Filtron vs GradeLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Filtron
Design and apply custom photo filters to your images. Explore and use filters created by other users, or purchase premium ones from professionals. Share your own creations with a global community.
- Create custom photo filters
- Apply filters made by others
- Share your filters
- Browse and search filters
- Layer and adjust filter intensity
- Edit multiple photos with one style
- Purchase premium filters
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Create & share your own photo filters. Filtron is a new photo editing platform. Also available for Mac. 1) Easily create your own photo filters. 2) Style your photos using filters made by others. 3) Share your filters with everyone. Features: • Edit your photos using anyones photo filters for free! • Browse and search for filters and discover what your friends are making. • Add multiple filters to your photo, re-order them and change their individual intensity to get the exact look you want. • Swap out photos while you edit to quickly save many photos with the same style. • Buy the Filter Builder upgrade to build your own photo filters and share them with the world by simply combining effects and tapping save! • Browse and buy premium filters made by professional photographers and creatives. Effect Layers: • Curves – Powerful pro level adjustments we’ve built with an easy to use interface. • Light – A “Smart” layer that makes it super simple and easy to brighten/darken the environment. • Fade – Another “Smart” layer that makes it really easy to give your photos a beautiful fade. • Vignette – Modify the intensity, size and color of vignettes using Filtron. • Blur – Adding blur is really easy. • Color Fill – Set the transparency, color and blend mode for endless color options. • Adjustments – Everything but the kitchen sink. You can modify so much using this layer. • Gradient – Create a custom gradient layer with custom colors, transparency, angle and blend mode.
GradeLab
Transform your photos and videos into cinematic masterpieces with advanced color grading tools. Apply cinematic LUTs, vintage filters, and precise color adjustments. Create dynamic edits with keyframed grading, masks, and professional scopes.
- Cinematic LUTs & Vintage Filters
- Professional Color Grading Tools
- Masks & Local Grading
- Keyframed Color Grading
- Video & Photo Editing
- Professional Scopes
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Turn everyday photos and videos into cinematic stories. GradeLab is a color grading editor for iPhone and iPad with LUT filters, vintage looks, professional color tools and video editing, all in one app. Pick a look, dial in its strength, then make it your own. From warm portraits and moody travel clips to soft film tones and retro aesthetics, GradeLab gives you full control over the light, color and atmosphere of every edit — across the whole frame or just one part of it. CINEMATIC LUTS & VINTAGE FILTERS - Browse cinematic LUTs with live previews on your own photos and videos. - Explore signature looks like Warm Cinema, Teal Orange and Soft Film, plus a full collection of film-inspired LUTs. - Adjust look strength for a subtle finish or a bold cinematic style. - Import your own .cube LUT files and use them just like built-in looks. - Save your color grading as presets and apply them to any photo or video for a consistent style. PROFESSIONAL COLOR GRADING - Exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites and blacks. - Temperature, tint, saturation and vibrance. - Eight-band HSL to shape individual colors. - Color wheels for shadows, midtones and highlights. - Color Warper: shape colors with Hue/Sat and Chroma/Luma modes. - Master, Red, Green and Blue curves. - Hue, saturation and luminance curves for precise color control. - Fade, sharpening and vignette. - Before and after comparison as you edit. MASKS & LOCAL GRADING - Grade one part of the frame instead of the whole picture. - Ellipse, rectangle, gradient and freehand masks. - Feather the edge, set the strength, or invert a mask to grade everything outside it. - Stack several masks on one clip, each with its own grade. - Track a mask to a moving subject and let it follow through the shot, forward or backward. - Use the same masks on photos. KEYFRAMED COLOR GRADING - Animate the grade itself, so a look builds through a shot or falls away at the end. - Keyframe exposure, contrast, temperature, saturation, HSL, color wheels, vignette, curves, film effects and look strength. - Adjust any keyframe by hand, including motion created by mask tracking. TRANSITIONS - 45 transitions between clips: dissolves, dips, wipes, slides, zooms, blur dissolve, whip pan, film burn, glitch, prism, page turn and more. - Set the duration of every transition on the timeline. FILM EFFECTS - Film grain, bloom, glow and halation for an authentic analog feel. PROFESSIONAL SCOPES - Histogram, waveform, RGB parade and vectorscope for accurate grading. APPLE LOG, HDR & PRORES - Grade Apple Log and Apple Log 2 footage, plus HLG HDR video. - Apple Log 2 from iPhone 17 Pro uses its own wide-gamut transform, never Apple Log's. - Export ProRes 422 and ProRes 422 HQ on compatible devices. - Export in 4K or your source resolution, with custom frame rate and bitrate. EDIT VIDEO & PHOTOS - Trim and split clips, change playback speed, and add titles and audio. - Grade photos with the same color tools you use for video. - Export photos as full-resolution JPEG, HEIC or lossless PNG. - No watermarks on your exports. TEXT, LAYERS & MOTION - Add titles with curated font families or your own imported TTF fonts. - Layer overlays with blend modes. - Mask a layer with an ellipse, rectangle or split line so the track underneath shows through. - Feather or invert a layer mask, and keyframe it into a wipe or reveal. - Animate text, transforms and color grading with keyframes. Whether you're grading a travel vlog, a short film or a single portrait, GradeLab helps you create a look that's unmistakably yours. Feature and format availability depend on your source media and device capabilities. Some features require a subscription or one-time purchase. Privacy Policy: https://ak375456.github.io/gradelab/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ App Terms: https://ak375456.github.io/gradelab/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GradeLab at 5.0 against Filtron's 3.7. GradeLab also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Filtron's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Filtron sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and GradeLab sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GradeLab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Filtron's written reviews are positive against 100% of GradeLab's.
Filtron ships an update every 3 days, GradeLab every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Filtron | GradeLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 208 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daeo Corp. Software | Aftab fazal Qayum |
Customer experience
Filtron
GradeLab
In-app purchases
Filtron
- Ashley Baxter Premium Pack$0.99
- Jackie Tran Anh Premium Pack$0.99
- Spectrum Premium Pack$0.99
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- Packsol Premium Pack$0.99
- Vinnt Premium Pack$0.99
- Timothy Achumba Premium Pack$0.99
- Kim Wouters Premium Pack$0.99
- Kelsey Wilson Premium Pack$0.99
- Builder Upgrade$2.99
GradeLab
- Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$14.99









