Comparison

MacroShader vs Unmounted

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

Head to head
About

MacroShader

Capture stunning close-up images with advanced manual camera controls and specialized processing. Features include focus peaking, RAW saving, and a unique focus shutter for precise macro shots.

Highlights
  • Focus shutter
  • Focus peaking
  • Manual camera controls
  • Save in RAW
  • Customized image processing
Features
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A macro photography app for iPhone. Features include: - Focus shutter: Tap, hold, focus and release to shoot a photo. Also just tap to shoot - Focus peaking - Manual camera controls - Save in RAW - Customised image processing for macro photography to preserve details Future releases will add more camera controls, editing tools and more

About

Unmounted

Features
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Unmounted transforms your iPhone into a powerful photo preservation tool — bringing back the stories locked inside old scrapbooks, albums, and shoeboxes. Point your camera at any page of old photographs and Unmounted automatically detects each individual photo, draws precise crop boxes around them, and lets you extract them one by one at full resolution. It's the fastest way to go from a dusty album page to a set of beautifully preserved digital images. SMART PHOTO DETECTION Unmounted uses Apple's Vision framework to find photos on any background — dark scrapbook pages, light album paper, even loose prints on a table. It identifies individual photos even when they overlap, and lets you adjust every crop box by dragging handles with precision. Long-press any box to delete it. Long-press a buried box to bring it to the front. Or draw a new box freehand with your finger. PROFESSIONAL EDITING TOOLS Each extracted photo opens in a full editing suite: • Auto Enhance — one tap intelligently balances exposure, contrast, and black point • Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows • Black Point, Saturation, Vibrance, Warmth • Sharpness and Vignette • Filters: Noir, Chrome, Fade, Transfer, and more • Crop, rotate, straighten, and flip HIGH RESOLUTION OUTPUT Export at up to 4000px on the longest edge. RAW and ProRAW files from iPhone are handled efficiently so even 48-megapixel scrapbook pages load and process quickly. Works with JPEGs, HEICs, and ProRAW files. IPTC METADATA Add captions to each photo before saving. Captions are embedded directly into the IPTC Caption-Abstract field, so your descriptions travel with the image in Photos, Lightroom, and any app that reads metadata. DESIGNED FOR REAL SCRAPBOOKS Old photos are rarely perfectly aligned. Unmounted handles tilted prints, overlapping corners, and worn edges. When auto-detection needs a nudge, simply draw your own crop rectangle. No subscription. No account. No cloud upload. Everything stays on your device. Whether you're preserving family history, digitizing an estate, or archiving a local historical collection, Unmounted gives you the tools to do it right.

Screenshots

MacroShader4 screens
Unmounted4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MacroShader at Free against Unmounted's $0.99. Unmounted's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

MacroShader is free to download; Unmounted costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MacroShader ships an update every 4 months, Unmounted every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MacroShader versus Unmounted: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacroShaderUnmounted
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAstroShader LimitedGreg Anderson

In-app purchases

None

MacroShader

No in-app purchases

None

Unmounted

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MacroShader free?
MacroShader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Unmounted free?
Unmounted costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do MacroShader or Unmounted have ads?
Neither MacroShader nor Unmounted shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MacroShader or Unmounted?
MacroShader ships an update every 4 months, and Unmounted every 2 months. Most recently, MacroShader was updated on October 1, 2026 and Unmounted on September 19, 2026.

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