Comparison

Cameratic vs Grade Studio

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

Head to head
About

Cameratic

This app allows you to apply a variety of live filters and creative adjustments as you capture photos. It helps you achieve a desired aesthetic, from vintage tones to retro moods, with the ability to save custom styles and add overlays or timestamps.

Highlights
  • Live filter previews
  • Custom style creation
  • Creative adjustments
  • Overlays and timestamps
  • Save favorite filter setups
  • Vintage and retro looks
Features
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Cameratic is a creative camera app for capturing moments with personality. Instead of taking a photo and figuring it out later, Cameratic lets you explore live looks as you shoot — from soft vintage tones to dreamy retro moods, nostalgic date stamps, and playful color treatments. The result is a photo that already feels warm, expressive, and worth keeping. Cameratic is made for the kinds of shots you want to remember: casual selfies, everyday moments, nights out, weekend memories, and the little in-between scenes that feel better with a little character. With Cameratic, you can preview multiple live filter looks at once, build your own custom styles, fine-tune each look with creative adjustments, add overlays and timestamps, and save your favorite filter setups for later. Whether your style leans vintage, retro, hip, dreamy, candid, or a little imperfect in the best way, Cameratic helps your photos feel more like memories and less like edits. Capture the moment. Keep the mood.

About

Grade Studio

Features
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Professional color grading for every photo — the ones you shoot and the ones you already have. NEW: AI LOOKS An AI editor that runs entirely on your iPhone. It grades your photo in 14 styles — golden hour, teal & orange, Portra, Fuji Chrome, nordic cool, B&W and more — and picks its top 3 for that exact shot. Not a filter pasted on top: sky, skin and shadows are each handled on their own, adapted to your photo. MATCH ANY PHOTO Love the colors in a picture? Pick it as a reference and Grade Studio brings those colors to your photo — sky to sky, skin to skin. GRADE WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE Import any photo and move the color pad. It measures your image and moves it toward the look you choose, so a warm shot barely shifts and a cold one travels the whole way. Fine-tune with Intensity and Dehaze, compare before and after with a split view, and layer the pad on top of an AI look. SHARE THE LOOK, NOT THE PHOTO Every look becomes a short code. Send it to a friend and it lands on their photo, adapted to it. SHOOT THE LOOK, SKIP THE EDITING Prefer to get it right in camera? Pick one of 56 hand-built film and cinema grades, see it live in the viewfinder, and capture the photo already graded at full resolution. • Signature grades — Editorial, Cinematic, Bleach Bypass, Noir, Nordic, Amber, Kinfolk, Monaco and more • Film emulations — warm consumer stocks, fine-grain portrait looks, punchy slide film, rich black & white • Cinema grades — teal & orange, midnight, golden hour, log-inspired flat profiles • Digital profiles — Crystal, Vivid, Graphite, Natural Each look is a real color pipeline — tone curves, split toning, channel mixing, grain — not an overlay. BUILT LIKE A CAMERA • Ultra-wide, wide and telephoto lenses • Front and rear capture, flash and composition grid • HDR capture for wider dynamic range • Save Original: keep an untouched copy next to the graded shot • Instant-print style frame • Set a default look so the app opens ready to shoot PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything — the AI editor included — runs on your device. Your photos are never uploaded, and there is no account to create. FREE TO START Grading, AI Looks, look codes and the camera with a set of free grades — all free, no limits on use. GRADE STUDIO PRO Save your graded photos, unlock the full catalogue of 56 grades, remove the watermark and get the instant-print frame. Monthly or annual subscription — annual saves the most, and a free trial is available on eligible plans. Have an offer code? Redeem it in Settings. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRqlr4Uit78Xe5Gv6X_6PSxrHPH8C9hmlHXxsZWGRyuAfDixL4ybQRTNlYoU3iBwSBkkrb_f_EfJbtO/pub Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQaAbgbo1QkH3j1XQyA_uU-2hC4z9ULLQZz-MqtSpPL-bR3s7952Y5KB9yqu-Tq3qhCsRweRZsLi2VI/pub

Screenshots

Cameratic3 screens
Grade Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cameratic at every 5 days against Grade Studio's monthly. 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. Cameratic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Grade Studio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cameratic ships an update every 5 days, Grade Studio monthly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Cameratic versus Grade Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCameraticGrade Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph KimLiviu Iorga

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cameratic

One-time1
  • Cameratic Pro$5.99
2 purchases

Grade Studio

Subscriptions2
  • Grade Studio Pro$2.991 Month
  • Grade Studio Pro$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Cameratic free?
Cameratic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grade Studio free?
Grade Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cameratic or Grade Studio have ads?
Neither Cameratic nor Grade Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cameratic or Grade Studio?
Cameratic ships an update every 5 days, and Grade Studio monthly. Most recently, Cameratic was updated on October 31, 2026 and Grade Studio on October 31, 2026.

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