RNI Films: Photo & RAW Editor

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• In-app purchases

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.8 9057 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Teach yourself film.

   Presets never quite did it for me. I wanted a better development process - one that was more immersive and reactive to the way I take photos. RNI Films app did that for me. It ticks all the right boxes in what I love about film. That said, it’s important to teach yourself how to shoot for this app and for each film. That starts with good lighting, tuning white balance, tint, and exposure beforehand and/or using the in-app tools to adjust. That will yield much higher quality results when applying these film styles to your photos. This gives you the power to use your knowledge of film looks to design the right feeling. Compared to their Colibri app which is uniquely reactive based on how you shot the photo. The Flashback app is a unique take on the film, where it gives randomized ‘chemical’ selections, then you choose your favorite feeling. All great apps and they’re perfect for different personalities. I recommend starting with Colibri or Flashback if you’re a beginner and see how it beautifully develops your photos with a unique film style. Then I recommend RNI Films app for people more knowledgeable about film types and how they behave in various lighting to emulate styles and achieve specific results. It requires a little more ‘geekiness’ but it’s a lot of fun and totally worth it. Your photos are worth that. RNI Films app supports RAW and I hope they’ll add RAW support to Colibri and Flashback alongside fullscreen iPad support. I highly recommended this to any and all nostalgic film enthusiasts.

   TobyRyan · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5Absolutely fantastic!

   If you find the color editing capabilities of your built-in iPhone software to be a little lacking, RNI Films might be exactly what you’re looking for. With just a few taps, you can apply decades worth of simulated photographic film to your images and then tweak them further with the usual selection of photo editor tools. In twenty or thirty seconds you can take a photo from alright to special. Unlike some other tools (sksksk), there are no subscriptions here and the freebie options are copious — the basic starter pack of films is generous, varied, and will keep many people happy for a long time without spending a cent. A small one-time payment unlocks each additional film pack, which again are generously-sized (ranging from 12–22 film variations per pack) and offer plenty of variety. As a photographer, I was familiar with RNI from their desktop film simulations, and they’ve captured that same quality here with a fast, optimized workflow for mobile devices. This isn’t some watered-down version for on-the-go editing; I’ve been known to AirDrop images from my notebook to my phone just to run them through RNI Films. It’s that good.

   Monsoon Season · 31 Jul 2026

3. 5/5Edit: developers care about the community

   After the backlash developer team had made changes to the way date stamp tool works: now disabling it does not require a Pro subscription. Props to the team for listening to the community. Hope to see more compelling features coming to the Pro package, like additional editing tools and more film emulsions. Old review for the context: Newly added date stamp tool is actually just a way to force an app watermark on your images, that cannot be disabled without a subscription purchase. Even though release notes state that we get to keep all our previous filter purchases, it does not make much sense to continue using them if there is going to be a watermark plastered over your images. Also locking app unless you sign up with your Apple account is unfair if you are not going to use any subscriptions. From a long-time user, not a good look, guys.

   Noxuhax · 31 Jul 2026

4. 4/5better than vsco

   i thought this was gonna be one of those apps where you delete it after using one time. now i use this for editing all my pictures. i don’t even use vsco anymore. rni films is where it’s at. i love the variation of filters compared to other editing apps. just for black and white filters alone there’s like 5 different kinds. i love that there’s a pre warmth and post warmth i use that a lot. pre warmth makes it look natural and from within while post warmth makes it look from the outside. also another thing i love is the grain. you can have big or smaller grain and you can adjust the intensity. the sharpen is very helpful too it goes both ways you can sharpen for right and UNsharpen for left if you want the blurry effect. last but not least is the dust! it adds more to the picture and i haven’t seen many apps with it. there’s white and black dust and you can adjust the intensity. the only thing they should add is saving the pictures bc you can lose the edited version if you don’t save it. i wish it has its own gallery to save edited pictures. try it out!

   jaiboba · 31 Jul 2026

5. 4/5almost perfect

   2022 Update: They’ve added a Pro tier which unlocks just about everything, so I added a star. Please double the Pro price and add more export options. Original: [took one star off because of JPG-only export] [took one star off because there’s no option to purchase slide film emulations] This app is perfect for about 95% of my pictures. As a hobbyist with an unrelated dayjob, i really don’t have the time to spend hours tweaking and (pixel) peeping every photo i take. However, I prefer to have something better than your average filter app. This is the fastest, and highest quality, RAW editor I’ve used. The final images that i get from this app are at least on par with those that i edit on my PC. I hope they address those two issues i had at the top someday. I also hope this gets ported to macOS someday. With this app, the developers have proven that they can build a quality standalone program, so Im not sure why they chain themselves to lightroom or capture one.

   cloudphrenia · 31 Jul 2026

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