# Film(ish) photo editing — True to film photo editing > Photo editor simulating analog film stocks with advanced color science and on-device processing. (iPhone/iPad app by Catalin Bridinel.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/filmish-photo-editing/id6761363553 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Catalin Bridinel](https://appshunter.io/developer/1889130619) - Category: Photo & Video, Graphics & Design - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.20/5 from 12 App Store ratings · 7 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 85 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish - Released: 2026-04-17 - Data updated: 2026-09-22 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/filmish-photo-editing/id6761363553/reviews.md ## What is Film(ish) photo editing? Your phone takes sharp, clean, technically perfect photos. Film(ish) makes them feel real. Film(ish) simulates real analog film stocks – the way light scatters through emulsion layers, how silver halide grains develop unevenly, how highlight halation bleeds warmth into bright edges. The result isn't a look – it's your photo reimagined as if it was shot on film. And it works on video, frame by frame, with the same pipeline. WHAT MAKES IT REAL Every stock is a complete system, not a color grade: Grain that develops the way silver halide actually develops – stochastic, chromatic, part of the image rather than noise laid on top. Halation that bleeds warm glow around highlights. Diffusion with the soft roll-off of a Pro-Mist filter – dreamy without being blurry. Characteristic curves – the nonlinear way film maps light to density. Smooth highlight compression, rich shadow separation, and the organic tonal rolloff digital cameras just don't do. OVER 90 FILM STOCKS Kodak, Fuji, Agfa, and the films history forgot – color negative, slide, cinema, instant, black and white, from the original 1936 Kodachrome to stocks that disappeared decades ago. The new cinema stocks render as a projected print, and a Print stage can put any photo on real print film – Kodak 2383, Fuji ETERNA – or photographic paper. FOR CASUAL SHOOTERS Pick a film stock. Adjust the strength. Export. Beautiful analog photos in seconds. FOR COLOR NERDS Go deeper. Way deeper. Develop RAW on your own terms: As Shot, Normalized, or Log. Normalized strips the camera's processing and develops every RAW to one uniform base, so a preset renders the same across cameras and conditions. Decoder MIX blends your own decode and exports it as a linear DNG. Then grade like a colorist: Hue vs and Sat vs curves, Split Tone built on real toner chemistry, per-hue color across 8 zones with dye-density control, Shadows, Midtones and Highlights in perceptual space, print contrast curves, and scopes – histogram, waveform, RGB parade, vectorscope – with a clipping warning that knows each stock's latitude. Masks stack: linear, radial, luminance, color, depth, sky, subject, and a brush. FINISHING Text that develops into the film, with variables for camera, date, ISO, and place. Frames: 35mm with real perforations, 120 with the maker's own edge print. Light leaks, lens blur with real bokeh, motion blur, anamorphic flares, double exposure, a date stamp that burns in as light, and on-device Erase. VIDEO The full film pipeline on every frame. Edit LOG from any camera with your own conversion LUT, grade Apple Log, keep HDR. Gate weave and animated light leaks for the projector feel. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your device. No cloud uploads. No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Your photos stay yours. Works with RAW files, HDR photos with gain maps, and video. Full-resolution export as HEIF, JPEG, or DNG. Free to use, with real tools and real stocks in the free tier. Pro unlocks everything – buy once, use forever. ## Key features - Authentic analog film simulation - Realistic grain and halation effects - Advanced color grading controls - On-device processing for privacy - RAW and video support - Export in JPEG, HEIF, or TIFF ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Film(ish) Pro | $19.99 | one-time | ## Recent user reviews (7 of 7) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/filmish-photo-editing/id6761363553/reviews.md ### 5/5 — This might be the best film app I've seen *2026-09-12* I've tried so many apps that claim to emulate film and so far, this is the best one. Custom controls for glow, halation, and grain are levels above apps like Lightroom, Snapseed, and Liit (my previous fave). Highly recommend. I haven't even tried the pro paid version, a lot of these are available for free and they still transform your photo and give it that soft natural feel, removing the iPhones annoyingly over sharpedened mechanical feel. Highly recommend for photo enthusiasts! The presets make this a one-click solution, or let you go as deep in editing as you care to. Thank you for creating this app. ### 1/5 — Vibe coded slop *2026-08-22* Do not pay for this. Just someone trying to make a quick buck. The implementation of many filters is poor. ### 3/5 — 🧐 *2026-08-07* Why does the app crash when downloading from the tools section? There is an error causing it to close. ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2026-06-15* This is the best film emulation app I’ve ever used on the iPhone. It’s awesome. It makes it so easy so quick and the results are out as astounding. Best best ever you’re gonna love it. ### 5/5 — I’ve tried nearly every mobile editing app promising a film look. I can finally stop searching. *2026-05-17* Most of those apps have one or more of these issues - the filters are terrible, either overdone or just unnatural - you don’t have enough control over your edits, you can put on a filter, reduce the intensity, then apply basic edits that look awful 9 times out of 10 - they require a subscription Film(ish) fixes all that. It’s a one time purchase (that costs as much or less than a yearly subscription for many other apps), which alone is enough for me to love it. The presets are *beautiful*. There’s a bunch of them, plus even more film stocks that you can start from instead, if you want a more personalized look. The editing freedom is unmatched. Aside from the obvious (exposure, contrast, etc) you get editing tools that most editing apps refuse to include (HSL, color grading, curves), but you also get to fine tune so many aspects of your chosen preset/film stocks (color density, push/pull, micro contrast, sharpening). Plus you get control over grain, diffusion effects, and halation. As far as I know, the only app that lets you add and control halation is VSCO, and what do you know? They’re went subscription based years ago 🫩 There’s so much more (frames and the fact that you can also edit videos, for example), but the biggest reason why I love this app is because the creator seems to be on a mission to break the record for “most active dev in existence”. This man has been adding new features on a near weekly basis since this app was in alpha. I was in the TestFlight for it and was already sold on day one, then he just started pumping out new features I didn’t even know I needed, but that made the app somehow even better than it was. I know I sound like a paid ad, but I have absolutely no connection to this thing. I’m sitting here at 1am spending 30 minutes writing this long ahh review only because I genuinely think this is a great app and I believe devs like this deserve all the support and success. Get this app already. ### 5/5 — All you need for Mobile Photography *2026-05-08* I recently discovered this app and boy was I glad to have come across it. This is by far the most complete app I’ve found on IOS to edit Mobile pictures, from a very wide list of “true” film emulations, to color adjustments, etc. Film(ish) has made me forget of the rest of the apps out there that claim to be all you need and they’re not. Film(ish) is truly a power house!!! ### 5/5 — 5/5 *2026-04-26* I’ve tried a lot of photo apps and most of them fall apart the second you start pushing the image. This one doesn’t. The grain is the thing. It’s built into the image, not sitting on top, and the ISO settings actually change the character of it, tighter, rougher, more open, the way you’d expect. You can push color and contrast pretty far and it keeps its shape. Highlights don’t blow out in a cheap way, shadows don’t turn into a flat mess, and the whole image keeps a sense of density that’s hard to get on a phone. The grain alone would have been enough for me, but the way everything reacts together is what makes it stick. I use it every day ## Frequently asked questions about Film(ish) photo editing ### Does Film(ish) have ads? No, Film(ish) is ad-free. The app is designed with privacy in mind and does not contain advertisements. ### What devices does Film(ish) support? Film(ish) is available for iPhone and iPad devices, offering its advanced photo editing capabilities across Apple's mobile ecosystem. ### How often is Film(ish) updated? The latest version, 1.3.0, was released on July 7, 2026, indicating recent development activity. Users can expect ongoing improvements and feature additions. ### What is the age rating for Film(ish)? Film(ish) has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users interested in photo editing. ### Can Film(ish) edit