Nitro Photo Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience86.4% of reviews
Neutral6.0% of reviews
Negative experience7.7% of reviews

~ Based on 235 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Nitro Photo

Is Nitro Photo Safe?

Nitro Photo appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Nitro Photo is 90/100.

This assessment is based on 62 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

95.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
0.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 62 App Store ratings for Nitro Photo.

Is Nitro Photo Legit?

Nitro Photo appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Nitro Photo is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

2026

Très déçu pour Nik, dont j’ai suivi/acheté les évolutions de RawPower-Nitro depuis des années. Mais là c’est complètement largué, niveau UI et masquage, progressivité des curseurs etc, gestion des fichiers "Images" de mon Mac, il faut chaque fois importer le chemin au lieu d’avoir une arborescence de mon dossier principal contenant tous mes sous-dossiers. Peut-être Nitro est-il plus destiné à ceux qui utilisent (hélas !) Photos de Apple. Donc je ne renouvellerai pas mon abonnement, merci et bonne chance à Nik, beau travail néanmoins, avoir participé au développement de feu Aperture n’est plus un sauf-conduit.
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Seems good but masking not even close to other apps

A short review. The app seems good on the face of it with great image quality and nice layout. As a nature photographer my first port of call is to try and mask the subject for some local edits. The masking in this is not even close to Lightroom and DXO. Pixelmator and Photomator also better. The masking bleeds out in to all the gaps and brushing them out is painful as the brush tool has lots of lag. Running on an M4 MacBook Pro so should be fine. If the masking is improved I will definitely take another look.
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不具合を修正済み [ XMPファイルが消えることがある ]

2026/09/25 レビュー

バージョン2026.08

開発者さんと数回のやり取りの結果、不具合を修正してくれました。

ありがとうございます。

これで安心して使うことができそうです。

ただ、設定の「Finder : 空のRAWサイドカーを削除」の文言や説明などは「NitroのXMP部分が存在しないRAWサイドカーを削除」など、何が空なのかの定義を明確に示して欲しいかもです。

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2026/09/03 レビュー

XMPファイルを使っていないのであれば、良いアプリケーションだと思う。バグは多いけど。

XMPファイルを使っている人は気をつけた方が良いかも。Nitroを使っているとXMPファイル自体が消えてしまうことを何度も経験している。XMPを使うのであれば、このアプリケーションは信用ならないのが正直なところ。

写真.appのライブラリ経由で使うのであれば、基本的には写真アプリ側がオリジナルを管理してくれるので、その限りではないと思う。良いアプリ。
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Response from developer

Sorry to hear you are having issues with XMP files. The app is very careful not to delete XMP files and I have not received any other reports of XMP files disappearing. I would like to understand this issue, so please email support@gentlemencoders.com.

Long time user

Great app.! I the last year or so I’ve been using it extensively and find it perfect for my kind of work.

Lightroom Killer

I purchased this app with some hesitancy. But through time it has proven itself to become my photo app of choice. Each and every update has been welcomed and surprising. Keep up the great work Nitro

Fantastisch

Ein wirklich fantastisches, mittlerweile sehr umfassendes Programm, das ich als ehemaliger Lightroom-Anwender leider viel zu spät entdeckt habe. Alles ist sehr straight-forward gebaut und mit benutzerfreundlichem Interface, im Vergleich zu diversen anderen (und viel teureren) Alternativen. Die Funktionen entwickeln sich rasant, der Entwickler ist bei Anregungen und Fragen hervorragend erreichbar, und der Preis (kein Abo!) ist äußerst fair.
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Beeindruckend

Nach einer längeren Suche und zahlreichen Testversionen habe ich mich für Nitro entschieden. Ein für mich relevanter Vorteil ist das ich einen festen Preis, und kein ABO eingehen muss. Weiterhin schätze ich die intuitive Bedienung - möchte meine Bilder die aus Leica-Kameras kommen (Q2;M11) nicht zeitintensiv nachbearbeiten. Lediglich, zuschneiden, Helligkeit und minimales schärfen reichen mir auch - und das eine Batch-Verarbeitung geht, rundes alles ab. Eine tolle preiswerte Lösung. Vielen Dank.
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Always improving raw file editor for Mac

I’ve used several RAW editors, including Nitro predecessor Raw Power, and have settled on Nitro as my go-to because; the lifetime license is quite reasonably priced, the developer is constantly making substantive improvements, the interface is straightforward, and the online manual is comprehensive. It’s worth mentioning that the developer has a deep background coding photo apps for Apple and that Nitro integrates well with Apple Photos if you choose to use it that way..
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XMPファイルが消えることがある

XMPファイルを使っていないのであれば、良いアプリケーションだと思う。バグは多いけど。

XMPファイルを使っている人は気をつけた方が良いかも。Nitroを使っているとXMPファイル自体が消えてしまうことを何度も経験している。XMPを使うのであれば、このアプリケーションは信用ならないのが正直なところ。

写真.appのライブラリ経由で使うのであれば、基本的には写真アプリ側がオリジナルを管理してくれるので、その限りではないと思う。良いアプリ。

Response from developer

Sorry to hear you are having issues with XMP files. The app is very careful not to delete XMP files and I have not received any other reports of XMP files disappearing. I would like to understand this issue, so please email support@gentlemencoders.com.

only good for white balance

Best auto white balance I’ve found. Otherwise, awkward to use. Can’t even drop folders on the dock icon, for instance, like so many other basic apps.

