Comparison

Image Studio Pro vs True Color

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

Head to head
About

Image Studio Pro

This app offers professional-grade photo editing tools for iPhone and iPad users. It provides advanced adjustments for color, exposure, and creative effects, with a focus on a non-destructive workflow and on-device processing for privacy.

Highlights
  • Professional adjustments (exposure, contrast, tone curve)
  • Advanced color grading (HSL, split toning)
  • Creative effects (sharpening, noise reduction, glow)
  • Smart cropping with social media presets
  • Non-destructive editing workflow
  • On-device processing for privacy
Features
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Image Studio Pro brings professional photo editing to your iPhone and iPad. With an intuitive interface and powerful Core Image processing, you get desktop-quality results right in your pocket. PROFESSIONAL ADJUSTMENTS • Exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks • Clarity, dehaze, vibrance, and saturation controls • Temperature and tint for perfect white balance • Interactive tone curve with custom control points ADVANCED COLOR GRADING • HSL adjustments for 8 color channels (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Aqua, Blue, Purple, Magenta) • Fine-tune hue, saturation, and luminance independently • Split toning for highlights and shadows • Professional color balance controls CREATIVE EFFECTS • Sharpening with radius control • Noise reduction with detail preservation • Vignette with size and feather adjustments • Film grain with customizable size • Glow/bloom effect with threshold control • Fade for vintage looks • Soft focus blur SMART CROPPING • Freeform and preset aspect ratios (1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 3:2) • Social media presets (Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter) • Interactive crop overlay with rule of thirds grid • Rotate and flip tools DESIGNED FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS • Non-destructive editing workflow • Unlimited undo/redo history • Before/after comparison toggle • Pinch to zoom and pan for detail work • Double-tap to reset view • Quick presets for instant looks PRIVACY FIRST All processing happens entirely on your device. Your photos never leave your iPhone or iPad. No accounts, no cloud uploads, no tracking. EXPORT OPTIONS • High-quality JPEG and PNG export • Adjustable quality settings • Save directly to Photos library • Share to any app Whether you're a professional photographer, content creator, or photography enthusiast, Image Studio Pro gives you the tools to bring your creative vision to life. Download now and start creating stunning images.

About

True Color

Features
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True Color is a real photo editor, not another filter app. Under the hood it's the color math you know from desktop editors: layers, masks, Levels, Curves, Hue/Saturation, Color Balance, Channel Mixer and more, rebuilt for touch. QUICK WHEN YOU WANT IT • Adjust: exposure, contrast, color and tone, plus a one-tap auto that writes a real Levels layer you can open and inspect • Filters: one-tap looks with an intensity dial • Alchemy: blend styles on a free two-axis pad and save the mix as your own look • Crop, B&W, Portrait Blur, Colorize, Splash: the everyday tools, simple and fast DEEP WHEN YOU'RE READY • A full layer stack with 26 blend modes, opacity and groups • Masks: paint, subject, depth, gradient and luminosity, with the AI running on-device • Blend If: composite on tone, so an edit lands only where you meant it • Pipeline view: see exactly how any edit is built, layer by layer • Save any edit as a reusable Look, or import your own .cube and .3dl LUTs PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos never leave your iPhone. All editing and all AI runs on-device. No account, no upload. FREE AND PRO The editor is free: three layers on every photo, the everyday adjustments, the whole Filters rail and all 26 blend modes. True Color Pro takes the ceiling off, with unlimited layers, 17 more adjustment layers (Curves, Levels, Channel Mixer, Selective Color, Lab Color, Split Toning and more), all five kinds of mask, Blend If, Looks, LUT import, and saving from the one-tap tools. SUBSCRIPTION True Color Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, offered in three lengths: • Pro Weekly, $4.99 per week • Pro Monthly, $7.99 per month • Pro Yearly, $29.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically for the same period at the same price unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Prices are in US dollars and may vary by region. Terms of Use: https://gettruecolor.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://gettruecolor.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Image Studio Pro4 screens
True Color4 screens

Verdict

The call

Image Studio Pro and True Color are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Image Studio Pro sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and True Color sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Image Studio Pro versus True Color: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImage Studio ProTrue Color
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScott ManleyIhor Malovanyi

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Image Studio Pro

One-time9
  • Monochrome Master$1.99
  • Landscape$1.99
  • Vintage Collection$1.99
Show 6 more
  • Portrait Pro$1.99
  • Creative Effects$2.99
  • Modern Looks$2.99
  • Film Classics$2.99
  • Cinematic$2.99
  • Unlock All Styles$14.99
3 purchases

True Color

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly - Best Value7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Image Studio Pro free?
Image Studio Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is True Color free?
True Color is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Image Studio Pro or True Color have ads?
Neither Image Studio Pro nor True Color shows ads.

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