videos? Yes, Film(ish) can apply its full film emulation pipeline to videos, processing each frame to achieve analog looks. ### Does Film(ish) require an account or cloud uploads? No, Film(ish) processes all edits on your device, ensuring privacy. It does not require accounts, cloud uploads, or tracking. ### What file formats can Film(ish) export? Film(ish) allows you to export your edited photos and videos in high-resolution JPEG, HEIF, or TIFF formats. ### How does Film(ish) compare to other photo editing apps? Film(ish) distinguishes itself with its focus on authentic analog film simulation, utilizing desktop-grade color science and on-device processing for privacy, unlike many apps that rely on simpler filters or cloud processing. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.7.6 — 2026-09-16 NEW MIST - A new diffusion, next to Bloom. Mist softens the whole picture without sacrificing detail. A dreamy cinematic look. Updated 35mm frame with new options. UPDATED Grain amplitude grows more with size giving large grain more structure. A new Amplitude slider let's you control grain density separate from size. Video exports are up to twice as fast. FIXED Grain works with no film stock at all. Digital grain has a more distinct structure that separates it better from film grain. Various bug fixes. ### 1.7 — 2026-09-14 THIS ONE IS FOR PIXEL PEEPERS A new emulsion grain engine. With Film Grain every halide crystal is simulated as a particle, sized in microns, embedded in the negative – the grain is the image. The complex grain structure is achieved by adding multiple grain layers to every channel then simulating how a scanner would resolve and process the microscopic particles. Digital grain uses a more traditional method of generating grain that is more uniform. Try them both, pixel peep and decide what style suits you better. The app will remember your choice. CROSS PROCESS AND SKIP BLEACH Two lab tricks, now sliders in the Film panel. For slide films Cross Process simulates developing in the wrong chemistry. Not all stocks respond the same way: Fuji turns teal and vibrant, Kodak leans warm and dreamy while everything else gets a retro magenta cast. For Negative films Skip Bleach simulates the effects of retaining the silver in a negative: stronger contrast, desaturated colors, compressed exposure range. A BIGGER FILM PANEL Film push and film color temperature have been updated with data from hundreds of scans to simulate the response of real film. New Film Shoulder and Film Floor sliders simulate lab techniques to move the white and black point – use sparingly, these are very strong. ICLOUD SYNC (BETA) Synchronize your edits, presets and settings between devices. STOCKS 5205 – Kodak Vision2 250D joins the cinema section. Eterna 500 and Vision3 500T get refined greens, measured from real scans. VIDEO NEW: HDR support for Apple Log with full HDR preview and HEVC – Rec 2020 HLG export format. The Film panel gains the same new controls. Exports have a Quality setting. BORDERS A new Equal option: the same band on all four sides. Unlike Original, it does not try to keep the photo's aspect ratio – the frame grows evenly and the shape follows. HDR HDR exports now embed an ISO 21496-1 gain map, in HEIF and JPEG. FIXES – More fluid slider motion in edit panels. – RAW+JPEG pairs now open the RAW. – The preview matches the exported file more closely, in SDR and HDR. – Crop guides stay aligned while you move them. – Large RAW files use less memory. – Auto converted Apple Log clips have more contrast in SDR. – YOLO mode is always offered above 48 MP – tested up to 102MP, try your luck! ### 1.6 — 2026-08-30 Five new cinema stocks — the most accurate in Film(ish) to date — with refined skin tones, and a more expressive print stock to pair them with. New Five cinema stocks. The most accurate stocks in Film(ish) to date, with skin tones refined across all five. They take over the Featured row: 50D — Kodak Vision3 50D. The cleanest of the five, with the finest grain — cool through the shadows and mids, warming only at the very top. 200D — Kodak Verita 200D. Magenta highlights, a short range, and blacks that go dense instead of grey. The warmest of the five on skin. 250D — Kodak Vision3 250D. Blues and greens pull toward the same teal. 500T — Kodak Vision3 500T. The tungsten one — coolest of the set, with the most room left in the highlights. 