Best Watermark Apps for Android & iOS Compared

Most "best watermark apps" roundups are affiliate lists assembled from screenshots. This one compares four apps you can install on Android or iOS today, and every factual claim about the other three links to the store listing or feature page it came from, so you can check any of it yourself. All four will put a text or logo mark on a photo; they differ on batch limits, video, invisible marks and how you pay. (Adobe Lightroom mobile is not in the running order because it is an editor with one watermark toggle, not a watermark app — where that setting hides, and what it can do is its own guide.) If you are still deciding whether to mark a particular photo at all, we answered that separately.

How we compared these apps

We did not install four apps and time them. This comparison is built from what each maker publishes: the Google Play or App Store listing, and the product's own feature pages where it has them. Every page was checked in August 2026. Store listings change, which is why the links are here rather than a summary you have to take on trust.

That limits the comparison to things a maker publishes and can be held to:

• Watermark types — text, logo, QR, signature, invisible marks, camera or EXIF stamps.
• What the free tier gives you — how many photos per batch, and what it puts on your export in return.
• Video and PDF — whether they are in the same app or a separate download.
• Platforms — phone only, or desktop and web as well.
• How you pay — subscription, license, or in-app purchases.

It does not cover how each app feels in the hand. That needs a hands-on test, and we have not run one.

The best watermark apps for Android and iOS

Watermark Maker

Watermark Maker is a dedicated watermarking app for Android and iOS. On the App Store it is listed as Watermark Kit – Photo Video PDF, so searching the store for "Watermark Maker" will not find it.

• Watermark types: text and image watermarks, logo watermarks, QR codes, Shot On camera stamps, and PDF markings such as "confidential" or "draft".
• Free tier: text and logo watermarks, tiling, the social media export presets, and batches of a few photos at a time. The free tier shows ads — one banner on the home screen and an interstitial every few exports — but it adds no app branding to your exported photo.
• Customization: 31 built-in fonts, 10 of them free, plus color, opacity, scale, a nine-point position grid and tiling. There is no rotation control: every mark is drawn upright. A watermark design can be saved as a named template and reloaded on a later job.
• What is behind Premium: video, PDF, QR codes, Shot On camera stamps, the other 21 fonts, importing your own .ttf or .otf, and unlimited batch size.
• Platforms: Android and iOS only. There is no desktop app and no web version. There is a step-by-step guide to watermarking photos on an iPhone.
• How you pay: a Premium unlock bought in the app, which removes the ads and lifts the batch cap.
• Privacy: every job runs on the phone. Nothing is uploaded to a server.

A single photo takes a couple of taps. The batch cap is the thing to know before you install: the free tier gives you enough to try the workflow on your own pictures, not enough to mark a shoot. Our batch watermarking guide covers setting one up.

eZy Watermark Photos

eZy Watermark Photos, from Whizpool, is on Google Play and the App Store.

• Watermark types: both listings describe text, QR codes, digital signatures, logos, stickers and emojis, plus date stamps and timestamps.
• Free tier: both listings show the app as free with in-app purchases, and the Play listing is flagged "Contains ads". Both describe the editor as one that "processes single images and upto five images in batch photo editor", so a free batch there is a handful of photos.
• Customization: opacity, rotation, size, position and alignment, custom fonts and colors, tiled watermarks and grid snapping.
• Templates: saved templates that both listings describe as cloud-synced, so they follow you between devices.
• Video: a separate download, eZy Watermark Videos, rather than a mode inside the photo app.
• How you pay: both at once. The In-App Purchases panel on the App Store listing shows a monthly and a yearly Premium subscription sitting alongside one-off purchases for batch watermarking, custom fonts and ad removal. The Play listing flags in-app purchases but does not itemize them. Whizpool also sells a separate paid photo app, listed on Google Play as eZy Watermark Photos Classic.

iWatermark+

iWatermark+, from Plum Amazing, has the longest feature list here. The free Android build is on Google Play, and Plum Amazing keeps a separate iPhone and iPad page. The two do not describe an identical app, so each claim below says which one it comes from.

