VideoGrade vs VideoLUT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VideoGrade
This app offers advanced color grading tools for videos, allowing users to precisely adjust image aesthetics. It provides real-time previews, detailed information, and a user-friendly interface for professional-looking results.
- Advanced color correction tools
- High-quality filters
- Real-time previews
- Color histograms and clipping previews
- Split screen comparison mode
- Capture and save frames
- Full HD and HD video export
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Make your movies look exactly the way you want with VideoGrade, a powerful, flexible and easy to use color grading editor for video. Universal app, optimized for all the retina displays. http://videogradeapp.com/ VideoGrade is a color grading tool for your videos. It features high quality filters that will let you adjust the image on your videos in any way you can imagine. VideoGrade is built with freedom in mind: you will have total control over each of the filters. Whether you want to radically change the look of your videos, correct defects like color cast or poor lighting or subtly enhance them, VideoGrade has the tools you need. VideoGrade gives you all the information you need while editing: real-time previews of how the video will look like, color channels histogram, clipping previews and split screen mode for comparing the edited video with the original. All the freedom VideoGrade gives is presented in a clean, beautiful and easy to use interface. After just a few minutes, you will become familiar with everything VideoGrade offers. Under the hood, VideoGrade features a powerful render engine that takes maximum advantage of your device to process HD videos quickly. Download VideoGrade now and surprise everybody with the quality and look of your videos! MAIN FEATURES + Color correct any video recorded with (or synchronized to) your device easily. + All the filters that you will need to enhance or radically transform your videos. + Real-time previews, color histograms, clipping previews and split modes for comparison. + Capture frames from your videos and save them as images. + Export your videos in Full HD, HD or choose between the other export presets. Each update gets better! Stay tuned for new features and improvements. INCLUDED FILTERS Exposure, Contrast, Vibrance, Temperature, Vignette, Recovery, Sharpness, Monochrome, Brightness, Saturation, Effects, Channel mixer, Tint, Hue, Levels, Bloom, Posterize, Rotation. SUPPORT Questions? Problems? Suggestions? I would love to hear from you! Please send me an email to videograde@flainezapps.com. Note that if you leave a support question in the comments, I will not be able to write you back, so just shoot me an email instead. ===== "One of VideoGrade's best qualities is that it doesn't sacrifice simplicity for function or vice versa." - Gizmodo "VideoGrade is now an essential app for iOS videographers." - Cult of the Mac "VideoGrade is the best low-cost color correction app currently available for iOS." - Filmmaking with the iPad and the iPhone =====
VideoLUT
Easily transform videos and photos with over 2500 cinematic color grading presets. Import, edit, and apply LUTs, or even record directly with applied looks. Create and share your own custom LUTs for ultimate creative control.
- 2500+ cinematic LUT presets
- Import and apply .cube, .3dl, and .png LUTs
- Record video with applied LUTs
- Create and share custom LUTs
- Advanced color grading tools (color wheels, curves)
- Support for iCloud and Dropbox import/export
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Transform your videos and images into cinematic masterpieces with VideoLUT, the ultimate color-grading app! With over 6000 presets, you can easily import, edit, and apply LUTs to create stunning videos and photos. Plus, VideoLUT allows you to record videos and take photos with your imported LUTs, giving you the ultimate creative control. 217 film emulations — Kodak Portra, Kodachrome, Ektar, Fuji Velvia, Provia, Ilford HP5, Tri-X and more. Import 20+ LUT formats — .cube, .3dl, .look, .csp, .clf, .spi3d, .icc, CDL, Hald PNG, Lightroom .xmp/.lrtemplate — and export float .cube, .3dl, .look. Whether you're a professional filmmaker or a casual iPhone photographer, VideoLUT is the perfect app for you. It comes with powerful editing tools that allow you to color grade your videos and images with ease. You can even create your own LUTs and share them with other users via QR codes or apps like Lumafusion. VideoLUT supports a variety of LUT formats, including DaVinci Resolve 3D Cube LUT (.cube) and Autodesk 3D LUT (.3dl). You can import .cube, .3dl, and 512x512 .png LUT tables, and save or import cube files to iCloud, Dropbox, and other storage apps. It also converts Adobe Lightroom preset files (`.xmp` and `.lrtemplate`) into LUTs during import. This feature is currently in beta; only supported colour adjustments and processing versions can be converted. But that's not all – VideoLUT also lets you visualize LUTs in 3D, export them as LUT images (.png), and share them as .cube 16, 32, or 33 (DaVinci Resolve 3D Cube LUT) with other apps or your desktop. You can also match colors from images and build new LUTs from the result, and use RGB, HSL, CMYK, LAB, and Skin Masks and Curves for added control. With VideoLUT's auto white balance, Macbeth table detection and correction, split toning, color wheels, and other adjust tools, you have everything you need to perfect your videos and images. Mix multiple LUTs to create new ones, convert Filmic Pro LUTS, and even preprocess RAW photos for added flexibility. Download VideoLUT today and transform your videos and images into true works of art! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: VideoLUT at Free against VideoGrade's $5.99. VideoLUT also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). VideoGrade's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 356). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
VideoLUT is free to download; VideoGrade costs $5.99 up front. VideoGrade sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and VideoLUT sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
VideoGrade holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.5K and 356 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of VideoGrade's written reviews are positive against 66% of VideoLUT's.
VideoGrade ships an update every 6 weeks, VideoLUT every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VideoGrade | VideoLUT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.3 (356 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.5% of reviews — better | 66.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 356 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 175 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fidel Lainez | Enrique Garcia |
Customer experience
VideoGrade
VideoLUT
User reviews
VideoGrade
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Quick and efficient
- 🔍 Powerful color grading tools
- 💡 Useful presets and customization
- 🎥 Great for video editing on mobile
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🔍 Limited color adjustment options
- 🔍 No audio editing capabilities
- 🔍 Exporting issues and quality loss
VideoLUT
From 356 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💻 Powerful color grading features
- 🎨 Extensive LUT library
- 🔍 Detailed color adjustment tools
- 🤳 Convenient mobile editing
- 💰 Good value for one-time purchase
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Unintuitive UI/UX
- 🔒 Unexpected paywall after purchase
- 🔇 Audio sync issues
- 📽️ Limited export options
Bugs and requests
VideoGrade
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on launch or during processing
- Exporting issues causing video distortion
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
- Inability to adjust brightness on iPhone 13
Requested features
5 requests- Add HSL (Hue, Saturation, Luminance) controls
- Implement non-destructive editing workflow
- Improve export quality and options
- Add support for more video formats and frame rates
- Integrate with more video editing apps
VideoLUT
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to import custom LUTs
- Saved presets disappearing
- Exporting issues with certain video formats
- Compatibility problems with newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- Batch video processing
- Undo/redo functionality
- Higher resolution export
- iPad-native interface
- Improved LUT management
In-app purchases
VideoGrade
- Generous tip$0.99
- Awesome tip$1.99
- Amazing tip$4.99
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- Stellar tip$9.99
- Unbelievable tip!$19.99
VideoLUT
- VideoLUT PRO3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- VideoLUT PRO3 Days trial$6.991 Year
- VideoLUT PRO$9.99









