iFocus Stacking vs Spotmatic Magic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iFocus Stacking
This app creates perfectly sharp photographs by combining multiple images shot at different focus distances. Achieve unprecedented depth of field for intricate macro details, landscapes, or product shots. It offers professional-grade tools for image alignment and processing.
- Advanced focus stacking algorithm
- Professional image alignment
- Flexible input options
- Batch processing
- Customizable post-processing
- Real-time progress tracking
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Transform your photography with iFocus Stacking, the top-grade app that combines multiple images shot at different focus distances into a single, perfectly sharp photograph. Whether you're capturing intricate macro details, expansive landscapes, or product photography, achieve unprecedented depth of field that's impossible with a single shot. ### Key Features **Advanced Focus Stacking Algorithm** • State-of-the-art algorithm for superior image quality • Intelligent processing for crisp, artifact-free results **Flexible Input Options** • Import from Photos library or Files app • Share images directly from other apps • Support for JPEG, HEIC, PNG, and other common formats • Batch processing for multiple image stacks **Seamless User Experience** • Real-time progress tracking with detailed stage information • Interactive image reordering with drag-and-drop • Thumbnail preview grid for easy image management • Comprehensive settings with helpful explanations
Spotmatic Magic
This app offers a comprehensive suite of computational photography tools for mobile and desktop. It allows for real-time image adjustments, creative filter application, and advanced stacking techniques like HDR and astrophotography. Supports RAW import from various cameras and export to multiple formats.
- Real-time image adjustments with live histogram
- Creative filter suite including painterly and film emulation
- Advanced stacking: Focus, HDR, Astrophotography
- Motion removal and long exposure simulation
- RAW import from major camera manufacturers
- Export to HEIF, JPEG, PNG, 16-bit TIFF
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SpotmaticMagic is a complete computational photography studio for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Work in one place across three tools — Adjust your tone and color with a live preview, apply a creative Filter like Watercolor or a classic film stock, or Transform a whole sequence with desktop-class algorithms like Focus Stacking, HDR Fusion, and Astrophotography Stacking. Bring in photos from any camera, including full-resolution RAW. Adjust in Real Time Fine-tune every image on a live canvas with an on-screen luminance histogram. Drag Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, Contrast, Black & White Point, Brilliance, Saturation, Vibrance, Warmth, and Tint — plus a true vignette. Every slider starts on a smart Auto value that corrects color casts without blowing out highlights; take manual control whenever you like, or tap Reset All to return to Auto. Nothing is written until you apply. A Creative Filter Suite Transform a single photo with eleven hand-built looks: • Painterly — Watercolor (soft bleeds and pooled pigment), Oil Painting (thick impasto relief), Ink Painting (sumi-e ink wash), Painterly Media (pastel, gouache, and acrylic), and Impressionist brushwork. • Graphic — Cartoon, Line Drawing (pen, pencil, and charcoal), and Photo Abstraction. • Selective Focus — color splash, background blur, and spotlight effects driven by automatic subject detection. • Film — authentic color and black-and-white film-stock emulation, including Kodak Portra, Ektar, and Kodachrome; Fujifilm Velvia, Provia, and Astia; and Ilford and Fujifilm B&W stocks like Tri-X, HP5 Plus, T-Max, Delta, and Neopan Acros — each with real grain, sharpness, and halation. Pro Stacking & Transform Combine an image sequence with hardware-accelerated algorithms: • Focus Stacking — merge images shot at different focus distances into a single edge-to-edge sharp photo, with optional per-pixel optical-flow refinement. • HDR Fusion (Natural & Vibrant) — blend exposure brackets for the full dynamic range of a scene, in realistic or punchy styles. • Astrophotography Stacking — reduce noise and reveal deep-sky detail, with full bias, dark, flat, and dark-flat calibration support. • Motion Removal — erase passing tourists or cars from a burst of otherwise identical frames. • Long Exposure & Motion Blur — simulate silky water and light trails without an ND filter. • Image Alignment — scale-robust feature-based alignment built for handheld and macro sequences. Any Camera, Any Format Import from your Photo Library, or choose individual files or a whole folder. SpotmaticMagic reads full-resolution RAW from every major manufacturer — Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Olympus / OM System, Panasonic, and more, plus universal DNG — now with correct RAW decoding on iPhone and iPad. Export your finished image as HEIF, JPEG, PNG, or 16-bit TIFF. Inspect Every Detail Tap any result to open a fullscreen Zoom Inspector. Pan and zoom with a navigator minimap, and press and hold to compare your edit against the original. Desktop-Class Performance on Device SpotmaticMagic is built on a highly optimized Metal graphics pipeline, with operations like 8-DOF homography alignment and optical flow running locally. Everything happens on your device — no cloud uploads — maximizing your privacy and speed. The app fully supports Dark Mode and is localized for many languages, including Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Who It's For SpotmaticMagic is for macro and landscape shooters, astrophotographers, and any creative who wants real control over how their photos look — from a quick live adjustment to a painterly filter to a precision focus stack. It's the perfect companion for a dedicated camera, and a powerful way to elevate the photos you've already taken.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Spotmatic Magic at $0.99 against iFocus Stacking's $39.99. Spotmatic Magic also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). iFocus Stacking's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ratings volume, 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
iFocus Stacking costs $39.99 and Spotmatic Magic $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spotmatic Magic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
iFocus Stacking ships an update fortnightly, Spotmatic Magic monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iFocus Stacking | Spotmatic Magic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $39.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Linosec | Erich Champion |
Customer experience
iFocus Stacking
Spotmatic Magic
In-app purchases
iFocus Stacking
No in-app purchases
Spotmatic Magic
No in-app purchases
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