Tonebar

Photo & Video

Only for iPhone

$4.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

Your phone, now a Lightroom remote. Drag sliders, tweak tone and color, and watch it happen live in Lightroom Classic — all local, no cloud required. Tonebar — Remote sliders for Lightroom Classic Ditch the trackpad. Tonebar turns your phone into a precise, tactile remote for Adobe Lightroom Classic's Develop panel — drag real sliders with your thumb and watch the edit land instantly on your desktop. It's just faster. No fiddly cursor dragging, no hunting for tiny slider handles — just direct, one-to-one control that feels more like a hardware panel than a mouse ever could. How it works Tonebar is one part of a free 3-part system: • The Tonebar app (this one) — your remote control • The Tonebar Bridge — a free menu-bar app for Mac/PC • The Tonebar Lightroom plugin — free, installs in seconds Everything runs over your local Wi-Fi. No cloud, no account, no sign-up. Features • Custom slider pages, organized your way — including full Color Mixer control (hue, saturation, luminance per color band) • Sharpening and Noise Reduction sliders for fine detail work • Double-tap any slider to instantly reset it back to default • Multiple saved profiles for different workflows • Quick actions: flag, reject, auto tone, copy/paste settings, undo/redo • Two-finger swipe to jump between photos Quick setup 1. Download and install the Tonebar Bridge (link below) 2. Find it in your menu bar (Mac) or system tray (Windows) and right-click it 3. Choose "Reveal Lightroom plugin folder" 4. Lightroom Classic, go to File → Plug-in Manager → Add, and select that folder 5. Restart Lightroom Classic 6. In the Tonebar app, tap Connect and enter the ws:// address and pairing token shown in the Bridge's menu Open source Download Tonebar's bridge app and Lightroom plugin here: https://tonebar.github.io/Tonebar/ Tonebar is not affiliated with or endorsed by Adobe. Adobe and Lightroom are trademarks of Adobe Inc.

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    Information

    Seller
    • Jake McGuinness
    Size
    • 46.8 MB
    Category
    • Photo & Video
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Tonebar
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    • Supports

    • Family Sharing

      Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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