Since its release in 2010, Instagram has grown into one of the most voguish social platforms worldwide. And it’s not stopping. Its popularity is growing at a tremendous pace. The proof? In 2017, 700 million people were on Instagram. Today, there are 1.3 billion users on the platform, with approximately 1 billion being active on a monthly basis.
With visual communication as its focal point, Instagram is a great place to share photos and videos and develop a real connection with your audience. At the same time, it’s a place where content thieves can thrive. It’s truly disappointing when you create great imagery by sheer hard work and, not before long, see those pictures on someone else’s profile.
To avoid that and hence discourage evil-minded users from stealing your work, you can resort to apps specially-built to watermark your Instagram photos. This way you not only do as much as you can to protect your work, but also get to market it and expand your online visibility.
To help you find the right solution for your needs, we’ve rounded up this list of apps created to safeguard your visual content and advertise your work at the same time:
PhotoMarks
PhotoMarks is an easy-to-use app to watermark photos on iPhone. The app lets you add both text and logo watermarks and completely customize them. This means you can rotate, scale and position your mark as you please, select from a wide range of fonts and colors, adjust the transparency or apply special effects like shadow and stroke.
Truly useful for those who constantly watermark their pictures is the feature to save your marks as profiles and to easily use them again later. PhotoMarks works on multiple layers, which means you can make as many edits as you wish without altering the original images. Once you’re finished with your editing, you can save your photo to Camera Roll or directly share it on Instagram, Facebook or other social network.
- Price: $4.99
- Requirements: iOS 10.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
Watermark Photo
With Watermark Photo you have two main options of protecting your content from theft. You can either import your own watermark, whether it’s text or logo, or create one from scratch. If you want to design your own mark, the app offers an impressive array of graphic elements to choose from.
No matter what the type of watermark you apply, you can adjust it in diverse ways to match your style and preferences. When you’re done you can easily share your newly-edited image on the desired social network. It’s worth mentioning that, in addition to images, you can add a watermark to your videos as well.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $3.99/week)
- Requirements: iOS 11.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
Watermark X
What makes Watermark X an alternative worth considering is the multitude of watermark templates it provides. The app places at your disposal a large variety of professionally designed marks, which you can easily customize with your personal information. These include modern elements like hashtags and location, as well as the classic logo, text or copyright notice.
If you don’t want to select one of the pre-designed watermarks, you have the possibility of creating your own. Unfortunately, this option, just like many other, is not available in the free standard version. On the plus side, the developers update the collection of templates with fresh designs on a constant basis.
- Price: Free (Unlock all features: $39.99)
- Requirements: iOS 10.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
LogoLicious
LogoLicious is an interesting solution for protecting or branding images on the go. The app gives you the possibility to add various types of watermarks to your photos. Depending on your needs, you can overlay a protective X-shaped grid, add your brand logo, a text, an Instagram handle or URL perhaps.
With LogoLicious you can make various adjustments to your chosen mark. For instance, you can set the transparency level, rotate it, change its size and place it where you want. The app allows you to save your current setup as a template and easily apply it to new images in other projects. In addition to watermarking, you can also rename and crop pictures.
- Price: Free (Full version: $1.99)
- Requirements: iOS 10.2 or later
- Download Link: App Store
iWatermark
iWatermark is another watermark app for iPhone you can use to prevent theft or advertise your artwork. The app gives you the possibility to import your own watermark, to create a new one taking advantage of the graphic elements and fonts available or to choose one from the ready-to-use examples.
You can opt for a traditional text mark, a brand logo, a digital signature or, if you’re looking for something different, the app lets you create a QR watermark. Regardless of the type chosen, iWatermark offers numerous customization options and supports social sharing at full resolution. If you need to edit multiple images, it’s good to know the app offers a batch processing option.
- Price: $1.99
- Requirements: iOS 12.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
EasyMark
EasyMark allows you to watermark your pictures, videos and GIF’s in the same session. You can load your own logo or signature, but also create a brand new watermark. For that purpose, the app places at your disposal a multitude of icons, stickers, clip arts and fonts which you can mix.
If you want your watermark to stand out, you can use a QR code, location and time info and even add a GIF animation. To improve your workflow, EasyMark lets you save your text or graphic mark as a template and easily load it in another session.
- Price: Free (Premium: $2.99)
- Requirements: iOS 10.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
eZy Watermark Videos
Instagram isn’t only about sharing photos, but videos as well. Even though there are apps that let you watermark both photos and videos, we thought it’s best to resort to an app particularly created for this purpose. eZy Watermark is a solution for users who are looking to shoot their own clips, watermark them and share them on social media.
The app enables you to add a large variety of watermarks from text and logo to signature and QR code and to customize them with regard to placement, rotation, opacity, fonts or colors. eZy Watermark is a great alternative for users who are dealing with multiple files, because the app has a batch mode feature for watermarking dozens of videos at once.
- Price: $2.99 (IAP from $0.99 – $4.99)
- Requirements: iOS 10.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
