Comparison

Grade Studio vs Fexer

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

Head to head
About

Grade Studio

Features
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Professional color grading for every photo โ€” 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 โ€” golden hour, teal & orange, Portra, Fuji Chrome, nordic cool, B&W and more โ€” 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 โ€” 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. โ€ข Signature grades โ€” Editorial, Cinematic, Bleach Bypass, Noir, Nordic, Amber, Kinfolk, Monaco and more โ€ข Film emulations โ€” warm consumer stocks, fine-grain portrait looks, punchy slide film, rich black & white โ€ข Cinema grades โ€” teal & orange, midnight, golden hour, log-inspired flat profiles โ€ข Digital profiles โ€” Crystal, Vivid, Graphite, Natural Each look is a real color pipeline โ€” tone curves, split toning, channel mixing, grain โ€” not an overlay. BUILT LIKE A CAMERA โ€ข Ultra-wide, wide and telephoto lenses โ€ข Front and rear capture, flash and composition grid โ€ข HDR capture for wider dynamic range โ€ข Save Original: keep an untouched copy next to the graded shot โ€ข Instant-print style frame โ€ข Set a default look so the app opens ready to shoot PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything โ€” the AI editor included โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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

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Fexer

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Fexer is a professional manual camera for iPhone โ€” the controls of a dedicated camera, real-time color grading, and cinematic shooting modes, all in your pocket. MANUAL CONTROLS โ€ข ISO (25โ€“6400), shutter speed (1/8000โ€“30s), and manual focus, each with an auto toggle โ€ข White balance in Kelvin (3200โ€“7500K) plus tint, with 7 presets โ€ข AE lock, four metering modes, and an EV compensation strip SHOOTING MODES โ€ข Photo โ€” AEB bracketing, RAW / RAW+JPEG, LUT baked at capture โ€ข Video โ€” 1080p/4K in HEVC, H.264, or ProRes, with GPS metadata โ€ข Long Exposure โ€” multi-frame blending up to 60 frames โ€ข Burst, Self-Timer, and Timelapse โ€ข Anamorphic โ€” 2x horizontal desqueeze with a 2.39:1 crop guide โ€ข Night and Portrait modes REAL-TIME COLOR GRADING 21 film-inspired looks across Film, Genre, and Mood categories โ€” applied live in the viewfinder and baked into every capture. Includes classic film emulations like Portra 400, Tri-X, and Velvia alongside cinematic and moody grades. VIEWFINDER TOOLS Grid overlays, RGB/Luma/Parade histogram, waveform monitor, vectorscope, focus peaking, zebra stripes, false color, and an electronic level โ€” the same tools you'd expect from a dedicated cinema camera, live in your viewfinder. NON-DESTRUCTIVE EDITING Adjust exposure, contrast, shadows, highlights, saturation, vibrance, warmth, sharpness, vignette, crop, and rotation after the fact โ€” your original capture is never touched. Fexer collects no data, has no ads, and makes no network requests. Everything happens on your device. Requires a physical iPhone โ€” the camera does not work in the Simulator.

Screenshots

Grade Studio4 screens
Fexer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fexer at none against Grade Studio's 2. Grade Studio's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Grade Studio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Fexer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Grade Studio versus Fexer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrade StudioFexer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 โ€” better26.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size37 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLiviu IorgaNandan Varma Pericharla

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Grade Studio

Subscriptions2
  • Grade Studio Pro$2.991 Month
  • Grade Studio Pro$19.991 Year
None

Fexer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grade Studio free?
Grade Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fexer free?
Fexer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grade Studio or Fexer have ads?
Neither Grade Studio nor Fexer shows ads.

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