Add a custom watermark to photos on iPhone — logos, tiles and corner badges

Last updated: 22 July 2026

There are two very different reasons to put a watermark on a photo. One is to claim it — your handle in the corner of a photo you're sharing, a small © credit before it hits Instagram. The other is to protect it — a tiled "confidential" pattern across an internal doc so a leaked screenshot stays traceable. Scrollie handles both cases from the same editor, on iPhone and iPad, without sending your image anywhere.

The short answer: In Scrollie, tap the Watermark tool in the editor, pick a logo from the built-in library or upload your own (background is removed automatically), then choose Tiled Logo for a repeating pattern or Corner Badge Background for a single logo with a soft backdrop. Position, size and opacity are all adjustable. The same tool works on single photos, long screenshots, and collages.

The Watermark tool in Scrollie: built-in library on the left, upload-your-own with auto background removal, Tiled and Corner Badge styles with position, size and opacity controls.

What you can watermark with

Pick from the built-in library

Scrollie ships with a library of common marks — social handle plates, credit lines, generic "confidential" and "sample" style stamps. One tap drops them onto the canvas so you're not opening a design app just to add a © before you post.

Upload your own logo — with automatic background removal

Most people don't have a transparent PNG of their logo lying around. Point Scrollie at a logo on a white business card, a screenshot of a brand page, or a JPEG export from a design tool, and it removes the background automatically. The result is a clean silhouette that sits on any photo without a rectangular card behind it.

Two watermark styles, on purpose

Tiled Logo — the repeating pattern

Tiled Logo repeats your mark diagonally across the whole image at a spacing and angle you can control. It's the right choice when the watermark has to be unmissable:

Internal decks or documents where a screenshot might leak — the tile stays visible no matter how the image is cropped.
"Confidential", "Draft" or "For review" markers on shared previews.
Photographer or illustrator marks on a preview version you send to a client before payment.

Because the tile is a layer while you're editing, you can raise or lower opacity until it reads without drowning the underlying content.

Corner Badge Background — the polite credit

Corner Badge Background places a single logo in a corner and puts a subtle backdrop plate behind it, so the mark stays readable whether the underlying pixels are light, dark, or busy. It's the right choice when the watermark should feel like a signature, not a shield:

Adding an @handle or website URL to a photo you're posting to social.
A small brand mark on marketing screenshots.
A photographer credit on a portfolio shot.

Fine control: position, size, opacity

Both styles expose the same three controls. Drag the watermark to reposition it, pinch to resize, and use the opacity slider to blend it into the image. For Tiled Logo you also get spacing and angle so the tile looks intentional instead of stamped. For Corner Badge you can pick which corner and how large the backdrop plate is.

Works on more than just single photos

Scrollie's core is a long-screenshot and collage editor, so the watermark tool runs across all three canvas types:

Single photo — the classic case; add a mark, export.
Long screenshot — watermark the whole tall image so a diagonal tile actually reads over multiple screens of content. Great for internal docs you had to stitch together first.
Collage — watermark the whole canvas, or drop a small watermark on a single cell if only one photo in the collage needs credit.

If you export as evenly-sized slices, the watermark is rendered onto each slice so the mark survives when the image is chopped into Instagram-safe pieces.

Setup steps

Install Scrollie from the App Store. iPhone and iPad, iOS 16 or later.
Open the photo, long screenshot, or collage you want to mark. Tap the Watermark tool in the editor toolbar.
Pick a mark from the built-in library, or tap Upload logo and choose an image — Scrollie removes the background automatically.
Choose Tiled Logo for a repeating pattern, or Corner Badge Background for a single logo with a backdrop plate.
Drag to reposition, pinch to resize, use the opacity slider to blend. For Tiled Logo also set spacing and angle.
Export as JPEG, PNG, HEIC, PDF or slices. Preset a default under Settings → One-Tap Save so the toolbar button skips the dialog next time.

Two different jobs, one word: "watermark" gets used for two opposite things. This page is about adding your own mark — for social credit, brand identity, or leak-traceable internal docs. If instead you have a photo that someone else put a watermark on and you want it gone (a tiled text watermark from a stock site preview, an app-added corner badge, a "confidential" stamp on a doc you already own), that's the Cleanup brush and the auto watermark detector — see Remove watermarks from photos on iPhone.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use my own logo as the watermark?

Yes. Upload a PNG or JPEG of your logo and Scrollie removes the background automatically, so a logo on a white or coloured card ends up as a clean transparent mark. If you would rather pick from a common set — social handles, © credit, “confidential” style marks — the built-in library is one tap.

What is the difference between Tiled Logo and Corner Badge Background?

Tiled Logo repeats the mark in a regular pattern across the whole image — good for internal documents where you want the watermark to be unmissable, or for a shareable image where the mark should survive being cropped. Corner Badge Background places one logo in a corner with a subtle backdrop plate, so the mark stays readable over any part of the photo without shouting.

Does the watermark work on long screenshots and collages too?

Yes. The same watermark controls apply whether you are looking at a single photo, a stitched long screenshot, or a multi-cell collage. You can watermark the whole canvas at once, or drop a watermark on an individual collage cell if only one photo needs credit.

Are watermarks removable later or baked into the image?

While you are editing the draft they are a separate layer — reposition, resize, change opacity, or delete them without touching the photo underneath. Once you export, the watermark is rendered into the final JPEG, PNG, HEIC or PDF file. If you want to remove watermarks that were added to a photo by someone else, that is a different job — see the Cleanup brush guide.

Is Scrollie free?

Core editing is free. Pro features come with a free trial, then a monthly or annual subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase — prices are shown in the app before purchase.

Two watermark styles, one tap away.

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