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.

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DiveTone

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Bring underwater color back to life. Blue and green casts, missing reds, strobe-lit specks across the frame—DiveTone is a photo and video color-grading tool for divers and underwater photographers. Instead of placing one filter over the entire image, it adjusts each region based on underwater light, water color and subject position, bringing back your subject's color and dimension while preserving the depth and atmosphere of the water. 【Start in one tap, then fine-tune】 ・Vivid, Natural and Classic one-tap looks; DiveTone picks a starting look automatically when you add photos ・Adjust temperature, tint, saturation, exposure, dehaze, contrast and detail on photos ・Grade background water independently without recoloring the entire sea for the subject ・Drag the split line to compare before and after, and pinch to check fine detail ・Save custom looks and quickly apply them to the next photo 【Reduce backscatter, bubbles and noise】 ・Automatically reduces backscatter—the white specks created when strobes light up suspended particles ・Automatically detects and removes bubbles from the image ・Noise reduction adapts to the actual noise level of each photo ・Adjust the strength of both and balance a clean image against fine detail your way 【Treat subjects and backgrounds separately】 DiveTone recognizes key objects on-device and lets you see and edit the actual area. ・Up to three subjects, each with its own exposure, temperature, tint, saturation, contrast and detail ・Add or erase areas with a brush, using Assisted Outline to follow edges ・Create an adjustable black background from the subject mask to make fish and divers stand out 【Video: segment grading and HDR export】 ・Use different settings for changing depths, lighting or scenes within one video ・Export the complete video, merge segments or export segments separately ・HEVC output preserves source resolution, frame rate and audio ・Export HLG HDR videos in HDR to keep higher brightness and dynamic range (on supported devices) ・Capture a frame at a precise time and continue editing it as a photo 【Organize an entire dive trip】 ・Photos and videos together in one project library ・Group by location, date or format, and sort by capture date, date added, location or last edited ・View GPS-tagged dive media on a map ・Batch-export multiple photos, each keeping its own grade, crop and black background ・Review photo information and adjust capture time and location 【Export and share】 ・Save photos as JPEG, HEIF, TIFF or PNG to Photos, share them or save them to Files ・Create custom text or image watermarks, with a separate one for black-background photos ・Keep all capture information, or remove GPS or all metadata 【Keep originals safe and your work private】 ・Color grading, subject recognition and mask processing run on your iPhone or iPad ・Media downloaded to the device can be edited offline—on the boat or at remote dive sites ・Apple Photos integration does not create another copy of the original in the DiveTone project library ・Non-destructive workflow; deleting a DiveTone project does not delete the original media from Photos ・When a RAW pair is available, DiveTone reads the original RAW first 【Try every editing tool for free】 ・The free version includes all editing and preview features with no official DiveTone watermark. ・Export 15 distinct photos and 2 distinct videos per day; repeat exports of the same project on the same day do not count again. ・Upgrade to DiveTone Pro to remove the daily limit. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. ・Ideal for scuba diving, freediving, snorkeling, underwater photography, and organizing underwater photos and videos directly on iPhone or iPad while traveling.

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 weekly, DiveTone every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Bring Back Red versus DiveTone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBring Back RedDiveTone
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB58 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 weekly, and DiveTone every 5 days. Most recently, Bring Back Red was updated on October 7, 2026 and DiveTone on October 18, 2026.

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