A Photomator alternative for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

• Made by the Pixelmator Team, which became part of Apple in February 2025.
• Sold by Apple on the App Store, for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro.
• Free to download, then a monthly or yearly subscription, or a lifetime license.
• Not part of Apple Creator Studio, Apple’s subscription with Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro and Pixelmator Pro.
• The latest version is 3.4.15, released in August 2026.

Checked in October 2026 on Photomator’s App Store page, Apple Support and Apple’s Creator Studio page. The date of the acquisition is from a Videomaker report of February 2025.

masoc takes its own approach. Here is what it offers.

On iPhone the panel sits under the photo. On iPad and Mac it stands at the side, with a menu bar and keyboard shortcuts. There’s no account to create. iCloud sync stays off until you turn it on. Then photos, videos, edits and presets move through your own private iCloud.

masoc needs iOS 26, iPadOS 26 or macOS 26 or later, and a Mac with Apple silicon.

masoc finds the subject, the sky and the background on its own. Add linear, radial and brush masks, and change light, color and effects inside each one. Brush over what doesn’t belong, and the fill is painted on the device too.

With Smart Edit, you type or say what you are after, like “warm sunset, softer shadows”. It turns your words into slider values, and every one stays yours to change. More about on-device AI.

Smart Edit requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence.

Every look has an intensity from 0 to 120 percent and works on any photo, RAW included, and on video. Import your own .cube LUTs, and they sit right beside the built-in looks. More about film looks.

Each .xmp preset you open becomes a masoc preset for any photo. Going the other way, any preset you build in masoc exports as an .xmp file, with light, color, tone curve, HSL, color grading, detail, crop, LUT, and linear and radial masks. More about Lightroom presets in masoc.

• RAW. From Sony, Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm and other cameras, and Apple ProRAW. On RAW, white balance works in true Kelvin values.
• Log video. Twelve Log profiles, developed like RAW, with looks and grading on top.
• Panorama and HDR merge. Stitch a series into one wide shot, or merge a bracket into one HDR photo.

masoc is being prepared for the App Store. It will be free to try, then $3.99 a month, $24.99 a year or $69 once. See pricing. Sign up for the newsletter, and you’ll hear first when it lands.