Comparison

GetHighlights vs Reefraction

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

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About

GetHighlights

Automatically transforms long underwater and action camera footage into short, shareable highlight clips. It identifies key moments like fish encounters and diver interactions, and includes automatic color correction for improved quality. Easily relive and share your best adventures without hours of manual editing.

Highlights
  • AI auto-cut highlight clips
  • Automatic color correction
  • Identifies fish and diver interactions
  • One-tap sharing
  • Contextual info and fish IDs
  • Supports GoPro and action cameras
Features
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Turn hours of dive and snorkel footage into short highlight clips you'll actually watch and share. GetHighlights uses AI to find the best moments in your underwater video, like marine life encounters, colorful reefs, diver moments and dramatic light, so you never have to scrub through hours of footage again. HOW IT WORKS 1. Import Your Footage Film with a GoPro, DJI Osmo Action, Insta360 (exported videos) or an iPhone in an underwater housing. Import the full video from Photos or Files. 2. AI Finds Your Best Moments The AI analyzes your footage and picks out the highlights: marine life, coral reefs, diver moments, underwater landscapes, rare sightings and dramatic lighting. 3. Export & Share Review your highlight reel, trim or reorder clips, and export for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, WhatsApp or your camera roll. FEATURES AI Highlight Detection Tuned specifically for underwater footage. Every pick comes with a confidence score and the reasoning behind it. Optionally tell the AI what to look for, such as "Don't miss the turtle!" Species Identification Clips list the fish and other marine life the AI recognized, with common and scientific names. Color Correction Water strips the reds and yellows out of your footage. Turn on color correction to bring them back: the AI suggests a strength for each clip, and you can fine-tune it. Smart Crop Intelligently reframes your underwater clips for vertical or square formats. Subject tracking keeps marine life and the action centered, perfect for social media. Social Export Export highlight reels optimized for Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts or standard widescreen. Choose split clips or a compiled highlight reel with transitions. Privacy First Your original dive videos never leave your device. Only a low-resolution proxy is sent for AI analysis, so your full footage stays private and secure on your iPhone. HIGHLIGHT CATEGORIES GetHighlights AI is tuned to detect these underwater moments: - Marine Life: fish, sharks, rays, turtles and other sea creatures - Coral & Reef: vibrant reef systems and coral formations - Diver Moments: buddy interactions, gear checks, descents and ascents - Underwater Landscape: caverns, walls, drop-offs and seascapes - Rare Sightings: unusual or uncommon marine encounters - Lighting Effects: sun rays, bioluminescence and dramatic visibility WHO IT'S FOR Divers, snorkelers, freedivers, dive masters and action-camera users who never find time to edit but want to keep and share the best parts of every trip. Experienced editors use it to speed up their workflow. FREE TO TRY Get started with 3 free analyses, no credit card required. Free analyses cover the first 30 minutes of each video. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited analyses, no watermark and videos up to 2 hours. SUBSCRIPTION INFO GetHighlights Pro is available as an in-app purchase. - One Day Pass: $0.99 (does not auto-renew) - Monthly: $4.99/month (auto-renews) - Annual: $19.99/year (auto-renews) - Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase - Monthly and annual subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period - You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase - Privacy Policy: https://gethighlights.app/privacy - Terms of Use: https://gethighlights.app/terms

About

Reefraction

Features
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Reefraction brings your underwater photos and videos back to life. Water swallows red and orange light the deeper you go, leaving dive and snorkel shots looking flat, blue, and lifeless. Reefraction restores the true colors the ocean took away — in a single tap, or with full manual control when you want it. ONE-TAP CORRECTION Open a photo and Reefraction instantly neutralizes the blue-green cast and rebuilds the lost reds. No sliders, no guesswork — just natural color. BUILT-IN PRESETS Choose the look that matches your dive with hand-tuned presets: • Shallow — light snorkeling and surface shots • Reef — the everyday all-rounder • Deep — for darker, bluer water • Wreck — low-light and shadowed scenes • Cave — extreme low light • Green Water — neutralizes murky green casts ADVANCED CONTROLS Want to fine-tune? Slide up the Advanced panel for precise control over: • Color Temperature (cool ↔ warm) • Tint (green ↔ magenta) • Red channel boost • Exposure & Contrast Nudge anything and your edit becomes fully Custom. VIDEO COLOR CORRECTION Shot underwater video? Scrub to any frame, dial in the correction live, then export the whole clip with your audio intact. Perfect for GoPro and action-camera dive footage. (Video editing available on iPhone and iPad.) BEFORE & AFTER Press and hold the image any time to peek at the original and see exactly how much color Reefraction restored. SAVE & SHARE Save corrected photos and videos straight to your library, share them to social, or export a copy. Your originals are never touched. DARK, DISTRACTION-FREE DESIGN A clean ocean-themed interface that puts your image front and center. REEFRACTION PRO Reefraction is free to use. A single one-time purchase, Reefraction Pro, removes the small watermark from your exported photos and videos forever — no subscriptions, ever. Whether you're a scuba diver, freediver, snorkeler, or shoot with a GoPro, Reefraction gives your underwater memories the color they deserve. Dive in. Bring the reef back to life.

Screenshots

GetHighlights4 screens
Reefraction3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Reefraction at 15.0 against GetHighlights's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. GetHighlights sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Reefraction sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
GetHighlights versus Reefraction: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGetHighlightsReefraction
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB57 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGetHighlights LLCRoger Weiss

In-app purchases

3 purchases

GetHighlights

Subscriptions2
  • Underwater Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Underwater Annual1 Year trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Underwater Day Pass$0.99
1 purchases

Reefraction

One-time1
  • Reaafraction Pro$17.99

Questions

Is GetHighlights free?
GetHighlights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reefraction free?
Reefraction is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GetHighlights or Reefraction have ads?
Neither GetHighlights nor Reefraction shows ads.

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