Photomator
A Lightroom-style photo editor for Mac, iPhone and iPad
The verdict
If you shoot RAW and want Lightroom-style color tools without an Adobe subscription, Photomator edits right inside your Photos library on Mac, iPhone and iPad. It reads over 750 RAW formats, batch edits hundreds of shots and uses AI to select skies, remove objects, cut noise and upscale. The $119.99 lifetime license equals 4 years of the $29.99 plan, so it is the cheaper route if you edit longer than that.
Get it if
You edit RAW photos in batches and want pro color tools inside Apple Photos without paying Adobe.
Skip it if
You crop and brighten a photo now and then, and the editor built into Apple Photos is free.
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What it helps you do
- Edit RAW photos straight from your Photos library
- Remove a stranger from the background
- Apply one edit to hundreds of photos
- Rescue a noisy low-light shot
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
Monthly
$7.99$7.99 a month
Yearly
$29.99$29.99 a year
Lifetime
$119.99$119.99 once
All plans
1 purchase covers Mac, iPhone and iPad; shareable with Family Sharing
What changed
Version 3.4.15
This update contains bug fixes and performance 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
DarkroomPick this if you shoot on iPhone and want serious edits on your Photos library without paying up front.Free to start
Photomator head to head
The details
- Runs on
- Mac, iPhone, iPad
- Requires
- macOS 17.0 or later
- Version
- 3.4.15
- Size
- 825 MB
- Made by
- Apple
- Rating
- 4.5 from 3.8K ratings on the App Store
- iCloud sync
- Syncs across your devices
- Family Sharing
- 1 purchase for the family
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