Comparison

DateStamper vs Lunova Player

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

Lunova Player

This media player lets you stream your personal media files or content from authorized external services. It does not offer any pre-loaded movies or TV shows, focusing solely on playback of your own content.

Highlights
  • Play personal media files
  • Stream from authorized external services
  • Supports Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Lunova 2.2.0 is a media player that allows users to play their own media or media from external services they are authorized to access. Lunova does not provide or distribute movies or TV shows. Privacy Policy: https://lunova.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DateStamper4 screens
Lunova Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: DateStamper at 9.2K against Lunova Player's 18. Lunova Player's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 74%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, rating, ads 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. DateStamper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Lunova Player sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. 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 4.9 for Lunova Player. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DateStamper has 9.2K ratings behind it against 18, 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 92% of Lunova Player's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DateStamper ships an update monthly, Lunova Player every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DateStamper versus Lunova Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDateStamperLunova Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.2K ratings)4.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews92.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.2K — better18
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJordan HipwellLunova APP

Customer experience

DateStamper

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

Lunova Player

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%

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

Lunova Player

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
2 purchases

Lunova Player

Subscriptions2
  • Lunova Premium Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Lunova Premium Quarterly$5.953 Months

Questions

Is DateStamper free?
DateStamper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lunova Player free?
Lunova Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DateStamper or Lunova Player?
Lunova Player is rated higher. DateStamper averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.2K ratings, while Lunova Player averages 4.9 from 18 ratings.
Do DateStamper or Lunova Player have ads?
Neither DateStamper nor Lunova Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DateStamper or Lunova Player?
DateStamper ships an update monthly, and Lunova Player every 2 weeks. Most recently, DateStamper was updated on October 20, 2026 and Lunova Player on October 17, 2026.

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