Émulsion vs Crown & Flint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Émulsion
This app helps photographers meticulously track their film rolls. Log details like film type, camera, and location to organize your photography projects.
- Track film rolls
- Log film type
- Record camera used
- Note location
- Organize projects
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Keep track of your rolls of film
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 in-app purchases: Émulsion at none against Crown & Flint's 1. Crown & Flint's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (88% vs 67%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Crown & Flint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Émulsion asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Émulsion against 4.7 for Crown & Flint. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 16 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Émulsion's written reviews are positive against 88% of Crown & Flint's.
Émulsion ships an update every 2 months, