Calibration Plus vs GroundGlass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calibration Plus
This app aids in creating digital negatives for alternate process printing, offering fine tone control. It helps achieve better prints with improved dark, white, and halftone tones by designing correction curves. Generate reference charts and use image processing software to refine your digital negatives for perfect prints.
- Fine tone control for digital negatives
- Correction curve design
- Reference chart generation
- Alternate process printing aid
- Improved print quality
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Calibration+ helps you for alternate process printing, by allowing fine tone control on your digital negatives. For instance, the cyanotype process is contrasted with poor half tones. Calibration+ helps you to have better prints with dark, white and halftones by designing a correction curve. With Calibration+, generate a reference chart on your device. Use your favorite image processing software :Adobe Photoshop™, Gimp, Affinity Photo™, Lightroom™… to generate digital negative. Invert. Flip. Print (as usual). Photograph the print! Calibration+ computes the adjustment curve in your photo software to have perfect prints.
GroundGlass
This app helps large format photographers meticulously log every detail of their shoots. It automatically calculates settings, supports Zone System metering, and manages film workflows. Export records, analyze trends, and access a comprehensive equipment database.
- Complete shooting records
- Zone System metering
- iCloud Sync
- Film workflow management
- Record templates
- PDF export
- Statistics & analysis
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GroundGlass is a shooting log app built for large format photographers. Whether you shoot 4x5, 8x10 or any other format, GroundGlass captures every detail of the moment you press the shutter — from exposure settings and Zone System metering to camera movements and development records. KEY FEATURES ◆ Complete shooting records — Camera, lens, aperture, shutter, film, filters and movements, all in one place. Effective aperture is calculated automatically from bellows extension; holder numbers are one tap away. ◆ Zone System metering — Full metering workflow in the spirit of Ansel Adams: multiple readings, base subject selection, exposure decisions, with the zone distribution at a glance. Includes a built-in spot meter with pinch zoom. ◆ iCloud Sync — Records and equipment sync across your devices through your private iCloud database. Switch phones without worry. The developer has no access to your data. ◆ Film workflow — Record status (Shot → Developed → Scanned), film holder management, stock tracking with automatic sheet deduction, and batch development entry. From loading to archiving, everything is on file. ◆ Record templates — Save your go-to camera/lens/film combinations and apply them with one tap. ◆ PDF export — Index label PDFs for film sleeves and full-page record archive PDFs, with preview before sharing. ◆ Statistics & analysis — Shooting trends, gear usage, parameter distributions and a shooting calendar heat map, exportable as a report. ◆ Shooting map — All geotagged records gathered on one map. Revisit your footsteps. ◆ Calculators — Reciprocity failure, bellows exposure compensation, and depth of field with per-format circle of confusion presets. ◆ Extensive equipment database — About 180 large format camera models from 25 brands, including Linhof, Sinar, Arca-Swiss, Chamonix and Ebony. Lens presets from Schneider, Rodenstock, Fujinon, Nikkor and more. ◆ Professional filter management — Structured selection by brand, type and strength, including center filters, with automatic stacked compensation. ◆ Map-based location — One-tap locate, with reverse geocoding for place names and coordinates. ◆ Data backup — JSON import/export, with or without photos. Your data is always yours. ◆ Darkroom-themed interface — Amber-toned design with card layouts, made for photographers. Your data lives on your device and in your private iCloud database. We collect no personal information. Large format photography begins with a record.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GroundGlass at 100% against Calibration Plus's 50%. GroundGlass also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 21 months). Calibration Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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
GroundGlass is free to download; Calibration Plus costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Calibration Plus ships an update every 21 months, GroundGlass every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calibration Plus | GroundGlass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Le bord de la piscine | 存滨 崔 |
Customer experience
Calibration Plus
GroundGlass
In-app purchases
Calibration Plus
No in-app purchases
GroundGlass
No in-app purchases
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