Comparison

Bring Back Red vs DiveTone

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

Head to head
About

Bring Back Red

Features
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Your whole dive, restored. Bring Back Red is AI underwater color correction for the photos, Live Photos and video you bring home from scuba diving, snorkeling, freediving or an action camera. It measures what the water took from each shot and restores natural color without repainting the scene. AI FINDS YOUR DIVES BY ITSELF You do not tag anything or pick anything. Bring Back Red reads your camera roll, recognizes your underwater shots and groups them back into the dives they came from: photos, Live Photos and clips together. Open one and correct the whole dive in a single pass. Shots that are already balanced stay out of the way. Only the exceptions ask for your decision. VIDEO THAT SURVIVES THE EXPORT Supported 8K HDR video keeps its resolution, frame rate, audio and HDR intent. Correction follows the clip as the light changes through it, rather than freezing one look over the whole thing. Every export is reopened and checked before Bring Back Red calls it finished. If a long save is interrupted, you can finish it without processing the video again. IT TAKES WHAT YOUR CAMERA WRITES RAW and ProRAW from a housing, ProRes and Apple Log from an iPhone Pro, Dolby Vision and HDR video, and the everyday JPEG and HEIC. YOU KEEP CONTROL Preview photos and video before you commit. Adjust Intensity when you want to, or leave it alone. Export a corrected copy to Photos or Files, at full quality. Your originals stay exactly as they were, byte for byte. IT RUNS ON YOUR PHONE Correction happens on the device, so it works on the boat with no signal. There is no account to make, and your photos are never uploaded. ON IPHONE AND IPAD One app for both. On iPad the inspector stands permanently beside the photograph or the clip. AI that measures, never invents. Your dive is corrected, never repainted.

About

DiveTone

Features
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【Make your subject stand out】 Adjust the subject and background water separately in photos. Use a black background to highlight marine life. 【Less backscatter and fewer bubbles】 Reduce white specks and noise in photos. Select areas to remove bubbles. 【Color each part of your video】 From shallow to deep, bright to dark: adjust color independently for each segment. 【Your whole dive trip, together】 Apply looks and export multiple photos in batches. Edit photos and videos already downloaded to your device, even on a boat without internet. Color editing and photo cleanup tools are free, with no forced watermark. Export 15 photos and 2 videos per day. Unlock unlimited exports with a one-time Pro purchase. Pro also includes version saving and restoration and color curves.

Screenshots

Bring Back Red4 screens
DiveTone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bring Back Red at none against DiveTone's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. DiveTone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bring Back Red asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bring Back Red ships an update every 9 days, DiveTone every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Bring Back Red versus DiveTone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBring Back RedDiveTone
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJerome SommerfeldtMing-Yen Tsai

In-app purchases

None

Bring Back Red

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DiveTone

One-time1
  • DiveTone Pro 永久版$9.99

Questions

Is Bring Back Red free?
Bring Back Red is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DiveTone free?
DiveTone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bring Back Red or DiveTone have ads?
Neither Bring Back Red nor DiveTone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bring Back Red or DiveTone?
Bring Back Red ships an update every 9 days, and DiveTone every 5 days. Most recently, Bring Back Red was updated on November 6, 2026 and DiveTone on November 6, 2026.

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