Comparison

Alpha HDR Video vs HDR Easy

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

Head to head
About

Alpha HDR Video

Apply real-time HDR effects to live video for enhanced detail and unique visual styles. Explore the world through a new HDR perspective and capture expressive footage with adjustable parameters for noise reduction or increased image clarity.

Highlights
  • Real-time HDR effect application
  • Live video recording with effects
  • Adjustable effect parameters
  • Increase image details
  • Noise reduction
  • Unique HDR visual perspective
Features
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This amazing app lets in real time to apply a pseudo HDR effect on life video. You can look at the around world through HDR view and record amazing expressively video with incredible effects. You can adjust different parameters of effects. Particularly you can dramatically increase image details. Or opposite, decrease details and to have a swell noise reduction on your video. The world is beautiful and wonderful if look at this through an HDR camera view. Let’s imagine what if our eyes could see reality in HD range? How everyday life was looked then? New HDR vision could give unique opportunities to explore how familiar things may look in HDR dimension. Have you seen how to look a burning fire in HDR? Or how indeed looks clouds in the sky? Now you can see it all. The AlphaPlugins HDR video app allows open around world again and from a new side of view. It sounds as a fantastic but yes, it is a true. Now you have a unique possibility to see surrounding reality in HDR mode. The new AlphaPlugins app lets in real time to look at the real world through an HDR cam. Even not only just look but and record a life video. And of course, any video is beautiful if this an HRD video.

About

HDR Easy

Transform SDR photos and videos into HDR for compatible displays. This app offers a simple workflow with one-tap conversion and optional tuning. It supports various input formats and outputs high-quality HDR content.

Highlights
  • SDR to HDR conversion
  • One-tap HDR for photos and videos
  • Optional contrast/saturation tuning
  • Supports various input formats (JPEG, PNG, HEIC, RAW, MP4, MOV)
  • Batch processing (Pro version)
  • 10-bit HEIC and HDR video output
Features
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NEW HDR Easy V3! Turn SDR photos and videos into HDR for HDR-capable displays on recent iPhones, iPads, and Apple Silicon Macs. This is not a legacy HDR exposure-blending filter. Files use current HDR formats so highlights can go brighter on supported screens. Note: HDR content will not display when your iPhone is in Low Power Mode, as HDR is disabled. Key Benefits • Works well with SDR AI images, DSLR photos, and film scans, especially high-contrast scenes. • Simple workflow: pick media (or drag and drop on iPad/Mac) and convert. • Share a photo or video from the Photos app to open it in HDR Easy. • A preview lets you adjust the look before you save. • Tune Peak Brightness, Saturation, and Contrast on photos and videos. • Videos include highlight masking, with HDR Range and Softness, so HDR can stay in the bright parts. • Full and Highlights looks for video. Trial can switch them. • Batch processing and a bitrate slider are available in Pro. • Includes a new pink color preset for the app. Device Requirements • HDR-capable display (for example iPhone 11 Pro or later, iPad Pro with XDR, Apple Silicon Mac with XDR). • iOS 18.1 or later. How It Works • Input: JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, PSD, RAW, MP4/MOV/M4V (H.264/HEVC) • Photos: 10-bit HEIC with HDR metadata, or JPEG Ultra HDR • Video: 10-bit HEVC, HLG HDR (BT.2020). Default target 100 Mbps. Pro can set 10 to 200 Mbps. • Standards: BT.2020 color, HLG for video Important • HDR appearance varies by device, display, OS, and viewing app. Specific results are not guaranteed. • Some apps show HDR thumbnails over-bright. On non-HDR screens the viewing app tone-maps the video, so it can look different from the source. • Video Peak Brightness above 2.00 can flatten or darken the picture on some screens and on Instagram. Feature Highlights by Version • Free Trial: Watermark. Convert one photo or video at a time. Switch Full and Highlights video looks. • Starter: No watermark. Unlimited single-file conversions. Highlight masking, Peak, Range, Softness, contrast, and saturation. Paste from clipboard. • Pro: Everything in Starter, plus bitrate control (10-200 Mbps), batch processing, drag and drop on macOS (designed for iPad), and mixed photos and videos.

Screenshots

Alpha HDR Video4 screens
HDR Easy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HDR Easy at 100% against Alpha HDR Video's 0%. HDR Easy also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.5 vs 3.7). Alpha HDR Video's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 18.1). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

HDR Easy is free to download; Alpha HDR Video costs $1.99 up front. Alpha HDR Video sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and HDR Easy sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HDR Easy holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Alpha HDR Video's written reviews are positive against 100% of HDR Easy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alpha HDR Video ships an update every 19 months, HDR Easy every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Alpha HDR Video versus HDR Easy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlpha HDR VideoHDR Easy
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.4 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaxim ChernousovKasimir Szekeres Photography B.V.

Customer experience

Alpha HDR Video

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

HDR Easy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Alpha HDR Video

One-time1
  • HDR Video Recording$1.99
3 purchases

HDR Easy

One-time3
  • Starter$3.99
  • Pro Upgrade$12.99
  • Pro$17.99

Questions

Is Alpha HDR Video free?
Alpha HDR Video costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is HDR Easy free?
HDR Easy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Alpha HDR Video or HDR Easy?
HDR Easy is rated higher. Alpha HDR Video averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while HDR Easy averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Alpha HDR Video or HDR Easy have ads?
Neither Alpha HDR Video nor HDR Easy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Alpha HDR Video or HDR Easy?
Alpha HDR Video ships an update every 19 months, and HDR Easy every 5 weeks. Most recently, Alpha HDR Video was updated on October 29, 2026 and HDR Easy on October 24, 2026.

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