Comparison

Color Grading vs Waveloop

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

Head to head
About

Color Grading

Features
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Color Grading: Video LUTs helps you give your iPhone videos a cinematic look with built-in LUT presets and simple color controls. Add warmth to travel footage, try a faded film style for a vlog, or explore a cooler look for city clips. IMPORT, GRADE, SAVE Choose a video from Photos, apply a look, adjust its strength, and compare the result with your original. Save the graded video to Photos and share it using the iOS share sheet. Edit clips up to 5 minutes; for a longer video, select and trim a section of up to 5 minutes before grading. PREVIEW 8 BUILT-IN LOOKS Try all 8 LUT presets on your own footage before choosing a look. Use the intensity slider to make the effect subtle or stronger. Free to export at 720p with a watermark: Clean Film, Warm Sunset and Bright Travel. Pro required to export: Moody Street, Soft Portrait, Vintage Fade, Teal Orange and Night City. FINE-TUNE YOUR COLOR Adjust exposure to change brightness, contrast to shape light and dark tones, saturation to control color intensity, and temperature to shift the image warmer or cooler. COMPARE BEFORE YOU EXPORT Tap Original to view the source footage, then Graded to return to your edit. Check the look and your adjustments before saving. FREE & LIFETIME PRO Free includes all 8 preset previews, color adjustments, before-and-after comparison, and 720p export with a watermark using the 3 free presets. Lifetime Pro is a one-time in-app purchase that unlocks export with all 8 presets, the 1080p HD export option, and watermark-free videos. No subscription. The 5-minute clip limit applies to both free and Pro. Video processing happens on your device. No account is required. Color Grading focuses on individual video clips. Custom LUT import and multi-clip timeline editing are not supported.

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Waveloop

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Turn your audio into a video people actually watch. Waveloop makes audiograms — short videos with an animated waveform — so your podcast clips, voice notes, music snippets, and quotes get noticed in feeds that autoplay muted. Everything happens on your device. There's no account to create, and your audio is never uploaded to a server. A FAST, FOCUSED WORKFLOW • Import — pick an audio file, record a new clip right in the app, or share audio in from any other app. • Trim — scrub the waveform and drag two handles to grab exactly the moment you want (clips up to 5 minutes on Pro tier). • Style — choose a waveform color, pick a background, set the bar density, pick square or 9:16 vertical, and add an optional title. A live preview updates as you tweak. • Export — render a crisp MP4 video in Full HD 1080Ɨ1080 square or 9:16 vertical (or 4K Ultra HD on Pro tier). • Share — send straight to your favorite social and messaging apps, or save to your photo library. • Recents — every export is kept in an in-app gallery so you can re-share, save, or delete it later. BUILT FOR PRIVACY • 100% on-device processing — your audio and video never leave your phone • No sign-up, no account, no ads, no tracking • Works offline MADE TO LOOK GOOD • Smooth, hardware-accelerated export using your phone's native video encoder • A clean bar-style waveform with a moving progress fill and playhead • Color and background presets designed to read well on small screens (plus custom colors on Pro tier) PERFECT FOR • Podcasters promoting episodes • Musicians teasing a new track • Creators turning quotes and voice notes into shareable clips • Anyone who wants audio to stand out in a video-first feed Free to use, with a small watermark on exports. A one-time Waveloop Pro unlock removes the watermark forever — no subscription. Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you. TERMS OF USE (EULA): https://funattic.studio/waveloop/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Color Grading4 screens
Waveloop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Waveloop at every 5 days against Color Grading's every 2 months. Waveloop also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Color Grading sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Waveloop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Color Grading ships an update every 2 months, Waveloop every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Color Grading versus Waveloop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor GradingWaveloop
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer冲 擪Funattic Studio Ltd

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Color Grading

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$9.99
1 purchases

Waveloop

One-time1
  • Waveloop Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Color Grading free?
Color Grading is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Waveloop free?
Waveloop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Color Grading or Waveloop have ads?
Neither Color Grading nor Waveloop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Color Grading or Waveloop?
Color Grading ships an update every 2 months, and Waveloop every 5 days. Most recently, Color Grading was updated on October 31, 2026 and Waveloop on October 28, 2026.

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