Comparison

UMBRAL vs Margin

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

Head to head
About

UMBRAL

Features
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Premium, high-quality photos that reflect your taste. UMBRAL is a camera and photo editor for people with taste, who care how a photo feels. Choose a Look, see it live in the viewfinder, and press the shutter. Light, color and texture already feel premium and considered, never over-processed, and every photo is kept in full, high quality. Photos you already love can get the same finish too. Start free. Every Look can be previewed and used to shoot. Photos made with the free Looks save to your phone each day, up to a daily allowance. Photos made with Pro Looks wait safely in your UMBRAL Library until you unlock UMBRAL Pro, then save in full quality. A FEW PREMIUM LOOKS, EACH TUNED WITH TASTE β€’ A focused collection of Looks instead of an endless wall of filters. Each one is a different kind of premium, so you can choose the one that matches your taste. β€’ See your Look live before you shoot, and keep the same high-quality result in the finished photo. β€’ Rich, natural color and tone that stay polished. FINISH IT LIKE A PRINT β€’ Fine-tune light, color and grain while each Look keeps its character. β€’ Add a frame, your own signature, or a quiet date stamp. β€’ Your photos are never cropped to fit a template. What you frame is what you keep. YOUR PHOTOS, YOUR TASTE β€’ Import photos from your library, apply one Look across a whole set, and adjust any single photo later. β€’ A personal Library of everything you have made, in one calm place. β€’ Your photos stay on your device. UMBRAL PRO UMBRAL Pro adds the complete Look collection, fine-tuning for light, color and grain, premium frames and signature styles, and high-quality saving without limits: everything you need for premium photos that reflect your taste. Choose an annual or monthly auto-renewable subscription, or a one-time purchase. Prices for your region are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. A one-time purchase does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://kernelbeam.com/camera/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Margin

Features
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Margin adds clean white or black borders to your photos. That's it. No ads β€” not on screen, and never when you save. β–  Made for 4:5 posts Add a clean border in one tap at 4:5, the size that fills the most space in the feed. 1:1, 9:16 (Stories), and the original ratio are available too. β–  Same margins across your carousel (Pro) Load up to 20 photos at once and save or share them all with identical margins. β–  Margins in 0.1% steps Fine-tune the border with the slider or the +/βˆ’ buttons. Save your favorite settings and get the same look every time. β–  Place your photo exactly Drag to move, pinch to zoom. Fit Width and Fit Height are just one tap away. β–  White or black Choose the border color that suits your photo. β–  Full resolution Your photos are saved without losing quality, and you can share them straight to Instagram and other apps. β–  Margin Pro (one-time purchase) ・Batch edit up to 20 photos with the same margins ・Frame colors suggested from your photo, or pick any color you like Buy once, keep it forever. No subscription. β–  Privacy Everything happens on your iPhone. Your photos are never uploaded.

Screenshots

UMBRAL4 screens
Margin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: UMBRAL at every 4 days against Margin's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. UMBRAL sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Margin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UMBRAL ships an update every 4 days, Margin fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
UMBRAL versus Margin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUMBRALMargin
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days β€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size332 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer禹丞 ι™ˆYoshinao Ito

In-app purchases

4 purchases

UMBRAL

Subscriptions3
  • UMBRAL+ Monthly$4.991 Month
  • UMBRAL+ Yearly$19.991 Year
  • UMBRAL+ Yearly1 Year trial3 variants$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • UMBRAL+ One-Time Purchase$29.99
1 purchases

Margin

One-time1
  • Margin Pro$1.99

Questions

Is UMBRAL free?
UMBRAL is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Margin free?
Margin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do UMBRAL or Margin have ads?
Neither UMBRAL nor Margin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UMBRAL or Margin?
UMBRAL ships an update every 4 days, and Margin fortnightly. Most recently, UMBRAL was updated on November 6, 2026 and Margin on November 6, 2026.

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