Comparison

iFocus Stacking vs Bracketfuse

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

Bracketfuse

Features
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Merge bracketed exposures into one natural-looking photo — with detail in both the bright window and the dark corner. Pick 3, 5 or 7 photos of the same scene shot at different exposures (camera RAW, DNG, JPEG, HEIC or TIFF). Bracketfuse finds the brackets for you, lines the frames up and blends the best-exposed parts of each one into a single image. Everything happens on your device. • AUTO-GROUPING — select a whole shoot at once. Brackets are grouped from each photo's exposure data and capture time, and back-to-back sets are split where the exposures repeat. Tick or untick frames to fix a set. • HAND-HELD ALIGNMENT — frames are registered to the middle exposure before merging, so hand-held brackets stay sharp. • EXPOSURE FUSION — a multi-scale blend that takes contrast, colour and good exposure from every frame. Natural by default, with no halo-heavy "HDR look". • REDUCE GHOSTING — people, leaves or water that moved between shots come from one frame instead of appearing see-through. • LOOK — Natural ↔ Vivid strength, Highlights and Shadows sliders, and white balance matched to the middle exposure. • CAMERA RAW — raw files are developed with identical neutral settings, so only the exposure differs between frames. • SEE IT FIRST — the full merged preview with every option, plus a compare view against the middle exposure. • EXPORT — HEIC, JPEG or 16-bit TIFF at full resolution, keeping the reference frame's EXIF (camera, lens, date, location). Bracketfuse merges brackets you have already shot, with your camera's auto-exposure bracketing (AEB) or a bracketing camera app — it doesn't take photos. On devices with less memory, very large files are saved at the largest size the device can handle, and the result screen tells you when that happens. Merging and the full preview are included; a one-time purchase unlocks exporting the full-resolution photo. Questions: overlapmarr@gmail.com

Screenshots

iFocus Stacking4 screens
Bracketfuse3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bracketfuse at Free against iFocus Stacking's $39.99. iFocus Stacking's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads 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

Bracketfuse is free to download; iFocus Stacking costs $39.99 up front. Bracketfuse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iFocus Stacking asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iFocus Stacking versus Bracketfuse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriFocus StackingBracketfuse
Price$39.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinosecJhomar Maravillas

In-app purchases

None

iFocus Stacking

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bracketfuse

One-time1
  • Unlock Export$4.99

Questions

Is iFocus Stacking free?
iFocus Stacking costs $39.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bracketfuse free?
Bracketfuse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iFocus Stacking or Bracketfuse have ads?
Neither iFocus Stacking nor Bracketfuse shows ads.

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