Comparison

Acetate vs VoltCut

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

Head to head
About

Acetate

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The Digital Darkroom for Purists. Acetate bridges pure RAW capture and the soul of analog film — now for stills and motion. Built for image-makers who understand that a frame is made, not taken. Every adjustment runs on-device: no cloud, no account, no tracking. PURE RAW CAPTURE Shoot Apple ProRAW (DNG) on every supported iPhone. Acetate bypasses standard processing and writes the sensor's uncompressed data straight to your library, preserving every stop of dynamic range for post. PRO SHOOTING MODES Full manual or assisted: Auto, Program (P), Shutter Priority (S), ISO Priority, Manual (M), Night, and Long Exposure to 30 seconds. Swap ultra-wide, wide, and telephoto with a tap, or flip to the front camera. Self-timer and burst on the hardware shutter. MOTION — SHOOT CINE Video with the same discipline as stills. Full manual ISO, shutter, white balance, and focus. Up to 4K, high frame rates on supported devices, 10-bit Apple Log, ProRes 422, or HEVC. Cinematic stabilisation, Cine mode with shutter-angle control, broadcast timecode, and multi-source audio with a live meter. Bake a LUT into the file, or keep it monitor-only and grade later. THE VIDEO EDITOR Open any clip — from your library or shared straight into Acetate. Trim with frame-accurate handles, scrub and step a frame at a time, apply any look or your own .cube LUT, push exposure and tone, hold to compare, and export at source quality. The same colour pipeline as the photo editor, frame by frame. FILM LOOKS Twenty 3D LUTs in two families: research-informed film-stock emulations (Soft 400, Warm 200, Slide 100, Mono, Noir…) and art-directed looks (Teal & Orange, Bleach Bypass, '90s Cinema, Golden Hour…). Press and hold to preview live. OPEN LUT Tap any filter and the editor sliders move to reflect the look — see exactly what each LUT is doing and tweak from there. A tick mark shows the filter's value; reset snaps back, long-press clears to zero. Works for built-in films, looks, and imported .cube LUTs. BAKE YOUR OWN LUTs Save any edit as a portable .cube LUT and apply it to photos and videos with one tap — or load it in the camera and shoot your own signature look. Import from Files, iCloud, or AirDrop, in the camera or the editor. Export to Lightroom, Premiere, or DaVinci. THE EDITOR Full-strength tools: three-way colour grading wheels with per-range luma, OkLab perceptual HSL, RGB curves, split toning, filmic highlight rolloff, dehaze, texture, edge-aware denoise, and selective masks — radial, linear-gradient, and one-tap Subject / Person / Background / Sky via Apple's Vision framework. ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE Smart tools that run on your iPhone — and explain themselves. Smart LUT writes a per-scene recipe, then drops it onto editable sliders so you see and adjust every move. Plus auto-enhance, auto-straighten, and one-tap Object Removal (A15 / M1 or newer). PRO TOOLS Live RGB and luminance histograms, a luma waveform, zebras, false-colour exposure, focus peaking, a manual-focus loupe, framing guides, and a haptic level indicator. Continuous Kelvin/tint white balance with lock, plus AE lock — in photo and video, no drift mid-shot. PRIVACY FOCUSED Your photos and videos are yours. No account, no cloud, no analytics. Location is used strictly for EXIF geotagging on what you capture, and never leaves your device. Capture, edit, AI, and export all work offline. Don't just filter. Develop.

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VoltCut

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VoltCut is a pro-grade video editor that runs entirely on your phone. Cut on a frame-exact multi-track timeline, grade with real tone curves and your own .cube LUTs, sync cuts to the beat, and preview every change live — nothing uploads, nothing waits for a server. EDIT • Multi-track timeline: video, text, stickers, music and picture-in-picture • Frame-exact trims, split, reorder with live-slide clips • Transitions: crossfade, wipes, slides, circle • Speed 0.1×–10× plus custom speed curves • Scene detect: split long footage into cuts automatically GRADE • Real tone curves — master + R/G/B channels, live on your footage • Import your own .cube LUTs, dial intensity • Apple Log conversion for flat footage • Filters and full adjustments: brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, skin smooth SOUND • Real waveforms on every music track • Beat detection with markers on the timeline • 3-band EQ (bass / mid / treble) per clip and per track • Auto-duck music under footage audio, fades, voice effects EFFECTS & MORE • 42 real-time effects, from glitch to dreamy — with live previews • Six blend modes for picture-in-picture: normal to soft light • Chroma key, shape masks, Ken Burns keyframes • Auto captions on-device, SRT import, karaoke styling • Text with fonts, styles, stroke, shadow and animations EXPORT • Up to 4K, H.264 or HEVC, with a size estimate before you export • Straight to your photo library or share sheet FREE & FAIR Everyday editing is free, forever. Three pro tools (Effects, Curves, LUTs) are unlocked by a short ad for 24 hours — or go Ad-Free with a subscription and own them permanently, with every ad removed. Your projects are never locked: anything you've made keeps rendering and exporting, always. Everything happens on your phone. Nothing is uploaded, ever. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vibecut.asgharas.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Acetate4 screens
VoltCut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Acetate at none against VoltCut's 2. Acetate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. VoltCut sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Acetate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Acetate ships an update every 6 days, VoltCut every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Acetate versus VoltCut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAcetateVoltCut
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size246 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBMB ENTERPRISES LTDMalook Shah

In-app purchases

None

Acetate

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

VoltCut

Subscriptions2
  • Ad-Free Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Ad-Free Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Acetate free?
Acetate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VoltCut free?
VoltCut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Acetate or VoltCut have ads?
VoltCut shows ads; Acetate does not.
Which is updated more often, Acetate or VoltCut?
Acetate ships an update every 6 days, and VoltCut every 2 weeks. Most recently, Acetate was updated on October 30, 2026 and VoltCut on October 31, 2026.

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