Comparison

DateStamper vs ChronoGallery

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

ChronoGallery

This app automatically organizes your photos and videos into a chronological timeline, making it easy to browse your memories. It offers fast navigation by year, month, and day with a clean grid layout and privacy-focused design, keeping all your media on your device.

Highlights
  • Automatic chronological organization
  • Fast navigation by date
  • Clean grid layout
  • Privacy-first design
  • Library storage statistics
  • Easy sharing
Features
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ChronoGallery ChronoGallery organizes your photos and videos into a clean chronological timeline so you can browse your memories quickly and easily. Photos and videos are automatically grouped by year, month, and day, making it simple to explore your entire photo library without clutter. Features • Automatic chronological photo organization • Fast navigation by year, month, and day • Clean grid layout for photos and videos • Photo and video indicators • Library storage usage statistics • Share photos and videos easily • Smooth scrolling and fast loading • Simple and lightweight design Privacy First ChronoGallery respects your privacy. • No accounts required • No data collection • No cloud uploads All photos and videos remain on your device and are never uploaded to external servers. If you want a clean, fast, and private way to browse your photo library, ChronoGallery makes it simple.

Screenshots

DateStamper4 screens
ChronoGallery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DateStamper at Free against ChronoGallery's $0.99. DateStamper also leads on ratings volume (9.2K vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). ChronoGallery's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On 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; ChronoGallery costs $0.99 up front. DateStamper sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. ChronoGallery asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ChronoGallery holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DateStamper has 9.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DateStamper ships an update monthly, ChronoGallery every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DateStamper versus ChronoGallery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDateStamperChronoGallery
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (9.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.2K — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJordan HipwellTyler McQuade

Customer experience

DateStamper

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

ChronoGallery

All ratings1 ratings
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

ChronoGallery

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

ChronoGallery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DateStamper free?
DateStamper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChronoGallery free?
ChronoGallery costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DateStamper or ChronoGallery?
ChronoGallery is rated higher. DateStamper averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.2K ratings, while ChronoGallery averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DateStamper or ChronoGallery have ads?
Neither DateStamper nor ChronoGallery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DateStamper or ChronoGallery?
DateStamper ships an update monthly, and ChronoGallery every 2 days. Most recently, DateStamper was updated on October 17, 2026 and ChronoGallery on October 3, 2026.

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