Crystallic vs ChromaCalc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crystallic
Transform your photos into artistic creations by adding a variety of sharp crystal effects. This intuitive tool allows for detailed customization of crystal placement, color, and opacity, with options for blur and masking. Share your edited images or continue layering effects for unique visual results.
- Add sharp crystal effects
- 60 ready-to-use crystals
- 8 color schemes
- 9 original blur effects
- Innovative Eraser and 3D tools
- Real-time editing
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*** From the creators of Shapical *** Crystallic provides infinite opportunities to transform your photos into amazing works of art by adding stunning effects to your photos with a collection of sharp crystals. Powerful yet intuitive, Crystallic is an excellent tool to take your photo editing game to the next level. Simply snap a shot or upload a photo and let your imagination take over. Select a crystal, then drag it, resize, rotate and zoom, choose colors, adjust opacity, add blur effects or mask out portions of the crystal—whatever inspires you. When you’re done, easily share your edit with friends or continue editing by adding more crystals. It’s that easy. Crystallic's unique features: - 60 ready-to-use crystals - 8 color schemes - 9 original blur effects - Innovative Eraser and 3D tools - Real-time editing Contact us: support@sixhandsapps.com instagram.com/crystallicapp twitter.com/sixhandsapps facebook.com/sixhandsapps
ChromaCalc
This tool helps cinematographers match and find equivalent colors for LED lighting fixtures. It uses spectral data from real instruments to achieve desired color intentions with various lighting and camera settings.
- Match LED lighting fixtures
- Find equivalent light colors
- Use spectral data
- Configure lighting instruments
- Adjust camera settings
- Achieve color intent
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With the advent of LED lighting fixtures for cinematography, it can be a challenge to match different lighting instruments to each other or to an intended color reference or to find equivalent light colors under different white points. This calculator uses spectral data measured from real world lighting instruments to help you find the best combination of settings to use on a variety of popular lighting instruments and cameras to achieve your intent. This app is licensed under the standard Apple license agreement which can be found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Crystallic at every 2 months against ChromaCalc's every 8 months. Crystallic also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). ChromaCalc's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 3). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Crystallic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ChromaCalc sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Crystallic against 4.8 for ChromaCalc. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChromaCalc has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Crystallic ships an update every 2 months, ChromaCalc every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crystallic | ChromaCalc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (16 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vasiliy Kaliteevskiy | Chromatic Applications LLC |
Customer experience
Crystallic
ChromaCalc
In-app purchases
Crystallic
- Dipyramids$0.99
ChromaCalc
- Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$99.991 Year
