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Enhance your photos with unique photographic textures and film grain effects. This app processes images on your device, preserving your originals while creating stylized copies for editing in the Photos app. It supports batch processing and is designed with user privacy in mind.
What's New in Grain
1.0
September 30, 2026
FAQ
What is Grain?
Grain is a photo editing app that adds photographic textures and film grain to your images. It creates stylized copies of your photos, allowing you to edit them further within the native Photos app using its built-in Styles feature.
How does Grain work?
You select one or up to 50 photos, and Grain saves a new copy of each with applied texture styles. These copies can then be accessed and edited in the Photos app under 'Recently Saved' by tapping Edit, then Styles.
Can I edit multiple photos at once with Grain?
Yes, Grain is built for batches and can process up to 50 photos simultaneously. The app provides progress updates for each photo and continues processing in the background, even if you leave the app.
Does Grain change my original photos?
No, Grain is designed to preserve your original photos. It always saves a new copy of each image with the applied textures, ensuring your originals remain untouched.
What devices and iOS versions does Grain support?
Grain requires iOS 27 or later and is designed for iPhone. It specifically works with HEIC photos that include Photographic Styles data, which are saved by recent iPhone models. It has been tested with the iPhone 17 Pro.
Is Grain private and secure?
Yes, Grain is private by design. All processing happens directly on your iPhone, and the app collects no data, requires no accounts, and makes no network requests.
What photo formats does Grain support?
Grain supports HEIC photos that include Photographic Styles data. Photos in other formats, such as JPEG, cannot have texture styles applied by this app.
Does Grain have ads?
No, Grain does not contain advertisements. It is a free application designed to provide a clean and uninterrupted user experience.
