@loganlamar, I honestly have no idea, I’ve never used the RAW capabilities of it, since I still own a copy of Lightroom. You can get a free trial of Affinity and try it for yourself if you’d like! (Beware, if you’re anything like me, you’ll end up buying after the free trial is over. 🙂 )
@nasa, I can’t say 100% for sure, but I think that’s the way it is. (I prefer that method personally, but I’m sure others like the database cataloguing system better.)