Comparison

kyu vs Chromagraph Camera

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

Head to head
About

kyu

Easily record and share short, memorable video clips with friends and loved ones. This app focuses on capturing moments as they happen, allowing you to look back on them later. It prioritizes privacy, ensuring your shared memories are only seen by those you choose.

Highlights
  • Record instant video clips
  • Share memories privately
  • Live in the moment recording
  • Easy to use interface
  • Look back on past videos
Features
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Welcome to kyu :) kyu app is a video camera that easily shares memories. - Live in the moment. - Ours to Share, No One Else’s. - Press the button, we do the rest. *We cannot create perfect and creative content. However, we can easily record, share, and look back on videos for our friends, partners and ourselves.

About

Chromagraph Camera

This app offers a unique approach to mobile photography, bypassing default camera processing for custom color and texture rendering. It allows for artistic adjustments and stores original raw files alongside the processed look.

Highlights
  • Custom color and texture rendering
  • Raw image data processing
  • Post-capture look preview
  • Adjustable color, tone, and texture
  • Gallery with original raw files
  • Exportable processed images
Features
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Replace your phone camera’s default processing with bespoke, curated color and texture rendering designed by cinematographer Steve Yedlin and used on the Knives Out films. Chromagraph starts from raw image data and builds the image its own way: not a filter laid over the usual look processing, but a different process from the start. (Chromagraph is a stills-only camera; it does not shoot video. Note that on some devices such as the iPhone 11, not all cameras support raw capture and will not be usable in Chromagraph) SHOOT FIRST, SEE THE LOOK AFTER As with a film camera, you frame through the viewfinder and see the finished look only after the image is processed. Take the picture, then open the gallery to see it with the Chromagraph look applied. ADJUST WITHOUT LOSING THE LOOK Intuitive yet powerful tools for color, tone, and texture give you real control while keeping every image true to the look that’s the core of the app. A GALLERY THAT KEEPS THE ORIGINALS Store full-quality raw files and view them in the app with the look applied live, along with any adjustments you make. Export smaller files to share with friends or save to your photo library, or turn on auto-export in Preferences to send every photo to your library right away as a JPEG or HEIC with the look applied. NOT A FILTER A filter sits on top of the processing your phone has already done. Chromagraph skips that processing and uses its own methods for the curated look preferred by director Rian Johnson and cinematographer Steve Yedlin.

Screenshots

kyu4 screens
Chromagraph Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: kyu at Free against Chromagraph Camera's $12.99. Chromagraph Camera's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (244 vs 2). On rating, 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

kyu is free to download; Chromagraph Camera costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for kyu against 4.1 for Chromagraph Camera. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chromagraph Camera has 244 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of kyu's written reviews are positive against 69% of Chromagraph Camera's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

kyu ships an update monthly, Chromagraph Camera every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
kyu versus Chromagraph Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterkyuChromagraph Camera
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.1 (244 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.8% of reviews69.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2244 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#2 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTranSe Inc.Chromatic Applications LLC

Customer experience

kyu

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive47.8%
Neutral21.7%
Negative30.4%

Chromagraph Camera

All ratings192 ratings
Positive79.7%
Neutral10.4%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral13.7%
Negative17.1%

In-app purchases

None

kyu

No in-app purchases

None

Chromagraph Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is kyu free?
kyu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chromagraph Camera free?
Chromagraph Camera costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, kyu or Chromagraph Camera?
Chromagraph Camera is rated higher. kyu averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Chromagraph Camera averages 4.1 from 244 ratings.
Do kyu or Chromagraph Camera have ads?
Neither kyu nor Chromagraph Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, kyu or Chromagraph Camera?
kyu ships an update monthly, and Chromagraph Camera every 2 days. Most recently, kyu was updated on November 12, 2026 and Chromagraph Camera on November 15, 2026.

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