Comparison

LAB* vs YukinekoCamera

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

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About

LAB*

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# LAB* — App Store Listing --- ## App Name LAB* RAW Photo Editor & Darkroom LAB* is a professional RAW photo editor for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac — built for photographers who care about quality, privacy, and speed, without subscriptions or paywalls. Edit RAW, ProRAW, and standard photos directly from your camera roll, SD card, USB drive, or cloud storage. Every edit happens entirely on your device. Nothing is ever uploaded, tracked, or shared. **RUNS ON ALL YOUR APPLE DEVICES** • iPhone — edit on the go • iPad — full-screen editing with touch precision • Mac with M1, M2, M3, or M4 chip — same app, same power, on your desktop **POWERFUL EDITING TOOLS** • Exposure, Brightness, Contrast, Clarity • Highlights & Shadows with split toning — push warm or cool color into your tones independently • Whites, Blacks, Saturation, Vibrance, Warmth, Tint • Bloom, Halation, Fade, Grain, Vignette, Sharpness, Noise Reduction • Master tone curve + per-channel RGB curves • HSL color grading — adjust Hue, Saturation, and Luminance for 8 individual color ranges (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Magenta) **MASKING & LOCAL ADJUSTMENTS** • Radial masks — circular spotlight adjustments • Linear masks — graduated filter for skies and horizons • Luminance masks — target shadows, midtones, or highlights • Color masks — select and adjust specific colors • Subject & Background masks — AI-powered person detection • Depth masks — near/far selection using Portrait mode depth data • Stack multiple masks on one photo **CROP & GEOMETRY** • Free-form crop with all 4 corner handles • Fixed aspect ratios: 1:1, 4:3, 16:9 • Straighten with auto-zoom (no black corners ever) • Rotate 90° left or right • Vertical and horizontal keystone correction **LOOKS & COMMUNITY PRESETS** • Built-in looks: Vivid, Classic Warm, Cool Blue, B&W, Vintage Fade, Moody • Save your own custom presets • Share presets as .labpreset files via AirDrop or iMessage • Import presets from friends — tap to install instantly **WORKFLOW** • Open RAW files directly from SD cards and USB drives — no import needed • Before/after split view with draggable divider • Hold to compare original • Pinch to zoom and pan • Full undo/redo history • Batch edit — apply a preset to multiple photos at once • Export as HEIC or JPEG with quality and resize controls • Share directly via AirDrop, iMessage, Instagram, and more **100% PRIVATE** No account required. No analytics. No ads. No data collected — on any device. Everything stays on your device, always. Built with love for photographers, by a photographer. --- ## Category Primary: Photo & Video Secondary: Utilities ## Age Rating 4+ ## Pricing Free ## Privacy Policy URL https://spurious-delphinium-b23.notion.site/LAB-Privacy-Policy-3be54f36504a8096ba69e56523206c30 ## What's New (first release) Welcome to LAB* — a free, privacy-first RAW photo editor for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac. Edit RAW files straight from your SD card, use professional tools including masks, curves, and HSL, then share your presets with the community.

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YukinekoCamera

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Capture the moment. Yukineko Camera is a simple camera app. It utilizes the iPhone's physical lenses to capture high-quality snapshots without relying on digital zoom. It is designed to prevent the embedding of location data or other unnecessary metadata into your images. Images are saved exactly as captured, without any unnecessary processing, ensuring the highest possible image quality. Features: • Multiple selectable image sizes • JPEG output • Physical lens selection (no digital zoom) • Toggle autofocus on/off • Discreet shutter sound YukinekoSR Upscale both photos and illustrations while maintaining excellent quality. You can access YukinekoSR (Super-Resolution) by selecting it from the share menu (e.g., when sharing a photo). It utilizes a proprietary pipeline and super-resolution AI to upscale images by 1x to 4x. Optional settings allow you to add a subtle signature to your images. You can also choose to remove unnecessary metadata. Like Yukineko Camera, it supports a variety of aspect ratios. Features: • Image processing powered by the Yukineko Engine • JPEG and PNG output • Multiple selectable image sizes (max size: 2160Ɨ2160; larger images are cropped to the selected aspect ratio) • Option to add a signature to images • Option to remove unnecessary metadata

Screenshots

LAB*4 screens
YukinekoCamera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LAB* at every 11 days against YukinekoCamera's monthly. LAB* also leads on device support (3 vs 1). YukinekoCamera's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LAB* ships an update every 11 days, YukinekoCamera monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
LAB* versus YukinekoCamera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLAB*YukinekoCamera
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSchilliro MassimilianoTOMONORI YAGITA

In-app purchases

None

LAB*

No in-app purchases

None

YukinekoCamera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LAB* free?
LAB* is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is YukinekoCamera free?
YukinekoCamera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LAB* or YukinekoCamera have ads?
Neither LAB* nor YukinekoCamera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LAB* or YukinekoCamera?
LAB* ships an update every 11 days, and YukinekoCamera monthly. Most recently, LAB* was updated on October 12, 2026 and YukinekoCamera on October 6, 2026.

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