Comparison

ACDSee Pro vs PeerTube

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

Head to head
About

ACDSee Pro

This app combines a professional-grade camera with a powerful, nondestructive photo editor. Capture stunning images with advanced manual controls and perfect them with selective adjustments and effects. Create collages from your memories with over 100 layouts.

Highlights
  • RAW, TIFF, PNG support
  • Manual camera controls
  • Nondestructive photo editing
  • Selective adjustments (gradients, brushing)
  • Collage maker with 100+ layouts
  • Real-time effects and adjustments
  • HDR and Flash Fusion
Features
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Capture, perfect, and share your photos with ACDSee Pro for iPhone. ACDSee Pro combines a professional-grade camera and photo editor with all the tools you need to produce stunning photographs. Camera Harness the full power of your device's camera with specialized shooting modes, lossless RAW, TIFF and PNG support, manual controls for exposure/focus/white balance, real-time effects and adjustments, HDR & flash fusion, separate exposure and focus points, dual-axis level indicator, and more. Edit Perfect your photos with a powerful, nondestructive photo editor with RAW processing. Use gradients and brushing to selectively apply adjustments and special effects, including shadows & highlights, contrast, dehaze, white balance, saturation, vibrance, sharpness, split toning, and noise removal, and our one-of-a-kind Light EQ, Tone EQ, and Color EQ. Collage Convenient collage maker for sharing your memories. Quickly combine multiple photos into a single image for easy sharing. Choose from over 100 layouts. — CAMERA FEATURES RAW Support Shoot RAW on capable devices and write captured photos in DNG format. Lossless TIFF/PNG Write captured photos in lossless TIFF or PNG format, or choose one of three JPEG quality settings. Manual Controls Precisely control exposure, focus and white balance, including a custom white balance preset. Real-time overexposure and underexposure visualization. Shutter Priority Mode Set the shutter speed and ACDSee Camera Pro automatically chooses the ISO for proper exposure. Selfie Mode Look your best with skin smoothing and lightening, plus a front-facing torch/flash for low-light situations. Real-time Effect Filters Choose from 24 effects, including high-quality black & white, Orton, film grain, halftone, and various color tone filters. Real-time Adjustments See brightness, contrast, vibrance, sharpness, clarity, skin tune and vignette adjustments in real time and add additional noise reduction during capture. Exposure Bracketing Capture three exposures at once at different exposure levels. HDR Fusion Combine three shots taken at different exposures to create a single high-dynamic-range image, with manual override of composition parameters. Flash Fusion Combine a naturally-illuminated capture with a flash-illuminated capture. Video Mode Capture those special moments with video and apply filters and adjustments in real-time. Flash Modes Choose from six flash modes: Off, On, Auto, Torch, Torch & flash, and Flash Fusion. All modes work with either the rear-facing or the front-facing camera. Focus and Exposure Touch to select focus and exposure point. For more precise control, independently select focus and exposure points. Lockable AF, AE and AWB Independently lock focus, exposure, and white balance. Cropping modes Crop before you shoot to square, 4:3, 3:2, and 16:9 aspect ratios. Independent settings for front and rear cameras, still photo and video modes. Level Indicator Compose your shots with precise alignment using a dual-axis level indicator. — EDITOR FEATURES Image adjustments, including: - Shadows & Highlights - Light EQ - Exposure - Dehaze - Contrast - Tone EQ - Fill Light - White Balance - Saturation & Vibrance - Color EQ - Split Toning - Sharpness - Clarity - Softness - Denoise - Skin Tune Effects Apply a variety of creative effects to your photos, including film, light leaks, halftone, and more. Use gradients and brushes to mask adjustments. Focus Bring your subject into focus. Simulate a shallow depth of field by blurring the background. Vignette Adds a vignette effect around the edges of your photo. Geometry Crop, rotate, straighten, and mirror your photo. Filter Splash Creatively splash on effects such as selective coloring to draw attention to your subject. ACDSee is a trademark of ACD Systems International Inc. and may be registered in Canada, the United States, the European Union, Japan, or certain other jurisdictions.

About

PeerTube

Watch, share, and publish videos on a decentralized network. This app offers a free, privacy-respecting alternative to mainstream video platforms, allowing you to explore content across thousands of independent servers without an account.

