Comparison

Reelight vs Tonefold

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

Head to head
About

Reelight

Features
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Reelight turns your photos into analog frames. Pick a film stock. Load a photo from your library or take a new one. Fine-tune if you want. Save at full resolution. That's the whole app. 36 FILM LOOKS Sixteen classic emulsions, rebuilt from reference frames: — Kodak Portra 400 — warm, soft skin tones — Kodak Gold 200 — saturated, golden, nostalgic — Kodak UltraMax 400 — consumer warmth — Kodak Ektar 100 — vivid and punchy — Kodak Kodachrome 64 — legendary reds, deep blues, archival color — Fujifilm Superia 400 — cool greens, balanced — Fujifilm Pro 400H — pastel, muted, soft — Fujifilm Provia 100F — fine grain slide film — Fujifilm Velvia 50 — ultra-vivid landscape — CineStill 800T — tungsten blue with halation bleed — Kodak Tri-X 400 — classic black and white — Ilford HP5 Plus — gritty, contrasty B&W — Ilford Delta 3200 — high-ISO grain monster — Lomography 800 — cross-processed punk — Agfa Vista 200 — retro European color — Polaroid 600 — faded instant film Five director-inspired pastel looks: — Pastel Desert — teal sky, warm sand, dreamy cinematic pastels — Rose Suite — pastel pink and mint, storybook softness — Summer Khaki — olive drab, red accents, 1960s summer camp — Ochre Press — warm ochre, crushed blacks, editorial warmth — Brick & Teal — brick red and deep teal, academic drama Five stylish cinematic filters: — Golden Hour — orange-teal cinematic, Instagram aesthetic — Pale Fade — desaturated pastel, lifted blacks — Disposable 90s — overexposed disposable camera feel — Summer Bleach — bleach-bypass pastel pop — Dream Haze — soft halation glow, milky dreamy wash Four signature standouts: — Aerochrome — infrared false-color (magenta foliage) — Noir — clean cinematic B&W with crushed shadows — Cyanotype — historical Prussian-blue monochrome — Food Warm — rich warm look for food and lifestyle Six new cinematic looks: — Teal & Orange — Hollywood blockbuster grade — Tokyo Amber — FujiFilm analog warmth, worn travel feel — VHS Warm — 80s home-video amber, indoor nostalgic — Arctic — Nordic clean, cool blue, minimal — Olive Street — dark olive urban street, moody — Velvet Night — deep violet luxury night, halation bloom THE EDITOR Open a photo, tap through film stocks, and see the preview update in real time. Every look is built on Core Image and Metal, so the pipeline runs on your device's GPU. Split toning, halation bleed, and skin-tone boost work together for a cinematic cross no plain filter can match. Export at the full resolution of your source image. ROLLS Select up to 10 photos and apply the same film look to all of them at once. Perfect for a session, a trip, or a consistent visual series. ADVANCED TOOLS (REELIGHT PRO) Fine-tune exposure, vignette, and grain per photo. Each slider pushes the baseline film preset — not a stack of unrelated effects. PRIVACY Reelight runs 100% on-device. Your photos never leave your iPhone or iPad. No accounts. No cloud. No tracking. No analytics SDK. No third-party code that calls home. The app does not require internet access to function. PRICING — Free: eight film stocks (Portra 400, Gold 200, Superia 400, UltraMax 400, Pastel Desert, Golden Hour, Food Warm, Tokyo Amber), standard export, subtle watermark. — Film Lab Pack ($3.99 one-time): all 36 film stocks unlocked, full resolution export, no watermark. — Reelight Pro ($1.99/month or $14.99/year): everything in Film Lab Pack plus advanced editing tools (exposure, vignette, grain). 7-day free trial on the subscription. REQUIREMENTS — iOS 17 or later — iPhone, iPad, or Mac with Apple Silicon Terms of Use (EULA): https://reelight.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://reelight.app/privacy Questions or feedback: ozan@ozankilic.com

About

Tonefold

This photo editor offers a suite of AI-powered tools and one-tap styles to enhance your images. All edits are performed offline, ensuring your privacy and data remain on your device. Refine colors, apply artistic looks, or make precise adjustments with ease.

Highlights
  • Offline AI editing tools
  • One-tap style 'Looks'
  • Color and light adjustments
  • Transform and crop tools
  • Brush and mask refinement
  • Export to PNG, JPEG, HEIC
Features
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Tonefold is a fast, private photo editor that runs fully offline on your iPhone. Open a photo, restyle it with Looks, refine color and light, or start a blank canvas and stack photos as layers — all without an account or internet. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Blank canvas — pick a preset size or set your own, choose a white, black, gray, or transparent background, then place photos on the page • Photo layers — add more than one photo, move, pinch to resize, rotate with two fingers, and drag a handle to resize. Reorder, hide, lock, duplicate, flip, align, and flatten • Offline AI tools — cut out subjects, portrait bokeh, background blur, sky replace, skin smooth, denoise, and more • Looks — cinematic, golden hour, teal & orange, film noir, neon night, soft portrait, and more one-tap styles • Color & light — brightness, contrast, warmth, exposure, curves, HSL, sharpen, and grain • Transform — rotate, flip, crop to social ratios, straighten, and resize • Brush & mask refine — paint on photos or clean up cutout edges • Export — save PNG, JPEG, or HEIC to your Tonefold album, or share instantly WHY TONEFOLD • Fully offline — edits stay on your device • Built for speed — live previews while you drag sliders • Works in portrait and landscape • Simple tools with clear tips when you need them • Recent edits so you can jump back in Take a photo, pick from your library, or start a new canvas — and make it feel a little more you, with Tonefold.

Screenshots

Reelight4 screens
Tonefold4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tonefold at none against Reelight's 3. Reelight's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Reelight sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Tonefold asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reelight ships an update every 3 months, Tonefold every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Reelight versus Tonefold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReelightTonefold
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOzan KilicVinh Tam Tan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Reelight

Subscriptions2
  • Reelight Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Reelight Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Film Lab Pack$3.99
None

Tonefold

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reelight free?
Reelight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tonefold free?
Tonefold is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Reelight or Tonefold have ads?
Tonefold shows ads; Reelight does not.
Which is updated more often, Reelight or Tonefold?
Reelight ships an update every 3 months, and Tonefold every 2 months. Most recently, Reelight was updated on October 25, 2026 and Tonefold on October 19, 2026.

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