How much does Kino cost?
Kino is $9,99. That's $9,99 once — not per month, or per year, no subscriptions — just once and you're done. We pack in about $30-$50 worth of presets alone, so that's a pretty good deal.
Why isn’t Kino free?
Kino is made by two dads who love photography and design, and we make these apps for a living. While some apps use ads or sell your data to make money, we do it the old fashioned way: we make something nice and sell it. After that, we’re happy and we hope you are too — we don’t track or gather any data from you whatsoever. We feel strongly like that’s the way a camera should work!
As we keep working on Kino, we’ll probably raise the price. So it’s a good time to grab it. Our other app, Halide, has been going strong for 7 years now, and people who bought it for $2,99 when we launched are still able to use it and got tons of free upgrades in the mean time! (for more on that, see the question on the bottom of this document)
Where's my presets? I only see a smaller set in the Grades view.
Kino separates Grade presets depending on your color space. So if you are on an iPhone 15 Pro, some presets are only for Apple Log. To prevent them from being applied to the wrong kind of footage, we show only compatible presets. You can find them if you switch to Apple Log by tapping the format at the top right above your viewfinder.
If you are on an iPhone prior to iPhone 15 Pro, you get a smaller set of non-Log compatible presets, but there's more coming in future updates!
Why can’t I zoom in Kino? I want to zoom!
We get that! We’d also like to offer a nice, smooth zoom like Apple’s camera. Unfortunately, as a developer, we cannot both offer top quality video capture with pro tools while keeping that smooth zooming effect. We have to choose one.
We chose the best quality and controls like manual white balance, so you can focus on good shots in Kino and do an occasional zoom in the Apple Camera. And if you want to import that footage to put one of our grades on it, you can!
What do all these abbreviations like “HDR” and “LOG” mean?
IKR? WTF. No, seriously — we include a set of free lessons to help you get on board and get started with video and filmmaking on your iPhone. It’ll help a lot, since it’s pretty technical at times. You can enroll here!
For a quick answer: HDR means 'High Dynamic Range'. HDR for video on iPhone refers to High Dynamic Range video recording, which captures a wider range of colors and light levels, producing videos with enhanced detail in both shadows and highlights.
'Log' stands for 'Logarithmic'. The latest iPhones (15 Pro) can record video in Apple Log which gives you a lot more color information, which is great for Kino's Instant Grade feature or editing your shots later.
