NorthPass Play
VFX Reviews on the go
$3.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
iPad
NorthPass Play is a professional media review player built for VFX
supervisors and production teams. Designed from the ground up for iPad,
it brings the tools you actually need to every dailies session — without
the compromise.
FRAME-ACCURATE PLAYBACK
Scrub, step, and loop through video with single-frame precision. SMPTE
timecode display with full drop-frame support for 29.97 and 59.94 fps.
Set in and out points. Variable speed from 0.25x to 2x. Plays video,
image sequences, images, and PDFs in one unified workflow.
APPLE PENCIL ANNOTATION
Draw directly on any frame. Annotations are stored per-frame and stay
locked to your content through scrubbing, zooming, and clip changes.
Add positioned text notes with custom colour and size. Every mark
survives session close and re-open — nothing is lost.
LIVE COLOUR GRADING
Import .cube LUTs and apply them in real time via Metal GPU shaders.
Dial in exposure, contrast, saturation, hue, and gamma per playlist.
Tetrahedral interpolation keeps colours accurate across the full range.
CLIENT-READY PDF REPORTS
Export annotated frames as polished A4 landscape PDF reports at 150 DPI.
Generate per-clip or across an entire playlist in one tap — ready to
share straight from the session.
FLEXIBLE MEDIA MANAGEMENT
Import directly from iCloud, the Files app, or Photos. Organise media
into playlists and folders. Sort by name, duration, size, or date.
Recursive folder import drops entire shot hierarchies in seconds.
BUILT FOR SPEED
VLC-style keyboard shortcuts — J, K, L, arrow keys, Space — for
supervisors who don't want to touch the screen. Configurable double-tap
jump duration. Three-column split view keeps playlists, media, and
player visible at all times.
NorthPass Play is built by NorthPass VFX for the realities of
professional post-production. No subscriptions. No accounts.
Your media stays on your device.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
Bug Fixes
- Photos library import now includes still images — previously only videos were selectable.
- Double-tapping an image in the player detail view now opens it fullscreen, consistent with video behaviour.
- Fullscreen image viewer controls no longer auto-hide, ensuring the close button is always reachable.
- Entering draw or text mode in the image viewer now forces the toolbar visible so you can always exit annotation mode.
Scene Cut Detection
- Tap the new scissors button in the player to automatically detect hard cuts in any video clip.
- Detected cuts appear as cyan tick marks on the timeline alongside existing annotation ticks (yellow).
- Use the new cyan navigation arrows on the timeline to jump between detected shots.
- Open the filmstrip panel to see a thumbnail for every detected shot, interleaved with annotated frames.
- Filter the filmstrip by All, Annotations only, or Scene cuts only using the icon buttons in the panel header.
- Detection results are saved with each clip and restored automatically when you return to it.
- Long-press the scissors button to clear all detected cuts for the current clip.
The developer, stephane ceretti, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- stephane ceretti
- Size
- 2.1 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
- iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPad
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © 2026 NorthPass VFX

