Comparison

UltraCam+ vs LAB*

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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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LAB*

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# LAB* — App Store Listing --- ## App Name LAB* RAW Photo Editor & Darkroom LAB* is a professional RAW photo editor for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac — built for photographers who care about quality, privacy, and speed, without subscriptions or paywalls. Edit RAW, ProRAW, and standard photos directly from your camera roll, SD card, USB drive, or cloud storage. Every edit happens entirely on your device. Nothing is ever uploaded, tracked, or shared. **RUNS ON ALL YOUR APPLE DEVICES** • iPhone — edit on the go • iPad — full-screen editing with touch precision • Mac with M1, M2, M3, or M4 chip — same app, same power, on your desktop **POWERFUL EDITING TOOLS** • Exposure, Brightness, Contrast, Clarity • Highlights & Shadows with split toning — push warm or cool color into your tones independently • Whites, Blacks, Saturation, Vibrance, Warmth, Tint • Bloom, Halation, Fade, Grain, Vignette, Sharpness, Noise Reduction • Master tone curve + per-channel RGB curves • HSL color grading — adjust Hue, Saturation, and Luminance for 8 individual color ranges (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Magenta) **MASKING & LOCAL ADJUSTMENTS** • Radial masks — circular spotlight adjustments • Linear masks — graduated filter for skies and horizons • Luminance masks — target shadows, midtones, or highlights • Color masks — select and adjust specific colors • Subject & Background masks — AI-powered person detection • Depth masks — near/far selection using Portrait mode depth data • Stack multiple masks on one photo **CROP & GEOMETRY** • Free-form crop with all 4 corner handles • Fixed aspect ratios: 1:1, 4:3, 16:9 • Straighten with auto-zoom (no black corners ever) • Rotate 90° left or right • Vertical and horizontal keystone correction **LOOKS & COMMUNITY PRESETS** • Built-in looks: Vivid, Classic Warm, Cool Blue, B&W, Vintage Fade, Moody • Save your own custom presets • Share presets as .labpreset files via AirDrop or iMessage • Import presets from friends — tap to install instantly **WORKFLOW** • Open RAW files directly from SD cards and USB drives — no import needed • Before/after split view with draggable divider • Hold to compare original • Pinch to zoom and pan • Full undo/redo history • Batch edit — apply a preset to multiple photos at once • Export as HEIC or JPEG with quality and resize controls • Share directly via AirDrop, iMessage, Instagram, and more **100% PRIVATE** No account required. No analytics. No ads. No data collected — on any device. Everything stays on your device, always. Built with love for photographers, by a photographer. --- ## Category Primary: Photo & Video Secondary: Utilities ## Age Rating 4+ ## Pricing Free ## Privacy Policy URL https://spurious-delphinium-b23.notion.site/LAB-Privacy-Policy-3be54f36504a8096ba69e56523206c30 ## What's New (first release) Welcome to LAB* — a free, privacy-first RAW photo editor for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac. Edit RAW files straight from your SD card, use professional tools including masks, curves, and HSL, then share your presets with the community.

Screenshots

UltraCam+4 screens
LAB*4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LAB* at every 11 days against UltraCam+'s every 8 months. UltraCam+'s advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UltraCam+ ships an update every 8 months, LAB* every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
UltraCam+ versus LAB*: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltraCam+LAB*
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeung Man Ho ThomasSchilliro Massimiliano

In-app purchases

None

UltraCam+

No in-app purchases

None

LAB*

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UltraCam+ free?
UltraCam+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LAB* free?
LAB* is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do UltraCam+ or LAB* have ads?
Neither UltraCam+ nor LAB* shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UltraCam+ or LAB*?
UltraCam+ ships an update every 8 months, and LAB* every 11 days. Most recently, UltraCam+ was updated on October 4, 2026 and LAB* on October 12, 2026.

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