Pick the look, then shoot
See the look live in the viewfinder and your photo is born with its character. Alongside it, Monolight keeps the original shot.
Portrait 400
The same photo cut into six bands, each with a different look, like a darkroom test strip. Choose a band to see that look on the whole photo.
The light of the great photographers. In every shot.
190 looks inspired by classic film and great black and white, for iPhone. Live in the viewfinder or on the photos you already have, and your original always stays untouched.
One photo, six bands, six looks. Tap a band to develop it.
Every look is a darkroom in your pocket.
Monolight doesn't lay a filter over your photo: it develops it. Each look works on highlights, shadows, grain, color and curves, like real film and real prints.
- B&W Signature
- Black and white the way the great photographers saw it: landscape, street, portrait, fashion, nature.
- B&W Natural
- Black and white film, pinhole, prints and toning.
- Color
- Slides and negatives, cinema, family snapshots, pop art, Y2K.
- ∞ Infinite AI
- New looks, generated from the scene you're photographing.
Six real photos. Every look.1
Shots by the person who made Monolight, from New York to Beijing, developed with all their looks. The prints shuffle on their own: tap a pile to see the next one.
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Manhattan at night, from Brooklyn Night Cine 800 1 / 8
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Flatiron Building, New York Archive 64 1 / 8
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Lake Maggiore Lith 1 / 7
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The spires of Milan Cathedral Night Cine 800 1 / 8
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Temple of Heaven, Beijing Night Cine 800 1 / 7
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An angel on Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome Dark Sky 1 / 7
Drag. Watch the forest change color.
On the left the original photo, on the right the False Infrared look: green turns pink, as on infrared film. Monolight's edits are added to the photo and the original stays where it was.
Original
False Infrared
One lighthouse, eight looks.
The same shot printed as a contact sheet: choose a frame to see it large.
As you shoot, or whenever you like.
Or reopen a photo you already have
From your Library, try every look on any photo. When you save, the original stays exactly as it was, and you can change your mind whenever you like.
Honey
Every photo finds its look.1
Landscapes, animals, cities, a cup of coffee. The same Monolight engine, different looks.
Long Exposure: lights become trails.
No tripod, no ND filters. Monolight merges a few seconds of frames: traffic turns into light, water turns to silk.
- Rest your iPhone on something steady, like a low wall.
- Choose Long Exposure in Monolight and shoot.
- Add a look, now or later.
Coming soon
Frame and shoot from your Apple Watch.
Set your iPhone down, see the framing on your wrist and shoot with a tap. For self-portraits, group photos and Long Exposure.
Plugin for the Photos app
Monolight's looks right inside Photos, without switching apps. Coming soon.
Android
Monolight is coming to Android too. Follow us on Instagram to know when it's out.
@monolight.appStart free, choose later.
Your first 10 photos, shot or edited, are free, with every look.
Trial
Free
10 edits with every look. No subscription, no commitment.
Monthly
€4.99 a month
200 photos a month with every look. Cancel any time from your Apple account settings.
Unlimited
€79, once
Unlimited photos, forever, with a single payment. No subscription.
Prices for Italy. In other countries the App Store shows the local price before every purchase.
Download Monolight.
Scan the code with your phone's camera.Free on the App Store, with 10 edits included.
Your photos stay yours.
Monolight is made for taking photos, not for collecting data.
All on your iPhone
Looks are applied on the device. Your photos are never uploaded to any server.
No account
Open the app and shoot. Monolight collects no personal data and there's nothing to sign up for.
Only with your permission
Camera and Library are used only if you allow it, and you can revoke permission at any time.
No ads
No ads and no analytics or tracking tools. This site doesn't use cookies either.
Read the full privacy policy
MonoLight privacy policy
Last updated: 11 November 2026
1. In short
MonoLight collects no personal data, has no account and uses no ads, analytics or tracking. Photos and edits stay on your phone.
2. Data controller
The controller is Andrea Porta, developer of MonoLight, Turin (Italy). For any privacy question, write to mono-light@icloud.com.
3. Photos and camera
The camera and photo library are used to shoot, apply looks and save. Photos are processed on the phone and are never sent to any MonoLight server. When you edit a photo from your library, the original stays untouched. You can revoke permissions at any time in your phone settings.
4. Location
If you turn on “save location”, the place of each shot is written only into the photo's metadata. On iPhone, to show the place name on the map, the coordinates are sent to Apple's system geocoding service.
5. Purchases
Subscriptions and purchases go through the App Store, under Apple's privacy rules. MonoLight only receives the purchase confirmation, never payment details. You manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple Account settings.
6. Sharing
When you publish a photo, the photo and caption go to the app you choose (Instagram, Facebook or others), only when you ask.
7. Apple diagnostics
If you have chosen in your iPhone settings to share analytics with app developers, Apple may provide us with aggregated statistics and crash reports that do not identify you. We use them only to fix bugs.
8. The monolight.app website
This website uses no cookies, loads no resources from external services and contains no analytics. It is hosted on Cloudflare Pages: as with any website, the provider's servers (Cloudflare, Inc.) process technical data such as IP address, date and requested page, to deliver the pages and protect the site from abuse. Cloudflare may process this data outside the European Union, with the safeguards required by the GDPR (EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses). If you use the language switch, your choice is stored only in your browser.
9. Email
If you write to us, we use your address and message only to reply, and keep them only as long as needed to handle your request.
10. Legal bases and retention
We process the little data described here to provide the app and website you asked for (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and for our legitimate interest in the security of the service (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). We keep it only as long as needed for these purposes.
11. Your rights
Under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) you can request access to your data, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing and portability, and you can object to processing, by writing to mono-light@icloud.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (www.garanteprivacy.it), or with the authority of your country.
12. Changes
If this policy changes, we will publish the new version here with its update date.