LUT Lab vs Camelut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LUT Lab
Visualize, apply, and export LUTs for photos and videos. This tool supports common formats like .CUBE and HALD, offering a split viewer for before/after comparisons and conversion between formats. It's designed for photographers and videographers seeking a powerful color grading companion.
- Interactive 3D LUT visualizer
- Before/After split viewer
- Export to .CUBE and HALD formats
- Convert between .CUBE and HALD
- Supports drag & drop and keyboard shortcuts
- Minimal interface with multiple color themes
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A LUT (Look Up Table) is a simple file that lets you change the colors, tone, and contrast of photos/videos - like a universal color preset, compatible between different apps. LUT Lab is a handy tool that lets you visualize LUTs, use them to process any photo of your choice, and export to/from the most common LUT formats: .CUBE and HALD. It is a nifty companion tool for photographers and videographers, featuring: - Minimal and information dense interface - Full, interactive 3D cube visualizer - Before/After photo split viewer; load your own photos, export a LUT-processed version at native resolution. - Support for .CUBE (any size on input, up to 65×65×65 export) and HALD (TIFF/PNG, any rank) formats - Convert from .CUBE to HALD and from HALD to .CUBE; optionally resample .CUBE files for maximum compatibility with other apps - Supports desktop class features on iPad + Mac: multiple windows, drag & drop, keyboard shortcuts, open .CUBE files into LUT Lab straight from Finder/Files, etc. - Multiple color themes (one time in-app purchase required) - Extremely small app size: tons of functionality packed into only a couple megabytes. - Respects your privacy: no 3rd party libraries or tracking. Uses the latest iOS APIs so you only have to give minimal permissions for loading & saving files. If you have any questions, suggestions, need support, or for anything else, don't hesitate to reach out! contact@heliographe.net
Camelut
Create your own custom camera filters using industry-standard LUT files. Organize your filters into customizable lists for quick switching between groups and individual presets.
- Import custom LUT (.cube) files
- Real-time filter application
- Create your own filter camera
- Customizable favorites lists
- Group filters by tags
- Swipe to switch filter groups
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Bring your own filters camera. Using industry standard LUT (.cube) files, you can import them into this app and make your own filter camera. With customizable favorites lists, you can group filters and swipe to switch between tag groups and filters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LUT Lab at 100% against Camelut's 0%. LUT Lab also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Camelut's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
LUT Lab is free to download; Camelut costs $1.99 up front. LUT Lab sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Camelut asks for nothing beyond the download.
LUT Lab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of LUT Lab's written reviews are positive against 0% of Camelut's.
LUT Lab ships an update every 3 weeks, Camelut fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LUT Lab | Camelut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Héliographe, Inc | (optional.is) |
Customer experience
LUT Lab
Camelut
In-app purchases
LUT Lab
- LUT Lab: Friendly Tip$4.99
- LUT Lab: Royal Tip$19.99
Camelut
No in-app purchases









