Comparison

Timestamp Camera Basic vs PinksCam

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

Head to head
About

Timestamp Camera Basic

Enhance your photos and videos with real-time date and GPS watermarks. Customize text, fonts, positions, and even add maps or altitude information. Capture moments with precise timestamps, including millisecond accuracy for videos.

Highlights
  • Real-time timestamp watermark
  • Add GPS location and address
  • Customizable text, font, and color
  • Display altitude and speed
  • Map overlay on camera
  • Import logo watermark
  • Video recording up to 4K
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Add timestamp watermark to camera in real time. • Automatically insert current time and address when taking photo or video in real time, you can change time format or select the address around easily. Timestamp Camera is the only App that can record video with the time watermark accurate to millisecond(0.001 second). - Support 81 timestamp formats. - Support change font, font color, font size. - Support set timestamp in 6 positions: top left, top center, top right, bottom left, bottom center, bottom right. - Support auto add address and GPS. - Support input and display custom text on camera. - Support input and display tag on camera and insert to the Exif. - Support change opacity of text and text background. - Support four text margin modes: no margin, one line margin, half line margin, suitable for printing • Support display altitude and speed. • Support display map on the camera. • Support display compass on the camera. • Support import watermark logo image to display on the camera. • Support change photo resolution, support the maximum resolution supported by the camera. • Support change video resolution(540P, 720P, 1080P, 4K) and fps(30fps, 60fps). • Support record video without audio. • Support pause and continue record fragments to one video. • Support timer to take picture (3, 5, 10 seconds with count down). • Has 4 modes. "Video", "Square", "Timelapse" support record video and capture photo. "Photo" mode only support capture photo with special optimization. • All the effects are real-time and can be used when taking photo or video. • Support change effect, toggle camera when recording. • Support "Battery saver mode", the brightness of screen can be changed when turn it on. • Support show 3x3 grid. • Support import photo as a virtual camera. • Support portrait and landscape. • Support both iPad and iPhone. • Photo and Video will be saved to Camera roll. Please mail us cybfriend@gmail.com if you have any problem or suggestions. Thank you.

About

PinksCam

Capture adorable selfies with a variety of pink-themed filters and textures designed for a soft, fairy-like aesthetic. Enhance your photos with professional editing tools and flexible cropping options to perfectly suit your needs.

Highlights
  • Pink-based filters
  • 20+ Girls Filters + Pink Texture
  • Professional-grade adjustments
  • Multi-scale free cropping
  • Suitable for selfies, cos, objects, couples
Features
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PinksCam - A Kawaii Self-Timer Camera Suitable for girls daily self-timer, cos shooting, objects shooting, couple in tune No need to worry about the photo is not enough girl heart friends This PinksCam let you become the most soft little fairy Features: - Filter The pink-based filter makes your selfies as sweet as peach and romantic as cherry blossom 20+ comfortable Girls Filter + Pink Texture: suitable for self-timer, the better effect on the pink background map - Adjust Professional-grade adjustments make every photo perfect for you - Crop 1:1, 3:4, 4:3, 16:9, 9:16 ... Multi-scale free cutting to meet your size needs

Screenshots

Timestamp Camera Basic4 screens
PinksCam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PinksCam at none against Timestamp Camera Basic's shown. PinksCam also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 61%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Timestamp Camera Basic's advantage is chart position (#92 vs unranked) and ratings volume (33K vs 5.8K). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Timestamp Camera Basic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PinksCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Timestamp Camera Basic against 4.7 for PinksCam. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timestamp Camera Basic has 33K ratings behind it against 5.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Timestamp Camera Basic's written reviews are positive against 87% of PinksCam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timestamp Camera Basic ships an update every 3 weeks, PinksCam every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Timestamp Camera Basic versus PinksCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimestamp Camera BasicPinksCam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (33K ratings) — better4.7 (5.8K ratings)
Positive reviews60.9% of reviews87.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings33K — better5.8K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#92 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer玉彬 陈思远 林

Customer experience

Timestamp Camera Basic

All ratings33,368 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews653 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral11.2%
Negative27.9%

PinksCam

All ratings5,846 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral3.9%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews649 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral6.5%
Negative6.3%

User reviews

Timestamp Camera Basic

From 33K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Captures memories with time
  • 💡 Must-Have for Precision and Professionalism
  • 👍 Pretty Awesome
  • 👍 Great for work documentation
  • 👍 Fantastic video app for iPhone

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Freezes a lot and lags
  • 🐛 Unreliable and would not trust with record and pause situations
  • 🐛 Not saved photos
  • 🐛 Really Slow
  • 🐛 Video stabilisation is completely useless

PinksCam

From 5.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Cute filters
  • 🎨 Aesthetic photo editing
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🌟 Satisfying results

Room to improve

  • 💰 Many filters locked behind paywall
  • 🌐 Language barrier (non-English interface)
  • 🔍 Limited free filter options

Bugs and requests

Timestamp Camera Basic

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Timestamp not always accurate
  • Photos not saving properly
  • App freezing and crashing
  • Random photo bursts without user interaction
  • Audio sync issues when switching cameras
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  • Upgrade purchase issues

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to change text orientation
  • Option to add custom text
  • Panoramic photo support
  • Ability to toggle timestamp on/off
  • Improve GPS accuracy
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  • Add state/country to location stamp
  • Allow free-form captions

PinksCam

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Slow performance
  • Crashes or freezes

Requested features

3 requests
  • More free filters
  • Multilingual support
  • Advanced editing tools

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Timestamp Camera Basic

One-time1
  • Upgrade to pro version$4.99
1 purchases

PinksCam

One-time1
  • PinksCam Pro$0.99

Questions

Is Timestamp Camera Basic free?
Timestamp Camera Basic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PinksCam free?
PinksCam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timestamp Camera Basic or PinksCam?
Timestamp Camera Basic is rated higher. Timestamp Camera Basic averages 4.8 out of 5 from 33K ratings, while PinksCam averages 4.7 from 5.8K ratings.
Do Timestamp Camera Basic or PinksCam have ads?
Timestamp Camera Basic shows ads; PinksCam does not.
Which is updated more often, Timestamp Camera Basic or PinksCam?
Timestamp Camera Basic ships an update every 3 weeks, and PinksCam every 4 weeks. Most recently, Timestamp Camera Basic was updated on October 1, 2026 and PinksCam on September 27, 2026.

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