Polarr

Masks are the line. Free gives you auto-enhance, crop and the light adjustments: exposure, shadows, dehaze. It also gives the colour adjustments, such as temperature and saturation, plus text and shape layers, spot removal, liquify and face retouch. The filter library is free, and so is making and sharing your own presets. Pro adds every mask: brush, radial, gradient, colour, luminance and depth. It also adds curves, HSL across eight colour channels, sharpening and clarity, noise reduction and lens distortion correction. LUT import and export, your own images as blended overlays, batch export and filter sync are Pro as well. So the free tier changes the whole photo at once, and Pro is what lets you change only the sky, or only a face.

You adjust a photo until you like it, then save those settings as a filter. That filter can be shared as a code or a QR code, so someone else can point their phone at it and get your exact look. It works the other way too: there is a large library of filters made by other Polarr users. This is the reason to pick Polarr over an editor with a fixed set of presets. Syncing your own filters between your devices is a Pro feature.

The photo editor is not, but part of the lineup is. Polarr states that Polarr Next, its separate browser-based batch RAW editor aimed at professionals, is moving into Pixieset Photo Editor. New sign-ups for Next closed on 11 March 2026 and new purchases on 13 April 2026. It will not be available after 13 October 2026, and Polarr states that account data, projects and AI Styles will be removed after that date. The photo editor covered here is a different product and is not part of that announcement.

It was a separate product from the editor covered here. It was a browser-based tool for professionals that could import and batch edit large numbers of RAW files, with AI styles you trained yourself. You cannot start on it now, because sign-ups closed on 11 March 2026 and purchases on 13 April 2026. Polarr states it will not be available after 13 October 2026 and that the work moves to Pixieset Photo Editor. If you found Polarr while looking for that batch RAW workflow, look at Pixieset instead.

Yes. Polarr runs in the browser and as apps for Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android, and one account links them. Syncing your custom filters between those devices is part of Pro, so on the free tier a look you build on a computer stays there. Check what your plan covers on each platform before paying.