Comparison

TimeStamp vs Nowstamp

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

Head to head
About

TimeStamp

This app permanently adds essential details like date, time, address, and GPS coordinates to your photos. Customize watermarks with various templates and camera controls for clear, useful image records, ideal for professional or personal use.

Highlights
  • Add date and time stamps
  • Include street address and GPS coordinates
  • Customizable watermark templates
  • Live watermark preview
  • In-app photo gallery
  • Front and rear camera support
Features
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Turn every photo into a clear, useful record with TimeStamp—the GPS camera that permanently adds the details that matter. Capture a photo and stamp it with: • Date and time • Street address • GPS coordinates with N, S, E and W directions • Your own custom note Built for work and everyday life TimeStamp is useful for site visits, inspections, maintenance, deliveries, field work, travel, property records and personal photo organization. See the watermark live before taking the photo, then review the final stamped image before saving it. Choose your style Pick from four purpose-built watermark templates: • Classic — balanced for everyday photos • Minimal — clean and unobtrusive • Field Report — designed for jobs, sites and inspections • GPS Focus — makes location details easy to see Camera controls you need • Switch between front and rear cameras • Use supported flash modes • Tap preset zoom levels or pinch for precise zoom • Retake photos before saving • Browse photos created by TimeStamp in the in-app gallery Private by design No account, sign-up, advertising or analytics. Your photos, location details, watermark settings and custom notes are processed on your iPhone. Location fields are optional and can be turned off at any time. Create consistent photo records with the date, time and location visible directly on the saved image. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

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. Photos only, no video. 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 • 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 — no server, no account — 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, with their accuracy and when they were measured. The check shows only that they haven’t changed, not that the photo was taken there. The app has no server and sends no data to the developer or any third party.

Screenshots

TimeStamp4 screens
Nowstamp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Nowstamp at every 3 days against TimeStamp's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeStamp ships an update every 6 weeks, Nowstamp every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
TimeStamp versus Nowstamp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeStampNowstamp
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElkoh Labs LLCKYUNGPYO LEE

In-app purchases

None

TimeStamp

No in-app purchases

None

Nowstamp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimeStamp free?
TimeStamp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nowstamp free?
Nowstamp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TimeStamp or Nowstamp have ads?
Neither TimeStamp nor Nowstamp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeStamp or Nowstamp?
TimeStamp ships an update every 6 weeks, and Nowstamp every 3 days. Most recently, TimeStamp was updated on October 22, 2026 and Nowstamp on October 26, 2026.

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