Comparison

Alpha Looks vs Lutaro

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

Head to head
About

Alpha Looks

Features
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Alpha Looks is a curated recipe app for Sony camera users who want to create film-inspired looks directly in-camera. Discover Sony picture profile recipes, save your favorites, and build your own personal library of creative looks. Alpha Looks helps you explore color styles, white balance settings, detail settings, and picture profile adjustments in a simple and visual way. Create your own community recipes, upload one sample image, and share your look with other Sony shooters. Browse community recipes, like your favorites, and discover trending looks created by other users. Features: - Discover Sony film-inspired recipes - Save favorite looks - View detailed camera settings - Step-by-step setup assistant - Create your own community recipes - Upload one sample image per recipe - Like community recipes - Browse trending looks - Sign in with Apple for profile and community features - Sync profile and favorites with iCloud - Report inappropriate community content Alpha Looks is designed for Sony Alpha users who want to get more creative with their camera settings and build a personal collection of looks for everyday shooting.

About

Lutaro

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Lutaro is a library manager and editor for Sony camera color presets - Picture Profiles and Creative Looks. Build and organize your own library: create, duplicate, tag, favorite, and search. Edit every property - gamma, black gamma, knee, color mode, color depth, detail, sharpness, clarity, and white balance - with a full native editor on iPhone and iPad. Connect to your Sony α camera to read the Picture Profiles and Creative Looks stored on it and write your edits back. Lutaro finds the camera on your Wi-Fi network, or - when you have no network in the field - uses Bluetooth to have the camera start its own hotspot and connects directly. Either way, everything stays between your phone and your camera. - Full profile editor with per-property control - Picture Profiles and Creative Looks, in one library - Tag-based organization, favorites, and search - Import and export profiles as shareable packages via the Files app - Optional iCloud sync of your library across devices - Includes starter profiles plus eight free film-simulation profiles by Veres Deni Alex, included with permission - No accounts, no analytics, no data collection A Sony camera is required only for the camera features; the library and editor work entirely offline. Tested with the Sony α6700. Lutaro is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Sony. Supported cameras: Full Picture Profile editing, Wi-Fi and USB: - α6700 (verified) - α1 II, α1 - α9 III - α7R VI, α7R V, α7 V, α7 IV, α7S III, α7C II (verified), α7CR - FX3, FX30, FX2 - ZV-E1, ZV-E10 II - RX1R III - ILX-LR1 Picture Profile selection only, no parameter editing (as Sony SDK says): - α9 II - α7R IV / IVA - α7C - ZV-E10 - ZV-1, ZV-1 II, ZV-1F, RX0 II, RX100 VII (USB cable only, no Wi-Fi) α6600, α6400, α6100, α7 III, α7R III, α7 II, RX100 VA, RX10 IV, HX99 - support only old Sony protocol which doesn't support Picture Profile modification.

Screenshots

Alpha Looks4 screens
Lutaro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Lutaro at 18.0 against Alpha Looks's 26.4. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alpha Looks ships an update every 5 days, Lutaro every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Alpha Looks versus Lutaro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlpha LooksLutaro
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.418.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick WarnusDmitrii Tarakanov

In-app purchases

None

Alpha Looks

No in-app purchases

None

Lutaro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alpha Looks free?
Alpha Looks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lutaro free?
Lutaro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Alpha Looks or Lutaro have ads?
Neither Alpha Looks nor Lutaro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Alpha Looks or Lutaro?
Alpha Looks ships an update every 5 days, and Lutaro every 6 days. Most recently, Alpha Looks was updated on October 15, 2026 and Lutaro on October 7, 2026.

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