Comparison

UltraCam+ vs Chromaform

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

UltraCam+

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UltraCam+ Simple and User friendly UX and UI to taking photo with realtime filter effects. 1. Build in filters and realtime filter preview 2. Manual/ Auto Exposure Mode 3. EXIF and Location information with maps 4. Bookmark your favourite and frequent use filters 5. Photo sharing 6. Apple Watch as a remote control (The Apple Watch APP connect with the iPhone UltraCam+ APP via BLE. When you installing the iPhone APP. You should also connect your Apple Watch with the iPhone. Once the installation completed, you should found the UltraCam iPhone APP is installed in the iPhone. And the Apple Watch APP also installed in your Watch. Now you can launch the iPhone APP and then launch the Watch APP to remote control the iPhone "Shutter" to take the photo. And you can view the photo, stored in iPhone, from your Watch APP's "preview" page.)

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Chromaform

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Chromaform is a professional-grade RAW photo editor for photographers who demand precision, speed, and total creative control โ€” with a full suite of on-device AI tools that never send your photos to the cloud. REAL-TIME RAW EDITING Open DNG, CR3, NEF, ARW, and other major camera RAW formats with true RAW processing. Exposure and recovery work directly from sensor data โ€” no clipping, no compromise. Every adjustment renders live on the GPU through a Vulkan pipeline (vkdt + MoltenVK) and Metal-accelerated Core Image. COMPLETE ADJUSTMENT TOOLKIT โ€ข Light: Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows + an interactive per-channel Tone Curve โ€ข Color: Temperature, Tint, Vibrance, Saturation โ€ข Effects: Texture, Clarity, Dehaze, Vignette โ€ข Detail: Sharpening, Noise Reduction, and Neural Denoise โ€ข Optics: Chromatic Aberration removal Fine-tune any slider with +/โˆ’ buttons and reset any section with one tap. COLOR GRADING Cinema-style color wheels for shadows, midtones, and highlights. Grade the whole frame, or apply grades selectively to the foreground, background, or a gradient region. ON-DEVICE AI TOOLKIT โ€ข Generative Erase โ€” remove unwanted objects and let the model paint in a clean background โ€ข Smart Masking โ€” tap any subject to select it with Segment Anything Model 2.1, then adjust just that region โ€ข Recolor Clothing โ€” automatically detect garments and recolor them to any hue โ€ข Relight โ€” add up to five virtual lights and drag them across the scene to reshape the lighting โ€ข Portrait โ€” face-aware adjustments โ€ข Match โ€” transfer the look of any reference photo with neural analysis โ€ข Auto Adjust โ€” one tap analyzes the scene with Apple's Vision framework (classification, face detection, saliency) for optimal exposure, white balance, and color MASKING & GRADIENTS Combine subject masks with linear, radial, and rectangular gradient masks. Paint masks in or out by hand, feather the edges, and apply any adjustment or color grade to the masked area only. PRESETS & LUTS Nine built-in looks: Natural, Vivid, Film Warm, Film Cool, Cinematic, B&W Classic, B&W High Contrast, Vintage Fade, and Matte. Import your own .cube 3D LUTs for custom film emulations. CREATIVE EFFECTS Add atmosphere with the Water tool โ€” rain drops and streaks. PIPELINE CONTROL See every stage of the processing pipeline and toggle any phase on or off to understand exactly how your edit is built. CLIPPING VISUALIZATION Toggle the Clip overlay to see blown highlights (red) and crushed shadows (blue) โ€” essential for exposure-critical work. NON-DESTRUCTIVE WORKFLOW Your originals are never modified. Edits are stored as lightweight recipes โ€” reopen any image with your edits intact, or reset to original at any time. PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATION Group photos into projects, rate with stars, filter by rating, and copy, paste, or batch-apply edit recipes across an entire shoot. Review full-screen in the loupe with pinch-to-zoom. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The entire pipeline runs on-device with MoltenVK and Metal. Your photos never leave your device. Privacy Policy: https://chromaform.art/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

UltraCam+4 screens
Chromaform2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: UltraCam+ at none against Chromaform's 3. Chromaform's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 8 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Chromaform sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. UltraCam+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UltraCam+ ships an update every 8 months, Chromaform every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
UltraCam+ versus Chromaform: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltraCam+Chromaform
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 9 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeung Man Ho ThomasChromaform, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

UltraCam+

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Chromaform

Subscriptions2
  • Chromaform Pro$2.991 Month
  • Chromaform Pro$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Chromaform Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is UltraCam+ free?
UltraCam+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chromaform free?
Chromaform is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do UltraCam+ or Chromaform have ads?
Neither UltraCam+ nor Chromaform shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UltraCam+ or Chromaform?
UltraCam+ ships an update every 8 months, and Chromaform every 9 days. Most recently, UltraCam+ was updated on October 25, 2026 and Chromaform on October 24, 2026.

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