Comparison

daterCam 2 vs ACDSee Camera Pro

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

Head to head
About

daterCam 2

This app automatically embeds the date, time, GPS location, and custom text into a QR code on your photos. Preserve memories with essential details and access your images from the library. It also displays technical photo information like shutter speed and aperture.

Highlights
  • Automatic date and time stamping
  • GPS location embedding
  • Custom text overlay
  • QR code generation on image
  • Access photos from library
  • Display technical photo data
Features
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Take a picture and put automatically the date and time, GPS position and text location in QR image top left. Immortalize your moments, do not let past the time when you did not remember a photo. You can retrieve your photos from the library. Show information about your picture: - shutter speed - exposure time - aperture - brightness IMPORTANT: You need to have the GPS active and give permission to access the data of the photos.

About

ACDSee Camera Pro

Unlock advanced camera capabilities on your mobile device. Shoot in RAW, apply real-time filters and adjustments, and gain manual control over exposure, focus, and white balance for professional-quality photos and videos.

Highlights
  • RAW photo capture
  • Manual exposure, focus, and white balance controls
  • Real-time effect filters
  • Real-time adjustments
  • Exposure bracketing
  • HDR Fusion
  • Video recording with real-time filters
Features
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ACDSee Camera Pro lets you harness the full power of your device's camera. RAW Support Shoot RAW on capable devices and write captured photos in DNG format. Lossless TIFF/PNG Write captured photos in lossless TIFF or PNG format, or choose one of three JPEG quality settings. Manual Controls Precisely control exposure, focus and white balance, including a custom white balance preset. Real-time overexposure and underexposure visualization. Shutter Priority Mode Set the shutter speed and ACDSee Camera Pro automatically chooses the ISO for proper exposure. Selfie Mode Look your best with skin smoothing and lightening, plus a front-facing torch/flash for low-light situations. Real-time Effect Filters Choose from 24 effects, including high-quality black & white, Orton, film grain, halftone, and various color tone filters. Real-time Adjustments See brightness, contrast, vibrance, sharpness, clarity, skin tune and vignette adjustments in real time and add additional noise reduction during capture. Exposure Bracketing Capture three exposures at once at different exposure levels. HDR Fusion Combine three shots taken at different exposures to create a single high-dynamic-range image, with manual override of composition parameters. Flash Fusion Combine a naturally-illuminated capture with a flash-illuminated capture. Video Mode Capture those special moments with video and apply filters and adjustments in real-time. Flash Modes Choose from six flash modes: Off, On, Auto, Torch, Torch & flash, and Flash Fusion. All modes work with either the rear-facing or the front-facing camera. Touch Focus and Exposure Touch to select focus and exposure point. For more precise control, independently select focus and exposure points. Lockable AF, AE and AWB Independently lock focus, exposure, and white balance. Cropping modes Crop before you shoot to square, 4:3, 3:2, and 16:9 aspect ratios. Independent settings for front and rear cameras, still photo and video modes. Level Indicator Compose your shots with precise alignment using a dual-axis level indicator. ACDSee is a trademark of ACD Systems International Inc. and may be registered in Canada, the United States, the European Union, Japan, or certain other jurisdictions.

Screenshots

daterCam 24 screens
ACDSee Camera Pro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: daterCam 2 at Free against ACDSee Camera Pro's $5.99. daterCam 2 also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). ACDSee Camera Pro's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 33%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

daterCam 2 is free to download; ACDSee Camera Pro costs $5.99 up front. daterCam 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ACDSee Camera Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

daterCam 2 ships an update weekly, ACDSee Camera Pro every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
daterCam 2 versus ACDSee Camera Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdaterCam 2ACDSee Camera Pro
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating—4.2 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews69.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—22 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjose javier fernandez mendozaACD Systems International Inc.

Customer experience

daterCam 2

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

ACDSee Camera Pro

All ratings22 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral10.6%
Negative19.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

daterCam 2

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
None

ACDSee Camera Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is daterCam 2 free?
daterCam 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ACDSee Camera Pro free?
ACDSee Camera Pro costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do daterCam 2 or ACDSee Camera Pro have ads?
Neither daterCam 2 nor ACDSee Camera Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, daterCam 2 or ACDSee Camera Pro?
daterCam 2 ships an update weekly, and ACDSee Camera Pro every 5 weeks. Most recently, daterCam 2 was updated on October 5, 2026 and ACDSee Camera Pro on October 16, 2026.

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