Speed Contact Sheet vs RecceBoard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Speed Contact Sheet
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Speed Contact Sheet is the fastest way for professional photographers to cull and rate an entire session โ thousands of frames โ and reach a clean selection with no imports, no copies, and no waiting. Your originals are never moved or modified. WHAT MAKES IT FAST โ Designed for touch, on iPad and iPhone Not a desktop tool squeezed onto a phone. Swipe to rate, swipe to move between frames, pinch to zoom up to 5ร. Your hands stay on the screen and your eyes stay on the photo. โ Straight-from-the-card workflow Connect a card reader to your iPad, open a folder, and start rating. No catalog to build, no background import. Every rating is written the instant you make it, right next to each photo. โ Ratings that travel anywhere Stars, color labels, and flags are saved as standard XMP โ embedded in the JPEG or as a sidecar beside your RAW. Your selections flow into any professional editing or asset-management pipeline. No lock-in, no proprietary catalog. โ One workflow across Mac, iPad, and iPhone Start in the field on iPad, finish in the studio on Mac. Turn on private iCloud sync and your uploaded photos and their ratings flow to their final destination automatically. Rate on one device and the latest rating is pulled back to the others on its own โ so you never lose your selection progress. All through your own iCloud, never our servers and never a third party. โ Burst detection, done for you Rapid-fire sequences are grouped automatically, and a built-in sharpness analyzer surfaces the crispest frame so you only judge the contenders. โ Cull hands-free, stay in your flow Full game-controller support: map navigation and ratings to a controller and keep your rhythm without ever looking away from the photo. Complete keyboard shortcuts on Mac, too. โ Stay in the zone An optional built-in focus timer keeps your attention sharp through long culling sessions. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos and ratings live on your device. Optional iCloud sync stays inside your own private iCloud. No ads, no tracking, no third-party servers, no separate account to create. BUILT FOR โ Wedding and event photographers culling thousands of RAWs from a single day โ Sports and action shooters pulling the keepers out of long bursts โ Editorial and portrait photographers who deliver same-day โ Anyone who'd rather trust their own eye than let software decide Speed Contact Sheet. Built by a photographer, for photographers. SUBSCRIPTION Speed Contact Sheet is available with a subscription after a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://luiscorona.com/speedcontactsheet/terms Privacy Policy: https://luiscorona.com/speedcontactsheet/privacy
RecceBoard
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A recce board for directors, cinematographers. Previz made simple. Walk a location, film the shots you're thinking of, and push them around until the order feels right. Then press play and watch the whole thing as a film. The camera opens already framed to the board's format, and the lens buttons are labelled in millimetres โ the real focal length, so it means the same on any iPhone. Stop recording and you're in the trim. Next takes you back to the camera for the following shot. Shots sit where you put them, and the order of the film is the arrangement: left to right, top to bottom, the way a page reads. Move a shot and you've changed the cut. Record a voice-over over the whole thing or over a single shot, and lay music underneath. Export the film as a video or the board as a contact-sheet PDF, with your frame lines burned in. Boards sync through your own iCloud account, so you can start on the phone at the location and finish on the Mac. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. Share a board with a six-character code. Nothing is collected โ no analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. One purchase, no subscription. Want it to do something it doesn't yet? mail@carlooppermann.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RecceBoard at every 4 days against Speed Contact Sheet's every 2 weeks. Speed Contact Sheet's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Speed Contact Sheet sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and RecceBoard sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Speed Contact Sheet ships an update every 2 weeks, RecceBoard every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Contact Sheet | RecceBoard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luis Corona | Carlo Oppermann |
In-app purchases
Speed Contact Sheet
- Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
RecceBoard
- 7-Day TrialFree
- RecceBoard$8.99
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