Chromis vs LumoraMagic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chromis
This app offers professional filmmaking tools on your iPhone, allowing you to shoot in Apple Log with manual controls and grade footage with advanced color tools. It provides a streamlined workflow for creating cinematic content directly on your mobile device.
- Apple Log and ProRes recording
- Manual camera controls
- Live histogram and composition grids
- LUT preview and professional color grading
- RGB curves and HSL secondaries
- Media organization and export
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Chromis Shoot. Grade. Create. Chromis is a professional filmmaking camera built for creators who want complete control from capture to final color—all on their iPhone. Record in Apple Log with professional manual controls, preview your footage with LUTs that never bake into your recording, and finish your grade using desktop-inspired color tools without ever leaving the app. At just 9MB, Chromis leaves all your iPhone storage exactly where it belongs—for your high-bitrate ProRes and Apple Log footage. Experience zero bloat, lightning-fast launch times, and maximum hardware performance. Whether you’re creating cinematic travel films, short films, social content, or visual effects shots, Chromis provides a complete mobile workflow. Professional Camera • Apple Log recording • ProRes recording • Manual ISO, shutter speed, white balance, and focus • Live histogram • Horizon level • Composition grid • Preview LUTs • Seamless lens switching during recording • Optional camera tracking while recording • Blender camera tracking export Professional Color Grading • Primary color adjustments • RGB curves • HSL secondaries • Professional LUT support • 3 built-in LUTs for an instant film aesthetic • Built-in and custom LUTs • Waveform, RGB histogram, and vectorscope • Save and reuse custom Looks • Non-destructive editing • Before/after comparison Media Management • Organize clips • Favorites • Rename • Export • Easily identify graded clips Chromis combines professional capture and advanced color grading into one streamlined filmmaking workflow.
LumoraMagic
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Lumora is a complete photo editor built for precise adjustments in a clear, responsive interface that keeps your image at the center. Develop RAW files, fine-tune light and color, then apply adjustments to the entire photo or specific areas using flexible masking tools. Complete photographic controls - Exposure, contrast, highlights, and shadows - White balance and color adjustments - RGB, Red, Green, and Blue curves - Creative effects and photographic emulations - Sharpening, detail, and noise reduction - Crop, straighten, and perspective correction Advanced creative tools - Depth Lens for photographic depth-of-field effects - Directional Lighting with direct source and target positioning - Beauty retouching for portraits - Assisted Magic Selection - Brush, linear, and radial masks - Add or subtract areas within the same mask An interface designed around your photo Parameters are arranged in compact rows and adjusted with a precise graduated dial. Your photo keeps as much screen space as possible on both iPhone and iPad, in portrait or landscape orientation. Curves appear directly over the image in a translucent panel. Interactive tools such as Lighting, masks, and depth of field can be positioned directly on the photo. Presets and organization - Create and manage Lumora presets - Import XMP presets - Import images and RAW files directly from other apps - Access your Lumora library in Documents - Optional iCloud Drive synchronization Lumora brings RAW development, local adjustments, and creative tools together in one consistent workspace for both quick corrections and detailed photo editing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: LumoraMagic at Free against Chromis's $2.99. LumoraMagic also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
LumoraMagic is free to download; Chromis costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chromis ships an update fortnightly, LumoraMagic weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chromis | LumoraMagic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ramsey Thomas | Francois Guilleme |
In-app purchases
Chromis
No in-app purchases
LumoraMagic
No in-app purchases









