GR WORLD vs Grade Recipe Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GR WORLD
This app enables remote camera control and image import from compatible GR series cameras to your smartphone. Organize photos into albums, display them as a widget, and even send location data to your camera for geotagging.
- Import images to smartphone
- Organize photos into albums
- Display images as a home screen widget
- Remote shutter release
- Set self-timer
- Send location information to camera
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GR WORLD is an app that allows you to import images and perform shooting remotely by connecting a GR series camera to a smartphone. 【Feature】 1. Import images, Album, Widget You can import taken images to your smartphone. The images can be organized into albums, or displayed as a widget on the smartphone home screen, allowing you to enjoy viewing them just like a digital photo frame. 2. Remote shooting You can remotely release the camera shutter and set the self-timer. 3. Send location information to the camera. Location information acquired from the smartphone can be sent to the camera to record location information on images captured by the camera. Location information is acquired and sent to the camera even when the application is in the background or the smartphone is in sleep mode. 【Supported Digital Cameras】 RICOH GR IV RICOH GR IV HDF RICOH GR IV Monochrome RICOH GR III RICOH GR III HDF RICOH GR IIIx RICOH GR IIIx HDF RICOH GR II 【Supported OS】 iOS 16 - 18, iOS 26 * Operation is not guaranteed on all devices. * Operation is confirmed on these devices as of January 2026, but this information may be changed at any time in the future without prior notice. 【Note】 For detail about GR WORLD, refer to the website. https://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/products/app/gr-world/
Grade Recipe Lab
Create and send custom "film looks" to your Ricoh GR camera via Bluetooth. Design your visual style with a tactile editor and share your creations with a community of photographers. Optimize your GR camera's settings remotely.
- Custom film recipe creation
- Bluetooth camera control
- Tactile editing sliders
- Community recipe sharing
- Remote camera settings adjustment
- Ricoh GR IV optimization
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GRade turns your Ricoh GR IV into exactly the camera you want to shoot with. Build Image Control "recipes" — the film- looks you love — and send them straight to the camera's custom slots over Bluetooth. No cables, no digging through menus. DESIGN YOUR LOOK A tactile editor with meter-style sliders for contrast, highlight and shadow, saturation, hue, toning, clarity, grain and film-simulation filters. SEND IT TO THE CAMERA Write recipes to the camera's custom slots over Bluetooth. Set white balance, ISO and exposure live, read the mode dial, and even power the camera on or off from your phone. A COMMUNITY OF LOOKS Browse recipes shared by other photographers, download the ones you like, and share your own with an optional sample photo. Browsing and rating stay anonymous. MADE FOR THE GR Everything is tuned for the way the GR shoots — quick, quiet, and ready when you are. GRade is an independent app. It is not made by, affiliated with, or endorsed by Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. “RICOH” and “GR” are trademarks of their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Grade Recipe Lab at 100% against GR WORLD's 14%. Grade Recipe Lab also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). GR WORLD's advantage is ratings volume (74 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Grade Recipe Lab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GR WORLD has 74 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of GR WORLD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Grade Recipe Lab's.
GR WORLD ships an update every 2 months, Grade Recipe Lab weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GR WORLD | Grade Recipe Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (74 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | RICOH IMAGING COMPANY,LTD | Mike Rene Graumann |
Customer experience
GR WORLD
Grade Recipe Lab
Bugs and requests
GR WORLD
Reported bugs
2 issues- VPN disrupts camera connection
- Edited photos not shown as recent
Requested features
3 requests- Live view for remote shooting
- Background photo sync
- Ability to upload presets from app to camera
Grade Recipe Lab
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GR WORLD
No in-app purchases
Grade Recipe Lab
No in-app purchases
