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Narrative (formerly Narrative Select)
Desktop culling app that groups, assesses and ranks photos with AI and can apply an AI preset when sending selects to an editor.
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Narrative (formerly Narrative Select) is ranked 4 of 9 culling and ai editing in 2026, with a score of 6.5/10 (tier Solid).
Vendor tagline: "Let great work flow"
Score breakdown
| Skin retouching depth | 0/30 |
| Predictable cost | 20/25 |
| Fits a pro workflow | 20/20 |
| Try before you buy | 10/10 |
| Platforms | 10/10 |
| Kept up to date | 5/5 |
| Total | 6.5/10 |
Facts
- Vendor
- Narrative
- Price model
- subscription
- Entry price
- USD 10/month (Lite, billed yearly)
- Free trial
- Yes
- Works in
- standalone, Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, Photoshop, Capture One
- Platforms
- mac, windows
- Apple Silicon native
- Yes
- Latest update
- v2.6.0, released 2026-09-10 (source: https://narrative.so/changelog)
Prices
- Lite: 10 USD / month (billed yearly)
- Lite: 15 USD / month (billed monthly)
- Standard: 20 USD / month (billed yearly)
- Standard: 29 USD / month (billed monthly)
- Premium (up to 2 users): 40 USD / month (billed yearly)
- Premium (up to 2 users): 59 USD / month (billed monthly)
- Ultra (up to 4 users): 60 USD / month (billed yearly)
- Ultra (up to 4 users): 79 USD / month (billed monthly)
Strengths
- Native Apple Silicon support since v1.1.10 (September 2021)
- Free trial of the top Ultra plan without a credit card
- Higher plans cover several users: Premium up to 2, Ultra up to 4
Watch-outs
- No permanent free plan
- Sending to Lightroom CC, Photoshop and Capture One is Mac-only; Windows supports Lightroom Classic
- HEIC, HEIF and HIF files are supported on Mac only
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Data verified on 2026-10-30. Re-assessed every two weeks. No payment can change this score. Spotted a mistake? Send a correction.
Sources
- https://narrative.so/
- https://narrative.so/pricing
- https://narrative.so/changelog
- https://narrative.so/about
- https://www.trustpilot.com/review/narrative.so
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