Watermark.ws vs iWatermark
Watermark up to 5,000 photos, videos, PDFs and Word documents in one batch, on any phone or computer, with one account. iWatermark sells a separate app for iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows.
- No account needed to start
- Up to 5,000 files per batch
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | Watermark.ws | iWatermark |
|---|---|---|
| Batches and speed | ||
| Maximum files per batch | 5,000 files (Free: 1 at a time, no daily limit) | No limit, in every app, the free Lite apps included |
| Where files are processed | Yes On our servers, so a big batch or a long video never slows down your device; originals never changed, finished files kept 24 hours | In the app on your phone or computer; no cloud processing named |
| Files | ||
| Photo formats | Yes JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WebP, SVG, HEIC, PSD and 25 RAW formats (CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, DNG and more) | JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, HEIC, PSD, DNG and RAW from Canon, Sony, Nikon, Fuji and Olympus on iPhone; the Mac and Windows lists differ |
| Video formats | Yes MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, WMV, FLV, 3GP, MPG and M4V | MOV, MP4, M4V, AVI and MPG in the Mac beta; not named for iPhone and Android |
| Document formats | Yes PDF, and Word: a DOCX comes back as a DOCX, with the watermark in the page header | PDF on iPhone, saved back as a JPG, not a PDF; Word documents not stated |
| Animated GIFs | Yes Stay animated, watermark on every frame | GIF accepted; keeping the animation not stated |
| Mixed batches | Yes Photos, videos, PDFs and Word files in one batch | Photos and videos in one batch, on iPhone |
| Limits | ||
| Maximum photo size | 100 MB, on every plan | Not stated |
| Maximum video size | 2 GB, on every plan | Not stated |
| Video length processed | Full length up to 4 hours on Ultimate (Free and Premium: the first 30 seconds) | Not stated; up to 4K on the paid Android app |
| Document pages processed | Every page (Free: the first page) | The first page, saved as a JPG, on iPhone |
| Storage | 1,000 GB on Ultimate (Premium: 10 GB; Free: 1 GB) | Not stated |
| Watermark | ||
| Fonts | 600+ in 13 scripts, plus your own TTF or OTF (Free: 484) | 293 on iPhone; 292 on Android, plus your own fonts |
| Signature logo | Your name in one of 30 handwriting styles, with alternate letters and a tagline (Free: try it; downloading needs Premium) | Draw, import or scan your signature on iPhone; scan or import it on Android |
| Tiling and protect patterns | 12 protect patterns that cover the whole photo (Free: 4) | A tiled watermark and line watermarks on iPhone; line watermarks on Windows and Mac, none in the Android app |
| Watermark the tool adds | None, on any plan; your files carry only your own watermark | None once bought (Free: a small "Created with iWatermark" mark on Android, "Created by iWatermark" on iPhone) |
| Effects on the watermark | Stroke, shadow, background box, ©, ® and ™, tiling with your own spacing | An invisible StegoMark, QR codes, EXIF and IPTC data as text, arc text, 5,000+ vector and bitmap watermarks |
| Editing | ||
| Photo editing in the same batch | Crop to 12 social sizes, resize, straighten, perspective and color; 18 filters and 15 frames (Free: 4 filters and 7 frames) | Resize, filters, borders and export options; crop and redact on Android and the Mac beta |
| Templates and workflows | Save and load templates, with several steps as one (Free: save a template; loading it needs Premium) | Saved watermarks to reuse in every app; export and share them on Windows |
| Output format | JPG, PNG and GIF in their own format; HEIC and RAW as JPG; TIFF, PSD, WebP and SVG as PNG; PDF and DOCX stay as they are | JPG, PNG, TIFF, PSD, BMP and JPEG 2000 on Pro for Mac; JPG, PNG, TIFF and more on Windows; PDF pages as JPG |
| Platform | ||
| Devices | Any phone or computer, nothing to install; installs from the browser on phones and computers | iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and Windows 11, as separate apps; iWatermark+ for Mac in beta |
| Import from | Yes Google Drive, Google Photos, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box and Facebook, on every plan | Photos, Files and other apps on iPhone; library, files or camera on Android; cloud services not stated |
| API and AI agents | Yes REST API, command line, PHP SDK and an MCP connector; $1 free credit | Not stated; Pro for Mac can be driven with AppleScript |
| Price | ||
| Plans and prices | Premium, for batches of up to 5,000 files: $9.99 a month or $48 a year. Ultimate, for full-length videos up to 4 hours: $19.99 a month or $96 a year (Free: free to use, with no watermark of ours) | iWatermark+ $4.99 once on iPhone, $3.99 once on Android; Pro 2 for Windows $1.98 a month, $18.98 a year or $34.98 once (Free: Lite apps that add a "Created with iWatermark" mark) |
iWatermark's features and prices as stated on its site on Nov 8, 2026.
The Verdict
Pick Watermark.ws for batches of every file type on every device: a whole shoot, a product catalog or a folder of contracts in one batch, up to 5,000 files, with one account on a phone and a computer alike. PDFs stay PDFs, Word documents stay .docx and GIFs stay animated, and it can be called from code or from an AI assistant.
iWatermark is sold as separate apps: iWatermark+ for iPhone, iPad and Android, iWatermark Pro for Mac and iWatermark Pro 2 for Windows, each with its own price.
Watermark.ws is free to use and never puts its own watermark on your files, on any plan; Premium, $9.99 a month or $48 a year, is for batches of up to 5,000 files.
Where Watermark.ws goes further
Each point beside what iWatermark's own site says.
One account, every device
The same editor, templates and plan on an iPhone, an Android phone, Windows, Mac, Linux or a Chromebook, with nothing to install.
iWatermark sells a separate app for each platform, and its iWatermark+ for Mac is in beta.
PDFs and Word documents
A PDF stays a PDF, watermarked on every page on paid plans, and a .docx comes back as a .docx with the watermark in the page header.
iWatermark for iPhone loads a PDF's first page and saves it as a JPG.
GIFs stay animated
Animated GIFs come back animated, with the watermark on every frame, in the same batch as photos and videos.
iWatermark accepts GIFs and does not say whether it keeps the animation.
Protect patterns
12 patterns that cover the whole photo, from fine lines to guilloché, so a crop cannot remove your mark.
iWatermark has line watermarks on iPhone, Windows and Mac, and a tiled watermark on iPhone.
Filters, frames and crops in one batch
Add one of 18 filters or 15 frames, crop and resize in the same batch as the watermark, and save the steps as a workflow.
iWatermark crops only on Android and in the Mac beta.
An API and an MCP connector
Watermark from your own code with the REST API, the command line or the PHP SDK, or let Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant do it through the MCP connector, with $1 of free credit.
iWatermark's site names no API.
Questions people ask
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