Protecting your photos through a watermark is a truly important step prior uploading. First of all, because it would be a pity to see your artwork on someone else’s blog or Instagram. Why allow others to steal your original photography and take the credit for your work?
Second of all, a watermark can also help you from an advertising perspective. This is a great way to promote your brand or business, to increase your visibility in the online environment and, why not, get more clients. Just imagine the exposure you can gain once one of your pictures goes viral and gets shared across all social platforms!
In the past, you needed to transfer your images to your PC and use a specialized watermark software. Now, if you wish to protect your visual content, it’s good to know that you can do it on the go. In this article we’ve created a list of iOS apps which you can reliably use to watermark your photos. Easy and quick, with just a couple of taps.
PhotoMarks
PhotoMarks is an iPhone and iPad app particularly developed with image protection in mind. The app is designed to be useful and, at the same time, easy to use. Therefore the interface is quite intuitive and allows you to quickly understand how everything works. PhotoMarks offers two ways to protect your pictures: by using either text or logo marks.
Both type of watermarks are completely customizable, so you can truly put your stamp on the final look. This means you’re free to rotate, resize and place your mark how and where you want, you can adjust the transparency, select from a wide array of fonts and colors or drop a shadow effect. When you’re done with your editing, you can directly share your copyrighted images on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter or send them through email.
One of the key features of this app is the fact that you can save your watermarks as profiles and reload them later in another session. If you need to periodically watermark your photos, this feature will definitely help you save time and energy.
- Price: $4.99
- Download Link: App Store
A+ Signature
A+ Signature is an app that allows you to easily annotate pictures. You can protect your photos by adding any type of text, drawings or your handwritten signature. The app enables you to create your own texts and drawings and fine-tune them according to your necessities. This means you can easily move and rotate them, adjust their size, set the opacity, select your preferred fonts and colors or apply a shadow.
A+ Signature helps you stay productive by letting you save your text and drawings for later use. Besides photo protection, you can use the app to create postcards or funny memes. When you’re happy with the way your visual content looks, you can share it with your friends on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Flickr. There’s also an option to copy and paste your text and drawings to other apps.
- Price: $1.99
- Download Link: App Store
Ray Watermark
Ray Watermark stands out through its batch processing capabilities. This iOS app can watermark a single or, if necessary, multiple images at the same time, which makes it ideal for those who are dealing with a large collection of photos. Depending on your needs, you have the option of adding three types of watermarks: text, image and QR.
No matter what type of watermark you use, the app lets you make the desired adjustments to it. You can choose the exact placement, scale and rotate it to your liking, set the opacity or combine your favorite fonts and colors. You have the option of saving the processed images in your gallery or sharing them with your friends and follower. You can use Ray Watermark to protect not only images, but your videos as well.
- Price: $3.99
- Download Link: App Store
EasyMark
EasyMark is designed to help you safeguard your visual content through various forms of watermarks. The app offers you the possibility to add a text, a logo, your own signature or a QR code to your photos. It also places at your disposal icons, stickers and clip arts if you wish to create your own watermark.
With EasyMark you can customize the appearance of your watermark. For that purpose you can choose the position, rotation and scale or choose from numerous fonts and colors. The app also comes with the useful feature of creating your own templates, which can later apply to other files. Speaking of files, it’s worth mentioning that EasyMark provides support for both photos and videos. You can save your watermarked content for print, send it via email or share it on all major platforms.
- Price: Free (IAP $2.99)
- Download Link: App Store
iShotOn
If you’re looking for something different, iShotOn is an iPhone and iPad app that comes with another approach to classic watermarking. This app offers preset “Shot On” labels which come in three forms: “Shot On (iPhone/iPad model)”, “Shot By (your name)” and another “Shot On” label that allows you to insert your company logo in addition to the previous two labels.
According to your preferences, you have the possibility to use a single label or combine all three of them. iShotOn gives you the opportunity to edit your “Shot On” stamps. This means you’re free to place the watermark in eight different positions, adjust its size, play around with the colors and fonts and more. It’s worth mentioning that you can select multiple photos to be watermarked.
- Price: Free (IAP $1.99)
- Download Link: App Store
Watermark Photos
Watermark Photos by Yellow Lab is another solution to protect your online photos. The app is simple to use and lets you safeguard your content using text, your personal signature or a logo. At the same time it places at your disposal a multitude of fonts, colors, clip arts and stickers to design your own watermark.
Just like in the case of other apps, you’re free to add your personal touches and customize the watermark as you want. It’s good to know that you can save and re-apply your designs to boost productivity. Export features include the option of directly sharing your protected images on Pinterest, Instagram or Facebook.
- Price: Free (IAP $0.99)
- Download Link: App Store
Watermark: Add Photo Branding
Watermark: Add Photo Branding is our last proposal to ensure picture protection. This app lets you add both text and image watermarks and fully customize them. You can also get creative and design your own watermark by mixing clip arts, cool fonts and colors and overlays.
To help you increase efficiency, the app gives you the chance to save your watermarks and easily use them later. Once you’ve finished editing, you can directly share your watermarked photos with friends and followers.
- Price: Free (IAP $9.99)
- Download Link: App Store