Comparison

Glimra vs Cinetone

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

Head to head
About

Glimra

Features
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Glimra is a beautifully simple photo editor that respects your privacy. No login, no account, no uploads — and it works completely offline. Pick a photo and make it yours in seconds, knowing every edit happens right on your device and nothing ever leaves your phone. EDIT. OFFLINE. YOURS. FILTERS THAT SET THE MOOD • 10 hand-tuned filters — Vivid, Warm, Cool, Fade, Retro, Instant, Sepia, Mono, Noir and more • Dial each look from a whisper to full strength with the intensity slider FINE-TUNE EVERY DETAIL • 8 precision adjustments: brightness, contrast, saturation, exposure, vibrance, warmth, sharpness, vignette • Rendered live on the GPU, so changes appear instantly • One-tap Auto Enhance when you just want it to look great EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH TEXT • 12 artistic fonts, from bold display to elegant script • 5 text effects: neon, glow, outline, shadow, and clean • Drag text anywhere — it exports exactly as you see it STICKERS, DRAWING & FRAMES • 17 funky vector stickers in vibrant colors • Freehand brush to draw right on your photo • Clean borders and frames to finish the look MADE FOR EVERY PLATFORM • One-tap canvas sizes for Instagram posts and stories, Reels, YouTube, Pinterest and more • Crop without losing quality YOUR WORK, SAVED YOUR WAY • Drafts auto-save on your device and stay re-editable forever • Non-destructive editing — your original is never changed • Undo, redo, and before/after compare SHARE IN ONE TAP • Export in full resolution as JPEG or PNG • Save straight to your photo library, or post directly to Instagram, WhatsApp, Messages and more PRIVACY BY DESIGN • No account and no sign-in • No analytics, no ads networks, no third-party tracking • Works fully offline — even in airplane mode • Your photos never leave your device Glimra is the photo editor with zero strings. Download it, open it, and start creating.

About

Cinetone

Apply cinematic color grades to your videos and export them or create reusable 3D LUTs. Explore original looks, fine-tune adjustments, and import your own LUTs for a personalized workflow. All processing happens locally on your device.

Highlights
  • 20+ original cinematic looks
  • Adjustable color parameters
  • Import custom .cube LUTs
  • Export graded video (MP4/HEVC)
  • Export 33/65-point .cube LUTs
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
  • On-device scene analysis
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Edit the video. Shape the color. Cinetone is an iPhone video editor and cinematic color studio. Arrange multiple clips, refine each shot, build a soundtrack, add captions, and export a finished video—or create a color-only LUT for another editing workflow. EDIT ON A MULTI-CLIP TIMELINE Trim, split, move, and reorder clips. Reframe, rotate, or flip footage. See waveforms, trim added audio clips, adjust their volume individually, and keep original sound separate from added music. Editing is nondestructive: Cinetone works with its own local copies, leaving source files untouched. ADD CAPTIONS Create and edit captions for individual source clips, set their text and timing, and control whether they appear. Captions stay attached to their original clip as you trim, split, or reorder the timeline. Add them manually or generate them from speech in a selected original clip when the device, language, and Apple speech model support it. Model downloads may be required; transcription runs on device. Review captions before export. Enabled captions are burned into the video, never included in a LUT. MAKE THE COLOR YOURS Start with 20 original cinematic looks, including Golden Hour, Soft Portrait, Teal Shadow, and Rich Mono, plus three open community looks. Compare your grade with neutral Rec.709 and adjust exposure, warmth, tint, contrast, saturation, intensity, and fade. Import your own .cube LUTs from Files after choosing the matching input profile; imported LUTs output SDR Rec.709. HANDLE LOG AND HDR SOURCES Import supported Rec.709, Apple Log, Apple Log 2, and color-tagged HLG or PQ footage. HLG and PQ are converted to SDR Rec.709 for preview and video export. Cinetone does not export HDR video. EXPORT FOR YOUR NEXT STEP Export an H.264 MP4 or HEVC MP4 when supported, with SDR Rec.709 color and supported mono or stereo audio. Choose up to 1080p or 4K and up to 30 fps or the source frame cadence. Smaller sources are never upscaled. Export a 33-point or 65-point .cube LUT to carry color into a compatible workflow. Save videos to Photos with add-only access, share them, or save them in Files. SUGGESTIONS WITH YOU IN CONTROL Explore 20 looks and get on-device scene suggestions with a deterministic fallback. Where available, optional Apple Private Cloud Compute requires explicit opt-in on iOS 27 or later. Only disclosed scene metrics and look-catalog text are sent; your video, frames, and audio stay on device. Suggestions never apply a look or change your export automatically. USE SHORTCUTS, NO ACCOUNT Use Siri and Shortcuts to apply or recommend looks, explore cinematic looks, and export graded video. Find looks and imported presets with iOS Spotlight. No Cinetone account is required. Requires iOS 26 or later. iPhone only.

Screenshots

Glimra4 screens
Cinetone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Glimra at 16.4 against Cinetone's 26.0. 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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Glimra versus Cinetone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlimraCinetone
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAastha PoudelAndrii Cheberiako

In-app purchases

None

Glimra

No in-app purchases

None

Cinetone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Glimra free?
Glimra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cinetone free?
Cinetone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Glimra or Cinetone have ads?
Neither Glimra nor Cinetone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Glimra or Cinetone?
Glimra ships an update every 3 days, and Cinetone every 3 days. Most recently, Glimra was updated on October 14, 2026 and Cinetone on October 24, 2026.

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