A free DeepColors alternative for dive video

DeepColors is a capable app. If you have hit its limits – the watermark, the paid tier, the phone-only workflow – here is what the Nordrift browser tool does differently, and where DeepColors still wins.

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DeepColors in short

DeepColors analyses a clip automatically when you open it, supports keyframe grading and can export .cube LUTs. The Premium subscription removes the watermark and unlocks 4K and ProRes export.

What Nordrift does differently

	DeepColors	Nordrift
Price	Free to try; Premium subscription	Free
Watermark	Yes until Premium	Small tag, free to remove
Runs on	iPhone, iPad and Mac app	Chrome/Edge on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android; Safari iOS 17+ (beta)
Resolution	4K / ProRes with Premium	Up to 5.3K and 4K60, 10-bit, full resolution
Batch	–	Whole dive at once, each clip analysed separately
Privacy	On device, never uploaded	Nothing leaves your computer

When to stay with DeepColors

If you want keyframes, LUT export for a Resolve or Final Cut workflow, or you edit on an iPad, DeepColors Premium is the more complete editor. For a free, automatic, full-resolution fix of a whole dive, use the browser tool.

Switching takes two minutes

1. Copy the clips to a computer (or open the tool on Android).
2. Drop them into the app.
3. Press Start – the output is a normal MP4 next to the original.

Facts about DeepColors come from its public store page and website in October 2026 and may change. DeepColors is a trademark of its owner; Nordrift is not affiliated.

What you give up, honestly

DeepColors lives on your phone, so you can correct a clip on the boat and post it from the same screen. The Nordrift tool runs in a browser: on Android and on iPhone (Safari 17+, beta) it works on the phone as well, but it is at its best on a laptop with a graphics card, where a 4K dive runs at or above real time. There is no community feed, no dive log and no built-in sharing – it does one thing, and it does it for the whole folder at once.

Same clip, both ways

The quickest comparison is your own footage: correct one clip in DeepColors, drop the same original into the Nordrift app, and compare them side by side on a big screen. Look at the open water behind the subject (does it stay blue or drift towards purple?), at fine texture in sand and coral (is the grain acceptable?), and at the moment a diver or a large fish passes (does the colour of the water jump?). Those three spots are where correction tools differ most.

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