Grade Studio vs Grainroom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grade Studio
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Professional color grading for every photo — 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 — golden hour, teal & orange, Portra, Fuji Chrome, nordic cool, B&W and more — 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 — 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. • Signature grades — Editorial, Cinematic, Bleach Bypass, Noir, Nordic, Amber, Kinfolk, Monaco and more • Film emulations — warm consumer stocks, fine-grain portrait looks, punchy slide film, rich black & white • Cinema grades — teal & orange, midnight, golden hour, log-inspired flat profiles • Digital profiles — Crystal, Vivid, Graphite, Natural Each look is a real color pipeline — tone curves, split toning, channel mixing, grain — not an overlay. BUILT LIKE A CAMERA • Ultra-wide, wide and telephoto lenses • Front and rear capture, flash and composition grid • HDR capture for wider dynamic range • Save Original: keep an untouched copy next to the graded shot • Instant-print style frame • Set a default look so the app opens ready to shoot PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything — the AI editor included — 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 — 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 — 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
Grainroom
This app simulates the look and feel of vintage cameras, early digital devices, and imperfect prints. It offers a variety of camera styles and tactile filters to give your photos a unique, analog aesthetic. Revisit and re-edit your captured moments with different settings.
- Simulates analog film and early digital cameras
- Multiple vintage camera styles
- Tactile photo filters and effects
- Double exposure and fisheye options
- Live viewfinder previews
- Re-edit captured photos
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Grainroom is a vintage camera app for iPhone that gives every shot the character of analog film, early digital cameras, and imperfect prints. Choose the camera that fits the moment: • ARGENTA 35 - classic 35mm color and grain with six original film-inspired stocks • Z330 - early-2000s CCD digicam crunch, hard flash, and a burned-in date • V8 FLIP - lo-fi 0.3-megapixel VGA nostalgia • INSTANT 600 - soft color inside framed instant prints • FLASH - disposable-camera flares, leaks, and surprises • FOTOAUTOMAT - four-frame black-and-white photo booth strips Make each camera your own with tactile photo filters and effects: double exposure, fisheye, prism, dream glow, infrared, cyanotype, sprocket borders, VHS, newsprint, and more. Stack compatible effects and tune their controls until the look feels right. The live viewfinder previews supported looks before you press the shutter. Every developed picture keeps its original capture behind it, so you can return to your Grainroom library and develop it again with a different camera, film stock, or effect. Six vintage cameras. Six film stocks. A pocket darkroom for photographs that feel less perfect and more alive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grainroom at none against Grade Studio's 2. Grainroom also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Grade Studio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Grainroom asks for nothing beyond the download.
Grade Studio ships an update monthly, Grainroom fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grade Studio | Grainroom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Liviu Iorga | Luis Roberto Rampolla Martinez |
In-app purchases
Grade Studio
- Grade Studio Pro$2.991 Month
- Grade Studio Pro$19.991 Year
Grainroom
No in-app purchases









