Comparison

Koloristika vs Proof

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

Head to head
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

About

Proof

Transform your phone's photos into polished, shareable images. Automatically embed camera settings and add custom branding or metadata overlays. Enhance your shots with cinematic color grading and fine-tune details before exporting.

Highlights
  • Embed EXIF camera data
  • Customizable metadata overlays
  • 13 cinematic LUTs
  • Fine-tune image adjustments
  • Adjustable borders
  • Export at full resolution
Features
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Proof turns the photos on your phone into finished, share-ready frames — with the gear, settings, and color that made the shot. Built for photographers who care about the craft and the share. Drop in a photo from your camera roll, and Proof reads its EXIF data — camera, lens, aperture, shutter, ISO, date, location — so you can show it off the way you want. Add a clean Brand Bar in the style of premium camera makers. Drop on a metadata overlay. Apply one of 13 cinematic LUTs. Fine-tune the look. Export at full resolution, straight to Photos, Stories, or anywhere you share. No subscription. No accounts. No data collected. Everything happens on your device. — THE TOOLKIT — CROP & LAYOUT - 7 aspect ratios sized for Instagram, prints, and Stories - Portrait or landscape, switchable in one tap - Pinch to zoom, two-finger pan, rule-of-thirds grid - What you see is exactly what gets exported OVERLAYS - Brand Bar — a clean caption strip with your camera, lens, and settings - Metadata overlay — EXIF labels rendered over your photo, fields you control - Manual override sheet for custom brand, model, and settings - Auto black-or-white text based on the photo's luminance 13 CINEMATIC LUTS - 8 color presets: Lyra, Calico, Bakde, Msik, Edct, Vega, Orion, Solin - 5 black-and-white presets, each with its own character - Adjustable intensity from 0 to 100% - Live thumbnail previews on your actual photo FINE-TUNE - Brilliance, exposure, warmth, contrast, saturation - Bipolar sliders with center snap and haptic feedback - Double-tap any control to reset BORDERS - 10 colors, adjustable width - Polaroid-style framing in seconds EXPORT & SHARE - Save to Photos at full resolution - Direct to Instagram Stories - Share Sheet to anywhere - JPG or HEIC, your choice PRO - One-time purchase. No subscription. - Unlocks all 13 LUTs and up to 20 photos per session - Free tier includes 1 photo per session and 3 LUTs — BUILT WITH PRIVACY IN MIND — Proof has no backend. No analytics, no ad SDKs, no tracking. Your photos never leave your device. The only network request the app ever makes is to Apple's geocoding service, to turn GPS coordinates into a city name for the overlay — and only when you've picked a photo with location data. — FROM THE MAKERS OF SERGE.CAMERA — Proof is made by Kavoon, the studio behind serge.camera — cinematic LUT presets used by photographers and filmmakers around the world. The looks in Proof are drawn from the same color science. Questions, ideas, or feedback: sergey@kavoon.com

Screenshots

Koloristika4 screens
Proof4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Proof at 5.0 against Koloristika's 4.6. Koloristika's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Koloristika sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Proof sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Proof holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Koloristika versus Proof: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKoloristikaProof
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTHE BRIM - FZCOSergiy Yashchuk

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Koloristika

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Proof

One-time1
  • Proof Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Koloristika free?
Koloristika is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Proof free?
Proof is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Koloristika or Proof?
Proof is rated higher. Koloristika averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Proof averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Koloristika or Proof have ads?
Neither Koloristika nor Proof shows ads.

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