Comparison

Koloristika vs Camera Metadata Border

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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Koloristika builds the picture itself. Open the stock camera and the phone hands you a finished photo. Face detection, scene recognition, exposure blending, a neural network deciding what your sky should look like. All of it decided before you ever see the shot. Koloristika starts a step earlier, at the sensor, and assembles the image from raw data. Demosaic, tone, noise, color, the whole build. Two things do that work, and they hold each other up. One is the color science. SUCOMO3 shaped the biggest films of the last decade. DSTOCK is what came next, and it lands here first. The cinema industry gets it after you. Film is chemistry. So is this. SILVERLITH carries density from rich dye layers to silver-retained bleach bypass. Saturation comes out the way film subtracts it, never the way a slider adds it. The result is a photograph, not a render. The other is the RAW engine. Every shot keeps the full-sensor RAW, whole, the way the sensor saw it. Because the negative is always there, nothing you decide is ever spent. Reframe a shot to a longer lens or a cinema format a year later, and nothing is cut from the RAW. Let Auto Horizon straighten a tilt at capture, then put it back if you disagree. Change the look a hundred times. The edit sits on the negative and never touches it. The two are not really separate. The color science is what makes the picture worth keeping. The RAW engine is what keeps it yours to change. Nothing else is built this way. The shot is yours. So is everything you make from it. THE PROOF THE EDITOR. Six sliders, each modeled from real film. Density, exposure, upper density, temperature, tint, subtractive saturation. Horizontal for big moves, vertical for fine ones. Every edit non-destructive, every edit auto-saved. REFRAME. A director's viewfinder for a shot you already own. Recompose after capture, with a longer simulated lens in real millimeters and cinema or photo formats. The RAW never gets cut. AUTO HORIZON. Straightens a tilted horizon at capture, up to ten degrees. Change it or clear it in Reframe. DOUBLET. A real double exposure as a new RAW. Two of your captures added at the sensor, photon for photon, before the picture is built. One editable negative, not a JPG overlay. The densities come out right because they were never faked. The first on iOS to do it in RAW. DRX. Two extra stops of dynamic range. One shot, two renders, fused by luminance. Not HDR, not bracketing. CLR. Color Locus Reset. Chroma noise that falls outside real color gets walked back to the edge of what light can actually be. The grain stays. SCOUT MODE. Cinema and photography ratios. Focal-length equivalents across Super16, Super35, VistaVision, and 65mm. Simulated lenses beyond the physical one. FrameStamp burns format, focal length, ratio, coordinates, and date into one black bar. GPS stays on the device. CHROMOGRAM. The seven dominant hues of a frame, read live and sized by area. Burn it into the export with the color data. FORMULATIONS. F1, F2, F3. Your look, applied at capture. Change it later. The edit is always there. TONE SEED. Every edit in eight characters. Share the code, share the look. GALLERY. Chronological, with badges on every thumbnail. Calendar view. Map view. EXPORT. JPG or TIFF. Full or half resolution. 8-bit or 16-bit. QUICK ACCESS. Lock Screen widget, Control Center, Camera Control on iPhone 16 and later. Thirty-six shots free, no clock. Then a subscription, monthly or yearly. Your photos stay on your device. No accounts with us, no tracking, no ads. iCloud sync, if you want it, is your own. 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

Camera Metadata Border

This app allows photographers to embed camera settings like aperture, ISO, and capture date directly into their photos as clean, customizable borders. It preserves privacy by default and offers batch export and manual metadata editing for a consistent look across images.

Highlights
  • Embed EXIF data into photo frames
  • Customizable frame styles
  • Batch export up to 50 photos
  • Manual metadata editing
  • Privacy-focused with GPS control
  • On-device processing
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Camera Metadata Border turns hidden EXIF data into clean photo frames for photographers who want camera settings to stay visible in the final image. Pick a photo from your library, choose a frame style, and export a polished image with metadata such as camera model, lens, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focal length, capture date, and optional location handling. Everything is rendered on your device, so your photos do not need to be uploaded to a server or tied to an account. WHY PHOTOGRAPHERS USE IT - Share the settings behind a favorite shot - Create clean camera-setting borders for social posts, portfolios, prints, and photo challenges - Keep lens, exposure, and date information attached to exported images - Build a consistent look across a set of photos - Preserve privacy by removing exact GPS data by default EXIF AND CAMERA METADATA The app reads common photo metadata and formats it into a readable border instead of leaving it buried in a file inspector. Use it as an EXIF viewer when you want to check the details, then turn those details into a finished frame. FRAME STYLES Start with Museum White for a classic gallery-style mat. Pro unlocks additional looks including Pitch Black, Minimal Center, Gradient Veil, Noir Strip, and Blueprint. Each style is designed to make camera information legible without overwhelming the photo. BATCH EXPORT Export up to 50 framed photos at once with a consistent metadata layout. Useful for shoots, travel sets, client selects, and social posts where every image should carry the same clean camera-notes style. MANUAL METADATA EDITING Some photos, scans, shared files, or edited exports have incomplete EXIF data. Fill in or correct missing fields before you export so the final frame still includes the right camera story. CAMERA PROFILES Save reusable camera metadata presets for manual lenses, vintage cameras, film scans, screenshots, or edited files. Profiles make it faster to apply consistent information across multiple exports. PRIVACY FIRST Your photo library stays on your device. The app does not require an account and does not upload your images to a cloud service. Exact GPS location is stripped from exports by default, with controls to remove, approximate, or keep location metadata when needed. PRO FEATURES Upgrade to Pro to remove ads, unlock five extra frame styles, and enable batch export. Terms of Use: https://camerametadata.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://camerametadata.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Koloristika4 screens
Camera Metadata Border4 screens

Verdict

The call

Koloristika and Camera Metadata Border both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Camera Metadata Border's written reviews are positive against 50% of Koloristika's. Camera Metadata Border also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Koloristika's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 Camera Metadata Border sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Koloristika against 5.0 for Camera Metadata Border. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Koloristika's written reviews are positive against 100% of Camera Metadata Border's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Koloristika ships an update every 3 days, Camera Metadata Border monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Koloristika versus Camera Metadata Border: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKoloristikaCamera Metadata Border
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTHE BRIM - FZCOVictor Alfonso Martinez Alvarez

Customer experience

Koloristika

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Camera Metadata Border

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Koloristika

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

Camera Metadata Border

Subscriptions4
  • Camera Metadata Border Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Camera Border Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Camera Metadata Border Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
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  • Camera Border Pro Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Koloristika free?
Koloristika is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Camera Metadata Border free?
Camera Metadata Border is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Koloristika or Camera Metadata Border?
Koloristika and Camera Metadata Border are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Koloristika or Camera Metadata Border have ads?
Camera Metadata Border shows ads; Koloristika does not.
Which is updated more often, Koloristika or Camera Metadata Border?
Koloristika ships an update every 3 days, and Camera Metadata Border monthly. Most recently, Koloristika was updated on September 23, 2026 and Camera Metadata Border on September 21, 2026.

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