Darkroom Lab Timer vs Crown & Flint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Darkroom Lab Timer
This advanced timer app is designed for photographic processes like C-41, E-6, and B&W. It offers customizable steps, separate agitation sequences, and helpful tools like a volume mixer and safelight simulation.
- Customizable steps
- Separate agitation sequences
- Process templates
- Volume and dilution mixer
- Safelight simulation
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The Darkroom Lab Timer App is an advanced multi-phase timer designed for use with C-41, E-6, ECN-2, RA-4 and B&W photographic processes. Key Features: Up to 25 customizable steps Separate agitation sequences for each step Templates for easy configuration Volume and Dilution Mixer Safelight simulation modes
Crown & Flint
This app helps analog photographers manage their film, track camera settings, and meter light accurately. It allows users to record detailed metadata for each shot and organize their film collection from purchase to archival. The interface is optimized for ease of use, even for left-handed operation.
- Accurate light meter
- Record camera and lens settings
- Track film stock and metadata
- Manage film collection lifecycle
- Reference images for film identification
- Optimized for left-handed operation
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Level up your analog photography with Crown + Flint. Meter the light, keep track of camera settings, record location and reference images, manage your collection of film. LEVEL UP YOUR ANALOG PHOTOGRAPHY - Accurate light meter uses your iPhone camera's advanced scene analysis to ensure perfect exposures. - Master your equipment, learn its strengths & quirks, and improve your skills by recording equipment settings with each shot. COLLECT METADATA - Film stock - Rated speed, and special notes - Camera and lens settings, and lens filters - Time, date, and location - Reference image for correlating with your film TRACK YOUR FILM - Know what film is loaded into which camera. - Manage your collection of film, from purchase, storage, shooting, development, and archival. - Reference images let you quickly identify your films after development. GETS OUT OF YOUR WAY - Optimized for left-handed operation so you don't have to put your camera down. - As easy to operate as a hand-held meter. - Never lose time fiddling with impossible settings, because Crown + Flint knows all about your equipment Free app version lets you record up to 5 rolls of film. When you're ready for more, upgrade in-app to unlimited films with Pro Mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Crown & Flint at Free against Darkroom Lab Timer's $8.99. Crown & Flint also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 11 months). Darkroom Lab Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Crown & Flint is free to download; Darkroom Lab Timer costs $8.99 up front. Crown & Flint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Darkroom Lab Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crown & Flint holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Darkroom Lab Timer's written reviews are positive against 92% of Crown & Flint's.
Darkroom Lab Timer ships an update every 11 months, Crown & Flint every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Darkroom Lab Timer | Crown & Flint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Freestyle Photo & Imaging | Katsudon Unipessoal Lda |
Customer experience
Darkroom Lab Timer
Crown & Flint
In-app purchases
Darkroom Lab Timer
No in-app purchases
Crown & Flint
- Pro Mode$19.99
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