• Watermark types: the Play listing counts seven — five visible (text, arc text, bitmap or logo, scanned signature, QR code) and two invisible (metadata and steganographic). The iPhone and iPad page counts twelve, folding in vector marks, borders, lines, resize and filters.
• Invisible marks: the Play listing describes the steganographic type as "hiding a watermark in the color data of a photo", and the iPhone and iPad page calls it StegoMark, "invisible ownership proof inside the image". Visual Watermark writes invisible metadata too, covered below; a mark hidden in the pixel data itself was not on any of the other three listings we checked in August 2026.
• Metadata watermark: the Play listing describes it as watermarks "that include IPTC/EXIF tags (like camera info, GPS, copyright, etc.)" — the nearest thing on this list to a Shot On stamp.
• Free tier: the free Android listing states "No Ads" and "No In App Purchases". The free version adds a small "Created with iWatermark" mark to your export, and the paid version removes it.
• Fonts: the Play listing says 292 built in, plus any custom font you install.
• Video and batch: the Play listing says the app watermarks "photos and videos too", on "one or a batch of photos".
• Platforms: the Play listing calls it "the only watermarking tool available for all 4 platforms Android, iPhone/iPad, Mac and Windows".
• How you pay: losing the "Created with iWatermark" mark means upgrading to what the Play listing calls "the inexpensive regular version", sold separately. Neither page linked here states a payment model, so we are not stating one.

Visual Watermark and Watermarkly

These are two faces of the same product. Watermarkly is the web and mobile app; its homepage describes Visual Watermark as "a separate desktop app for Windows and Mac", and Visual Watermark's site sends Android users to the Watermarkly app on Google Play.

• Where it runs: in a browser with no sign-up, plus the iOS, Android, Windows and Mac apps listed on the purchase page.
• Batch: the web app watermarks a whole set in one go, and Watermarkly says the desktop app "can process up to 50,000 files in parallel" — far beyond what a phone app attempts.
• Customization: the homepage claims over 900 fonts, 90 colors and gradients, and 36 effects including shadows, backgrounds and a 3D look. It says the app "synchronizes your watermark templates" so the mark stays consistent "regardless of which device (desktop, laptop, mobile) you use the app on".
• Invisible metadata: the Visual Watermark homepage lists a "Create copyright metadata" feature that will "add your copyright metadata to photos" and "attach contact details to your pictures", readable in Preview on Mac or the File Details screen on Windows. It writes into the file rather than into the pixels.
• Free tier: the Watermarkly pricing page says the free version "adds a 'Watermarkly' logo in addition to your own watermark". The desktop trial runs every feature for 30 days and adds "Trial Version" text to exports instead.
• Video: yes. Visual Watermark has a Watermark Videos product for Windows and Mac, and the Watermarkly pricing page lists a "Mobile app for iOS for watermarking photos, PDF files and videos". On that list the Android entry covers photos and PDF files. The buy page bundles "photos, videos & PDF" across every platform without breaking it out, so the per-platform read comes from the itemized list rather than from the plans.
• How you pay: a license, not a subscription. The Visual Watermark buy page offers one-year access that "Doesn't renew automatically" and a permanent tier labeled "One-time fee, not a subscription".

Comparison at a glance

Every competitor cell was checked in August 2026 against the page linked in that app's section above. "Not listed" means the feature does not appear on that app's own store listing or feature pages — not that it is impossible. The competitor cells describe availability, not tier: none of the three breaks its feature list down by free and paid, so we have not guessed at one.

Where the other apps beat Watermark Maker

These are real gaps, worth knowing before you install anything.

• iWatermark+ has more watermark types than we do. Invisible steganographic marks and metadata watermarks are not things Watermark Maker offers at all. If you want a mark that survives a crop because it is hidden in the pixel data, that is the app.
• The free iWatermark+ Android build carries no ads. Our free tier shows them. Their trade is a small "Created with iWatermark" mark on your export; ours is an ad. Which annoys you more is personal.
• Visual Watermark sells a permanent desktop license. If you watermark twice a year at a desk, paying once for software you keep is a reasonable way to buy, and its buy page says so plainly.
• Visual Watermark's desktop app handles volumes no phone app will. Fifty thousand files in parallel is a different category of job from a phone batch.
• Watermarkly needs no install at all. It runs in a browser, including a phone browser, which is genuinely useful if you are on a borrowed machine.
• The free batch cap is not a reason to pick us. eZy's free listing describes batches of up to five photos; we do not publish a number for ours, because it is set remotely and can change. Pick on something else.
• Font counts are not close. We ship 31 built-in fonts, 10 of them on the free tier; iWatermark+ lists 292 and Watermarkly claims over 900. What we do have is .ttf and .otf import on Premium, so a brand's actual typeface can go on the photo.

