Comparison

Deband vs Chroia

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

Head to head
About

Deband

This tool uses AI to intelligently remove color banding from photos, restoring natural transitions in skies, shadows, and soft tones. It preserves image detail and quality, offering a fast and easy way to achieve polished, professional-looking images without artifacts.

Highlights
  • AI color banding removal
  • Restores natural transitions
  • Preserves image detail
  • Fast and lightweight
  • Easy to use
Features
Read full description

Smooth out your photos with precision. Color banding ruins beautiful gradients - whether it's skies, shadows, or soft tones. Deband intelligently removes banding and restores natural transitions, giving your photos a polished, professional look. - Preserves image detail and quality - Fast, lightweight, and easy to use Perfect for photographers, designers, and anyone who wants clean, gradient-rich images without artifacts.

About

Chroia

Read full description

A camera that reproduces risograph printing — multi-plate color separation, halftone dot screens, and intentional plate misregistration, rendered live in your viewfinder. Or bring in any photo from your library and print it the same way. SEVEN REAL PRINT PROCESSES * Riso Duotone — color-separated into pink + cobalt plates, overprinted * Flat Screenprint — halftone-free spot color * Offset Newsprint — a genuine CMY rosette, vintage press texture * Photocopy — Xerox-style decay and scan noise * Engraving — single-plate crosshatch * Mimeograph — blocky ink blotches * Spot Color Halftone — the most saturated color survives a black dot screen Each one is a genuinely different rendering pipeline — not one filter with seven color presets. EVERY VALUE IS A SLIDER Pick a catalog spot ink or mix your own with hue, saturation, and brightness — plus paper stock and paper grain, screen angle, dot width, halftone dots or riso grain, and misregistration strength. Nothing is hardcoded to a preset. Dial in your own look. WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU PRINT Riso Duotone and every single-plate process render in full in the viewfinder — every ink plate and the intentional misregistration, exactly as saved. Offset Newsprint previews one CMY plate live for speed and composites all three at the shutter. YOUR PHOTOS, REPRINTED Tap the photo button next to the shutter to open any photo from your library in the same print processes and sliders. A before/after split shows exactly what changed, and your original is never touched — the print is saved as a new photo. TRY EVERYTHING FREE Preview and adjust all seven print processes at no cost. Saving with Photocopy is free; Full Unlock is a single one-time purchase ($5.99, not a subscription) that lets you save with the other six: Riso Duotone, Flat Screenprint, Offset Newsprint, Engraving, Mimeograph, and Spot Color Halftone. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'D EXPECT * HEIC capture, saved straight to a dedicated "Chroia" album in your Photos library — no separate account, no cloud * The mechanism you shot with is written into every photo's own EXIF * In English, Japanese and Korean No ads. No tracking.

Screenshots

Deband3 screens
Chroia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deband at none against Chroia's 1. Deband also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Chroia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Deband asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deband ships an update every 2 days, Chroia fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Deband versus Chroia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDebandChroia
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMikhail KavaleuskiJaehoon Lee

In-app purchases

None

Deband

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Chroia

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$5.99

Questions

Is Deband free?
Deband is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chroia free?
Chroia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Deband or Chroia have ads?
Neither Deband nor Chroia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deband or Chroia?
Deband ships an update every 2 days, and Chroia fortnightly. Most recently, Deband was updated on November 12, 2026 and Chroia on November 10, 2026.

Other comparisons