Free & Pro plans

Compare Free and Pro tools and export sizes. Try all Pro features free for 7 days, with no card or automatic charge.

Free

Available now

Free to use

Film colour, grain and light effects with standard JPEG export.

8 films on all 9 print materials
3 presets: Everyday, Road Trip and Street
Print exposure and colour filters for negative films
Space: colour grading with two pads instead of a film, with Mist softness
Selective colour
White balance, development, toning and curves
Grain, halation, Cinebloom and two frames
Video in beta: the first 15 seconds of a clip
JPEG export up to 1600 px before cropping
Free collage layouts for 2–9 photos
3 exports a day without an account; no daily export limit with a free account

Start editing free

No payment card needed. No subscription or recurring charge.

Photonica Pro

7 days free

$2.99/month, $19.99/year or $49 once

Lifetime is a single payment with no renewal. All prices in USD.

More films and effects, with original-resolution export where your device supports it.

Everything in Free, with 39 film profiles and all 12 presets
Prism, Soft lens, glare, stars and motion blur
Long exposure: draw a camera path on one photo
Lith print: five papers, selenium and gritty blacks
Cyanotype: Prussian blue prints, four papers and four toners
Risograph: duotones and posters in 17 spot inks
Glow, Film and Silk softness in Space
All 17 frame styles
Video in beta: whole clips up to a minute
Full collage collection: film, photo booth, paper and airy layouts
Instagram carousels: save any collage as 2–20 slides
Original-resolution JPEG export

Try Pro free for 7 days Buy Pro

The trial needs no card and has no automatic charge.

Two portraits of the same woman, beside a window and in an evening meadow, joined by a torn paper edge — Torn seamPro

The full collection with Pro

Open the full layout collection: airy spreads, film strips, photo booth, instant prints, archive sheets and torn paper. Available layouts depend on the number of photos. Try them with your own pictures during the 7-day Pro trial.

Split any collage into an Instagram carousel and check the post in a feed preview for free. With Pro, save the slides: 1440 px wide and numbered in posting order.

Save one JPEG: 2560 px on the longest side in standard formats, or 4096 px with Pro. Long strips use larger dimensions, up to 5120 px in Free and 8192 px in Pro. The save menu shows the exact size.

See collage examples Split a collage into an Instagram carousel

How the free trial works

All Pro tools and original-resolution export, free for 7 days. The trial needs no card and has no automatic charge.

Create a free account and confirm your email. Start your trial when you’re ready; the 7 days begin only when you activate it.

Buy Pro to keep using it after the trial. When your Pro access ends, you keep Free and your saved presets.

One free trial per email every 365 days, counted from activation.

