Darkroom 4.0.2 (current version) blow Apple Photos out of the water. Apple Photos is just a digital asset management piece of software. It doesn’t even do that well as Darkroom 4.0.2 does it much better. Darkroom 4.0.2 is much more feature rich than Apple Photos. There are of course a few things missing in Darkroom 4.0.2 like noise reduction, retouch, dodge and burn, layers, a graduated ND filter like feature and masking. I would love if noise reduction and retouching would be added to the software. That would be enough for me currently. I hate switching apps to do just one thing in that app and finish off in Darkroom 4.0.2. Apple Photos is just used for the import of photos and clips for me. I’ve tried to use the software to edit my photos but it’s just not worth it.
Years ago, Apple had a really good digital asset management for semi-pro and pro photographers but discontinued it as apparently no one was buying it which I find kinda bullshitty. I knew a lot of photographers in my area who had a Mac who used it. At that time Adobe’s Lightroom DAM was buggy, slow and a waste of money. I refuse to buy into Adobe’s subscription model especially on the iPad.
If you’re a photographer working on solely on the Apple iPad, I highly suggest Darkroom 4.0.2. It’s not Photoshop or Affinity Photo but if you need quick, good editing software that acts like Lightroom without the monthly subscription I’d recommend Darkroom 4.0.2. After publishing this blog post, I will go on the Apple App Store to write a review and ask for the necessary features to be added to Darkroom 4.0.2.
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