Comparison

Emulsify vs Koloristika

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

Head to head
About

Emulsify

Instantly transform your iPhone videos into cinematic masterpieces with authentic film stock emulation. Apply professional color grading, diffusion, and grain effects with a single tap. Export in stunning 4K quality while preserving audio and frame rate.

Highlights
  • One-tap film stock application
  • Real-time preview
  • Professional color adjustments
  • Diffusion and Halation effects
  • Add Grain and Dust
  • Save Presets
  • Export in 4K
Features
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Transform Your Apple Log footage and Standard iPhone video footage Into Cinematic Film in 1 click for posting and viewing. Converts Apple Log footage with physically accurate Film Stock emulation. Emulsify brings film emulation to your iPhone. Import your Apple Log or normal Camera videos and instantly apply authentic film stock looks with professional color grading. FEATURES - Easy conversion to Film Stock so you can post straight to social media - One-tap film stock application - Real-time preview with live playback - Professional color adjustments - Exposure control - Tonal Adjustments - Color Wheels - HSL Adjustments - Touch and hold to compare before/after - Diffusion and Halation effects - Add Grain and Dust - Rounded cinematic film gate toggle - Save Presets - Export in original 4K quality - Preserves frame rate and audio FILM STOCKS Standard Film Stock: - Kodak Vision3 - Professional cinema film Premium subscription ($1.99/month): - Fuji Eterna - Soft, muted tones - Kodak Portra - Beautiful skin tones - CineStill 800T - Tungsten cinema look - Ilford HP5 - Classic black & white - Agfa Vista - Warm consumer film - Kodak Ektar 100 - Vivid, fine grain - Fuji Pro 400H - Creamy pastels - Kodak Gold 200 - Nostalgic warmth - Fuji Velvia 50 - Ultra-saturated landscapes PERFECT FOR - Filmmakers and content creators - iPhone 15, 16, 17 Pro & Pro Max users - Apple LOG video enthusiasts - Anyone wanting the film aesthetic REQUIREMENTS - iPhone running iOS 17.0 or later - Apple LOG footage import - Works with any video format SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION - Premium subscription: $1.99/month - Payment charged to iTunes Account at confirmation - Auto-renews unless turned off 24 hours before period ends - Manage subscriptions in Account Settings - Try all LUTs before subscribing - export requires subscription Transform your videos with authentic film looks. Download Emulsify today. Not compatible with iPad or Apple Watch. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Koloristika

This app captures photos using raw sensor data, bypassing computational photography to deliver authentic film-like results. It offers advanced editing tools based on photochemical processes and allows for sharing unique looks via short codes.

Highlights
  • Bypasses computational photography for raw sensor data
  • Film-inspired photochemical editing tools
  • RAW + JPG capture
  • Non-destructive RAW editor with six sliders
  • DRX Dynamic Range Extension
  • Tone Seed for sharing looks
  • Scout Mode with focal length equivalents
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Your phone finishes every photo before you see it. Face detection, scene recognition, exposure blending, a neural network deciding what your sky should look like. Koloristika keeps the negative, a RAW, and develops it with color made for cinema. It comes from The Brim® Industrial Imaging Bureau, the cinema color-science lab that has defined what "cinematic" looks like since 2014. Color for IMAX features, global campaigns, Netflix and Apple TV+ series. Every shot is saved as a RAW and a JPEG, paired. Your edits sit on top of the RAW and never touch it, so you can change the look tonight or a year from now. Reframe to a longer simulated lens in real millimeters, in cinema or photo formats, and the RAW is never cut. Auto Horizon straightens up to ten degrees at capture. If you disagree, put it back. Nothing else is built this way. MONOLITH. Not a black & white mode. A new kind of photograph, and a world first: the first panchromatic black & white RAW from a color sensor. It never makes a color photo. It builds the black & white straight from the sensor data, every color counted by how bright it looks to the eye, like black & white film. One 16-bit channel, no color noise. Neutral, Red, Yellow, Green and Blue filters go into the negative, like glass on the lens. Long-press any older Koloristika RAW to make a mono negative from it. No AI. DOUBLET. The first app to make a true double-exposure RAW. The two frames are added at the sensor-data level, before the picture is built, and saved as one negative. DSTOCK. Seven years of R&D. Every stock is measured from motion picture film. SILVERLITH. Bleach bypass built in film density, the way a lab does it. Slide it the other way and only the dye moves. FORMULATIONS. F1, F2, F3. Set your look before the shot. Change it after. THE EDITOR. Six sliders modeled from film: density, exposure, upper density, temperature, tint and subtractive saturation. Horizontal for big moves, vertical for fine ones. Saved as you go. DRX. Two extra stops from one shot, two renders fused by luminance. Not HDR, not bracketing. CLR. Color Locus Reset. Color noise that falls outside real color is walked back to the edge of what light can be. The grain stays. ON SET. Scout Mode adds cinema and photo ratios and simulated lenses beyond the one on your phone. Chromogram reads the seven dominant hues of the frame live and sizes each by how much of the frame it fills. Turn on FrameStamp when you export. TONE SEED. A whole edit in eight characters, short enough to text to the DP. GALLERY. Chronological, with a badge on every thumbnail. Calendar view. Map view. EXPORT. JPEG or TIFF. Full or half resolution. 8-bit or 16-bit. QUICK ACCESS. Open the camera from the Lock Screen, Control Center, or Camera Control on iPhone 16 and later. 36 shots free, no clock. Then a subscription, monthly or yearly. Your photos stay on your device. Location is off until you turn it on. No accounts with us, no tracking, no ads. iCloud sync is optional and runs on your own account. The negative is yours. So is everything you make from it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.thebrim.pictures/koloristika-privacy.html

Screenshots

Emulsify4 screens
Koloristika4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Koloristika at 5.0 against Emulsify's 4.0. Koloristika also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and 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

Both are free to download. Emulsify sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Koloristika sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Koloristika holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Emulsify's written reviews are positive against 75% of Koloristika's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emulsify ships an update every 3 days, Koloristika every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Emulsify versus Koloristika: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmulsifyKoloristika
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVaughn Lee-ThorpTHE BRIM - FZCO

Customer experience

Emulsify

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Koloristika

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Emulsify

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Film Stocks$1.991 Month
  • Premium Film Stocks Yearly$19.991 Year
2 purchases

Koloristika

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Emulsify free?
Emulsify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Koloristika free?
Koloristika is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Emulsify or Koloristika?
Koloristika is rated higher. Emulsify averages 4.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Koloristika averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Emulsify or Koloristika have ads?
Neither Emulsify nor Koloristika shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Emulsify or Koloristika?
Emulsify ships an update every 3 days, and Koloristika every 5 days. Most recently, Emulsify was updated on October 28, 2026 and Koloristika on October 28, 2026.

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