{
  "id": 18478759,
  "title": "Don’t use this viral iPhone app – it might kill your phone!",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/dont-use-this-viral-iphone-app-it-might-kill-your-phone",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-06T09:43:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Amateur Photographer",
    "slug": "amateur-photographer",
    "url": "https://amateurphotographer.com/latest/opinion/this-viral-iphone-app-might-kill-your-phone/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The viral iPhone app Chromograph, developed by director Rian Johnson and cinematographer Steve Yedlin, claims to transform regular photos into a \"cinematic\" aesthetic. Priced at $13.99, the app has gained significant popularity, even being downloaded by users willing to pay the premium. The app operates differently from traditional photo filters by capturing images in the Apple Raw format and applying its unique signature look. While the app offers additional editing options like adjusting exposure, contrast, shadow/highlights, and grain, its results are not universally praised. In dull light, Chromograph's output tends to be dull, but in golden autumn light, the app can produce striking images. Despite the app's developers' claims of its superiority, the reviewer finds the photos produced by Chromograph to be flat, grainy, and reminiscent of a Y2K digicam, calling it \"interminable sludge.\" In conclusion, the app may not be suitable for all photographers, especially those who prefer traditional lighting conditions.",
  "summary": "Chromograph gives you the opportunity to take \"cinematic\" photos - but it's more than just the $14 the app costs you that's the problem. The post Don’t use this viral iPhone app – it might kill your phone! appeared first on Amateur Photographer .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}