Which watermark app should you pick?

Pick by the job, not by the feature count.

1. You watermark a handful of phone photos, often. Any of the four will do it; the deciding factor is what the free tier puts on your export.
2. You need a mark hidden in the pixel data. iWatermark+'s StegoMark is the only one of the four that lists it. Visual Watermark writes invisible copyright metadata instead, which rides in the file rather than in the picture.
3. You watermark thousands of files at a desk. Visual Watermark's desktop app is built for that and a phone app is not.
4. You want camera settings printed on the photo. Our Shot On camera stamp, a Premium feature, fills two editable lines from the file's EXIF — the device on one, the focal length, aperture, shutter speed and ISO on the other. iWatermark+'s metadata watermark is the closest alternative, though it writes the tags into the file rather than onto the picture.
5. The photos are client work you would rather not send anywhere. Watermark Maker processes everything on the phone, so nothing is uploaded.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best free watermark app for Android?

All four apps here have a free tier, and each takes something in return. Watermark Maker's free tier shows ads and caps how many photos go in one batch, but adds no mark of its own to your export. eZy Watermark's free listing describes batches of up to five, and Google Play flags it as containing ads. The free iWatermark+ Android build states no ads and no in-app purchases, but adds a small 'Created with iWatermark' mark to every export. Watermarkly's free web tier adds a Watermarkly logo beside your own.

Which watermark app works on both Android and iPhone?

Watermark Maker, eZy Watermark and iWatermark+ all publish apps on both stores. On the App Store, Watermark Maker is listed as Watermark Kit – Photo Video PDF, so searching for 'Watermark Maker' will not find it. Visual Watermark's mobile side is Watermarkly, which has both an iOS and an Android app, plus a web version that runs in a phone browser without installing anything at all.

Can these apps watermark video on a phone?

Yes, in different ways. Watermark Maker includes video watermarking on Premium, burned in as a static overlay with the audio track copied across. iWatermark+ handles photos and video in the same app. eZy splits them: eZy Watermark Photos and eZy Watermark Videos are separate downloads. Visual Watermark's own purchase page lists video watermarking for its iOS app and for the Windows and Mac desktop app, while its Android entry on that list covers photos and PDF files.

Which app can print camera settings onto a photo?

Watermark Maker calls this a Shot On stamp: it reads the make, model, focal length, aperture, shutter speed and ISO out of the photo's EXIF data and pre-fills two editable text lines with them, which are then drawn along the bottom of the image. It is a Premium feature. iWatermark+ has the closest equivalent, a metadata watermark that its listing says can include IPTC and EXIF tags such as camera info, GPS and copyright. eZy lists date stamps and timestamps rather than camera fields. Visual Watermark writes metadata too, but its homepage describes copyright and contact details rather than camera settings.

Is a subscription or a one-time purchase better for watermarking?

It depends on how often you watermark. If you mark photos most weeks, paying a recurring fee for something you open constantly is easy to justify. If you watermark twice a year, buying once costs less over time: Visual Watermark sells permanent access as a one-time fee rather than a subscription, and eZy sells both at once, a subscription beside one-off purchases. Check what each app is actually offering at the moment you buy, because these change. Neither approach wins in the abstract.

Do these apps upload your photos to a server?

Watermark Maker does all its processing on the phone, so no photo leaves the device. iWatermark+ and eZy are phone apps too, though eZy's listing notes that saved templates sync to the cloud. Watermarkly is a web app, and its site says files stay private in your browser and that it does not store photos on its servers. For client work, read each privacy policy before you commit.

The honest summary is that there is no single best watermark app, only a best fit. If you mark photos on a phone and would rather your client work never left the device, Watermark Maker is built for that, and text and logo marks on a small batch are free to try on your own pictures. Camera stamps are part of Premium, and they run a photo at a time rather than across a batch. If you want invisible marks, or you pay once and never again, two of the apps above do that better than we do.