RawCull
The facts below are what the maker publishes about RawCull, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From RawCull's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Supporter lifetime license | — | Any support amount · License activates on one Mac at a time · All future updates included |
The facts
Each one read from RawCull's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Money
- After trial
- After the trial, culling remains available, while exporting results and using the histogram and EXIF sidebar require a license.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Trial
- The free trial lasts seven days, starts on installation, includes every feature, and requires no account or credit card.checked 9 Oct 2026
What it does
- Integration
- The site describes folder-based photo import and copying selected keeps and favourites into a new folder; it does not name external integrations.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Keyboard workflow
- Users navigate with the arrow keys, mark keeps with Up, deletes with Down, stars with F, and can rotate, zoom, and undo with keyboard controls.checked 9 Oct 2026
- License
- Supporting the project for any amount provides a lifetime license with future updates included; the license activates on one Mac at a time.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Local processing
- The maker says processing runs on the Mac with no photo uploads, cloud sync, or telemetry, and that photos never leave the machine.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Offline use
- Decoding, culling, and exporting work offline; the app checks its license server at startup and falls back to offline mode if it cannot connect.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- RawCull is a keyboard-first photo culling app for Mac photographers that lets users keep, delete, and star RAW and JPEG photos locally.checked 9 Oct 2026
- RAW decoding requirement
- Full RAW decoding requires dcraw, which the site says can be installed free with Homebrew; JPEG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, and TIFF work natively.checked 9 Oct 2026
- RAW formats
- It supports formats including ARW, CR2, CR3, NEF, NRW, RAF, ORF, RW2, DNG, PEF, X3F, ERF, MRW, 3FR, MEF, and SR2.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Review tools
- The app provides a real-time RGB histogram, exposure statistics, and EXIF details such as shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and lens.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker offers email support at [email protected] and says it can reset a license activation to move it to a new Mac.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform
- RawCull requires macOS 12 Monterey or later and supports Apple Silicon and Intel Macs; the maker says Windows and Linux support is not currently planned.checked 9 Oct 2026
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