Comparison

DateStamper vs Canvia

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

Canvia

This app lets you control smart art displays and interact with a curated collection of artworks. You can select art, create playlists, adjust display settings, and even upload your own content to bring art into your home or workspace.

Highlights
  • Control Canvia devices
  • Curated art collection
  • Create art playlists
  • Adjust device settings
  • Upload own content
  • Interactive art experience
Features
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Canvia combines an exclusive, curated art collection with cutting-edge technology, empowering you to bring artworks into your home, work and other living spaces like never before. The Canvia app allows you to control your Canvia devices and interact with art: choose works and playlists for display, adjust device settings such as orientation and caption overlays, and upload your own content.

Screenshots

DateStamper4 screens
Canvia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DateStamper at 74% against Canvia's 12%. DateStamper also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.8) and ratings volume (9.2K vs 36). Canvia's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 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. Canvia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DateStamper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DateStamper has 9.2K ratings behind it against 36, 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 12% of Canvia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DateStamper ships an update monthly, Canvia every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and August 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DateStamper versus Canvia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDateStamperCanvia
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.2K ratings) — better1.8 (36 ratings)
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews — better12.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9.2K — better36
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJordan HipwellPalacio Inc.

Customer experience

DateStamper

All ratings9,172 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews478 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative20.7%

Canvia

All ratings36 ratings
Positive13.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive12.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative88.0%

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

Canvia

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

Canvia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DateStamper free?
DateStamper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Canvia free?
Canvia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DateStamper or Canvia?
DateStamper is rated higher. DateStamper averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.2K ratings, while Canvia averages 1.8 from 36 ratings.
Do DateStamper or Canvia have ads?
Neither DateStamper nor Canvia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DateStamper or Canvia?
DateStamper ships an update monthly, and Canvia every 3 months. Most recently, DateStamper was updated on September 26, 2026 and Canvia on August 9, 2026.

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