Comparison

Project Indigo vs Wallie Frame

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

Head to head
About

Project Indigo

This camera app uses computational photography and AI to capture high-quality images with natural-looking results. It offers manual controls for professionals and advanced features like super-resolution zoom and macro mode for all users.

Highlights
  • Computational photography pipeline
  • Natural image look with AI
  • Full manual camera controls
  • Super-resolution zoom
  • Macro mode
  • Live viewfinder with histogram and zebra stripes
  • Lightroom integration
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Welcome to Project Indigo, a new camera experience from Adobe Labs. With a custom computational photography pipeline, a natural image look, and full set of manual camera controls, it offers something for professional and casual photographers alike. Also with new controls for computational cameras and a glimpse into the future of AI image processing on our Tech Previews page. Available for iPhone 12 and 13 Pro/Pro Max, and all 14-series or newer iPhones, with initial support for iPads. For best experience we recommend using iPhone 15 Pro or newer. A COMPUTATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CAMERA Instead of capturing a single photo, for every photo Indigo captures a burst of photos and combines them together to produce a high-quality photo with lower noise and higher dynamic range. PHOTO MODE VS NIGHT MODE Photo mode is intended for everyday use in good lighting and has zero shutter lag, meaning it captures the moment you wanted. Night mode is intended for use in low light. In this mode images are captured after you press the shutter button, but use longer exposure times, further reducing noise. NATURAL LOOK Photos produced by Indigo employ computational photography and AI to produce a natural (SLR-like) look for your photos, including special (but gentle) treatment of subjects and skies. This look is applied when generating JPEG images and is embedded as a rendering suggestion in raw DNG files (if enabled). All raw pixels remain intact – the look does not alter them. PRO CONTROLS Take full control of how Indigo captures the image: manually specify focus, exposure time and ISO, exposure compensation, or white balance. Includes an optional magnified loupe for setting precise focus, and white balance control allows you to tap on an object known to be neutral gray. Unique to Indigo’s Night mode is manual control over the number of frames aligned and merged into a final photo. More frames result in lower noise but longer capture time. There is also a Long Exposure mode: if the phone is on a tripod, this allows the capture of synthetic long exposure effects like “water-into-silk" with infinite number of frames where the camera captures and merges images until stopped. SUPER-RESOLUTION FOR ZOOM Using pinch-to-zoom in any camera app often results in image quality loss. To recover the image Indigo employs multi-frame super-resolution which can restore much of the lost quality. ‘SR’ indicator on the zoom buttons shows when it is active. MACRO MODE Enable Macro from the viewfinder and capture stunning close-up shots. VIEWFINDER Provides a view of the camera parameters that will be used for capture, a live histogram of the scene, zebra striping that shows you where there are over-exposed areas in the image, and a level to help you capture straight images. LIGHTROOM INTEGRATION Adobe Lightroom for mobile is the most powerful photo editor in the App Store. Indigo filmstrip allows you to send an image directly to Lightroom mobile app for editing. In addition, our raw DNG files provide maximum compatibility with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. TECHNOLOGY PREVIEWS Technology Previews will be a place where we will offer an early look at technologies that may eventually be deployed in Adobe’s flagship products, or that already appear in these products in a slightly different form: - AI Denoise is a variant of the AI-based denoising from Camera Raw and Lightroom desktop clients. It uses DNG as input, and it saves a new DNG to your camera roll. - Remove Reflections is a variant of the technology from Camera Raw and Lightroom desktop clients. It uses DNG as input, and it saves a medium-resolution JPEG to your camera roll. It tries to remove reflections when shooting through plate glass windows covering most of the camera field of view. - Face Dewarp corrects warp on faces near the edge of images captured using wide-angle lenses. It uses DNG or JPEG as input and saves a JPEG to your camera roll.

About

Wallie Frame

Transform your home into a dynamic photo gallery with wireless e-ink frames. Effortlessly manage and display cherished memories, create custom galleries, and share photos with family and friends. Enjoy a glare-free, paper-like display with over a year of battery life.

