Retroize vs Saint Studios

Retroize is an iPhone and iPad video converter that turns your videos into an 8-bit-inspired or retro-styled look and lets you share or save the result as a video file. Choose videos from Photos or Files, then adjust palettes, dithering, working resolution, output FPS, and audio settings in one focused workflow. ■ Retro palettes for different looks Choose from retro PC monochrome and color palettes, handheld-style green, phosphor green, 8-bit-inspired console colors, sepia tone, pink violet, traditional Japanese colors, mineral pigments, indigo dye, fresco earth, and original color. ■ Dithering for texture Select fine grid (Bayer 4x4), wide grid (Bayer 8x8), or soft grain (blue noise). Reduce banding from color reduction and add a classic retro texture. ■ Control resolution and FPS Tune the working scale, output size, and output FPS. Create a classic low-resolution, low-frame-rate feel, or keep a modern resolution while applying palette conversion. ■ One-frame preview Preview a representative frame before export. Check the look as you adjust settings, so it is easier to find the right style. ■ Retro-style audio Keep the original audio, or lower the sample rate for a retro-style sound. ■ iPhone and iPad export Export MP4 video files, then use the system share sheet to save, send, or open the exported video in another app. Note: HDR and wide-color videos are processed as standard-color MP4 files. HDR brightness and wide-color information are not preserved. [Free version and full export] The free version exports the first 10 seconds of each video. Unlock Full Export with an in-app purchase to export the entire video. Export length may also depend on device performance and available storage.

Saint Studios is a professional video editor built for creators who want to get the most out of their cameras, not out of a chatbot. It is free, it asks for no account, and all processing happens on your iPhone or iPad: rendering, color, effects, captions and export run on the device itself, with no cloud service and no third-party processing. Your footage never leaves your device. MADE FOR YOUR CAMERA • Built-in log conversions for Apple Log (iPhone), Sony FX3 and A7S III (S-Log3) and the Insta360 Luna, in Rec.709 and HLG • For everything else, Get Camera LUT opens your maker’s official download (DJI D-Log, Insta360 I-Log, Sony S-Log3, Panasonic V-Log, Fujifilm F-Log) and Saint Studios applies the .cube before or after your grade • A full HDR pipeline (HLG and PQ) with tone mapping to SDR • 4K, 60 fps, ProRes and 10-bit sources; hardware HEVC, H.264 and ProRes export PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no subscription, no watermark • All processing on device: rendering, grading, effects, captions and export are done by your iPhone or iPad, never by a cloud or third-party service • No servers: nothing is uploaded, analyzed remotely or tracked • No generative AI. The on-device tools that help (captions, stabilization, tracking) are conventional computer vision running on your device EDIT • Multi-track timeline with video, audio and title lanes • Trim, ripple, roll, slip and slide; blade tool with a pointer on iPad • Magnetic snapping, markers, to-dos, in/out ranges, groups, compound clips • Sequences as clips, undo history, versions, project templates COLOR • LUTs, white balance, tone and color sliders • Lift, gamma and gain as wheels or per-channel bars, plus offset • Curves, secondary color, and a chroma warper that plots your footage’s colors so you can drag them • Scopes: histogram, waveform, RGB parade, vectorscope TITLES AND GRAPHICS • Titles with animation, styled words, text on a path and templates • Shapes, stickers, drawing on video, overlays • Generators: countdown, stopwatch, timecode, date stamp, progress bar, audio visualizer AUDIO • Real waveforms, per-track mixer, keyframed volume and pan • EQ, compressor, de-esser, noise reduction, echo, reverb, limiter • Ducking, loudness normalization, beat detection, sync audio to video • Voiceover recording and text to speech SPEED AND MOTION • Speed ramps, reverse, freeze frames, optical-flow slow motion • Keyframes on every parameter with easing and curved paths • Stabilization, motion tracking, auto reframe, background removal CAPTIONS • On-device captions with word highlighting, transcript editing, subtitle import and export EXPORT • Presets for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and X, or your own, up to 4K with MetalFX upscaling • Still frames, GIFs, audio-only, chapter markers, FCPXML for finishing elsewhere • An export queue with progress on the Lock Screen Designed for iPhone and iPad, with keyboard, trackpad and Apple Pencil support, multiple windows and an external-display feed. Everything is included. Nothing is charged. Nothing is collected.