Comparison

enLARGE vs Negative Image Camera

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

Head to head
About

enLARGE

This app helps darkroom photographers calculate precise exposure times for enlargements. It allows users to 'test small' by creating small, inexpensive test prints and then accurately computes the exposure needed for larger, final prints, saving time and materials.

Highlights
  • Calculate exposure times for enlargements
  • Test small, print larger workflow
  • Compute multiple dodge & burn values
  • Automatic dry-down exposure compensation
  • Manage split exposure times
  • Print perfectly matched, variously sized enlargements
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Do you shoot your own black & white or colour films and then enlarge the resulting negatives in a traditional enlarger-equipped darkroom? If you do, then you’ll know that you can make some excellent looking enlargements relatively cheaply. But you’ll also know how inefficient, time consuming and wasteful the enlarging process can be. The problem comes with all the testing that you need to do. Normally you’ll make one or more test strips, and/or whole stepped test prints, and you’ll typically generate one or more failed, imperfect enlargements, all of which are wasteful of your time, print paper and processing chemistry, and the wastage becomes greater as the enlargement size increases. What can you do about it? The nature of the enlarging process is that you need to test your enlargements before you print them. But now using enLARGE, you can make all your test and work prints as small, cheap, quick-to-produce whole frame enlargements, in tiny sizes such as matchbox, credit card, wallet and postcard - or at any other small size/s you like above 1X magnification. Then, using enLARGE, you can quickly and easily compute the exposure time/s needed to expose any perfectly matching larger enlargement/s, thus from the same negative, and in this way you can produce the larger enlargement/s without incurring any wastage of time or materials at their larger size/s. So with enLARGE you can ‘test small’ and then ‘print larger’, and save time and money in doing so. You’ll find that you can make better looking larger enlargements by being able to first accurately preview them as small conveniently sized whole-frame prints. And there’s more. This same functionality also lets you easily and quickly print whole sets of variously sized perfectly matching enlargements from the one negative, instead of just enlarging to one predetermined size only. This means you can now easily make perfectly matched differently sized enlargements to suit different uses and users. You won’t need to make any additional tests, or waste any time or materials, in producing them. enLARGE also provides 3 other features which are useful to your enlarging process. First, it carries and computes as many as four separate dodge & burn values, and shows you their required exposure times for the current enlargement. Second, it automatically computes a secondary, customisable dry-down exposure time which compensates for your print paper’s dry-down characteristic. And third, it helps you to manage split exposure times, in which a long single exposure time is broken down into a sequence of two or more shorter split exposures. These shorter exposures typically produce a print which is slightly lighter than one which is made using the single longer exposure, so enLARGE automatically lengthens its shorter computed times to compensate. How does enLARGE work? Is it just a fancy, overpriced enlargement magnification computer? No, it isn’t! Simply computing an exposure change based on a magnification change alone isn’t enough for truly accurate exposure-change forecasting. Instead, during a unique calibration process which you carry out in your darkroom using enLARGE with your enlarger, enLARGE records the unique exposure curve of your enlarger - being its relative projection brightness at different magnifications - and it then uses this data to make the most perfectly accurate exposure forecasts for all enlargements made above 1X using the tested equipment. enLARGE works with condenser, diffusion, dichroic, multigrade, cold-light grid and LED panel enlargers, of all formats, and with enlarging lenses of all focal lengths including wide-angle lenses. It works with all types of contrast filtration control and with split-grade printing. Please visit our official blogspot for the most in-depth technical info! Save time and money when enlarging. Make perfectly matching better looking enlargements in all the sizes you like. With enLARGE.

About

Negative Image Camera

Capture unique, art-like photos by reversing image colors. This camera app offers an easy way to create visually striking images with inverted colors, perfect for artistic expression.

Highlights
  • Invert image colors
  • Capture unique photos
  • Create art-like images
  • Easy photo editing
  • Special effects camera
Features
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A simple camera that can take photos with the colors of the image reversed. By inverting colors and inverting negative and positive images, you can capture unique images and tasteful art-like images. Let's take photos with interesting effects This is for people who want to take easily edited photos.

Screenshots

enLARGE4 screens
Negative Image Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Negative Image Camera at Free against enLARGE's $19.99. Negative Image Camera also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). enLARGE's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On rating, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Negative Image Camera is free to download; enLARGE costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for enLARGE against 5.0 for Negative Image Camera. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

enLARGE ships an update every 6 months, Negative Image Camera every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
enLARGE versus Negative Image Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterenLARGENegative Image Camera
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew WittnerRyouhei Azuma

Customer experience

enLARGE

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Negative Image Camera

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

enLARGE

No in-app purchases

None

Negative Image Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is enLARGE free?
enLARGE costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Negative Image Camera free?
Negative Image Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, enLARGE or Negative Image Camera?
enLARGE and Negative Image Camera are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do enLARGE or Negative Image Camera have ads?
Negative Image Camera shows ads; enLARGE does not.
Which is updated more often, enLARGE or Negative Image Camera?
enLARGE ships an update every 6 months, and Negative Image Camera every 3 months. Most recently, enLARGE was updated on September 12, 2026 and Negative Image Camera on September 6, 2026.

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