More and more we use our phones to take inspirational photos and share them with our friends and followers on popular social networks. An important step prior uploading them, which shouldn’t be overlooked, is to add a watermark and hence clearly claim ownership.
Watermarking our photos is a great way to protect them from being used without our authorization. Moreover, since your name, your company’s name or logo or your website will appear on the photo, this is a definite opportunity to expand your online visibility.
There are plenty of mobile apps that can help you protect and market your work. To save you the trouble of doing intensive research, we’ve compiled a list of 10 watermark apps for both iPhone and Android users:
PhotoMarks
PhotoMarks is our first proposal to watermark photos on iPhone. The app is easy to use and makes it quite simple to add text or logo marks which you can customize to your liking. For that purpose you can position, scale and rotate them exactly how you want, select from a wide array of fonts and colors, set the transparency or apply special effects like stroke and shadow.
PhotoMarks uses non-destructive editing, which means your original images won’t be overwritten. The app has a smart feature which enables you to save your marks as Profiles and easily use them again in a different session without starting from scratch. After you’re done with your editing, you can directly share your pictures on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter or send them via email.
PhotoMarks also has a desktop version available for Windows and Mac, which is designed to watermark images in bulk.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $9.99/year)
- Requirements: iOS 12.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
Add Watermark on Photos
Add Watermark on Photos by Simply Entertaining makes image protection easy and quick. Once you select an image, this Android app places at your disposal various watermarking options: you can import your own watermark, choose one from the numerous built-in templates and customize it or simply create your watermark from scratch using background images, textures, shapes, effects, symbols and other graphic elements.
You can use a standard text, your logo or digital signature, as well as opt for a cross or tile watermark and perform diverse adjustments to match your style. Add Watermark on Photos gives you the possibility to save your watermark and load it in future projects. Another strong point of the app is the fact that it allows you to select multiple pictures and watermark all of them at once. It’s good to know that, in addition to images, you can also watermark videos.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $2.99/month)
- Requirements: Android 5.0 or later
- Download Link: Google Play
Logolicious
Logolicious gives you the opportunity to watermark photos on iPhone and Android as well. This cross-platform app comes with an intuitive interface and turns watermarking on the go into a simple process. Just load your logo into the app, drag and drop it on top of the background image, customize it and then save or share the edited image in full resolution on social media.
In addition to a logo, Logolicious allows you to add a text, hashtag, handle or URL to a picture and adjust each of them in terms of size, position, transparency and more. To improve your workflow, the app enables you to save your current setup and apply it to new images when necessary. Besides watermarking, you can also rename and crop your photos.
- Price: Free (Full version: $1.99)
- Requirements: iOS 10.2 or later / Android 4.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store / Google Play
Salt
Salt is a watermark app for Android designed to help users and businesses protect and brand their pictures and videos on social media. You can add various text marks to your pics and adjust them by choosing where you want to place them or by selecting from a wide range of fonts available. The app also allows you to insert a logo, but with limited customization options.
In addition to watermarking, Salt enables users to perform other useful edits, such as resizing and cropping photos. You have the possibility to precisely crop your pictures in order to match the Facebook Ads, Facebook Cover or Page Post or YouTube Art format. When you’re done, you can share your images from within the app on all major social platforms.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $40/year)
- Requirements: Varies with device
- Download Link: Google Play
iWatermark
iWatermark is another app to watermark photos on both iPhone and Android. The app offers users the possibility to insert both text (name, website, date and time) and graphic marks (logo or signature). You can also create a QR code to add to your pictures. When it will be scanned, it will reveal all the info you’ve entered: your website, your business email and so on.
All the marks you use can be customized. iWatermark allows you to change their placement and scale, rotate them to the desired angle, select the preferred fonts and colors, as well as adjust the opacity. You can create your own text and logo marks or choose from the existing presets. The app also has a batch processing feature for users who work with a larger collection of pictures. The social media component includes direct sharing to Facebook, Flickr, Instagram or Twitter.
- Price: $1.99
- Requirements: iOS 12.0 or later / Android 4.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store / Google Play
Photo Watermark
Photo Watermark is another alternative for Android users to protect and brand their images. The app comes with an intuitive design and provides multiple watermarking possibilities. You can add various types of text, including date and time stamps, logos as well as select from the numerous built-in PNG stickers.
Photo Watermark gives you the opportunity to makes all types of changes to your marks in order to make them your own. This means you can adjust their location, rotation, transparency or apply various special effects to make them stand out. To help you improve your efficiency, the app allows you to create templates and use them later without applying the same edits. You can share the results on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter or send them via email.
- Price: Free (IAP: $0.99)
- Requirements: Android 4.2 or later
- Download Link: Google Play
Cursive Logo
Cursive Logo is an iPhone app designed to add your own digital signature to photos. The process is pretty simple: import the desired image from your gallery, choose from the available signatures styles, make your personal edits and save the image to your photo library.
Cursive Logo lets you customize the text in various ways. You can change the position and rotation, choose the desired color, font style and size or adjust the transparency. The app also allows you to select the image format: square, landscape or portrait.
- Price: Free (Pro version: $4.99)
- Requirements: iOS 11.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
Markapp
Markapp enables you to add a watermark to both photos and videos on iPhone. You’re free to import your own text or logo mark or, if you don’t have one, take advantage of the numerous ready-to-use templates. Simply select the desired watermark template and start customizing it according to your preferences.
At the same time Markapp comes with a Creative mode. This allows you to design a brand new watermark using a wide array of stock icons, fonts, gradient colors and other graphics. The app offers the possibility to batch watermark images, to save them to Photos or directly share them on social media.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $2.99/month)
- Requirements: iOS 13.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
EasyMark
EasyMark makes it easy to learn how to protect your photos and videos as well. The app comes with a clean, user-friendly interface and allows you to create your marks using text, logo, already built-in icons and stickers and even QR code.
Just like in the case of the other apps, EasyMark offers customization options which means you get to adjust parameters like the placement, rotation, font, color and more. An option to save your marks as templates for later use is also available. When you’re done, you can share your pictures and videos on Instagram or Twitter or email them to friends and family.
- Price: Free (IAP from $0.99 to $2.99)
- Requirements: iOS 10.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
Watermark Pro
Watermark Pro Signature & Logo is a simple, yet effective watermark app for iPhone. It gives you the option to add your own signature or logo or create a brand new graphic mark by taking advantage of the app’s built-in library of fonts, clip art and colors.
Watermark Pro makes it easy to customize your marks in terms of position, scale, colors and more. The app helps you save time by allowing you to create your own templates and easily reuse them with a single tap. Once you’ve finished making adjustments, you can directly upload your pics on your favorite social network, whether it’s Instagram, Facebook or Pinterest.
- Price: $1.99
- Requirements: iOS 10.0 or later
- Download Link: App Store
