Comparison

CreatorGrade vs ProSlate

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

ProSlate

Features
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Pro Slate turns your iPhone or iPad into a practical digital production slate for film, television, commercial, documentary, student, and independent productions. Keep essential production information organized and clearly visible on set. Configure the slate for a small crew or a full production, display running timecode, mark takes with an animated clapper, and create detailed reports for post-production. FEATURES • Professional camera-facing digital slate • Custom frame-rate entry from 0.001 to 10,000 fps • Time-of-day, free-run, and elapsed timecode modes • Drop-frame support for compatible frame rates • Scene, take, roll, camera, production, and crew information • Optional camera, sound, user-bits, notes, and production-status fields • Small Production and Full Production presets • Automatic take advancement and take logging • Native clap sounds, haptic feedback, and optional screen flash • Field locking to prevent accidental changes • Fullscreen camera-facing mode • PDF and CSV take-log exports • Portrait and landscape support for iPhone and iPad • Local data storage with restoration after relaunch • VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion, and other iOS accessibility support CUSTOMIZE YOUR SLATE Choose which information appears before beginning a production. Hide fields you do not need for a cleaner slate, or enable detailed camera and sound metadata for larger shoots. Your configuration and production information are saved locally so you can continue where you left off. TAKE LOGS AND REPORTS Each marked take can be recorded with its timecode and production metadata. Export all logged takes as a PDF production report or CSV file for sharing, archiving, and post-production reference. PRIVACY Pro Slate does not require an account. Production information is stored locally on your device and is exported only when you choose to share it. IMPORTANT Pro Slate generates display timecode using the device. Unless connected to and verified with supported external equipment, it should not be treated as a certified master clock or a replacement for dedicated hardware synchronization. Pro Slate is provided by Origin 51 LLC and created by Scott Welsch.

Screenshots

CreatorGrade4 screens
ProSlate3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ProSlate at none against CreatorGrade's 1. On price, 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

Both are free to download. CreatorGrade sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ProSlate asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CreatorGrade versus ProSlate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreatorGradeProSlate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael TobinOrigin 51 LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CreatorGrade

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$9.99
None

ProSlate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CreatorGrade free?
CreatorGrade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ProSlate free?
ProSlate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CreatorGrade or ProSlate have ads?
Neither CreatorGrade nor ProSlate shows ads.

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