Comparison

ShutterLab vs BurstDrop

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

Head to head
About

ShutterLab

Features
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Turn your iPhone into a professional camera. Shutter Lab is a high-end camera app designed for photography enthusiasts and professionals. Go beyond auto mode and take full control of every setting to achieve the exact results you want. Powerful Manual Controls Precise ISO, shutter speed, and exposure (EV) adjustments Manual focus White balance control Lens selection (Ultra Wide / Wide / Tele) Professional Image Pipeline RAW / HEIC / JPEG / TIFF support LUT color grading Display P3 and sRGB Highlight roll-off Fake Log support Advanced Shooting Tools Exposure bracketing Focus peaking Zebra stripes RGB histogram Grid and leveler Fully Customizable Shooting Environment HUD configuration Adjustable UI opacity Custom presets Smart HDR Stabilization Why Shutter Lab? Shutter Lab is more than just a camera app. It leverages the full capability of your iPhone sensor to deliver a DSLR-like shooting experience. Go beyond capturing photos β€” create your work of art.

About

BurstDrop

Features
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Your iPhone captures a burst as a full sequence of frames. In the Photos app you can only share more than the keeper frame by selecting each one by hand, one at a time. BurstDrop lets you select them all at once. Open any burst to see every frame it contains, then keep, share or AirDrop the ones you want at full resolution and original quality. Nothing is re-compressed. WHAT YOU CAN DO β€’ See all your bursts in one place β€’ Tap a burst to view every frame it contains β€’ Pick the frames you want, or select them all at once β€’ Review several bursts together β€’ Drag across thumbnails to select quickly, like the Photos app β€’ Send to AirDrop, Messages, Files or anywhere via the share sheet ORIGINAL QUALITY BurstDrop exports the original photo files at full resolution, with their metadata intact. Frames are not re-encoded or downscaled. STAYS A BURST Send a burst to another iPhone and the frames keep their grouping. They arrive as a single burst in Photos, not as separate photos. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your device. BurstDrop has no accounts, no ads, no tracking and it never uploads your photos. It reads your bursts and hands the frames you choose to the share sheet. Note: BurstDrop needs Full Photo Access to reach every frame of a burst. With limited access, iOS exposes only one frame per burst.

Screenshots

ShutterLab4 screens
BurstDrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ShutterLab at 15.1 against BurstDrop's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
ShutterLab versus BurstDrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShutterLabBurstDrop
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size36 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJIN KIMBengisu Ozaydin

In-app purchases

None

ShutterLab

No in-app purchases

None

BurstDrop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShutterLab free?
ShutterLab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BurstDrop free?
BurstDrop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShutterLab or BurstDrop have ads?
Neither ShutterLab nor BurstDrop shows ads.

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