Comparison

DiveColor vs Reefraction

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

Head to head
About

DiveColor

Automatically restore vibrant colors and clarity to underwater photos and videos. This app analyzes water conditions and depth to correct blue/green casts, enhance warmth, and improve exposure, making your aquatic footage shareable.

Highlights
  • Smart color restoration
  • Manual color and exposure controls
  • Real-time editing preview
  • Supports photos and videos
  • Full quality export
  • Analyzes water conditions and depth
Features
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Do your underwater photos and videos captured with GoPro, DJI Action, Insta360, action cameras, or your phone always look too blue, green, dull, or washed out? DiveColor is an intelligent color restoration app designed specifically for underwater photography and videography. By analyzing underwater lighting conditions and color loss, it restores natural, vibrant colors with a single tap, bringing your underwater memories closer to what you actually saw beneath the surface. No professional color grading skills are required. Whether you're scuba diving, freediving, snorkeling, or exploring the ocean, DiveColor makes underwater editing simple, fast, and natural. Why Choose DiveColor • Intelligent Underwater Color Restoration – Automatically analyzes underwater conditions and restores realistic colors from blue, green, or faded footage. • Photo, Video & Live Photo Support – Edit all your underwater memories in one app. • Batch Editing – Process multiple photos and videos at once, saving time after every dive trip. • Professional Editing Tools – Fine-tune exposure, contrast, temperature, tint, saturation, dehaze, sharpening, and more. • Real-Time Preview – See every adjustment instantly before exporting. • Preserve Original Quality – Export with high image quality while maintaining important details. • Fully Offline Processing – All editing is performed on your device. No internet connection is required, and your photos and videos never leave your device. • Lightweight & Fast – Optimized for speed with a clean, distraction-free editing experience. Perfect For • Scuba Diving • Freediving • Snorkeling • Underwater Photography & Videography Compatible With GoPro, DJI Action, Insta360, underwater cameras, action cameras, and photos or videos captured with your iPhone. DiveColor is available in 11 languages, including English, Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Russian. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

DiveColor4 screens
Reefraction3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Reefraction at 15.0 against DiveColor'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. DiveColor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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
DiveColor versus Reefraction: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiveColorReefraction
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer馥源 刘Roger Weiss

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DiveColor

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • PRO Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

Reefraction

One-time1
  • Reaafraction Pro$17.99

Questions

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

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