Aphera vs RawTherapee: catalog facts
 Aphera |  RawTherapee |
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Paid Paid app with a 30-day free trial that needs no credit card. |
Free Free and open source under GPLv3. |
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macOS |
Windows, macOS, Linux |
- Film-inspired looks and support for your own and cinema LUTs
- Denoise, highlight recovery and lens profiles for hundreds of cameras
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- Non-destructive 32-bit floating point processing engine
- Two demosaicing algorithms can be applied to the same image
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- Mac only, and requires Apple Silicon and macOS 15 or later
- Paid after the trial
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- The project itself says it benefits users who take the time to learn it
- No library or catalogue management; it develops files, it does not organise them
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Downloadable app |
Downloadable app |
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Closed source |
Open source |
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License not stated |
License: GPL-3.0 |
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Not stated if an account is needed |
No account needed |
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Not stated if it works offline |
Works offline |
Checked October 2, 2026 | Checked September 20, 2026 |
Catalog facts only. Anything “not stated” is unconfirmed. Check full listings for details.
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