Film scanner Pro vs Negative Scanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Film scanner Pro
Transform your film negatives into digital photos with this powerful scanner app. Edit your converted images with advanced tools to achieve professional-looking results. Save your creations in high resolution without compromising quality.
- Convert film negatives to photos
- Advanced editing options
- High-resolution saving
- Preserves image quality
- Free to use
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FilmScannerPro is free! It will convert the negative film to a real photo, and present you options to editing it like no other app does. Save the result with excellent resolution, without losing quality.
Negative Scanner
Digitize film negatives quickly and easily. This tool automatically detects borders, corrects distortion, and converts negatives to positives with accurate color correction. Supports batch scanning and custom image enhancements for film photographers.
- Automatic film border detection and cropping
- Perspective distortion correction
- Automatic negative to positive conversion
- Automatic base color correction
- Batch scanning for entire film rolls
- Custom color grading and image enhancement
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Negative Scanner is a mobile scanning tool designed for film photography users. Simply place your negatives on a light panel or any even light source, and the app will automatically detect the film area, frame the image, correct perspective distortion, and convert negatives into positives with automatic base color correction based on film characteristics and image analysis. You can quickly scan a single frame or enable batch scanning mode to continuously process an entire roll of film. The app attempts to recognize different film formats and film stock types automatically, while saving scan records for easier organization, color grading, and export later. Key Features: * Automatically detects film borders, crops frames, and corrects perspective * Automatically identifies or lets you select film stock types for color mask removal and basic color correction * Supports quick custom color grading, cropping, and image enhancement * Add camera information, film stock details, and custom white borders to exported images * Batch scan entire film rolls with automatic scan history saving * Import images from the photo library for continued editing Perfect for users who want a fast way to digitize 35mm, 120, and other film negatives, while also creating beautifully framed images ready for sharing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Negative Scanner at 5.0 against Film scanner Pro's 3.3. Negative Scanner also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). Film scanner Pro's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 1). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Film scanner Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Negative Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Negative Scanner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Film scanner Pro has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Film scanner Pro ships an update every 5 weeks, Negative Scanner every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Film scanner Pro | Negative Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mauro Bianchelli | 浩宇 李 |
Customer experience
Film scanner Pro
Negative Scanner
In-app purchases
Film scanner Pro
- Additional filters$7.99
Negative Scanner
No in-app purchases
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