Comparison

GR Mint vs Grade Recipe Lab

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

Head to head
About

GR Mint

This app helps photographers automatically tag their photos with precise location data from compatible cameras. It offers multiple sync options and simplifies exporting, keeping your photo library organized and private.

Highlights
  • Automatic location tagging
  • Street photography organization
  • Travel journey mapping
  • Dynamic, shutter, and scheduled sync
  • Private photo export
  • JPG + RAW file management
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Your photos capture not only the moment, but also where it happened. GPS coordinates are automatically embedded in every photo, making it easy to revisit both the images and the journey behind them years later. Turn on the camera and you're connected. No need to take your phone out or relaunch the app. Location data updates as you move, or when you press the shutter. Exporting is just as simple: swipe to select multiple photos and save them to your photo library with a tap. JPG and RAW files are grouped together automatically, keeping your library organized. The 'Add Only' permission ensures the app only writes to your library without reading your existing photos. Compatible cameras GR IV series · GR III series *This app is NOT associated with the Ricoh Corporation*

About

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.

Highlights
  • Custom film recipe creation
  • Bluetooth camera control
  • Tactile editing sliders
  • Community recipe sharing
  • Remote camera settings adjustment
  • Ricoh GR IV optimization
Features
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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.

Screenshots

GR Mint3 screens
Grade Recipe Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Grade Recipe Lab at 100% against GR Mint's 0%. Grade Recipe Lab also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). GR Mint's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. GR Mint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grade Recipe Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Grade Recipe Lab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GR Mint has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of GR Mint's written reviews are positive against 100% of Grade Recipe Lab's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GR Mint ships an update every 3 weeks, Grade Recipe Lab weekly. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
GR Mint versus Grade Recipe Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGR MintGrade Recipe Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB23 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer海芸 曾Mike Rene Graumann

Customer experience

GR Mint

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Grade Recipe Lab

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

GR Mint

One-time1
  • Standard License$7.99
None

Grade Recipe Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GR Mint free?
GR Mint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grade Recipe Lab free?
Grade Recipe Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GR Mint or Grade Recipe Lab?
Grade Recipe Lab is rated higher. GR Mint averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Grade Recipe Lab averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do GR Mint or Grade Recipe Lab have ads?
Neither GR Mint nor Grade Recipe Lab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GR Mint or Grade Recipe Lab?
GR Mint ships an update every 3 weeks, and Grade Recipe Lab weekly. Most recently, GR Mint was updated on October 1, 2026 and Grade Recipe Lab on October 1, 2026.

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