Halide Mark III vs Cropped
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Halide Mark III
This professional camera app offers advanced manual controls and powerful tools for deliberate photography. Capture stunning RAW images, utilize Neural Macro for close-ups on any iPhone, and access features like focus peaking and histograms. Learn photography with included lessons and customize your shooting experience.
- Manual exposure and focus controls
- Neural Macro for close-up shots
- 14-bit RAW and ProRAW capture
- Exposure tools: histograms, waveform, zebras
- Focus peaking and loupe
- Gesture-based interface
- Included photography lessons
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Halide unleashes your iPhone’s camera. Disable iPhone processing for natural photos, apply powerful film situations, access manual controls, and more. Halide has over 24,000 5-star ratings and is an App Store Editors’ Choice and Apple Design Award winner. Halide’s Looks are built into the camera itself, changing how your photo is captured and processed - not just a color filter applied after the fact. These are the best photos you can get out of an iPhone. Start with Process Zero for natural, film-like results, without any AI or computational photography. Explore our rich set of creative Looks developed with Hollywood colorist Cullen Kelly, and powered by sophisticated film simulation. For nine years, Halide has set the standard for professional iPhone camera control. Nail your manual focus with Focus Peaking and the Focus Loupe. Compose your shots with intention using sophisticated framing guides, from a basic grid and rule of thirds, to the golden ratio and rabatment of the rectangle. Get perfect macro shots with Halide's dedicated Macro Mode. Hate editing? Halide gives you amazing results straight out of the camera. But when you need to fine-tune, Photo Lab makes it fast and intuitive. Try dramatically different Looks, adjust framing and exposure, experiment with film simulation, or rescue details in highlights and shadows with Tone Fusion. You can even import and load RAWs from other apps, such as Apple’s own camera app, or standalone cameras by Canon, Nikon, Sony, Leica, Fujifilm, and Hasselblad. Specific formats are listed below. *Halide is a paid app. Try it free for 7 days with an annual membership, or buy it outright with a one-time purchase — no subscription required.* Features: - Shoot without Apple’s computational photography for stronger contrast and more natural results. - Photographic Looks developed in collaboration with esteemed Hollywood colorist Cullen Kelly. - Rescue details in shadows and highlights with a Tone Fusion slider inspired by darkroom dodging and burning. - Try any Look on existing ProRAW files - including photos shot in Apple’s camera app. - Become a better photographer by signing up for our 10-day tutorial directly from the app. - Full manual exposure controls including shutter speed, ISO and white balance. - Technical Readout to view all details of your iPhone camera hardware. - Also runs on iPad, for an amazing Photo Lab experience. RAW File Support: - DNG (iPhone, Leica) - CR2 (Canon) - CR3 (Canon) - NEF (Nikon) - RAF (Fujifilm) - ARW (Sony) - FFF (Hasselblad) Terms of Use can be found here: https://halide.cam/terms Privacy: https://www.lux.camera/privacy/
Cropped
Streamline your photo editing by cropping multiple images simultaneously. Apply preset ratios or custom frames to all selected photos at once. Easily revert changes and manage your albums without creating duplicates.
- Crop multiple photos at once
- Apply preset crop ratios
- Create and save custom crops
- Batch revert crop changes
- Works directly with photo library
- Sort albums by date
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Meet Cropped! A tool that was born from frustratingly cropping one photo at a time. With Cropped, you select several photos and videos to crop them together. Tap a preset ratio for a quick crop. Set your framing is free mode and press "Apply to All" for perfect crop alignment across all selected photos and videos. You can even create your own custom crop and save it for continuous use. Cropped works with photos and videos directly from your photo library. Crops are done at the source, no need for duplicates or exporting images. Hate the crop you just applied? Good news! Cropped can also handle singular or batch reverts. Sort by oldest to newest or newest to oldest and browse your albums exactly like you have them in your photo library. One more thing, Cropped stores nothing and sends nothing. Everything is kept private and data is never collected. Stay Cropping!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Halide Mark III at Free against Cropped's $4.99. Halide Mark III also leads on ratings volume (14K vs 1) and chart position (#178 vs unranked). Cropped's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On 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
Halide Mark III is free to download; Cropped costs $4.99 up front. Halide Mark III sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Cropped asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cropped holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Halide Mark III has 14K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Halide Mark III ships an update every 11 days, Cropped every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.
| Parameter | Halide Mark III | Cropped |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (14K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #178 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lux Optics Incorporated | Blake Castle |
Customer experience
Halide Mark III
Cropped
Bugs and requests
Halide Mark III
Reported bugs
3 issues- Photos not saving properly
- Zoom functionality issues
- Landscape mode UI problems
Requested features
5 requests- Shutter speed adjustment
- Live depth/bokeh preview
- Custom white balance
- Time-lapse and video recording
- Ability to save settings/presets
Cropped
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Halide Mark III
- Pro Camera, Editor, and Lessons$9.991 Month
- Pro Camera, Editor, and Lessons7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- One Time Purchase$69.99
Cropped
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Halide Mark III free?
Is Cropped free?
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