Comparison

Chromaform vs ScubaShot

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

Head to head
About

Chromaform

Features
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Chromaform is a professional-grade RAW photo editor for photographers who demand precision, speed, and total creative control โ€” with a full suite of on-device AI tools that never send your photos to the cloud. REAL-TIME RAW EDITING Open DNG, CR3, NEF, ARW, and other major camera RAW formats with true RAW processing. Exposure and recovery work directly from sensor data โ€” no clipping, no compromise. Every adjustment renders live on the GPU through a Vulkan pipeline (vkdt + MoltenVK) and Metal-accelerated Core Image. COMPLETE ADJUSTMENT TOOLKIT โ€ข Light: Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows + an interactive per-channel Tone Curve โ€ข Color: Temperature, Tint, Vibrance, Saturation โ€ข Effects: Texture, Clarity, Dehaze, Vignette โ€ข Detail: Sharpening, Noise Reduction, and Neural Denoise โ€ข Optics: Chromatic Aberration removal Fine-tune any slider with +/โˆ’ buttons and reset any section with one tap. COLOR GRADING Cinema-style color wheels for shadows, midtones, and highlights. Grade the whole frame, or apply grades selectively to the foreground, background, or a gradient region. ON-DEVICE AI TOOLKIT โ€ข Generative Erase โ€” remove unwanted objects and let the model paint in a clean background โ€ข Smart Masking โ€” tap any subject to select it with Segment Anything Model 2.1, then adjust just that region โ€ข Recolor Clothing โ€” automatically detect garments and recolor them to any hue โ€ข Relight โ€” add up to five virtual lights and drag them across the scene to reshape the lighting โ€ข Portrait โ€” face-aware adjustments โ€ข Match โ€” transfer the look of any reference photo with neural analysis โ€ข Auto Adjust โ€” one tap analyzes the scene with Apple's Vision framework (classification, face detection, saliency) for optimal exposure, white balance, and color MASKING & GRADIENTS Combine subject masks with linear, radial, and rectangular gradient masks. Paint masks in or out by hand, feather the edges, and apply any adjustment or color grade to the masked area only. PRESETS & LUTS Nine built-in looks: Natural, Vivid, Film Warm, Film Cool, Cinematic, B&W Classic, B&W High Contrast, Vintage Fade, and Matte. Import your own .cube 3D LUTs for custom film emulations. CREATIVE EFFECTS Add atmosphere with the Water tool โ€” rain drops and streaks. PIPELINE CONTROL See every stage of the processing pipeline and toggle any phase on or off to understand exactly how your edit is built. CLIPPING VISUALIZATION Toggle the Clip overlay to see blown highlights (red) and crushed shadows (blue) โ€” essential for exposure-critical work. NON-DESTRUCTIVE WORKFLOW Your originals are never modified. Edits are stored as lightweight recipes โ€” reopen any image with your edits intact, or reset to original at any time. PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATION Group photos into projects, rate with stars, filter by rating, and copy, paste, or batch-apply edit recipes across an entire shoot. Review full-screen in the loupe with pinch-to-zoom. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The entire pipeline runs on-device with MoltenVK and Metal. Your photos never leave your device. Privacy Policy: https://chromaform.art/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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ScubaShot

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ScubaShot restores natural color and clarity to underwater photos. Two photos taken seconds apart can need different corrections. ScubaShot corrects each photo individually instead of forcing one preset across the dive. START WITH AUTOMATIC CORRECTION Import a photo, and ScubaShot immediately restores its color, clarity, brightness, and detail. Use Correction Strength to move from the original to the full correction. Compare your result with the original at any time. USE SUBJECT CONTROL Open Subject Control on any photo. ScubaShot creates a starting selection when automatic detection finds the subject. Use Add and Subtract to refine that selection. When detection misses, paint the subject yourself. Adjust the subjectโ€™s brightness, warmth, saturation, and sharpness without changing the surrounding water. MAKE YOUR OWN ADJUSTMENTS Open the adjustment panel when a photo needs more attention. Refine Color Restore, Water Clarity, brightness, saturation, sharpness, white balance, tone, hue, and individual color channels. Crop, straighten, rotate, or flip the frame without leaving ScubaShot. CORRECT A FULL DIVE Import one photo or an entire dive. ScubaShot corrects each photo separately. Review the results, select the photos you want, then save or share one, a selection, or the entire set. USE THE CAMERA YOU CARRY Import photos from phones, action cameras, compacts, and dedicated cameras in housings. ScubaShot opens common image formats and RAW files that iOS supports, including Apple ProRAW. Choose JPEG, PNG, HEIC, or TIFF for export. ScubaShot keeps useful capture metadata, and you decide whether exports include location. WORK OFFLINE Use ScubaShot without an internet connection. It processes every image on your device and never uploads your photos. You do not need a ScubaShot account. TRY EVERY FEATURE Import and preview as many photos as you want. Use every correction and control from the start. Export five photos for free. One purchase unlocks unlimited exports. ScubaShot has no subscription.

Screenshots

Chromaform2 screens
ScubaShot4 screens

Verdict

The call

Chromaform and ScubaShot are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Chromaform sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and ScubaShot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Chromaform versus ScubaShot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChromaformScubaShot
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size35 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChromaform, Inc.Scott Saxton

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Chromaform

Subscriptions2
  • Chromaform Pro$2.991 Month
  • Chromaform Pro$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Chromaform Pro Lifetime$59.99
1 purchases

ScubaShot

One-time1
  • English$9.99

Questions

Is Chromaform free?
Chromaform is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScubaShot free?
ScubaShot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chromaform or ScubaShot have ads?
Neither Chromaform nor ScubaShot shows ads.

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