Kepla vs OptiCull
Kepla
getkepla.com
OptiCull
dopeai.techSide by side
| Figure | Kepla | OptiCull |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $8.25/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 2 |
| Spec score · AI Photo Culling Software | 8.1 (#8) | 7.9 (#15) |
| Maker | The maker identifies Osmel Contreras as Kepla’s founder and photographer, and says he shoots weddings and events. | The About page identifies Shailesh as DopeAI's founder and describes the business as an indie venture; the site footer names BookMyShoot Technologies Private Limited. The opened pages do not state its headquarters or founding year. |
| Support | The maker invites questions at [email protected] and says they are answered the same day by the person building the product. | The maker lists Discord and [email protected] for quick support. |
Plans
Kepla
- Private previewFree
- Solo monthly$19 a month
- Studio monthly$39 a month
- Founding 100$99 a year
- Solo$180 a year
- Studio$384 a year
In their own words
Kepla
Kepla is a Mac app that sorts photo cards as they copy, flagging frames for the photographer to review rather than making the final selection. It groups burst duplicates and flags similar shots, out-of-focus frames, closed eyes, very dark or blown frames, and images with nobody in them. The maker says it does not delete, move, rename, or add reject flags to photo files; decisions are recorded in XMP sidecars. Processing runs on the Mac, works offline, and does not upload photo frames, according to the maker. Supported formats include CR3, NEF, ARW, RAF, DNG, ORF, JPEG, and HEIF. Kepla provides a Lightroom Classic plugin; the maker says Capture One and Bridge read the same sidecars. It requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later and runs on Apple silicon and Intel Macs. The app is in private preview, with the preview plan listed at free and billing starting when version 2.0 ships. Solo is listed at $15 a year, billed $15 a month yearly. A separate Solo monthly option costs $19 a month.
OptiCull
OptiCull is a macOS app for selecting photos from a shoot, with manual comparison and automated assistance. It groups duplicates into scenes for side-by-side review, with adjustable grouping preferences and synchronized zoom on a face, all faces, or an image region. Magi-Cull can identify blurry photos or blinking subjects and suggest varied keepers based on user preferences; users can override its assessments. During import, the app can read from an SD card, identify photo sessions, apply custom naming patterns, and analyze images while copying. Selected photos can be sent to Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC, Capture One, Apple Photos, and other Mac apps following Apple's standard file-import guidelines. The maker says photos stay on the local machine and AI processing runs on-device, though account, purchase, usage, and diagnostic data may be collected. OptiCull supports JPG, RAW+JPG, and RAW formats supported by the host macOS version. It requires macOS 11.0 or later and can run with 8GB RAM. Hobbyist is free; Pro is listed at $79.99, paid once.