What each plan includes

Compare Free and Photonica Pro
What’s included	FreeNo account needed	ProAll films and toolsAvailable now
Photo collagesCollage JPEG · standard or large with Pro	Free layouts	Full collection
VideoClips up to a minute, saved as MP4. In beta.	First 15 seconds, eight films	Whole clip, all films
Instagram carouselAny collage as 2–20 slides, 1440 px wide	Split and preview	Save the slides
Photo seriesOne shared look, individual brightness and crop, one ZIP download. Free account required.	Included	Included
SpaceThe colour of the light and the mood on two pads, without film	Pads and Mist softness	Plus Glow, Film and Silk softness
OpticsPrism, Soft lens and colour fringe	Not included	Included
Glare & starsStars, light streaks and lens reflections	Not included	Included
Printing adjustmentsPaper exposure and CMY filters for negative films	Included	Included
Motion blurDirectional and zoom, with Keep sharp	Not included	Included
Long exposureDraw a camera path; patches or the whole frame, with Keep sharp	Not included	Included
Lith printDarkroom chemistry: creamy highlights, gritty black and five papers	Not included	Included
CyanotypeIron and sunlight: Prussian blue, paper-white lights and four toners	Not included	Included
RisographSpot inks through a stencil: duotones, colour separations and posters	Not included	Included
Dust & scratchesFive kinds of dust, fibres, scratches and wear	Not included	Included
FramesFit your photograph or fill the frame	2 framesMedium format & Photo paper	17 frame styles
Personal presetsSave with a free account; adjust the whole recipe’s amount	Included	Included
Core editing toolsExposure, white balance, development, toning, monochrome, halation, vignette, softness, grain and aging	Included	Included
Crop & refineCrop, rotate, compare, and undo	Included	Included
Diffusion charactersFilter selection and fine adjustments	Basic Cinebloom	4 filtersFine-tune spread & warmth
Light leaksSoft edge, corner, band, spots, and roll start	Not included	Included
VHSA tape recording of your clip or photo: colour bleed, tracking, a camcorder date and tape sound	Not included	Included
Super 8A home movie from your clip or photo: the whole film strip, weave, flicker, dust, a hair in the gate and projector sound	Not included	Included
SolarisationReversed highlights and light contours in silver, blue or sepia	Not included	Included
Selective colourHue, saturation and brightness for eight colours	Included	Included
CurvesRGB, red, green and blue tone curves	Included	Included
Built-in presetsReady-made looks from camera recipes	3 presets	12 presets
Films	8 films	39 film profiles
Print materials	9 materials	16 materials
JPEG exportSingle photos and series ZIPs, with your edits and crop	Up to 1600 px	Original size
Local processingYour photo stays on your device	Included	Included

Eight films, free

Gold 200, Portra 400, Ektar 100, Pro 400H, Vision3 500T, Velvia 100, Kodachrome 64 and Tri-X 400. Nine print materials are included, from Portra Endura to Kodak 2393 and Polymax; slide films use a direct scan without paper.

More films with Pro

31 more film profiles: colour negatives and slides, Tri-X and Double-X with development variants, Instax and FP-100C, Eterna and classic cinema stocks. Compare them on real photographs.

The same local darkroom

Your photos stay on your device

Both plans process photos locally, with no processing credits or daily editing limits. Without an account, you can export 3 times per local calendar day in this browser. Each save counts, including the same photo again. A free account removes the daily export limit and lets you save your settings as personal presets.

Open JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, or HEIF photos up to 100 MiB and 60 megapixels, or video clips up to a minute and 500 MB. RAW is not supported. A WebGPU-compatible browser and device are required, with an internet connection for the first visit.

Export size

Export instructions and format details

Free exports an image up to 1600 px on its longest side before cropping. Pro exports at the original photo’s resolution after cropping, subject to your device’s graphics limits and memory.

Both save photos as compressed sRGB JPEGs and video as MP4. Smaller photos are never enlarged. Try the free editor on your device before buying.

About payment

Subscribe monthly or yearly, or pay once for lifetime access. A subscription can be cancelled at any time.

Price and billing

Pro costs $2.99/month, $19.99/year or $49 once, in USD. The monthly plan is billed each month and the annual plan once a year, until you cancel. Lifetime is a single payment with no renewal: Pro, including features added later, stays available for as long as Photonica operates. Buying lifetime cancels the renewal of an active subscription.

Your total, including any applicable taxes, will be shown before you buy. Paddle handles payments as merchant of record. A subscription automatically renews and charges for each billing period until you cancel.

Cancel at any time

Cancel with “Manage subscription” in the editor’s Settings → Pro, use the link in your Paddle receipt, or contact Paddle buyer support. Cancellation stops the next renewal; paid access continues until the end of the current billing period. You can then keep using Free.

Deleting your Photonica account cancels the subscription in Paddle right away, before anything is deleted, so it will not renew; Pro ends with the account. If Paddle does not confirm the cancellation, nothing is deleted. Uninstalling the app does not cancel a subscription.

Refunds and questions

Cancellation does not automatically refund past payments. See our Refund Policy for eligibility and how to request a refund, and our Terms and Conditions for purchase terms.

Questions about Photonica? Email hello@photonica.studio.