Comparison

Selective Color Photo Effect vs Silver Halide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Selective Color Photo Effect

Transform your photos by selectively adding color to black and white images. This app allows high-resolution editing with precise brush controls, offering a fast and smooth real-time experience. Create unique artistic wallpapers and save your masterpieces without watermarks.

Highlights
  • High-resolution editing
  • Selective color highlighting
  • Soft and hard brushes
  • Offset brush control
  • Image rotation
  • Undo functionality
  • Wallpaper creation
Features
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You will enjoy editing at high resolution, unlike other apps that force you to work with fuzzy images. Edit in high resolution, save in high resolution. Quickly create dramatic arty results by highlighting parts of an image in color while leaving the rest of the picture in Black & White. Selective Color offers superior editing - fast and smooth in real time with offset control, soft and hard brushes, including Grayscale & Sepia. Create your own arty wallpaper using your photos. Simply choose the Wallpaper size when cropping! Our users are loving the app, check out this review: Just downloaded this great app!!! It does what it says and in the description and I like being able to zoom in much further than other apps allow to achieve perfect color splashes nice job!!!! Oh yea saving in hi Rez is free with no watermarks !!! ***** Features ========= √ Soft & Hard Brushes √ Offset Brush option with adjustment so your finger won't get in the way √ Edit in High Resolution - enhanced zoom in feature offers excellent precision √ Rotate image - ultimate control of image makes it so easy without having to rotate device √ Undo feature! √ Save to Camera Roll in Low or High Resolution √ Wallpaper option √ Instructions available in help So, what are you waiting for? Download now and get coloring:) Selective Color Premium (Optional Subscription) ================================ Unlock all premium color effects and remove all ads with a Selective Color Premium subscription. Two auto-renewing options are available: √ Yearly — billed once per year, with a free trial for eligible new subscribers √ Weekly — billed once per week Current pricing in your local currency is always shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase (or at the end of the free trial, if offered). The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://cushwayapps.com/app-privacy/selectivecolor/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://cushwayapps.com/app-privacy/selectivecolor/privacy.html

About

Silver Halide

This app transforms a single exposure into a unique instant photograph. Manipulate digital chemicals by tilting your device, or introduce light flares and pressure effects during the thirty-second development process. Embrace destructive editing with no undo options for a truly one-of-a-kind artistic result.

Highlights
  • Single exposure instant photography
  • 30-second digital chemical development
  • Device tilting for chemical pooling
  • Light flares and leaks
  • Pressure bloom and trail effects
  • Destructive editing with no undo
  • Local processing, no ads or tracking
Features
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More art than app. Silver Halide turns a single exposure into an unrepeatable instant photograph. Press the shutter, then wait exactly thirty seconds while the image forms. Your device becomes part of the darkroom. Tilt it to pool digital chemicals along the edges. Move gently to alter color and grain, or make a sharp motion to scar the print. Find bright light for unpredictable flares and leaks. Touch the developing image once to create a pressure bloom, or drag to leave a pressure trail. Stillness leaves its own mark. This is destructive editing. There is no undo, no clean original, and no way back. When development ends, write on the print if you like, then keep it in Photos or discard it forever. HOW TO RUIN IT BEAUTIFULLY Tilt: Angle your phone left, right, or upside down to make the digital chemicals pool along the edges. Move: Shifting the phone gently alters the color and grain, while a sharp jerk will scar the print. Find light: Exposing the camera to bright light during the development process causes unpredictable flares and leaks. Touch once: Tap the screen to create a soft pressure bloom, hold your finger down for a stronger effect, or drag across the screen to leave a wide trail. Wait: The process takes thirty seconds. Both your physical actions and your stillness shape the final photograph. THE FINE PRINT. BRIEFLY. The entire development process happens locally on your iPhone. The app operates completely free of accounts, ads, and analytics tracking. If you don't keep a photo, it's gone forever.

Screenshots

Selective Color Photo Effect4 screens
Silver Halide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Silver Halide at none against Selective Color Photo Effect's 3. Silver Halide also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Selective Color Photo Effect's advantage is ratings volume (692 vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Selective Color Photo Effect sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Silver Halide asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Silver Halide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Selective Color Photo Effect has 692 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Selective Color Photo Effect versus Silver Halide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelective Color Photo EffectSilver Halide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (692 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings692 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB5 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlan CushwayChristopher Weiss

Customer experience

Selective Color Photo Effect

All ratings692 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive85.4%
Neutral4.6%
Negative9.9%

Silver Halide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Selective Color Photo Effect

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Saves images in low resolution
  • Unclear how to apply color

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to save progress when switching photos
  • Option to increase saved image size

Silver Halide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Selective Color Photo Effect

Subscriptions2
  • Selective Color Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Selective Color Premium Yearly3 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Silver Halide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Selective Color Photo Effect free?
Selective Color Photo Effect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Silver Halide free?
Silver Halide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Selective Color Photo Effect or Silver Halide?
Silver Halide is rated higher. Selective Color Photo Effect averages 4.8 out of 5 from 692 ratings, while Silver Halide averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Selective Color Photo Effect or Silver Halide have ads?
Selective Color Photo Effect shows ads; Silver Halide does not.

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