Markly
Markly is an Android app for adding text, logo, and signature watermarks to photos on a phone.
What Markly is
Markly is an Android app for adding text, logo, and signature watermarks to photos on a phone. You can drag, rotate, and resize marks with a live preview or select from nine preset positions. The app applies one watermark to multiple photos in a pass, repeats marks diagonally across an image, remembers recent setups, and stores several presets. Logo or signature images can be imported, including transparent PNG files. Finished photos can be saved to the gallery or shared to social apps, email, or messaging. Processing occurs on the device, and the maker says photos are not uploaded to a server. Markly uses Android’s photo picker or Media Store for selected or saved images and says it does not access other files. The free plan costs nothing and includes all watermarking tools with ads. Google AdMob supplies advertisements.
Good
- Batch watermarking
- Nine preset positions
- Logo and signature image support
- Diagonal tiled marks
- On-device processing
Watch out
- Free plan includes ads
- Ad removal adds no features
- Android-only
Who it suits
It suits photographers, online sellers, designers, creators, and small businesses adding repeatable marks to phone photos. Android users who want local processing and batch watermarking may find it fitting.
Verdict
Markly covers flexible, repeatable photo watermarking with presets, tiled marks, and batch processing. Its free version includes the full watermarking toolkit but displays ads, while the optional purchase only removes them.
Plans and prices
From Markly's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Text, logo, tiled, batch and presets included · no account · No subscription; ad-supported |
| Remove Ads | — | Removes advertising · unlocks no additional features · One-time in-app purchase; price not stated |
The facts
Each one read from Markly's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Ad removal
- An optional one-time Google Play purchase removes ads but does not unlock other functionality.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Advertising data
- Google AdMob may process advertising identifiers, device information and general usage data for ads and measurement.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Batch mode
- Users can apply the same watermark to multiple photos in one pass.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Batch processing
- The same watermark can be applied to multiple selected photos in one operation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Consent controls
- Google’s User Messaging Platform is used for consent in GDPR, CCPA and similar regions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data and permissions
- The app uses Android's photo picker or Media Store for images the user selects or saves; the maker says it does not access other files.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Developer documentation
- The official Markly pages provide product and privacy information but do not publish API, SDK or self-hosting documentation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Export and sharing
- Finished images can be saved to the gallery or shared through social, email and messaging apps.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play data collection
- Google Play says the app may collect location, app activity and device or other IDs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play data sharing
- Google Play says the app may share location, app activity and device or other IDs with third parties.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play deletion limit
- Google Play states that collected data cannot be deleted.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play downloads
- The Google Play listing shows 500 or more downloads.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play encryption
- Google Play reports that data is encrypted in transit.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play monetization labels
- Google Play lists the app as containing ads and in-app purchases.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play update
- Google Play records the latest update as September 29, 2026.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent download tracking
- Chrome-Stats recorded 271 downloads as of October 2, 2026.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent rating tracking
- AppAgg displayed zero ratings and zero comments for the Android listing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent version tracking
- Chrome-Stats listed version 1.6, updated September 29, 2026.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes uses including photographers, online sellers, designers, creators, and small businesses.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The official product and privacy pages do not state an open-source licence.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: advertising
- The free app is supported by ads unless the user buys the separate ad-removal purchase.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: third-party data processing
- Although photos stay local, advertising and purchase services can process identifiers and usage-related data.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Advertising and billing
- Ads are provided through Google AdMob, and the optional ad-removal purchase is processed through Google Play Billing.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Havelian, Abbottabad, Pakistanchecked 28 Sep 2026
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