Cineon vs LUT Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cineon
Organize and apply color grading presets to your photos and videos. This tool supports various LUT file types and offers features like camera and export modes, color management, and metadata inspection for a seamless workflow.
- File system for managing LUTs
- Camera mode
- Export mode
- Color management
- Supported LUT types: .CUBE, .3DL
- Metadata & EXIF inspector
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Designed for Photographers & Videographers • A well designed file system, easy to manage thousands of LUTs • Camera mode & Export mode • Colormanagement • Supported LUT types: .CUBE .3DL • Metadata & EXIF & LUT inspector • Smooth experience
LUT Lab
Visualize, apply, and export LUTs for photos and videos. This tool supports common formats like .CUBE and HALD, offering a split viewer for before/after comparisons and conversion between formats. It's designed for photographers and videographers seeking a powerful color grading companion.
- Interactive 3D LUT visualizer
- Before/After split viewer
- Export to .CUBE and HALD formats
- Convert between .CUBE and HALD
- Supports drag & drop and keyboard shortcuts
- Minimal interface with multiple color themes
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A LUT (Look Up Table) is a simple file that lets you change the colors, tone, and contrast of photos/videos - like a universal color preset, compatible between different apps. LUT Lab is a handy tool that lets you visualize LUTs, use them to process any photo of your choice, and export to/from the most common LUT formats: .CUBE and HALD. It is a nifty companion tool for photographers and videographers, featuring: - Minimal and information dense interface - Full, interactive 3D cube visualizer - Before/After photo split viewer; load your own photos, export a LUT-processed version at native resolution. - Support for .CUBE (any size on input, up to 65×65×65 export) and HALD (TIFF/PNG, any rank) formats - Convert from .CUBE to HALD and from HALD to .CUBE; optionally resample .CUBE files for maximum compatibility with other apps - Supports desktop class features on iPad + Mac: multiple windows, drag & drop, keyboard shortcuts, open .CUBE files into LUT Lab straight from Finder/Files, etc. - Multiple color themes (one time in-app purchase required) - Extremely small app size: tons of functionality packed into only a couple megabytes. - Respects your privacy: no 3rd party libraries or tracking. Uses the latest iOS APIs so you only have to give minimal permissions for loading & saving files. If you have any questions, suggestions, need support, or for anything else, don't hesitate to reach out! contact@heliographe.net
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LUT Lab at 100% against Cineon's 50%. LUT Lab also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). Cineon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (37 vs 2). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. LUT Lab sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Cineon asks for nothing beyond the download.
LUT Lab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cineon has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Cineon's written reviews are positive against 100% of LUT Lab's.
Cineon ships an update every 10 months, LUT Lab every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cineon | LUT Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (37 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晓晶 李 | Héliographe, Inc |
Customer experience
Cineon
LUT Lab
In-app purchases
Cineon
No in-app purchases
LUT Lab
- LUT Lab: Friendly Tip$4.99
- LUT Lab: Royal Tip$19.99









