Comparison

MacroShader vs AstroFinish

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

AstroFinish

Edit astrophotography images directly on your iPhone. Enhance deep-sky objects, clean up skies, and sharpen moon shots with specialized tools. Supports various image formats and offers batch processing for efficient editing.

Highlights
  • Auto Astro Polish
  • Deep Sky enhancement
  • Moon sharpening
  • Nebula and galaxy detail
  • Denoise and star reduction
  • Batch processing
  • RAW and FITS support
Features
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AstroFinish is a darkroom for astrophotography on iPhone. It is built for the shots that come off smart telescopes, backyard rigs, and late-night moon sessions: the ones that are almost there, but need a cleaner sky and a better finish. Start fast with Auto Astro Polish, Deep Sky, Moon Sharp, and other built-in looks. Or dial it in by hand with controls made for space photos, including black point, glow cleanup, nebula reveal, galaxy detail, denoise, star reduction, and moon sharpening. Import from Photos or Files, work with JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, RAW-style images, and FITS sessions, then export finished images or shareable before/after cards. Batch Finish helps run one look across a queue when you came home with more than one keeper. AstroFinish stays local. No account. No cloud upload. No tracking SDKs. Your captures stay on your iPhone unless you choose to share or save them. Built for: Smart telescope captures Deep-sky photos, nebulae, galaxies, star fields, and moon shots Quick fixes when the sky glow gets rude Manual finishing when you want the last word FITS reveal and stack workflows Local exports, share sheets, and before/after cards AstroFinish is for people who would rather be outside collecting photons than fighting a desktop editor at 1 a.m.

Screenshots

MacroShader4 screens
AstroFinish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AstroFinish at every 4 days against MacroShader's every 4 months. AstroFinish also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MacroShader against 4.9 for AstroFinish. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AstroFinish has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MacroShader ships an update every 4 months, AstroFinish every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MacroShader versus AstroFinish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacroShaderAstroFinish
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAstroShader LimitedCody Adams

Customer experience

MacroShader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AstroFinish

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MacroShader

No in-app purchases

None

AstroFinish

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MacroShader free?
MacroShader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AstroFinish free?
AstroFinish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MacroShader or AstroFinish?
MacroShader is rated higher. MacroShader averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while AstroFinish averages 4.9 from 8 ratings.
Do MacroShader or AstroFinish have ads?
Neither MacroShader nor AstroFinish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MacroShader or AstroFinish?
MacroShader ships an update every 4 months, and AstroFinish every 4 days. Most recently, MacroShader was updated on October 1, 2026 and AstroFinish on October 21, 2026.

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