Darkroom: Photo & Video Editor
Bergen Co. Photo & Video iPhoneiPadiPod touchMac
Darkroom: Photo & Video Editor is a free Photo & Video app for iPhone and iPad by Bergen Co. Rated 4.8/5 from 29,352 ratings. Requires iOS 18.4.
- Rating
- 4.8
- 29.3K ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 280 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 15
- 2026 · v7.4
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About Darkroom: Photo & Video Editor
Transform your iPhone and iPad into a sophisticated editing suite with Darkroom, the highly acclaimed photo and video editor designed to empower both amateur photographers and professional creators. With desktop-quality tools at your fingertips, Darkroom competes with industry giants such as Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, delivering unparalleled editing experiences right on your mobile device. Award-Winning App Recognitions: Winner of the Apple Design Award in 2020 Apple’s Editor’s Choice since 2018 Best New App Winner in 2015 Why Choose Darkroom? Advanced AI-Powered Editing: Leverage cutting-edge AI tools for precise, depth-based edits and intelligent object detection. Enhance specific elements like skies, skin tones, and landscapes with unmatched accuracy. Versatile Editing Capabilities: From high-resolution video playback and professional 8K color grading to batch photo editing, Darkroom addresses all your creative needs with efficiency. Its comprehensive toolset includes support for RAW and ProRAW files, making it perfect for high-quality photo projects. Professional Tools for Every Creator: All-Inclusive Format Support: Whether managing RAW files or crafting the perfect JPEG, Darkroom provides powerful editing tools that ensure top-tier output for all photo formats. Tailored for iPhone Photographers: With iPhone-specific enhancements, Darkroom stands out as the premier editing tool for mobile photographers, offering intuitive interfaces and seamless integration with iOS features. Praise from Experts: "I can't say enough good things about Darkroom. It's fast, beautiful, powerful, and easy to understand and explore. And the team behind it keep improving the app on a regular basis." - John Gruber, Daringfireball "Darkroom is one of the best apps around, offering extensive support for RAW and ProRAW photos and capabilities to batch edit photos with ease." – The Verge "Its iPhone-specific features make Darkroom the leading editing app for iPhone photographers." – The Sweet Setup Seamless Organization and Sharing: Organize your photos and videos with Darkroom's advanced management tools. Create stunning collages, manage hashtags effortlessly, and share your creations with ease. Streamline your workflow and keep your collections meticulously organized, whether for personal enjoyment or professional display. Join Our Community and Enhance Your Creative Skills: Become a Darkroom member to access exclusive features and regular updates that keep your tools cutting-edge. Our community is a hub for sharing tips, inspiration, and creative techniques. Get Started with Darkroom Today: Download Darkroom and elevate your photo and video editing to professional levels. With ongoing enhancements and a focus on user-friendly design, Darkroom is dedicated to enriching your creative journey. Subscription and Membership Details: Manage your Darkroom+ membership in the iTunes & App Store settings. Remember, subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms and Conditions: https://darkroom.co/legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://darkroom.co/legal/privacy-policy.html
Ratings & reviews
4.8
29.3K ratings
What’s new
Version 7.4 · Updated September 15, 2026
This update introduces four major improvements to Darkroom that improve the workflow, the design, and the precision and range of our tools: 1. Bringing our Liquid Glass design update from iPhone onto the Mac and iPad 2. Revamping our white balance tools to make them more accurate and useful, including a new Auto Balance feature. 3. A whole new Curves tool, with unconstrained adjustments and new HSL curves. 4. A new photo strip in preview mode that includes our flag and reject workflow features, making those much more accessible and efficient. The iPhone was already recently updated with a fresh coat of paint, adopting the latest design guidelines for liquid glass. This update brings that same fresh coat of paint to the Mac and to the iPad, making sure that the app feels at home on the latest versions of iPadOS and macOS. The new Curves tool has two major update: 1. Unrestrained point adjustments. By default, points along the curve are fixed to their track like before, but you can now drag horizontally to "unsnap" points and adjust the curve with more freedom. Moreover, points on the curve "float" unless you adjust them manually. This makes it much easier to create natural and smooth curves with more creative freedom. 2. We've added a few new curves, including Saturation vs Saturation, Hue vs Saturation, Luminance vs Saturation, etc. which allow you to add a new dimensionality to your adjustments. This is particularly powerful for those who enjoy making presets, as they now have a far richer set of tools to mimic film effects or more interesting looks that weren't possible before in Darkroom. The new White Balance tool meanwhile adds a color picker and an Auto mode which makes it easier to correct for missed white balance in your photo. Temperature and Tint have similarly been updated to give you a wider range of adjustments to correct for badly exposed images. This is particularly helpful for RAW photos, where it can be easier to take a photo with a widely-mistaken white balance setting. Finally, the new photo strip in the iPhone layout is familiar given how similar it looks to the one in the photos app, but it makes navigating your library while previewing images much more lightweight, and it allows us to move the Review actions of Flag and Reject into more prominent placement to make them more prominent and easier to tap.
App privacy
The developer, Bergen Co., reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
Used for: Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality
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