Comparison

GR Studio vs ALIGNCAM Onion Skin

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

Head to head
About

GR Studio

Features
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GR Studio turns your iPad or iPhone into a fast, full screen live shooting, private wireless remote for the Ricoh GR III, GR IIIx, and GR III HDF. Frame, focus, and fire the shutter from a distance. See a live view of exactly what your camera sees, tap to focus, and adjust your settings then import your shots straight to your Photos library, grouped into their own GRStudio album. [FEATURES] • Live view: a real-time preview from your camera, right on your phone • Remote shutter: perfect for tripods, self-portraits, group shots, and long exposures • Tap to focus: tap anywhere in the live view to set focus • Camera controls: aperture, shutter, ISO, exposure compensation, white balance and more • Instant import: save single shots or bulk-import, organized into a dedicated GRStudio album • One-tap connect: wake and pair over Bluetooth, then join your camera's Wi-Fi automatically • Auto-disconnect: optionally drop the connection after an idle time to save camera battery [PRIVATE BY DESIGN] GR Studio has no servers and collects no data. Your phone talks directly to your camera over its own Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and your photos stay on your device. No accounts, no tracking. [GR STUDIO PRO] A one-time purchase unlocks the remote shutter and bulk import. Connecting, live view, and saving single photos are always free. [COMPATIBILITY] Works with the Ricoh GR III (HDF), GR IIIx (HDF), and GR III HDF, GR IV (HDF), GR IV Monochrome on recent firmware. Pair the camera once in iOS Settings, then connect from the app. GR Studio is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. "Ricoh" and "GR" are trademarks of their respective owners. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ALIGNCAM Onion Skin

Features
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ALIGNCAM is a camera built for one thing: getting the next photo to line up with the last one. Repeat photography, stop motion, growth records, product reshoots — anything where every frame has to match. ONION SKIN The previous photo sits semi-transparent over the viewfinder. Line it up, then shoot. Pick any photo as the reference, flip its orientation freely, and match the same angle and framing on the first try. STEP SEQUENCE Give a guide circle a direction and a step distance. Every time you press the shutter, the guide advances one notch — a track to shoot stop-motion and displacement sequences along. Adjustable ghost count, step back to reshoot, resume after a break. GUIDES Thirds, halves, multi-cell grids, golden ratio, spiral, diagonals, plus your own lines and circles. Eight scene slots remember a whole set-up and switch between them in one tap. Level snapping keeps things straight whether you hold the phone upright or sideways. STRAIGHTEN WHILE SHOOTING The perspective pad corrects while you frame: pull a tilted building upright, square up a poster shot from the side. What you see is what you get, with nothing to fix afterwards. FILM FILTERS AND CONTROL PAD Eleven film recipes preview live and are baked in when you shoot. The pad beside the shutter controls temperature and saturation with one thumb, or switches to focus — drag to focus where you want. EDIT ROOM Draw two lines to straighten perspective (the whole canvas warps; the surroundings stay). Remove white edges while keeping the ratio. Crop to the viewfinder ratio. The result can go straight back in as an onion-skin reference. FLIPBOOK Pick a batch of photos and string them into a stop-motion clip. Speed curves, hold on the first and last frame, four click sounds, and a wheel where you can see the rhythm frame by frame. Export straight to your photo library. Every photo and setting stays on your device. No account, no tracking, no network needed.

Screenshots

GR Studio3 screens
ALIGNCAM Onion Skin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ALIGNCAM Onion Skin at none against GR Studio's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. GR Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ALIGNCAM Onion Skin asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 4 level
GR Studio versus ALIGNCAM Onion Skin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGR StudioALIGNCAM Onion Skin
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRicco .WEI-MING KAO

In-app purchases

1 purchases

GR Studio

One-time1
  • GR Studio Pro$7.99
None

ALIGNCAM Onion Skin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GR Studio free?
GR Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ALIGNCAM Onion Skin free?
ALIGNCAM Onion Skin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GR Studio or ALIGNCAM Onion Skin have ads?
Neither GR Studio nor ALIGNCAM Onion Skin shows ads.

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