Adobe Lightroom
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Nov 30, 2025first mention
Oct 25, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Lightroom isn’t perfect. But it is fast, it is intuitive”
switched from Darktableon “Darktable”
“I love Lightroom but it’s too expensive for my hobby use.”
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Caveats and dissent
“LR had uploaded it and deleted it from my hard drive!”
“with Lightroom, edits seem slightly worse”
has a 40k RAW libraryon “DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor”
Often compared with
1 moved from Darktable to Adobe Lightroom
2 moved from Adobe Lightroom to Darktable
3 moved from Adobe Lightroom to Capture OneAdobe Photoshop5 comments mention both
1 moved from Adobe Lightroom to Photomator
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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All comments 18
“processing them once again in either Lightroom or Photoshop”
“I then pass them through Lightroom for fine adjustments”
“feel nicer and more gentle to use than Lightroom or even DxO PhotoLab”
“I used to be well versed with Lightroom.”
“Lightroom is not without its faults”
“what i still haven’t found a good replacement for is Lightroom”
“I used Behringer Xtouch Mini mapped to Lightroom.”
“The most expensive apps I use (Lightroom, Resolve, Photoshop), are available for Windows too”
“Lightroom isn’t perfect. But it is fast, it is intuitive”
“Media management though is IMO much worse than Lightroom?”
“I now run Lightroom in a VM and it's incredibly slow to unusable.”
“LR had uploaded it and deleted it from my hard drive!”
“I love Lightroom but it’s too expensive for my hobby use.”
“with Lightroom, edits seem slightly worse”
“Lightroom user, but flexible.”
“I tried Lightroom, darktable, and a few other pieces of software, but I kept going back to PhotoLab.”
“it's worth every cent”
“but I've moved away from using Lightroom”