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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Shoot the look. Skip the editing. Grade Studio puts professional color grading inside your camera. Pick a look, see it live in the viewfinder, and capture the photo already graded โ€” full resolution, no editing app, no filter stacked on afterwards. WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU SHOOT Every grade renders live at full frame rate as you compose. Swipe through the catalogue and watch the scene change in real time โ€” the shot you take is exactly the shot you framed. 50+ HAND-BUILT LOOKS Signature grades โ€” Editorial, Cinematic, Bleach Bypass, Noir, Halcyon, Nordic, Amber, Ember, Kinfolk, Monaco and more Classic film emulations โ€” warm consumer stocks, fine-grain portrait looks, punchy slide film, and rich black & white Cinema grades โ€” teal & orange, midnight, golden hour, and log-inspired flat profiles Digital profiles โ€” Crystal, Vivid, Graphite and Natural for a clean modern finish Each look is a real color pipeline โ€” tone curves, split toning, channel mixing, grain and clarity โ€” not a translucent overlay dropped on top. BUILT LIKE A CAMERA Optical lens switching: ultra-wide, wide and telephoto, snapped to real focal lengths Front and rear capture, flash control, and composition grid HDR capture for wider dynamic range Shutter haptics that make every frame feel deliberate Save Original: keep an untouched copy in your library alongside the graded shot Instant-print style frame for a classic square finish YOUR CAMERA, YOUR DEFAULTS Set a default look so the app opens ready to shoot. Mark favorites, reorder what you actually use, and hide the rest. FREE TO START A full set of grades is free forever, with the complete camera. Shoot as much as you like. GRADE STUDIO PRO Unlock the entire catalogue, remove the watermark, and get the instant-print frame. Available as a monthly or annual subscription โ€” annual saves the most, and a free trial is available on eligible plans. 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. Privacy: your photos stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account to create. 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 frequencyEvery 2 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 โ€” better26.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLiviu IorgaNandan Varma Pericharla

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Grade Studio

Subscriptions2
  • RetroSnap Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • RetroSnap Premium Yearly$24.991 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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