# LAB* — RAW Photo Editor & Darkroom

> RAW Photo Editor & Darkroom (iPhone/iPad app by Schilliro Massimiliano.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lab/id6803090214 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Schilliro Massimiliano](https://appshunter.io/developer/6803090216)
- Category: Photo & Video, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.5 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-08-27
- Data updated: 2026-09-26
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lab/id6803090214/reviews.md

## What is LAB*?

# LAB* — App Store Listing

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## App Name
LAB*
RAW Photo Editor & Darkroom

LAB* is a professional RAW photo editor for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac — built for photographers who care about quality, privacy, and speed, without subscriptions or paywalls.

Edit RAW, ProRAW, and standard photos directly from your camera roll, SD card, USB drive, or cloud storage. Every edit happens entirely on your device. Nothing is ever uploaded, tracked, or shared.

**RUNS ON ALL YOUR APPLE DEVICES**
• iPhone — edit on the go
• iPad — full-screen editing with touch precision
• Mac with M1, M2, M3, or M4 chip — same app, same power, on your desktop

**POWERFUL EDITING TOOLS**
• Exposure, Brightness, Contrast, Clarity
• Highlights & Shadows with split toning — push warm or cool color into your tones independently
• Whites, Blacks, Saturation, Vibrance, Warmth, Tint
• Bloom, Halation, Fade, Grain, Vignette, Sharpness, Noise Reduction
• Master tone curve + per-channel RGB curves
• HSL color grading — adjust Hue, Saturation, and Luminance for 8 individual color ranges (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Magenta)

**MASKING & LOCAL ADJUSTMENTS**
• Radial masks — circular spotlight adjustments
• Linear masks — graduated filter for skies and horizons
• Luminance masks — target shadows, midtones, or highlights
• Color masks — select and adjust specific colors
• Subject & Background masks — AI-powered person detection
• Depth masks — near/far selection using Portrait mode depth data
• Stack multiple masks on one photo

**CROP & GEOMETRY**
• Free-form crop with all 4 corner handles
• Fixed aspect ratios: 1:1, 4:3, 16:9
• Straighten with auto-zoom (no black corners ever)
• Rotate 90° left or right
• Vertical and horizontal keystone correction

**LOOKS & COMMUNITY PRESETS**
• Built-in looks: Vivid, Classic Warm, Cool Blue, B&W, Vintage Fade, Moody
• Save your own custom presets
• Share presets as .labpreset files via AirDrop or iMessage
• Import presets from friends — tap to install instantly

**WORKFLOW**
• Open RAW files directly from SD cards and USB drives — no import needed
• Before/after split view with draggable divider
• Hold to compare original
• Pinch to zoom and pan
• Full undo/redo history
• Batch edit — apply a preset to multiple photos at once
• Export as HEIC or JPEG with quality and resize controls
• Share directly via AirDrop, iMessage, Instagram, and more

**100% PRIVATE**
No account required. No analytics. No ads. No data collected — on any device. Everything stays on your device, always.

Built with love for photographers, by a photographer.

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## Category
Primary: Photo & Video
Secondary: Utilities

## Age Rating
4+

## Pricing
Free


## Privacy Policy URL
https://spurious-delphinium-b23.notion.site/LAB-Privacy-Policy-3be54f36504a8096ba69e56523206c30

## What's New (first release)
Welcome to LAB* — a free, privacy-first RAW photo editor for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac.
Edit RAW files straight from your SD card, use professional tools including masks, curves, and HSL, then share your presets with the community.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-09-18

- New "Photo Info" screen with full EXIF details — camera, lens, exposure settings, GPS, and more
- New Auto button — one tap to propose a starting exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks
- New Skin mask — on-device face detection for natural-looking skin smoothing that skips eyes, eyebrows, lips, and hair, with adjustable size and edge softness
- New live histogram, always visible while you edit
- New per-mask Noise Reduction, so you can smooth just one area of a photo
- New export watermark — add your name or logo, in any corner or centered, with adjustable size and opacity
- Split Toning is now easier to use, with a new Balance control
- Adjustable Grain Size for a more natural, film-like texture
- Various fixes and refinements

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-01

LAB* v1.01 — What's New

New features:

Negative-to-positive film conversion (black & white and color)
Dark/light mode, with manual control in Settings
App now available in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Japanese
Direct sharing via AirDrop, Messages, and Mail
Optimized layout for iPad and Mac in landscape
Local mask adjustments: alongside Exposure you can now adjust Contrast, Whites, Blacks, and Sharpness
Full 360° rotation for linear masks

Fixes:

Fixed a crash that occurred when deleting a mask
Fixed cropping: all 4 corners now work correctly, with a dedicated confirm button
Masks no longer stay "active" when returning to that section
Fixed an issue preventing some RAW files (e.g. Sony ARW) from opening from the Photo Library

### 1.0 — 2026-08-27

No release notes.

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-26.*