Datum vs Field Camera & Coordinates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Datum
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Proof of when and where, stamped on every photo. Datum is a timestamp and GPS camera for people who document work. Every shot is stamped with the time, the date and time zone, the street address, the GPS coordinates, the accuracy of the fix and the compass heading, all measured at the moment the shutter fired. WHAT GETS STAMPED - Time, date and time zone, so a photo still reads correctly wherever it was taken. - Street address, geocoded from your location at capture. - Latitude and longitude, with GPS accuracy in meters and the compass heading. This is the line that separates a nice photo from a photo that answers questions. - Your company name and logo, set once (Pro). MEASURED IS LOCKED, AUTHORED IS YOURS The time, the coordinates, the accuracy and the heading are measured by your iPhone, and the app gives you no way to edit them. What you write, the label on the stamp and the note on a photo, stays yours to change at any time. Datum records what the device measured and will not let you move it. It does no network verification and claims no legal certification. THE STAMP IS NEVER BURNED IN Your original photo is kept exactly as the sensor wrote it. The stamp is composed on top at the moment the photo is shown, shared or exported. That is what lets you reposition it, restyle it, or apply a new look to an entire job weeks after the visit, without ever altering the original file. BUILT FOR SPEED ON SITE - Volume buttons fire the shutter, so it works with gloves on. - Camera Control support on iPhone 16 and later. - No review screen after a shot. Frame, fire, keep moving. - An honest GPS accuracy chip, green, amber or red, so you know what the fix is worth before you rely on it. - A high-contrast dark interface that stays readable in direct sun. JOBS AND PDF REPORTS Photos group into jobs, one visit to one site. A job names itself from the date and the street it started on. When you are done, export the whole job as a PDF report with the photos, your labels and notes, and a map page showing where each shot was taken. Send it before you leave the site. WE NEVER READ YOUR PHOTO LIBRARY Datum never asks for access to your photos. To bring an existing picture into a job you use the system picker, which hands over only the image you chose. The app sees nothing else. Imported photos are marked as imported in the report, and when a file carries no location we show the date alone rather than invent a position. WORKS WHERE THE SIGNAL DOES NOT No account, no sign-in, no server. Everything stays on your iPhone. If an address cannot be looked up on site, Datum falls back to the last known address, then to raw coordinates. The shot is never blocked and never delayed. FREE AND PRO Free: unlimited stamped photos, one active job, the Proof stamp theme, notes and imports, and one watermarked PDF export. Pro: unlimited jobs, all three stamp themes, unlimited PDF reports with no watermark, and your company logo on every photo. WHO IT IS FOR Plumbers, electricians, HVAC and roofing crews, property inspectors, insurance adjusters, surveyors, delivery drivers, landlords running move-in and move-out. Anyone who has ever needed to show when and where a photo was taken. Privacy Policy: https://anthopak.dev/datum/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Field Camera & Coordinates
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Field Camera stamps every photo with where and when it was taken ā coordinates, compass bearing, altitude, date and time ā burned into the picture and written into the file's metadata, so the record holds up in any other software. Built for people whose photos are evidence: surveyors, insurance adjusters, building inspectors, solar and telecom crews, contractors, arborists, environmental consultants and anyone who has to prove where they were standing. WHAT GETS STAMPED ⢠Coordinates in decimal degrees, degrees-decimal-minutes, degrees-minutes-seconds, UTM and MGRS ⢠GPS accuracy, so you know how much to trust the fix ⢠Video, with every reading updating through the clip (Pro) ⢠Compass bearing, labelled true or magnetic ā never a confident guess ⢠Altitude above mean sea level, above the ellipsoid, or barometric, always labelled ⢠Tilt and roll ⢠Local date and time, the time zone, and UTC ALL OF THAT IS FREE. Including UTM and MGRS. TWO PHOTOS, EVERY TIME Field Camera saves the stamped photo and an untouched original of the same shot. The stamp can be redrawn from that original months later with different fields, a different layout, or a coordinate format you didn't need at the time. Your originals are never modified. A STAMP YOU CAN READ Reorder the fields. Four presets ā Survey, Insurance, Minimal, Everything. Four sizes, three backgrounds, top or bottom. The stamp sits on a scrim so it stays legible against a blown-out sky or a dark crawlspace, and what you see in the viewfinder is exactly what gets burned into the photo. METADATA THAT TRAVELS GPS latitude and longitude, altitude with the correct reference, image direction, positioning error, UTC timestamps and your photo description are all written into the file. Drop the photo into GIS software, a report, or a claims system and the position comes with it. YOUR LIBRARY STAYS YOURS Photos are kept inside Field Camera, not scattered through your camera roll ā so clearing your camera roll never empties your library. Browse them as a grid or on a map, search by project, description or address, and export when you're ready. A copy can go to your camera roll too, if you want one. FIELD CAMERA PRO ā ONE PAYMENT ⢠Stamped video, with the readings updating as you move ⢠Street address, reverse-geocoded onto the stamp ⢠Project name, photo description and watermark, with reusable saved notes ⢠Your company logo on the stamp ⢠A map inset with a north arrow and the direction you were facing ⢠Export to CSV, KML and KMZ for GIS and reporting ⢠Batch re-stamp any photo from its original One payment. Not a subscription. And a promise: nothing that is free in Field Camera today will ever be moved behind that paywall. PRIVACY Field Camera has no account, no analytics and no tracking. Your photos, coordinates and notes stay on your device unless you export or share them yourself. Location is read only while you have the app open, at the moment you take a photo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Datum at 15.6 against Field Camera & Coordinates's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Datum sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Field Camera & Coordinates sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Datum | Field Camera & Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anthonin Cocagne | Xiayu Xu |
In-app purchases
Datum
- Weekly Premium3 Days trial$7.997 Days
- Annual Premium$34.991 Year
Field Camera & Coordinates
- Field Camera Pro$9.99
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