Highlights
  • Watch and subscribe to channels
  • Explore decentralized federation
  • Search and discover videos
  • Offline video downloads (future)
  • Upload videos from mobile (future)
  • Comment and interact with community (future)
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Discover the PeerTube mobile application, a free alternative to video streaming giants like YouTube. Thanks to its decentralised network, PeerTube lets you watch, share and publish videos in complete freedom, while remaining in control of your data. The official PeerTube application is your gateway to hundreds of thousands of videos, available across more than a thousand different platforms, and now viewable on your mobile device wherever you are. Main features of the application Watch videos and subscribe to your favourite channels: Follow your favourite creators, no matter which instance they're hosted on, and find out what's new on the home screen. Find videos you've watched and saved for later in ‘Library’. Explore the PeerTube federation: easily browse videos and creators on different PeerTube instances hosted around the world. Discover diverse content from a multitude of interconnected servers. No account required! Search and discover videos: Use our search engine to find specific videos, channels or themes across the entire PeerTube network. Choose themes that interest you to find the content that's right for you. Offline download: Download videos directly to your device and watch them without an internet connection, wherever and whenever you want. Upload videos from your mobile device: Easily import your own videos from your device, and contribute to PeerTube's decentralised ecosystem. Comment and interact: Comment, discuss and exchange around videos with the PeerTube community. Why choose PeerTube? PeerTube is more than just a video platform. It's a decentralised network that respects your privacy and offers you an ethical alternative to the platforms of surveillance capitalism. Unlike centralised services, PeerTube does not collect your personal data or track you for advertising purposes. With PeerTube, you have complete control over your video experience. Download the PeerTube application now and join a community that supports a free, decentralised Internet that respects its users. Who is behind PeerTube? PeerTube is a project developed by Framasoft, a French non-profit organisation committed to popular education about the digital commons. Framasoft is known for its many initiatives aimed at raising public awareness of alternatives to large centralised platforms and encouraging digital practices that are more respectful of privacy and individual freedoms. This is done in particular through the De-google-ify Internet campaign, which proposes some fifteen services as alternatives to those of the net giants.

Screenshots

ACDSee Pro4 screens
PeerTube4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PeerTube at Free against ACDSee Pro's $5.99. ACDSee Pro's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (76% vs 47%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PeerTube is free to download; ACDSee Pro costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ACDSee Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACDSee Pro has 1.1K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of ACDSee Pro's written reviews are positive against 47% of PeerTube's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ACDSee Pro ships an update every 2 months, PeerTube every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ACDSee Pro versus PeerTube: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACDSee ProPeerTube
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better3.9 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews75.8% of reviews — better47.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K — better34
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB63 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperACD Systems International Inc.Framasoft

Customer experience

ACDSee Pro

All ratings1,130 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive75.8%
Neutral9.7%
Negative14.5%

PeerTube

All ratings34 ratings
Positive70.6%
Neutral8.8%
Negative20.6%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral13.7%
Negative39.2%

User reviews

ACDSee Pro

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Powerful editing tools
  • ⭐ Great for photographers
  • 🎨 Excellent photo enhancement
  • 💻 Familiar desktop-like experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🔋 Battery draining
  • 🚫 Lack of selective editing tools
  • 📁 Issues with file management and saving
  • 🔍 Missing key features like lens correction

PeerTube

From 34 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great alternative to YouTube
  • 🚀 Good performance on iPad
  • 💡 Supports many PeerTube instances
  • ✨ Open source and private
  • 🌟 Promising future potential

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App freezes on startup
  • 🐛 Cannot scroll on landing page
  • 🐛 Unusable on small screens
  • 🐛 Inaccessible to blind users
  • 🐛 Limited content availability

Bugs and requests

ACDSee Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when using certain filters
  • Inability to export photos in desired format
  • Syncing issues with photos from other devices
  • Inconsistent behavior after iOS updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add lens distortion correction
  • Implement non-destructive editing
  • Allow saving of original and edited versions
  • Improve collage and layout tools
  • Add support for more file formats

PeerTube

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App freezes on opening
  • Cannot scroll on landing page
  • App does not orient correctly
  • App gets stuck upside down
  • Video player has delay
Show 12 more
  • Accidental touch controls for brightness/volume
  • Cannot find own videos
  • App logs out users
  • Not accessible with screen magnification
  • Video loading issues
  • Screen remains frozen on homepage
  • App freezes on splash screen
  • Cannot log into account
  • Cannot search other instances properly
  • Instance addresses not saved
  • Cannot add custom instances
  • App is unusable

Requested features

14 requests
  • Background playback
  • Picture-in-picture mode
  • Widget with video previews
  • Ability to add custom instances
  • Support for more PeerTube instances
Show 9 more
  • User accounts
  • Ability to upload videos
  • Creator section
  • Move creator work from YouTube
  • Incentives for followers
  • Import videos
  • Create an account
  • Airplay support
  • Set default instance

In-app purchases

None

ACDSee Pro

No in-app purchases

None

PeerTube

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ACDSee Pro free?
ACDSee Pro costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PeerTube free?
PeerTube is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ACDSee Pro or PeerTube?
ACDSee Pro is rated higher. ACDSee Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while PeerTube averages 3.9 from 34 ratings.
Do ACDSee Pro or PeerTube have ads?
Neither ACDSee Pro nor PeerTube shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ACDSee Pro or PeerTube?
ACDSee Pro ships an update every 2 months, and PeerTube every 5 weeks. Most recently, ACDSee Pro was updated on October 24, 2026 and PeerTube on October 22, 2026.

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