Comparison

Timestamp Camera Basic vs DateStamper

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

DateStamper

Easily add date, time, location, and custom captions to your photos. Preserve your memories with customizable stamps that blend beautifully with your images. Edit or remove stamps non-destructively at any time.

Highlights
  • Apply date, time, and GPS location stamps
  • Add custom captions
  • Extensive font, color, and style customization
  • Non-destructive editing
  • Batch stamping
  • Photos app extension
  • Shortcuts integration
Features
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DateStamper allows you to apply beautiful date stamps overtop your photos – and include time, location, caption, and filename if you’d like. — "DateStamper brings back old memories for me ... It looks good, it gets the job done, and it’s nicely integrated with Apple’s Photos app." – MacStories Editor-in-chief and Founder, Federico Viticci — The modern photo date stamp is here! Easily add a stamp to your photos so you can remember when or where they were taken. Perfect for printing pictures to display in albums or scrapbooks, allowing you to preserve your memories. The best feature of point and shoot cameras is now available on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac – and better than ever. Styles ◦ With many fonts, colors, and styles to choose from, you can get just the look you want* ◦ The vibrant style beautifully blends the stamp into the photograph, allowing the image behind to shine through ◦ Or go with a classic look with the traditional digital display font ◦ Add a background color, stroke, shadow, underline, and adjust opacity ◦ Customize the date and time format ◦ Use the date taken, date created, date added, current date, or a custom date ◦ Add the location where your photos were taken — name, address, GPS coordinates, or custom text ◦ Add the photo caption, a custom caption, or filename ◦ Adjust the placement with position and padding options, and change the order of the text Stamp ◦ Quickly select photos from your library to stamp — select each individually, swipe to select, select a range, or select all photos in an album ◦ Stamp multiple photos at the same time** ◦ Take a new picture with a stamp pre-applied ◦ Use the DateStamper edit extension to stamp a photo directly in the Photos app ◦ Use the Stamp Image action in Shortcuts to automate your workflow ◦ Easily see which photos have been stamped with filters, badges, and a DateStamper album Edit ◦ Edits are applied right on top of the photo in your library, no duplicating necessary ◦ Remove or change a date stamp at any time, it’s completely nondestructive ◦ With iCloud Photos, when you apply a date stamp on one device, it will appear on all your other devices automatically Features ◦ Lock Screen widget and Control Center control ◦ Beautiful and intuitive Liquid Glass design ◦ Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac ◦ No ads, no tracking, no nonsense * Premium Styles is an available in-app purchase that allows you to utilize all of the style options ** Unlimited Batch is an available in-app purchase that allows you to stamp more than 10 photos at a time

Screenshots

Timestamp Camera Basic4 screens
DateStamper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DateStamper at none against Timestamp Camera Basic's shown. DateStamper also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 64%). Timestamp Camera Basic's advantage is chart position (#100 vs unranked) and ratings volume (34K vs 9.2K). 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 DateStamper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. 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 4.8 for DateStamper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34K and 9.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Timestamp Camera Basic's written reviews are positive against 74% of DateStamper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timestamp Camera Basic ships an update every 3 weeks, DateStamper monthly. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Timestamp Camera Basic versus DateStamper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimestamp Camera BasicDateStamper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (34K ratings)4.8 (9.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.1% of reviews74.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34K — better9.2K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#100 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer玉彬 陈Jordan Hipwell

Customer experience

Timestamp Camera Basic

All ratings33,368 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews833 reviews
Positive64.1%
Neutral10.2%
Negative25.7%

DateStamper

All ratings9,172 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews480 reviews
Positive74.0%
Neutral5.4%
Negative20.6%

User reviews

Timestamp Camera Basic

From 34K 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

DateStamper

From 9.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Customizable date/time stamp
  • 🚀 Efficient batch processing
  • 👍 Reversible date stamp
  • 👍 No ads or tracking

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional freezing or crashing
  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance with certain photo formats
  • 🔒 Concerns about in-app purchases and hidden costs

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

DateStamper

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Date/time stamp not visible on some photos
  • Inability to batch process all photos in library

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add option to stamp videos
  • Provide more flexibility in date/time stamp positioning
  • Allow manual date/time input for older photos

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Timestamp Camera Basic

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

DateStamper

One-time2
  • Premium Styles$4.99
  • Unlimited Batch$9.99

Questions

Is Timestamp Camera Basic free?
Timestamp Camera Basic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DateStamper free?
DateStamper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timestamp Camera Basic or DateStamper?
DateStamper is rated higher. Timestamp Camera Basic averages 4.8 out of 5 from 34K ratings, while DateStamper averages 4.8 from 9.2K ratings.
Do Timestamp Camera Basic or DateStamper have ads?
Timestamp Camera Basic shows ads; DateStamper does not.
Which is updated more often, Timestamp Camera Basic or DateStamper?
Timestamp Camera Basic ships an update every 3 weeks, and DateStamper monthly. Most recently, Timestamp Camera Basic was updated on October 20, 2026 and DateStamper on October 20, 2026.

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