Comparison

DateStamper vs VISTA SmartConnect

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

Head to head
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

About

VISTA SmartConnect

Access and manage your body-worn camera footage from a smart device. View recorded events, stream live video, and categorize content based on your permissions.

Highlights
  • Wi-Fi access to body-worn camera
  • Manage camera features
  • View and categorize recorded events
  • Stream live video
  • Permission-based access
Features
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VISTA SmartConnect™ allows authorized users Wi-Fi access to WatchGuard Video’s VISTA WiFi™ High-Definition body-worn camera. Based on permissions set in WatchGuard Video’s Evidence Library 4 Web™ evidence management system, users can manage VISTA WiFi features, view and categorize recorded events, or stream live video from the camera to a Wi-Fi enabled smart device.

Screenshots

DateStamper4 screens
VISTA SmartConnect2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DateStamper at 74% against VISTA SmartConnect's 0%. DateStamper also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.9) and ratings volume (9.3K vs 13). VISTA SmartConnect's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. DateStamper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. VISTA SmartConnect asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DateStamper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DateStamper has 9.3K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of DateStamper's written reviews are positive against 0% of VISTA SmartConnect's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DateStamper ships an update monthly, VISTA SmartConnect every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DateStamper versus VISTA SmartConnect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDateStamperVISTA SmartConnect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.3K ratings) — better1.9 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9.3K — better13
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJordan HipwellWatchGuard Video, LLC

Customer experience

DateStamper

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

VISTA SmartConnect

All ratings13 ratings
Positive23.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative69.2%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

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

VISTA SmartConnect

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DateStamper

One-time2
  • Premium Styles$4.99
  • Unlimited Batch$9.99
None

VISTA SmartConnect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DateStamper free?
DateStamper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VISTA SmartConnect free?
VISTA SmartConnect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DateStamper or VISTA SmartConnect?
DateStamper is rated higher. DateStamper averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.3K ratings, while VISTA SmartConnect averages 1.9 from 13 ratings.
Do DateStamper or VISTA SmartConnect have ads?
Neither DateStamper nor VISTA SmartConnect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DateStamper or VISTA SmartConnect?
DateStamper ships an update monthly, and VISTA SmartConnect every 3 months. Most recently, DateStamper was updated on October 24, 2026 and VISTA SmartConnect on October 24, 2026.

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