Luxio vs PolarGrid

Your iPhone already has a great camera. Luxio makes it shoot like a 2000s compact. Not a filter you add afterwards — a real camera app. The look is baked into the live viewfinder, so what you frame is what you get: warm skin, deep shadows, and that unmistakable point-and-shoot flash. THE LOOK • Six picture styles, from the signature warm digicam tone to clean neutral and high-contrast mono • Real film grain in three strengths — actual luminance noise, not a texture pasted on top • Optical vignette that darkens beneath the grain, the way a lens does • Burnt-in orange date stamp, exactly like the cameras it borrows from • Every style previews live, so you never guess how a shot will turn out THE CAMERA • Up to 48.8 MP on supported iPhones, plus 12.2 / 8 / 5 / 3 MP when you want that small-sensor feel • Manual controls: ISO, shutter speed, white balance and focus, with a live histogram • RAW capture on devices that support it • Four flash modes, including a soft flash tuned for skin and a screen flash for selfies • Optical lens switching at 0.5x, 1x and 2x • Self-timer and burst with adjustable frame count and interval • Live Photos that keep the look in the motion, not just the still • Video with the style encoded in, three bitrates, stabilisation • Level, grid, tap to focus, exposure compensation — right in the viewfinder NIGHTS OUT, GOLDEN HOUR, FLASH PORTRAITS The default style is tuned for the shots people actually take: bright flash photos at a party, sunset on a balcony, a dim restaurant. Deeper shadows, warmer skin, colours that hold instead of washing out. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Everything is processed on your device. No account, no sign-up, no uploads, no tracking. Your photos go to your camera roll and nowhere else. LUXIO PRO Your first three photos are free of the watermark. Luxio Pro removes it from every photo you take, with weekly, monthly and yearly plans. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage them any time in your Apple Account settings. Luxio is an independent camera app for people who like the look of a 2000s compact. It is not made by, affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Canon Inc. "G7X" is a trademark of Canon Inc. and is used here only to name the photographic look the app emulates. Terms Of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rh0ieRPHrKTGYPYjL--9E5BOvxfcDC_6UjdDJm2ggDo/edit?usp=sharing Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CbMuFqJM2zXyqy6ywtfYRFsm1DerNG2xiYv2gHcG0d8/edit?usp=sharing

PolarGrid does what photographers keep needing: a clean border around a photo, several photos laid out into one image, and carousels that flow from one post into the next — in full quality, with nothing uploaded anywhere. WHITE BORDER • Adjustable border, in white or any colour • Aspect ratios: Original, 1:1, 4:5, 5:6, 3:4, 9:16 — vertical or horizontal • Crop to fill, or show the whole photo uncropped • Rotate and flip, drag to reposition, pinch to zoom • Batch mode: set it once, export up to 5 photos together (15 with Pro) • Write a line of text under the photo, in the bottom border (Pro) • Export on a 9:16 background — a colour, or the photo itself, sharp or blurred — ready for Stories and Reels (Pro) EDIT AND RETRO • Edit each photo, free: exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, saturation, vibrance, temperature and tint • Colour mix by hue, vignette and sharpness, free • Curves and film grain (Pro) • Healing brush: paint over a small distraction and it’s filled in from around it (Pro) • Retro: eleven original film looks with adjustable intensity (Pro) • Press and hold to compare with the original CAROUSEL • A strip of 2 to 5 posts, with photos running across from one post into the next • Layouts built for the number of photos you pick, or place them freely, with a border or an instant-photo frame • Each post exports as its own photo, ready to upload in order — free • Your photo behind the whole carousel, sharp or blurred (Pro) COLLAGE • 2 to 9 photos in one image • Template grids, including creative layouts • Resize cells by dragging their edges; rotate and flip each photo • Free mode: place, resize and rotate each photo by hand • Control outer border and spacing, square or rounded cells PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every photo is processed on your device. No account, no uploads, no tracking. Works with no internet connection, on iPhone and iPad. POLARGRID PRO Free to use, with no watermark. PolarGrid Pro is a one-time purchase — no subscription — that adds maximum-quality export, unlimited border colours (including any custom colour), curves, film grain, Retro, the Healing brush, text under the photo, the 9:16 background export, your photo behind carousels, and batches of up to 15 photos with one edit synced to all.