Complete Editing App

Love using this app on my iPad for mobile editing. Can edit raw photo files off of an external ssd drive and save them back to the same drive.

highly recommended

exactly what I need, excellent interface and perfect for viewing/rating large batch of photos (with easy export to Pixelmator but Nitro has its own editing capabilities also)

Best Cross-Platform Photo Editor

If you are an avid photographer who likes to edit your images on an iPhone, iPhone, iPad, Mac, or a combination of these devices, I highly recommend Nitro! It is a powerful photo editor that offers advanced capabilities comparable to Lightroom, Darkroom and Photomator, but Nitro is significantly more user-friendly.
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Exactly what I’ve been looking for

I’m a photographer that’s been eager to ditch Adobe products from my workflow as much as possible. Nitro Photo has been HUGE in helping me to do this. The software is great, the integration with Photos is awesome, the development roadmap has me hype. Great stuff here, and it’s clearly a labor of love.
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Comprehensive photo editor for Apple users

I came across Nitro a year ago when looking for an editor designed specifically for Mac to replace DXO Photolab. Photolab is also excellent but has gradually become too demanding / slow for my ageing M1 machine. Nitro seems less demanding on the system which is a big plus for me.

In my experience, Nitro has a comprehensive set of editing tools for working on RAW files. In certain respects (eg local curves adjustments) it goes even deeper than Photolab and I can’t think of anything significant that is missing.

There were two major issues for me 12 months ago - namely the repair and masking tools which were both below par. However, both of these have now had major overhauls to bring them up to scratch. And that’s one of the great things about Nitro - if you buy a relatively cheap lifetime licence then the product keeps improving and expanding at zero extra cost.

There are too many positives to mention them all but
support for cameras / lenses that Apple has not yet adopted benefitted me when I bought some new equipment; and I really like the fact that the developer is highly engaged in supporting customers. All I can say is well done and keep up the good work!
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XMPファイルが消えることがある

XMPファイルを使っていないのであれば、良いアプリケーションだと思う。バグは多いけど。

XMPファイルを使っている人は気をつけた方が良いかも。Nitroを使っているとXMPファイル自体が消えてしまうことを何度も経験している。XMPを使うのであれば、このアプリケーションは信用ならないのが正直なところ。

Printing

The one drawback to this app is there is no print function. Tried sending to Epson Print Layout, just got error. Most photo apps have a print function or the ability to send to a print app.

Insanely Great!

This is the app I've been waiting for ever since Aperture was discontinued. The RAW tools are insanely great (I compared them with Mac apps: Capture One, Luminar Neo (Luminar's RAW editing sucks), Photos, RAW Power and Darkroom). The highlight recovery is amazing: I had a blown out photo caused by using too much power with a manual flash; it rescued it in a way that the other apps couldn't quite match. The highlight roll off is excellent; can't tell that it was an (apparently) irretrievably overexposed photo. I LOVE that it syncs the edits across my devices. Finally, I can edit on iPad and then continue editing on Mac. Photos app syncs of course, but its RAW editing tools are not up to the standard of Nitro. I just bought this, but am really excited by its capabilities. Oh, and the Ul is lovely; clean, straightforward and highly functional. So glad that it offers a one-time purchase option; I generally don't use subscription apps.
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An up and coming star

A younger relative to RAW Power, Nitro has the benefit of the same dedicated developer as well as attractive pricing and digital asset management features to boot. The developer (Nik Bhatt) has a passion for his work which shows in the update/addition cadence as well as his timely response to my questions/suggestions. Nitro has a way to go but it’s on the right track.
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Una herramienta seria para edición profesional

La app recibe actualizaciones constantemente con funciones y mejoras que cada vez la ubican un peldaño mas arriba junto a los gigantes de la industria. El desarrollador extremadamente atento me ha solucionado todas las dudas y ha implementado las funcionalidades propuestas. Ademas, la implementación esta realizada con unos estándares de calidad altísimos!
Finalmente recalcar que si lo que quieres es editar con ipad y estas acostumbrado a la interfaz de los editores de ordenador, Nitro es la mejor opcion, con diferencia, por delante de toda la competencia. Y cuenta con borrador inteligente que resuelve de una manera extraordinariamente buena la tareas que he puesto en practica. Sin dudarlo, un 10.
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