Comparison

Unsharp vs Retinly

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

Head to head
About

Unsharp

This app offers advanced photo and video editing tools, focusing on reducing sharpening and providing a "Zero Processing" mode for a natural, unedited look. Explore new filters, manual controls, and enhanced video settings.

Highlights
  • Reduces sharpening
  • Zero Processing mode
  • CCD and film emulation filters
  • Advanced video settings
  • Manual camera controls
  • Bayer RAW support
Features
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This beautifully crafted little app reduces sharpening—and it has so many other features too!!! Hope you’ll like it. • Unsharp After downloading, photos are unsharpened by default, and Live Photos don’t change color when they settle into a still frame. • Zero Processing Switch to Zero Processing mode and the result feels like it wasn’t shot on a phone—more like an old camera. This isn’t a simulation: it truly turns off all processing and saves the most original photo possible. • New Filters These filters emulate CCD and film looks. There’s also a brand-new filter, Little Touch—blending countless tiny color tweaks to make everything feel a bit happier, while staying extremely natural. It doesn’t look “filtered” at all. • New Video You can now choose many more video settings, including five color modes and more resolutions (on newer phones). For example, shooting in 4:3 is great for selfie vlogs because the view is wider. There’s also brand-new Unsharp video. • More Pro Manual controls, Bayer RAW, custom filters, and more! • And lots more Soft light, custom buttons, and so much more!

About

Retinly

Features
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Turn your screen recording into a polished app demo, right on your phone. Retinly gives your recording a device frame, a backdrop and smooth camera movement. Show what your app does, highlight the details, and make videos for your product page, launch or social posts. MAKE YOUR APP THE FOCUS • Choose flat device frames or 3D iPhone models, with colours for iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air. • Tilt and turn a 3D model, then guide the viewer with smooth zoom and multi-point paths. • Pick a Look, gradient, wallpaper or your own photo for the background. • Trim clips, adjust playback speed, and add music. • Create portrait, square and landscape videos. EXPORT AND KEEP CREATING • Export flat-frame videos up to 4K and 3D videos up to 1080p, without a watermark. • Export HDR when your source recording and device support it. • Save still frames and frame sets from your project. • Organize projects in folders and recover deleted projects from Recently Deleted for up to 30 days. • Save one custom Look for free and reuse your styling. RETINLY PRO An optional one-time purchase unlocks additional saved Looks, portrait App Preview export at 886 × 1920, and 3D export with the folding iPhone Duo. No subscription. Retinly Pro bought here also unlocks Pro in Retinly for Mac on the same iCloud account, and Pro you already have in Retinly for Mac works here too. HDR export, all flat device frames and every other iPhone’s 3D export are free. Posing and previewing the Duo are free too. OPTIONAL ICLOUD PROJECT SYNC Choose supported iPhone or iPad screen-recording projects to upload to your private iCloud storage. With compatible Retinly versions and the same iCloud account, download and import editable copies on your other device. Saved edits sync while Retinly is open; iOS background sync is not guaranteed. Some frames, finishes and edits are not supported, and conflicting versions need your review. Retinly Pro also enables sync. Your iCloud storage quota applies. EDIT ON YOUR DEVICE No Retinly account is needed to edit. Video editing and rendering happen on your device. Optional sync sends selected projects to iCloud. When you’re signed in to iCloud, a Retinly Pro purchase is verified through Retinly’s server so Pro can also work in Retinly for Mac. Purchases use RevenueCat, and feedback is sent only when you choose to submit it. Start with a recording. Finish with a demo you can share.

Screenshots

Unsharp4 screens
Retinly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Retinly at Free against Unsharp's $0.99. Retinly also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Unsharp's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On ads 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

Retinly is free to download; Unsharp costs $0.99 up front. Retinly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Unsharp asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unsharp ships an update every 2 weeks, Retinly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Unsharp versus Retinly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnsharpRetinly
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB148 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer北北 宋Van Nguyen Dang

In-app purchases

None

Unsharp

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Retinly

One-time1
  • Retinly Pro$19.99

Questions

Is Unsharp free?
Unsharp costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Retinly free?
Retinly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Unsharp or Retinly have ads?
Neither Unsharp nor Retinly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Unsharp or Retinly?
Unsharp ships an update every 2 weeks, and Retinly every 5 days. Most recently, Unsharp was updated on November 8, 2026 and Retinly on November 6, 2026.

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