Mapmediary vs Lutter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mapmediary
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Mapmediary is a lifelog app that lets you record photos, videos, diary entries, and activities together on a map. 【Key Features】 ■ Map-Based Memory Recording Simply select your photos and videos, and pins are automatically placed on the map using location data. See all the places you've visited at a glance and beautifully preserve your travel memories. ■ Diary Feature Record your daily experiences with text. Save your mood and weather alongside your entries. Combine with photos and videos to create your own personal diary. ■ AI Diary & Post Generation AI analyzes the content of your photos and videos to automatically generate diary entries and social media captions. Easily create text optimized for Instagram, X (Twitter), Facebook, Threads, and more. ■ Activity Recording & Apple Watch Integration Record walking, running, cycling, and other routes with GPS. Track distance, calories, elevation gain, and more. Import workout route data from Apple Watch and revisit your activities alongside your memories on the map. ■ "On This Day" Notifications Receive push notifications about photos taken on this day in previous years. Rediscover cherished memories and make every day special. ■ Group Feature Organize memories by trips or events. Create your own albums like "Summer Road Trip" or "Family Vacation 2026". ■ Category Classification Sort memories by categories such as restaurants, tourist spots, nature, and shopping. Easy to find and fun to browse later. ■ Cloud Sync Your data is securely stored in the cloud. When you switch devices, simply log in to restore all your memories. ■ Web Access (Paid Plans) View your memories on a larger screen through PC or tablet browsers. 【Privacy Commitment】 - Photos are accessible only to you - Export or delete your data anytime 【Pricing Plans】 - Free: Up to 200MB, last 14 days viewable, AI available by watching ads - Basic: $3.99/month for up to 2GB, ad-free, web access, AI available by watching ads - Plus: $5.99/month for up to 5GB, ad-free, web access, AI available by watching ads - Standard: $9.99/month for up to 15GB, ad-free, web access, 20 free AI generations/month - Premium: $14.99/month for up to 50GB, ad-free, web access, 50 free AI generations/month Why not preserve your precious memories together with a map? Create your own memory map with Mapmediary. 【About Subscriptions】 - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account - Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - You can cancel anytime from your account settings Terms of Use: https://mapmediary.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://mapmediary.com/privacy
Lutter
Enhance your photos and videos with cinematic filters, precise color controls, and advanced editing tools. Apply built-in or custom LUTs, refine exposure, contrast, and color with curves and wheels, and add film textures. Export in high resolutions with various formats, including HDR.
- Apply and stack LUTs
- Precise color and light adjustments
- Film grain, halation, and bloom effects
- Histogram, waveform, and vectorscope
- Reference image comparison
- Advanced video export options
- On-device media processing
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Lutter brings LUTs, cinematic filters and precise color controls to photo and video editing on iPhone and iPad. Apply a look, then refine the light and color to suit your work. Build your look • Apply built-in looks or import your own LUTs. • Stack LUTs and independent color adjustments. Change their order and strength, or toggle a layer to compare. • Refine exposure, contrast, saturation, vibrance, white balance and tint. Shape light with curves and color wheels. • Add film grain, warm halation and soft bloom for the texture you want. See each adjustment • Compare the original and graded image, or work in full screen. • Check exposure and color with a histogram, waveform, vectorscope and false color. • Save or import reference images to compare while grading. Copy and paste color settings between projects for a consistent look. Edit and export • Adjust color and composition in your photos, crop, and save as JPEG, HEIF, PNG or TIFF. • Trim, crop, rotate and flip video. Reduce handheld shake with stabilization. • Export video up to 4K with H.264, HEVC or ProRes 422. Compatible settings support HDR export. • Export supported color adjustments as a .cube LUT to reuse in other grading tools. Formats and workspace Work with SDR and HDR video, Apple Log, Apple Log 2, Sony S-Log3 and supported DJI D-Log/D-Log M profiles. Available editing and export options depend on the source format and device. The native iPad workspace offers a larger preview and landscape controls, with room for curves, wheels and LUT browsing. Projects save automatically so you can pick up where you left off. Choose Pro when you need it Scopes, curves and color wheels remain free. Preview Pro color tools in the editor before purchasing. Pro unlocks advanced color tools, film effects, stabilization and advanced export with one purchase, no subscription. Your media is processed on your device. No account required and no watermark on export. Usage analytics and crash diagnostics can be disabled in Settings. Privacy: https://lutter.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Lutter at none against Mapmediary's shown. Lutter also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Mapmediary's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.2). On price and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Mapmediary sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Lutter sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mapmediary ships an update monthly, Lutter every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Mapmediary | Lutter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kei inoue | CHIH YU LIN |
In-app purchases
Mapmediary
- Basic$2.991 Month
- Plus$4.991 Month
- Standard$7.991 Month
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- Premium$11.991 Month
Lutter
- Lutter Pro$14.99
- Lutter Pro$19.99
- Lutter Pro$24.99
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- Lutter Pro$29.99
- Lutter Pro$34.99









