The short answer
Why use Add Timestamp?
A date in the corner shows when a photo was taken without a separate caption. Doing it by hand means looking up the date and placing the text; here the capture date is filled in for you.
When you open a photo, the Text field fills with the date and time it was taken, read from the camera data stored in the file. If there is no capture date, which is common for screenshots and pictures saved from chat apps, it uses the date the file was last changed. You can type over it with any date or text.
The stamp is bold white text with a thin dark outline, so it stays readable on a bright sky, and it sits in the bottom-right corner. Text size runs from 10 to 180 and scales with the photo, and long text shrinks to fit the width instead of running off the edge.
The stamp becomes part of the pixels in the download, not hidden metadata, so it cannot be taken off later. Keep the original if you might need a clean copy. The result is saved as a PNG.
Where Add Timestamp fits
Film camera look
Add the orange corner date of a point-and-shoot to a phone photo.
Work records
Mark photos of a repair or delivery with the date they were taken.
Scrapbook prints
Stamp trip photos with the day so the prints stay in order.
Start to finish
How to use Add Timestamp
- 01Tap Choose image and pick a photo.
- 02Edit the Text field if you want a different date, then set the text size and color. The preview updates as you type.
- 03Tap Apply changes, then tap Download result.
What to expect from Add Timestamp
| Check | What it means here |
|---|---|
| Supported input | JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, SVG and browser-supported AVIF images |
| Main controls | Text, which starts as the photo's capture date, plus text size and text color |
| Output | A PNG with the stamp in the bottom-right corner |
| Working limit | 50 MB and 50 megapixels per image |
Add Timestamp tips
- Text size starts at 42 and runs from 10 to 180, scaled to the photo.
- Screenshots rarely carry a capture date, so read the Text field before you apply.
- Set Text color to a warm orange to copy the date look of a 90s film camera.
- The stamp is part of the pixels, so keep the original if you may need a clean copy.
Add Timestamp FAQ
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