AstroFinish vs Luma Filter Cam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AstroFinish
Edit astrophotography images directly on your iPhone. Enhance deep-sky objects, clean up skies, and sharpen moon shots with specialized tools. Supports various image formats and offers batch processing for efficient editing.
- Auto Astro Polish
- Deep Sky enhancement
- Moon sharpening
- Nebula and galaxy detail
- Denoise and star reduction
- Batch processing
- RAW and FITS support
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AstroFinish is a darkroom for astrophotography on iPhone. It is built for the shots that come off smart telescopes, backyard rigs, and late-night moon sessions: the ones that are almost there, but need a cleaner sky and a better finish. Start fast with Auto Astro Polish, Deep Sky, Moon Sharp, and other built-in looks. Or dial it in by hand with controls made for space photos, including black point, glow cleanup, nebula reveal, galaxy detail, denoise, star reduction, and moon sharpening. Import from Photos or Files, work with JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, RAW-style images, and FITS sessions, then export finished images or shareable before/after cards. Batch Finish helps run one look across a queue when you came home with more than one keeper. AstroFinish stays local. No account. No cloud upload. No tracking SDKs. Your captures stay on your iPhone unless you choose to share or save them. Built for: Smart telescope captures Deep-sky photos, nebulae, galaxies, star fields, and moon shots Quick fixes when the sky glow gets rude Manual finishing when you want the last word FITS reveal and stack workflows Local exports, share sheets, and before/after cards AstroFinish is for people who would rather be outside collecting photons than fighting a desktop editor at 1 a.m.
Luma Filter Cam
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Luma Filter Cam is a native camera app for creating polished filtered photos in real time. Preview filters live, capture directly from the camera, or import a photo from your library. Adjust filter intensity from 0 to 1, then save a high-quality result to your photo library. Luma Pro Lifetime is a one-time in-app purchase that permanently unlocks all premium filters and unlimited Pro filter captures. Features: - Live camera filter preview - Film-inspired premium filters - Adjustable filter intensity - Photo library import - High-quality photo export - One-time lifetime Pro unlock - Restore Purchases support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AstroFinish at Free against Luma Filter Cam's $6.99. AstroFinish also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Luma Filter Cam's advantage is iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). On 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
AstroFinish is free to download; Luma Filter Cam costs $6.99 up front. Luma Filter Cam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AstroFinish asks for nothing beyond the download.
AstroFinish ships an update every 4 days, Luma Filter Cam monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AstroFinish | Luma Filter Cam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cody Adams | 奇 韩 |
In-app purchases
AstroFinish
No in-app purchases
Luma Filter Cam
- Luma Pro Lifetime$1.99









