Comparison

CreatorGrade vs DI Cam

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

Head to head
About

CreatorGrade

A professional mobile app for color grading and cinematic video editing. It offers a touch-first timeline for trimming and reordering clips, along with advanced color tools like node-based workflows and LUT support. Shape your footage anywhere with a streamlined, premium mobile experience.

Highlights
  • Node-based color grading
  • Realtime color tools
  • LUT support
  • Touch timeline editing
  • Cut, trim, reorder clips
  • Export clips or sequences
Features
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CREATORGRADE — PROFESSIONAL VIDEO EDITING AND COLOR GRADING ON IPHONE CreatorGrade turns your iPhone into a powerful, portable post-production studio. Organize footage, build multi-layer edits, record voiceovers, perform detailed color correction, work with ProRes RAW, and export polished videos—all from one streamlined app. Whether you’re creating social content, short films, client projects, or cinematic mobile productions, CreatorGrade gives you the tools to take an idea from raw footage to final export. PROFESSIONAL EDITING TOOLS • Build complete edits with multiple video and audio tracks • Arrange clips across V1 and V2 video layers • Work with linked audio on dedicated A1 and A2 tracks • Trim, split, move, resize, and reposition clips • Mix videos, still images, titles, music, and voiceovers • Scrub through your timeline with responsive visual previews • Add and edit multiple titles throughout a project • Preview your work in a clean, full-screen player • Organize projects and keep every production easy to find ADVANCED COLOR GRADING CreatorGrade includes a node-based grading workflow designed for both quick corrections and more advanced creative looks. • Adjust exposure, contrast, shadows, highlights, saturation, hue, temperature, and tint • Balance footage with professional lift, gamma, and gain color wheels • Refine individual color channels with Color Mix controls • Apply LUTs and color space transforms • Build grades across multiple adjustable nodes • Compare graded and ungraded footage with a live before-and-after viewer • Preview color adjustments during playback • Maintain consistent color across supported H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and RAW workflows PRORES RAW SUPPORT Work with supported ProRes RAW footage directly on iPhone and begin with a neutral, flexible image ready for grading. • Read supported camera metadata • Adjust RAW white balance, ISO, and tint • Combine RAW adjustments with LUTs, color space transforms, and additional grading nodes • Preserve your grading pipeline from preview through export MULTITRACK AUDIO AND VOICEOVER Sound is part of the edit—not an afterthought. • Record voiceovers directly into your project • Add music and external audio files • Work with multiple audio tracks • View audio waveforms directly on the timeline • Keep source audio linked to its video clip • Relink missing music and media files when needed FLEXIBLE EXPORT OPTIONS Choose exactly what you want to deliver. • Export a complete edited sequence • Export individual clips • Render videos with titles, grading, transforms, crops, and positioning intact • Save finished videos to Photos • Create deliverables for social media, client review, or further post-production DESIGNED FOR MOBILE CREATORS CreatorGrade is built specifically for a touch-first workflow. Pinch to resize footage, drag to reposition it, use alignment guides for precise composition, and move naturally between editing and grading without leaving your project. No desktop required. No watered-down workflow. Just serious editing and color tools built for creators who want to work anywhere. Some professional media formats and features require compatible iPhone hardware, supported source files, and sufficient available storage. ProRes RAW availability depends on device and media compatibility.

About

DI Cam

Transform your digital photos into retro instant prints with realistic paper frames and film-inspired colors. This app offers a simple interface for capturing new photos or editing existing ones, complete with optional timestamps. Enjoy a private, offline editing experience.

Highlights
  • Instant camera interface
  • Import and edit existing photos
  • Film-inspired LUT filters
  • Optional timestamp detail
  • Save to photo library
  • In-app photo tray
Features
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DI Cam is a focused digital instant camera for turning everyday photos into more tangible instant-style photos. Capture with the live camera or import a photo from your library, then let DI Cam create an instant-photo-style image with a paper frame, film-inspired color, and optional timestamp detail. The experience is designed around the feeling of taking a picture, watching it eject, and letting the image develop before saving it back to your photo library. What you can do: - Shoot with a simple instant camera interface. - Import existing photos and give them the same instant-print treatment. - Choose from multiple film-inspired LUT filters, including black-and-white, classic color, vivid color, and warm vintage looks. - Add timestamp detail based on the capture time when available. - Save finished images to the system photo library. - Review your DI Cam photos in a clean in-app photo tray. DI Cam's core processing flow is completed entirely on your device. No internet connection, no login, no cloud sync, and no ads. It is built for people who want a lightweight retro camera and photo editing experience.

Screenshots

CreatorGrade4 screens
DI Cam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CreatorGrade at Free against DI Cam's $3.99. DI Cam's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CreatorGrade is free to download; DI Cam costs $3.99 up front. CreatorGrade sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DI Cam asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CreatorGrade ships an update every 10 days, DI Cam every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CreatorGrade versus DI Cam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreatorGradeDI Cam
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating3.6 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael Tobin路洋 邱

Customer experience

CreatorGrade

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%

DI Cam

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CreatorGrade

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$9.99
None

DI Cam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CreatorGrade free?
CreatorGrade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DI Cam free?
DI Cam costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do CreatorGrade or DI Cam have ads?
Neither CreatorGrade nor DI Cam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CreatorGrade or DI Cam?
CreatorGrade ships an update every 10 days, and DI Cam every 4 days. Most recently, CreatorGrade was updated on October 25, 2026 and DI Cam on October 12, 2026.

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