An app that is still moving
SeaReal has not shipped an update since August 2023, and one of its users calls it abandoned.
Bring Back Red ships release after release, and every one is on the changelog.
Compared by the makers of Bring Back Red
The best SeaReal alternative for underwater color
If SeaReal has stopped keeping up: Bring Back Red ships release after release, corrects a whole dive at once, and checks every export before calling it done.
- Every export
- Checked
- Photos out
- Full resolution
- Video out
- Up to 8K
Why divers switch from SeaReal to Bring Back Red
Saves that finish
SeaReal users describe conversions stuck at 99 percent, a clip freezing the phone, and photos that stopped saving.
Bring Back Red reopens every video export and checks it against the source before calling it finished, and an interrupted save picks up where it stopped.
Full resolution out
Others describe corrected photos that save like a screenshot, or come back blurry.
Bring Back Red exports a corrected copy at full resolution, to Photos or to Files.
What the correction does to one frame
Every export is read back before Bring Back Red calls it finished
The corrected file is reopened at its destination and checked property by property against the source. This is what it reads.
- Resolution
- 8K · 7680 × 4320
- Frame rate
- 120 fps
- Codecs
- HEVC, H.264 and ProRes
- Color
- 10-bit HDR, HLG, PQ and Dolby Vision
- Audio
- Passed through untouched
- Your original
- Never modified
Reopening the file…
SeaReal vs Bring Back Red
| Feature | SeaReal | Bring Back Red |
|---|---|---|
| Updates | None since August 2023 | Release after release |
| Saving | Users report stuck and failed saves | Every video export reopened and checked |
| Photo quality | Users report blurry results | Full-resolution copy |
Switching from SeaReal
- Is Bring Back Red a good SeaReal alternative?
- Yes, if you use SeaReal to fix underwater color. Bring Back Red reopens every video export and checks it against the source before calling it finished, and an interrupted save picks up where it stopped.
- Is Bring Back Red still updated?
- Yes. It ships release after release, and every one is on the changelog.
- Will it save my videos?
- Every video export is checked against the source before Bring Back Red calls it finished, and an interrupted save picks up where it stopped.
- Can I correct a whole dive at once?
- Yes. AI finds the dive and corrects every photo, Live Photo and clip from it in one pass.