Comparison

Matte Viewer vs Cutter

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

Head to head
About

Matte Viewer

This app allows you to preview and export depth and semantic maps from your iPhone photos. It offers an elegant interface and supports desktop-class features on iPad and Mac. The app prioritizes user privacy and has a very small file size.

Highlights
  • Preview depth and semantic maps
  • Export mattes for 3rd party software
  • Elegant and information-dense interface
  • Desktop-class features on iPad/Mac
  • Privacy-focused with no tracking
  • Small app size
Features
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Matte Viewer lets you quickly preview the mattes in photos taken with your iPhone, including the depth map and semantic maps. You can export them and use them in 3rd party software such as Photoshop, Touch Designer, in custom shaders, and so on. To have the most matte data available in your photos, use the Portrait mode in iPhone's Camera. - Elegant and information dense interface that quickly lets you preview all the different mattes. - Supports desktop class features on iPad + Mac: multiple windows, open through drag & drop, keyboard shortcuts, etc. - Respects your privacy: no 3rd party libraries or tracking. Uses the latest iOS APIs so you don't have to give access to your whole photo library. - Extremely small app size: only a few hundred kilobytes. Matte Viewer is part of PhotoTools by Héliographe: check out our website at https://heliographe.studio for more fantastic photography apps.

About

Cutter

Features
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Cutter helps turn one selected video into an automatic rough cut. Let Cutter handle the first pass a person would normally do. It uses speech and long audio gaps as cues, keeps a little room around spoken parts, shortens long waiting sections, and exports a new video while leaving the original untouched. Main features - Choose one video and create an automatic rough cut - Use speech and long gaps as editing cues - Shorten long waits - Keep natural padding around speech - Avoid tiny fragments - Save as a new video without overwriting the original - Open the result in Photos and share it Built for vlogs, explainers, family recordings, and quick cleanup before posting. This first version does not include multi-video joining, captions, BGM, or manual timeline editing. Terms of Use: https://kyodo.mo-gmo.com/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://kyodo.mo-gmo.com/en/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Matte Viewer3 screens
Cutter4 screens

Verdict

The call

Matte Viewer and Cutter are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Matte Viewer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cutter sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Matte Viewer ships an update monthly, Cutter every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Matte Viewer versus Cutter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatte ViewerCutter
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHéliographe, IncRyusei Mogi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Matte Viewer

One-time1
  • Unlock Export$4.99
1 purchases

Cutter

Subscriptions1
  • Cutter Monthly Plan14 Days trial$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Matte Viewer free?
Matte Viewer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cutter free?
Cutter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Matte Viewer or Cutter have ads?
Neither Matte Viewer nor Cutter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Matte Viewer or Cutter?
Matte Viewer ships an update monthly, and Cutter every 2 months. Most recently, Matte Viewer was updated on October 5, 2026 and Cutter on October 24, 2026.

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