Comparison

DateStamper vs SameSpot

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

SameSpot

Easily compare two photos side-by-side or with a live overlay to visualize exact changes. Ideal for tracking renovations, DIY projects, or personal progress with precise alignment tools.

Highlights
  • Live photo overlay with opacity control
  • Side-by-side comparison with slider
  • Rule-of-thirds guides for framing
  • Multiple project creation
  • On-device privacy
  • Save comparisons to camera roll
Features
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SameSpot | Precision photo comparison tool designed for tracking progress and comparing images. Capture a before photo, then overlay it on your after photo to see exact differences. Whether you're renovating a kitchen, redecorating a room, or tracking personal progress. The app's core feature is real-time overlay alignment with live opacity control. Take your after photo with the before image overlaid at your chosen transparency level, ensuring perfect composition every time. Use built-in rule-of-thirds guides to frame shots identically. Then compare them side-by-side with an adjustable slider to see precisely what changed. Everything stays private on your device, no cloud sync, no analytics, no data collection. Create multiple projects and update them anytime. Replace photos, adjust opacity, and save to your camera roll whenever you want. Perfect for renovations, DIY projects, construction progress tracking, furniture arrangement, painting work, and any project where precise before-and-after comparison matters. This app uses Apple's standard End User License Agreement (EULA). https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DateStamper4 screens
SameSpot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DateStamper at Free against SameSpot's $2.99. DateStamper also leads on ratings volume (9.4K vs 8). SameSpot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On rating, 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

DateStamper is free to download; SameSpot costs $2.99 up front. DateStamper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SameSpot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SameSpot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DateStamper has 9.4K ratings behind it against 8, 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 100% of SameSpot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DateStamper ships an update monthly, SameSpot every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DateStamper versus SameSpot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDateStamperSameSpot
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (9.4K ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.4K — better8
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJordan HipwellWESLEY REED LAAKER

Customer experience

DateStamper

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

SameSpot

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
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

SameSpot

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

SameSpot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DateStamper free?
DateStamper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SameSpot free?
SameSpot costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DateStamper or SameSpot?
SameSpot is rated higher. DateStamper averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.4K ratings, while SameSpot averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do DateStamper or SameSpot have ads?
Neither DateStamper nor SameSpot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DateStamper or SameSpot?
DateStamper ships an update monthly, and SameSpot every 2 days. Most recently, DateStamper was updated on November 1, 2026 and SameSpot on October 24, 2026.

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