160T — Kodak Vision3 200T. The warm one, and the only one with warm shadows — an amber ceiling over the highlights, and the least saturation of the five. For golden hour and tungsten interiors. K2383W — Kodak VISION Color Print 2383, printed for more expression: the teal holds all the way through mid-grey instead of letting go in the mids. Auto Print picks it for the cinema stocks. F3510 — Fujifilm 3510 — is the restrained one: darker, more muted, and it never crosses over. 120 — a fourth frame type, after Solid, Analog, and 35mm. The border carries the maker's real edge print — Kodak prints both edges, with frame numbers at 6×6 pitch; Fuji prints one edge in dot-matrix, once per strip — and every stock brings its own markings. A tint row sets how the edge print reads. Photo editor only. Decoder MIX — blend your own RAW decode. Two sliders, Tone Map and Chroma Boost, take an Apple ProRAW from Normalized toward As Shot; bake the blend when it's right. Export the bake as a linear DNG that opens the same way in any RAW editor, Exif and GPS intact — and Film(ish) reopens its own DNG fully developed. The mix is free; the DNG is Pro. ### 1.5 — 2026-08-21 All-new everything: New advanced controls (Hue vs, Sat vs curves, split toning), completely rebuilt masking and cropping, reworked RAW development, refined exposure controls, improved skin tones, and more. Compact Layout: New layout options for a cleaner, more efficient UI. Hue vs: A new Grading tab featuring three curves along a continuous hue axis. Shift any hue, its saturation, or its luminosity using an eyedropper tool straight from the photo. Split Tone: Quick and easy split toning via a dedicated tool. Advanced Masking: Composite complex masks using Add, Subtract, and Intersect, plus an all-new Brush mask. Highlight Detail: A dedicated slider that restores highlight texture flattened in SDR renders using the photo's HDR gain map. Film Frame: A new frame option simulating a classic 35mm film strip. New in Print: Introducing two paper simulations: EP1 (Kodak Endura Premier) and CA2 (Fujicolor Crystal Archive II). Reworked RAW Development: Develop modes (As Shot, Normalized, Log) now apply to RAW files from any camera, not just Apple ProRAW. Normalized strips away heavy-handed default processing to create a clean, uniform base - ensuring your presets apply predictably across different cameras and shooting conditions. ### 1.4.5 — 2026-08-06 PRINT FILM A new Print section under Grading. After the negative develops your image, it can be printed onto the stock theatrical prints were made on – Kodak 2383 or Fuji ETERNA-CP 3513DI – with a chain-order option, and a "Print film" text variable to match. SCOPES Histogram, luma waveform, RGB parade, RGB overlay and vectorscope in both editors, in a resizable panel. A new clipping warning marks the areas about to lose highlight or shadow detail – drawn per stock, receding as you pull Whites or Highlights back. GRAIN Softening is rebuilt around film MTF – no longer a flat Gaussian blur. Each ISO now carries the resolving power of its emulsion: fine grain resolves more detail, fast grain less. The slider also goes negative – raw grain over the sharp image. FILM STOCKS New: Fujicolor F-64D and Fujicolor REALA 500D, daylight-balanced cinema negatives. The Fuji ETERNA negatives have new, improved versions. FP1 now carries its real name, Superia 200. LENS BLUR Near and far are separate controls now – foreground bokeh can spill over a sharp subject, the way a real lens renders it. ANALOG EDGE Redesigned border – the torn film edge looks more organic and less repetitive. Inner Glow and Diffusion now blend smoothly when combined. VIDEO Export Frame – one tap saves the current frame to Photos at full resolution. FIXES – LOG footage no longer renders dark with a conversion LUT. – Video export no longer crashes on clips with certain audio formats. – Exports with frames stay in their size tier. – The editor no longer comes back black after switching apps. – HDR exports match the preview's border brightness. – Preset thumbnails no longer open blank in the video editor. ## Related topics [film editor pictures](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/film-editor-pictures) · [halation](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/halation) · [camera editor film](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/camera-editor-film) · [photo templates film](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/photo-templates-film) · [film editor aesthetic](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/film-editor-aesthetic) · [photo graph film](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/photo-graph-film) · [film edit photo](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/film-edit-photo) · [free filters for iphone film](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/free-filters-for-iphone-film) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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