FilmLab User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience37.0% of reviews
Neutral10.4% of reviews
Negative experience52.6% of reviews

~ Based on 135 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is FilmLab Safe?

FilmLab: Negative Film Scanner has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for FilmLab is 61/100.

This assessment is based on 32 user ratings, with an App Store average of 2.8/5.

Safety Analysis

40.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
9.4% of ratings suggest some concerns
50.0% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 32 App Store ratings for FilmLab.

Is FilmLab Legit?

FilmLab: Negative Film Scanner appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for FilmLab is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Useless

App is useless and forces a subscription very hard. Results are also questionable.

Scans great, but no export function

I got this to go with my scanning rig. The rig has a Backlight holds the negatives and the phone and just click to take a picture. With this software, it actually works great.
The problem is that all the photos are on my phone and I need them on my laptop and there’s no export functionality even on the paid version. The only way I can get my Photos is to painfully mail them to myself one by one.
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No longer supported

No longer supported

Arnaque

Tous mes scand sont bloqués dans l’app. Si je ne paie pas je ne peux rien en faire. Trop
Cher

No Raw Scanning

Can’t import raw scans shot on iPhone

Crashing

It’s not best as it continues to crash. iPhone 15promax. All updated yet it crashes.

App crashes every time i open a photo

Trying to open raw files of scans from a GFX100s, and it crashes every time, tried on iPhone and M1 iPad Pro with same result

So far, so good. Prompt, personal support.

Simple, does what it says it’s going to do. My project was to digitize old 33 mm negatives. I took pictures of the negatives using my iPhone. I couldn’t figure out how to import the photos to this App so I sent an email asking for help. The next day I received an email with a simple explanation. She even sent me a snapshot of her phone showing me where to find the right buttons. It can’t get any better than that!
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Not user friendly

I tried to sign up after purchasing a subscription for a month and it won't let me log in. Very hard to navigate.

Easy

This is by far the most user friendly tool to use.

Response from developer

Thank you so much for the kind words! We're thrilled to hear you're enjoying the app and finding it easy to use.

34 dollars a year subscription

does not deliver 34 dollars a year worth.

Decent but missing major features

Does a decent job with black-and-white negatives. But it’s missing some major features, including the ability to select a bunch of scans and upload them at one time rather than individually.

Also, I don’t see why cannot have manually adjustable exposure.

Even better would be if it used the HDR feature on the camera to capture a wide dynamic range so negatives are a slightly under exposed and slightly overexposed all capture perfectly and separated out.
Add all these features and it’s worth $25.
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Quite good, could use a few more features 🎞️

Great for editing film scans :)
Bring along a good light box / scanning method and you’ll be good. Some more settings would be great: sharpening is a must for complete scans.
Having a way to save a preset bunch of settings to batch apply would be great also for roll consistency. This applies to the Mac desktop version also!
Thanks!
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Cannot believe anyone would pay for this

Very few options for colour correction. I really doubt you could get decent results out of this app.

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단순히 invert만 하는게 아니라 정확한 색상을
맞춰주는 성능은 매우 탁월하고 만족합니다
그러나 해상도가 너무 낮아요
해상도를 조금 높여주는 기능이 추가된
업데이트가 있었으면 좋겠습니다

Love it!

I use this on both my iPad and my Mac Studio. Does a great job of converting DSLR scanned negatives to a positive - and so easy to use!

Can’t do a thing. Can’t create an account to even get started. Seems like a scam.

Seems like a scam

Response from developer

Hi there, Sorry to hear you had trouble getting started. I can assure you this app is not a scam. If you are still interested please reach out to us and we would be happy to help you get up and running. Our email support is support@filmlabapp.com

Works well, but is a subscription

If this app was a one time $8-$15 purchase I’d have purchased it and be writing a glowing review.

As it is, it costs much more than it would be worth to me. Given that it doesn’t really replace a full editing suite + high res scan, to me this is a good way to preview film. (with a 10x macro, and a nice light)… I can buy a fairly nice used flat bed scanner for $100. I don’t see the value here.
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Take your time:)

Please be a little patient and discover an amazing app!! It works great if you put your negative against a light source, you’ll be amazed!!!

Response from developer

Hi there, Thank you so much for your kind words! We continue to work hard on making it even better.

Excellent app

Not sure why this app has poor reviews. I have tried the other negative scanning apps in the App Store and FilmLab works the best. It scans negatives with a clean and easy to use interface. It has just the right amount of tools and will save a Tiff file. It doesn’t have the intrusive magic filters or colorizing features that are always in your face. It’s a solid straightforward app.
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