Highlights
  • Wireless e-ink frames
  • Create custom photo galleries
  • Smart frame control and scheduling
  • Effortless photo management
  • Optional Wi-Fi-free operation
  • Family photo sharing
  • End-to-end encryption
Features
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Transform Your Home Into a Living Gallery of Memories Wallie brings your cherished photos to life with the warmth and comfort of printed pictures. Connect, sync, and display your favorite memories on beautiful wireless e-ink frames that blend seamlessly into your home décor. GALLERY WALLS Group your frames into Galleries — Kitchen, Hallway, Main Suite Arrange them on screen the way they actually hang Every frame in a Gallery can share one album, or play its own Start with one frame and add to the wall any time SMART FRAME CONTROL Manage every Wallie frame from one app, in List or Layout view Tap Next Photo and wake your frame instantly for something fresh Set wake and sleep schedules so your frames rest when you do See battery, status, and when each frame checks in next Over a year of battery life in Power Saver mode No cords, no complexity — just pure simplicity MADE FOR E-INK Your best photos are picked and framed for your wall automatically One-tap Polish: brighten faces, bring them closer, boost for e-ink Photo Defaults apply your look to every photo you add Crop and adjust each photo for the way it will hang EFFORTLESS PHOTO MANAGEMENT Upload right from your camera roll Build albums and give them to any frame or Gallery See what's coming with Up Next, and reorder it Choose how often each frame moves to the next photo — or hold one for as long as you like WORKS WITHOUT WI-FI (optional) Set a frame up with no network at all and send photos straight from your phone Perfect for offices, dorms, and gifts SHARE IT WITH YOUR PEOPLE Invite family to your Household so everyone can add photos Let friends send Postcards straight to your frame Share Wallie and earn credit toward your next frame SECURE & PRIVATE End-to-end encryption for all cloud photo uploads Your account, your photos — no ads, ever Unlimited private cloud storage for your memories PERFECT FOR EVERY HOME Glare-free, paper-like e-ink display quality Completely wireless design for any room Seamless home décor integration Easy setup in minutes, with firmware updates handled for you Turn your walls into a dynamic, ever-changing gallery that tells your story. Download Wallie today and rediscover the joy of displaying your most precious memories. Requires a Wallie frame (sold separately at wallieframe.com)

Screenshots

Project Indigo4 screens
Wallie Frame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Wallie Frame at 4.5 against Project Indigo's 3.8. Wallie Frame also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.5). Project Indigo's advantage is ratings volume (728 vs 4). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wallie Frame holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Project Indigo has 728 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Project Indigo ships an update every 3 weeks, Wallie Frame every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Project Indigo versus Wallie Frame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProject IndigoWallie Frame
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (728 ratings)4.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings728 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size347 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdobe Labs, Inc.Wallie Frame, LLC

Customer experience

Project Indigo

All ratings719 ratings
Positive64.4%
Neutral11.5%
Negative24.1%
Written reviews1,214 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral15.7%
Negative38.8%

Wallie Frame

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Project Indigo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Shutter sound cannot be disabled
  • AI-based features causing loss of detail

Requested features

3 requests
  • Support for higher resolution photos
  • Improved tap-to-focus functionality
  • Better optimization for battery and thermal performance

Wallie Frame

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Project Indigo

No in-app purchases

None

Wallie Frame

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Project Indigo free?
Project Indigo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wallie Frame free?
Wallie Frame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Project Indigo or Wallie Frame?
Wallie Frame is rated higher. Project Indigo averages 3.8 out of 5 from 728 ratings, while Wallie Frame averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Project Indigo or Wallie Frame have ads?
Neither Project Indigo nor Wallie Frame shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Project Indigo or Wallie Frame?
Project Indigo ships an update every 3 weeks, and Wallie Frame every 6 days. Most recently, Project Indigo was updated on November 9, 2026 and Wallie Frame on November 8, 2026.

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