Comparison

Project Sixty vs theLAB

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

Head to head
About

Project Sixty

This app offers a unique video recording experience focused on capturing moments differently. It emphasizes a single constraint for recording, an ad-free archive organized by time and place, and the ability to add voice commentary to memories. Your recordings are stored privately in your iCloud Photo Library.

Highlights
  • Single recording constraint
  • Landscape-only recording
  • Ad-free archive
  • Organized by time and place
  • Voice commentary on memories
  • iCloud Photo Library storage
  • No social features
Features
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Sixty is a video camera built around a single constraint. The constraint is the whole product. You'll discover it the first time you press record. It will feel inconvenient. That's the point. This app is not for capturing more. It's for capturing differently… in a way your future self can actually return to. If you've ever scrolled back through your camera roll looking for a moment and found only fragments of it, you already understand the problem Sixty exists to solve. THE CAMERA Rotate your phone to landscape to record. Let the moment unfold. Your phone becomes a window, not a mirror. There is no filter, no edit screen. The camera does one thing. THE ARCHIVE Your captures live quietly, organized by time and place. No likes. No comments. No grid optimized for thumbnails. A room in your phone that asks nothing of you and waits patiently for you to come back. COMMENTARY Speak over a memory while you watch it back. Who was there. What was happening. How it felt. Your voice becomes the way the memory is remembered and it's searchable later by feeling, not just by date. The recording itself is discarded. Only the meaning is kept. WHERE YOUR VIDEOS LIVE In your iCloud Photo Library. Not on our servers. We have never seen them and we never will. If you delete Sixty tomorrow, your captures remain. The archive is yours. WHAT'S NOT HERE No feed. No followers. No likes. No streaks. No advertising, ever. Sixty starts the day you install it. MADE BY ONE PERSON Sixty is built by a parent who got tired of losing the best parts of his children's childhood to seven-second clips. There is no growth team. There is no roadmap optimized for retention. There is one person, one constraint, and an archive worth keeping. Read more at projectsixty.co.

About

theLAB

Create unique photographic images with a film-inspired editor. Apply color, texture, and scan character using a variety of tools and effects. Offers hands-on control for photographers seeking a distinct aesthetic.

Highlights
  • Film-inspired color and monochrome looks
  • Scanned grain and cinema-style grain
  • Lab scan profiles and correction
  • Halation, scanner noise, borders, textures
  • Light leaks and artifacts
  • Saved looks for repeatable styles
Features
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theLAB is a film-inspired photo editor for building finished images with color, texture, and scan character. Import an image, then shape it with film looks, scanned grain, lab-style color, halation, borders, paper textures, light leaks, artifacts, and crop tools. Designed for photographers who want more than a simple filter, theLAB gives you hands-on control over the feel of the image: density, warmth, tone bias, grain range, scan character, border placement, and finishing details. Features include: - Film-inspired color and monochrome looks - Scanned grain and cinema-style grain options - Lab scan profiles and scan correction controls - Halation, scanner noise, borders, textures, light leaks, and artifacts - Camera capture, photo import, file import, and share tools - Saved looks for building a repeatable editing style theLAB includes a free editing mode. theLAB Pro unlocks the full film stock library, advanced lab controls, additional grain scans, premium finishing assets, and high-quality export options. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://calebsalvadori.com/thelab

Screenshots

Project Sixty3 screens
theLAB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Project Sixty at none against theLAB's 3. theLAB's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. theLAB sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Project Sixty asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Project Sixty against 5.0 for theLAB. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: theLAB has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Project Sixty ships an update every 3 weeks, theLAB every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Project Sixty versus theLAB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProject SixtytheLAB
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings115 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB504 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSixty, LLCCaleb Salvadori

Customer experience

Project Sixty

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

theLAB

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Project Sixty

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

theLAB

Subscriptions2
  • theLAB Pro Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • theLAB Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • theLAB Pro Lifetime$74.99

Questions

Is Project Sixty free?
Project Sixty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is theLAB free?
theLAB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Project Sixty or theLAB?
Project Sixty and theLAB are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 15 ratings respectively.
Do Project Sixty or theLAB have ads?
Neither Project Sixty nor theLAB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Project Sixty or theLAB?
Project Sixty ships an update every 3 weeks, and theLAB every 3 days. Most recently, Project Sixty was updated on October 31, 2026 and theLAB on November 13, 2026.

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