Comparison

iFocus Stacking vs Spotmatic Magic

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Advanced focus stacking algorithm
  • Professional image alignment
  • Flexible input options
  • Batch processing
  • Customizable post-processing
  • Real-time progress tracking
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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SpotmaticMagic is a complete computational photography studio for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Three tools in one place — Adjust 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. 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 solves the whole adjustment chain at once — in true photographic stops — correcting color casts without blowing out highlights; take manual control whenever you like, or tap Reset All to return to Auto. On RAW files, Adjust also drives the decoder’s own Sharpness and Noise Reduction. Nothing is written until you apply. A Creative Filter Suite Transform a single photo with ten hand-built looks: • Painterly — Watercolor (soft bleeds, pooled pigment, and granulation on both the Quick and Verisimilitude presets), 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. Every painterly look is built on a real simulation, not a preset stack — watercolor runs an actual shallow-water fluid solver, and paper and pigment are sampled and composited in physically meaningful units. 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 and star alignment that fits even thin-overlap frames. • 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 — decoded on Apple’s latest RAW engine. Export as HEIF, JPEG, PNG, or 16-bit TIFF in wide-gamut Display P3, at the quality and resolution you choose, with your original EXIF, GPS, and IPTC metadata preserved. 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. Who It’s For 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. The perfect companion for a dedicated camera, and a powerful way to elevate the photos you already have.

Screenshots

iFocus Stacking4 screens
Spotmatic Magic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Spotmatic Magic at 5.0 against iFocus Stacking's 1.0. Spotmatic Magic also leads on price ($34.99 vs $39.99). iFocus Stacking's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iFocus Stacking costs $39.99 and Spotmatic Magic $34.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iFocus Stacking ships an update fortnightly, Spotmatic Magic every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
iFocus Stacking versus Spotmatic Magic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriFocus StackingSpotmatic Magic
Price$39.99$34.99 — better
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinosecErich Champion

Customer experience

iFocus Stacking

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%

Spotmatic Magic

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iFocus Stacking

No in-app purchases

None

Spotmatic Magic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iFocus Stacking free?
iFocus Stacking costs $39.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spotmatic Magic free?
Spotmatic Magic costs $34.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iFocus Stacking or Spotmatic Magic?
Spotmatic Magic is rated higher. iFocus Stacking averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Spotmatic Magic averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do iFocus Stacking or Spotmatic Magic have ads?
Neither iFocus Stacking nor Spotmatic Magic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iFocus Stacking or Spotmatic Magic?
iFocus Stacking ships an update fortnightly, and Spotmatic Magic every 5 weeks. Most recently, iFocus Stacking was updated on October 12, 2026 and Spotmatic Magic on October 10, 2026.

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