Comparison

film Dev Timer vs Galplay

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

Head to head
About

film Dev Timer

This app assists film photographers in developing black and white film at home. It provides common development data, timing functions, and developer ratios to ensure stable manual processing for a high-quality result.

Highlights
  • Black and white film development guide
  • Home development timing
  • Developer ratio information
  • Process-specific timing
  • Stable manual processing support
  • iPhone and iPad compatible
Features
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This is an app developed for film photographers and photography enthusiasts to develop black and white film at home, suitable for iPhone and iPad. With the emergence of the trend of film retro in recent years, more and more friends are playing with film. In order to pursue higher development quality and production speed, more and more players choose to develop their own film at home. This app provides common film development and development data on the market, as well as the function of timing according to the process. You can develop the film according to the established developer ratio, specific time, and specific temperature to ensure the stability of manual processing. If you have any feedback, please email us at: xiliustudio@qq.com 。 Film production has been discontinued one after another. Let's take pictures and cherish them. Wishing everyone a pleasant time playing.

About

Galplay

Features
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Galplay is a multi-engine visual novel player for iPhone and iPad. Download, import and organize your games, manage saves and enjoy your favorite stories in one app. ■ Multi-Engine Support, with Continually Improving Commercial Game Compatibility Galplay supports multiple mainstream visual novel game engines, including Ren’Py, Kirikiri, ONScripter, RPG Maker, TyranoScript and CatSystem2. Most known commercial game compatibility issues have been resolved for Ren’Py and Kirikiri. Commercial games for ONScripter, RPG Maker, TyranoScript and CatSystem2 continue to undergo testing and compatibility improvements. Includes 17 Ren’Py runtimes covering versions 7.4.11 through 8.5.3, bringing older and newer titles together. ■ Game Imports Bring games from across your collection into Galplay. Connect directly to Baidu Netdisk or WebDAV to browse and download cloud-stored titles, import existing games from the Files app or external storage, or transfer them from your computer through Web uploads. Wherever you keep your games, bring them together in a portable library on iPhone and iPad. Import ZIP, 7z, RAR and LZ4 archives, Ren’Py APK game packages or complete game folders. Split and password-protected archives can also be extracted and imported within the app. Galplay checks project structure and prepares the required runtime, reducing file-management work. Queue multiple cloud-stored games together to get your next adventures ready, with downloading, importing, organizing and playing connected in one app. ■ Dynamic Island, Lock Screen Progress and Notifications Track download status with Dynamic Island and Lock Screen progress, with notifications when downloads finish. Downloads continue in the background when you switch apps or lock your screen, so you can return to play with a seamless transition. ■ Designed for Touchscreens The quick toolbar brings together common Galgame features such as fast-forward, rollback, autoplay and quick save/load. A customizable special-key panel makes touch play more convenient. Expand it when needed and fold it away when not, giving your favorite games more screen space. Virtual mouse controls, long-press skip and convenient keyboard input make touch play easier. Adjust landscape lock, brightness, screen wake and gestures to find the setup that feels right for you. ■ Games and Saves Keep your collection and progress organized. Games, covers, details and local saves share one library, with clear storage usage for games and downloads to make tidying up easier. Import, export, back up and restore saves. AirDrop, local-network transfers, iCloud Drive and external folders give you flexible ways to move titles and preserve progress, keeping your favorite stories ready to continue. ■ On-Device Apple Translation Enjoy character names, dialogue and choices through on-device Apple Translation in supported Ren’Py games. Original text is preserved, and translation can be turned off whenever you prefer. Choose real-time translation, in-place text translation (Beta), or pretranslation. Translate as you play or prepare translated text ahead for a smoother reading experience. Translation runs on your Apple device without sending game text to third-party translation services. Note: Only one open-source game is included as a sample. Users must provide their own game content. Galplay does not provide or distribute third-party game content.

Screenshots

film Dev Timer4 screens
Galplay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Galplay at every 4 days against film Dev Timer's every 4 months. film Dev Timer's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On ads and in-app purchases 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

film Dev Timer costs $3.99 and Galplay $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

film Dev Timer ships an update every 4 months, Galplay every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
film Dev Timer versus Galplay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterfilm Dev TimerGalplay
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1.4 GB
Age rating4+4+
Developer家啟 褚Zhaoyu ZHONG

In-app purchases

None

film Dev Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Galplay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is film Dev Timer free?
film Dev Timer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Galplay free?
Galplay costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do film Dev Timer or Galplay have ads?
Neither film Dev Timer nor Galplay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, film Dev Timer or Galplay?
film Dev Timer ships an update every 4 months, and Galplay every 4 days. Most recently, film Dev Timer was updated on October 4, 2026 and Galplay on October 6, 2026.

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