LUT Designer vs e8st
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LUT Designer
This app provides a quick color grading workspace for photos and videos. You can import media, adjust exposure, and export graded content or .cube LUT files. Projects are stored locally for user control.
- Color grading workspace
- Photo and video editing
- Exposure adjustments
- Export graded images/videos
- Create .cube LUT files
- Local project storage
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LUT Designer is a fast color grading workspace for photos and videos. Import media from your library, preview exposure adjustments, and export graded images, videos, stills, or .cube LUT files. Projects stay local on your device, so your media and edits remain under your control. Build looks quickly, test them against real footage, and save the finished result back to Photos or share the exported LUT with another workflow.
e8st
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Turn any photo into a frame from a film — then watch it move. e8st brings cinematic color, real lens character, and motion grading to your phone. No desktop software, no flat one-tap presets. Just filmic looks you shape yourself. Start with any photo. Choose a cinematic grade, add optical lens character, and tune it inside a darkroom-inspired workspace built for mobile. Then bring it to life — grade Live Photos and motion clips frame by frame, the one thing a still filter can't do. WHAT YOU CAN DO • 17 cinematic color grades — and counting • Real lens looks: depth, compression, bokeh, anamorphic character • Precision tuning: mood, neon, depth, drift, skin, sky, flora, bloom • Frame tools: zoom, pan, crop, scope, type, aspect ratios up to 2.39 • Grade Live Photos and motion clips, not just stills • Export before/after reveals and coordinate stamps • Export .cube LUTs for Premiere, DaVinci, and Final Cut A darkroom in your pocket — for people who want their photos to look like cinema, not a filter. — Designed and owned by Truong Ly Design Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LUT Designer at every 2 days against e8st's every 3 weeks. e8st's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LUT Designer ships an update every 2 days, e8st every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | LUT Designer | e8st |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bagging Groceries | Zero2mill Inc. |
In-app purchases
LUT Designer
No in-app purchases
e8st
No in-app purchases
