Darkroom
Edits the photos and videos already in Apple Photos
The verdict
Lightroom wants your photos in its own library, which is a hassle when everything already lives in Apple Photos. Darkroom edits that library directly on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and the free version covers RAW files, exposure, crop, presets and batch edits. AI masks, curves and color grading need Darkroom+, and the $99.99 lifetime option beats paying $39.99 every year if you keep editing.
Get it if
You shoot on an iPhone and want Lightroom-level control without importing photos anywhere.
Skip it if
You crop and brighten a photo now and then; the editor inside Apple Photos does that free.
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What it helps you do
- Edit RAW and ProRAW photos on your iPhone
- Apply 1 edit to a whole shoot
- Brighten only the sky or the subject
- Color grade videos with the same tools
What it really costs
Pay once or subscribe? Drag to see the total after each year.
Pay-once totals leave out paid upgrades to future major versions.
Plans and prices
Free
RAW and ProRAW editing, exposure and tone, crop and perspective, presets, grain, frames, batch editing and export
Darkroom+
$9.99$9.99 a month or $39.99 a year, adds AI masks, curves, color grading, bloom and halation, selective color and 4K video grading
Lifetime
$99.99$99.99 once for everything in Darkroom+
What changed
Version 7.6.2
This update includes some bug fixes to keyboard navigation on macOS and some crash fixes and other small improvements.
Added to The Useful Apps
Pick something else if
Pixelmator ProPick it if you edit photos and make graphics on a Mac and refuse to pay for Photoshop.$49.99 once
HalidePick it if your iPhone photos look over-processed and you want manual control over shutter speed and ISO.From $19.99
PhotomatorPick it if you edit RAW photos in batches and want a lifetime license for Lightroom-style tools.From $7.99
Darkroom head to head
The details
- Runs on
- Mac, iPhone, iPad
- Requires
- macOS 18.4 or later
- Version
- 7.6.2
- Size
- 296 MB
- Made by
- Bergen Co.
- Rating
- 4.8 from 29K ratings on the App Store
- Shortcuts
- Works with the Shortcuts app
- Family Sharing
- 1 purchase for the family
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