Comparison

DateStamper vs DateCam

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

DateCam

Easily add customizable dates to your photos. Choose from various text formats, fonts, and sizes, and apply filters to enhance your images. Save memories with a professional touch.

Highlights
  • Add dates to photos
  • Customizable text formats and fonts
  • Adjustable text size and color
  • Multiple photo print sizes
  • Apply various filters
  • Add dates to existing camera roll photos
Features
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This enables you to take a picture with a date. All you have to do is just take picture as usual! You can now add dates to photos in your Camera Roll as well. - Text You can customize formats, fonts, text color and size as you like. - Sizes Select different sizes from the printout size to the wallpaper size according to your needs. The following sizes are available: DSC, L, postcard (Japanese size), HV, KG, square, 16:9, 4:3 and 3:2. - Filter You can photograph with various filters. 【Supported OS】 iOS 17.6 or later 【Disclaimer】 While we try our best, we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the use of this application such as bugs or errors.

Screenshots

DateStamper4 screens
DateCam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DateStamper at none against DateCam's shown. DateStamper also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 49%) and ratings volume (9.2K vs 15). DateCam's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and DateCam 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 DateStamper against 4.8 for DateCam. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DateStamper has 9.2K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of DateStamper's written reviews are positive against 49% of DateCam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DateStamper ships an update monthly, DateCam every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DateStamper versus DateCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDateStamperDateCam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.2K ratings)4.8 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews — better48.8% of reviews
Number of ratings9.2K — better15
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJordan HipwellYosuke Seki

Customer experience

DateStamper

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

DateCam

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive48.8%
Neutral18.6%
Negative32.6%

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

DateCam

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
1 purchases

DateCam

One-time1
  • Remove ads$4.99

Questions

Is DateStamper free?
DateStamper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DateCam free?
DateCam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DateStamper or DateCam?
DateStamper and DateCam are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9.2K and 15 ratings respectively.
Do DateStamper or DateCam have ads?
DateCam shows ads; DateStamper does not.
Which is updated more often, DateStamper or DateCam?
DateStamper ships an update monthly, and DateCam every 4 days. Most recently, DateStamper was updated on October 14, 2026 and DateCam on October 12, 2026.

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