Comparison

VisionCut vs Chromaform

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

Head to head
About

VisionCut

Features
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A full desktop-class video editor that runs entirely on your iPhone and iPad. No account, no subscription, and no watermark burned into what you export. EDIT LIKE A REAL NLE - Multi-track timeline: video, audio, picture-in-picture, text, shapes and stickers each on their own lane - Frame-accurate trim, split, duplicate and copy/paste - Speed ramps with bezier easing - Keyframe position, scale and rotation on any clip or overlay - Pinch to zoom the timeline; the playhead stays centred while the cut scrolls - Unlimited undo, and every change autosaves as you work COLOR THAT LOOKS FINISHED - Color wheels for lift, gamma and gain - Exposure, contrast, saturation, temperature and tint - Import your own .cube LUTs, or start from the built-in film looks - Match the color of one clip to another in a single tap - Chroma key with spill control, plus shape masks per clip SOUND THAT SITS RIGHT - Detach audio from any clip and edit it on its own track - Volume curves, fades, EQ and ducking - Record voiceover straight onto the timeline - Auto Music analyses your cut and picks the best fit from the built-in tracks and anything you imported - Noise reduction, normalization, beat markers and one-tap silence removal - Multi-camera audio sync Built in - 36 background tracks: vlog, energetic, chill, cinematic, emotional, corporate, travel, playful and tension - 16 sound effects: transitions and interface sounds - 64 stickers: reactions, arrows, speech bubbles, celebration, nature, everyday and studio - All of it ships inside the app - no download, no connection, no extra purchase SUBTITLES WITHOUT TYPING - Automatic subtitles generated from your clip's speech, processed on device - Import and export .srt - Text style presets, animations, and captions that stack into separate lanes when they overlap BUILT FOR THE iPad CANVAS - Timeline, player and inspector all visible at once on the large screen - 4K HEVC export with a background export queue, so you can keep editing - 540p proxies keep scrubbing smooth on long projects while exports still use the originals - Motion tracking, stabilization, transitions, watermarks, chapter markers and project templates - Still photos drop straight onto the main track as clips, so pan-and-zoom works with the same keyframes as video PRICE VisionCut is free. There is no subscription, no in-app purchase, and nothing is watermarked. PRIVACY VisionCut has no servers of its own, no analytics and no advertising. Your footage is copied into the app's own project folder on your device. iCloud Drive sync is optional and off by default; when you turn it on, projects sync through your own iCloud account and nowhere else. Privacy policy: https://blue-code.github.io/legal/visioncut/privacy.html Support: https://blue-code.github.io/legal/visioncut/support.html

About

Chromaform

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Chromaform is a professional-grade RAW photo editor for photographers who demand precision, speed, and total creative control — with a full suite of on-device AI tools that never send your photos to the cloud. REAL-TIME RAW EDITING Open DNG, CR3, NEF, ARW, and other major camera RAW formats with true RAW processing. Exposure and recovery work directly from sensor data — no clipping, no compromise. Every adjustment renders live on the GPU through a Vulkan pipeline (vkdt + MoltenVK) and Metal-accelerated Core Image. COMPLETE ADJUSTMENT TOOLKIT • Light: Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows + an interactive per-channel Tone Curve • Color: Temperature, Tint, Vibrance, Saturation • Effects: Texture, Clarity, Dehaze, Vignette • Detail: Sharpening, Noise Reduction, and Neural Denoise • Optics: Chromatic Aberration removal Fine-tune any slider with +/− buttons and reset any section with one tap. COLOR GRADING Cinema-style color wheels for shadows, midtones, and highlights. Grade the whole frame, or apply grades selectively to the foreground, background, or a gradient region. ON-DEVICE AI TOOLKIT • Generative Erase — remove unwanted objects and let the model paint in a clean background • Smart Masking — tap any subject to select it with Segment Anything Model 2.1, then adjust just that region • Recolor Clothing — automatically detect garments and recolor them to any hue • Relight — add up to five virtual lights and drag them across the scene to reshape the lighting • Portrait — face-aware adjustments • Match — transfer the look of any reference photo with neural analysis • Auto Adjust — one tap analyzes the scene with Apple's Vision framework (classification, face detection, saliency) for optimal exposure, white balance, and color MASKING & GRADIENTS Combine subject masks with linear, radial, and rectangular gradient masks. Paint masks in or out by hand, feather the edges, and apply any adjustment or color grade to the masked area only. PRESETS & LUTS Nine built-in looks: Natural, Vivid, Film Warm, Film Cool, Cinematic, B&W Classic, B&W High Contrast, Vintage Fade, and Matte. Import your own .cube 3D LUTs for custom film emulations. CREATIVE EFFECTS Add atmosphere with the Water tool — rain drops and streaks. PIPELINE CONTROL See every stage of the processing pipeline and toggle any phase on or off to understand exactly how your edit is built. CLIPPING VISUALIZATION Toggle the Clip overlay to see blown highlights (red) and crushed shadows (blue) — essential for exposure-critical work. NON-DESTRUCTIVE WORKFLOW Your originals are never modified. Edits are stored as lightweight recipes — reopen any image with your edits intact, or reset to original at any time. PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATION Group photos into projects, rate with stars, filter by rating, and copy, paste, or batch-apply edit recipes across an entire shoot. Review full-screen in the loupe with pinch-to-zoom. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The entire pipeline runs on-device with MoltenVK and Metal. Your photos never leave your device. Privacy Policy: https://chromaform.art/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

VisionCut4 screens
Chromaform2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chromaform at Free against VisionCut's $1.99. Chromaform also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.4). VisionCut's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, 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

Chromaform is free to download; VisionCut costs $1.99 up front. Chromaform sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. VisionCut asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VisionCut ships an update every 2 weeks, Chromaform every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
VisionCut versus Chromaform: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisionCutChromaform
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperByoungho KimChromaform, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

VisionCut

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Chromaform

Subscriptions2
  • Chromaform Pro$2.991 Month
  • Chromaform Pro$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Chromaform Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is VisionCut free?
VisionCut costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chromaform free?
Chromaform is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VisionCut or Chromaform have ads?
Neither VisionCut nor Chromaform shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VisionCut or Chromaform?
VisionCut ships an update every 2 weeks, and Chromaform every 9 days. Most recently, VisionCut was updated on November 9, 2026 and Chromaform on November 5, 2026.

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