshot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CamTag at none against Nowshot's shown. Nowshot's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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. CamTag sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Nowshot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CamTag ships an update every 6 days, Nowshot weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
CamTag versus Nowshot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamTagNowshot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRETRYTECH LLPPurpozen

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CamTag

Subscriptions2
  • TimeTag Weekly$2.997 Days
  • TimeTag Annual$19.991 Year
3 purchases

Nowshot

Subscriptions2
  • Nowshot Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Nowshot Pro Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Nowshot Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is CamTag free?
CamTag is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nowshot free?
Nowshot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CamTag or Nowshot have ads?
Nowshot shows ads; CamTag does not.
Which is updated more often, CamTag or Nowshot?
CamTag ships an update every 6 days, and Nowshot weekly. Most recently, CamTag was updated on October 10, 2026 and Nowshot on October 7, 2026.

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