Adding a watermark to your photos is a process you shouldn’t disregard. If you’re a photographer, a design artist, a blogger or a business, it’s important to consider this step before sharing your images online. Here’s why.
One of the main reasons to apply a watermark is to protect your pictures from unauthorized use. By adding a personal text or a logo, you make it clear that those pictures represent your intellectual property and can’t be used without your permission. Copying, modifying and publishing them in public space will constitute copyright infringement. In case someone steals or misuses your original work, you have the right to pursue legal action.
Watermarking is a suitable method to establish ownership and to reinforce your brand. Having your name, logo or social handle on the photos you share online will help internet users identify you as the creator, will increase your online visibility and potentially lead viewers to your blog, website or portfolio. At the same time, a subtly-placed, yet clear watermark will give your photographs a professional look.
In the past, if you needed to watermark more photos simultaneously, you had to transfer them to your computer and use a specialized watermark software. Now you can perform this operation on the go, directly from your iPhone. Here’s a list of the best apps for the job:
PhotoMarks

PhotoMarks is an iPhone app created to batch watermark photos without losing quality. The app is designed to be easy to use thanks to the intuitive interface and to boost your productivity. For that purpose it not only allows you to upload and process multiple photos at once, but also to save your settings as Profiles and load them in other projects. A useful feature is the fact that you can tie your watermarks to zones and hence get a better positioning when bulk editing.
PhotoMarks works with both portrait and landscape formats and allows you to insert multiple layers of text and logo marks. The app offers the opportunity to customize your copyright or trademark text and logo as you please. This means that you’re free to choose the position, size and rotation angle, to adjust the transparency, select from a wide range of fonts and colors or apply effects like stroke and shadow. There’s no problem if you’ve mistakenly made an unwanted edit, as the app provides undo & redo support. When it comes to exporting, you can save the images locally, send them via email or share them with friends and followers on social media.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $14.99/year)
- Requirements: iOS 12.0 or later
- Download on App Store
iWatermark

iWatermark stands out through the variety of watermark types it provides. With this app you have the possibility to add a simple text, a text on an arc, metadata tags, a logo, your signature, vectors, lines or a QR code. These are all visible marks. But you can also insert an invisible watermark called StegoMark. This is a proprietary steganographic method of embedding personal information, such as your email or website address, into the image data itself.
You can apply one or more watermarks on a single or dozens of images at the same time. If you don’t have a watermark to import, the app places at your disposal a vast library of vectors and fonts to create one. You can make diverse adjustments to the placement, scale, angle, opacity, colors and even apply a tile mode for maximum protection. iWatermark allows you to save your watermarks for instant reuse, as well as export/import them for backup reasons or for easy sharing with co-workers. In addition, the app offers features to resize your pictures and to apply various photo filters.
- Price: $4.99
- Requirements: iOS 16.1 or later
- Download on App Store
Add Watermark

Add Watermark makes it possible to easily watermark photos in bulk on iPhone. The app comes with a user-friendly design and lets you process as many files as you need to increase efficiency. You can upload your own logo or create a new watermark and apply it to your images. In that sense, Add Watermark provides preset templates with various designs to choose from. All you have to do is select a design you like and then customize it with your personal info.
The app allows you to add a copyright text and/or logo to your pictures and edit diverse settings, such as the size, location, rotation angle, background, font style and more. If you want to stylize your photos, you have the option of selecting one of the three built-in watermark patterns: free style, cross effect or tile for extra security. You can save your applied watermarks for later use, as well as share them with others.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $6.99/month)
- Requirements: iOS 14.0 or later
- Download on App Store
Watermark+

Watermark+ gives you the possibility to protect your photographs in various ways. Depending on your preferences, you can opt for a classic text, an image, your digital signature or a logo. In case you don’t have a logo, there’s a section available where you have the possibility to design one from scratch. You can apply your chosen watermarks to multiple pictures at the same time and save and reuse them in other sessions.
Watermark+ provides plenty of options to customize your watermark. You can adjust its dimensions and location on the photo, edit the font and color, set the alignment or reduce the opacity. The app also supports full-screen watermarks. This means that you can repeat your text or logo across the image as many times as you want, by manually setting parameters like size, rotation angle and density.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $3.99/month)
- Requirements: iOS 15.0 or later
- Download on App Store
Watermark – Add Text on Photo

Watermark – Add Text on Photo is another solution to protect/promote your iPhone photos. The app provides 3 watermark types to add to your original images: a text, a logo or a QR code. You can add multiple watermarks to multiple photos at the same time and adjust each mark individually. In addition to bulk processing, you can speed up your workflow by saving and loading your previously-used watermarks.
As far as customization goes, you have the possibility to freely position, resize and rotate your mark, modify the opacity or choose from trendy font styles and colors. The app offers plenty of fonts to go beyond watermarking and use text to create graphic materials like flyers, posters and banners. You’ll also find features to blend two images together and crop photos individually or in batch mode.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $19.99/year)
- Requirements: iOS 16.0 or later
- Download on App Store
SZ Watermark Maker

SZ Watermark Maker comes with useful features to not only bulk watermark, but also edit your pictures. This app enables you to insert a copyright or trademark text, your logo and your personal signature. You can change the thickness and color of the pen when signing the “autograph”, as well as adjust the placement of the watermark on the photo, its size and transparency. If you don’t have a watermark and wish to get creative, you have the possibility to create one using the app’s vast library of fonts, clip art and colors.
As initially mentioned, SZ Watermark Maker offers options to edit your images. And they are not scarce. With this app you can add the date and time in different styles and graphic design elements like emoticons, stickers and cartoons. At the same time, you’re free to apply camera filters, add different picture frames, change the image background or create photo collages. To help you improve productivity, the app lets you create unlimited watermark templates and easily retrieve them in other projects.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $14.99/year)
- Requirements: iOS 13.0 or later
- Download on App Store
Watermark Maker & Creator

Watermark Maker & Creator is designed to safeguard your visual content from misuse. This iPhone app offers the opportunity to protect your original work with diverse elements. You can type in a simple text, import a brand logo or insert your handwritten signature. If you’re looking for a different approach, you can opt for a sticker watermark. For this purpose, you’re free to use one of the already-designed stickers or design one yourself with the built-in sticker designer.
The app is equipped with an easy-to-use watermark editor for quick adjustments. Among others you can select from over 100 font styles and multiple colors, resize and rotate your mark or change the transparency level. Once you’re done, you can save your new photos in high resolution on your device or directly share them on social networks. The main downside is the fact that you’re limited to processing a maximum of 10 files simultaneously.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $19.99/year)
- Requirements: iOS 14.1 or later
- Download on App Store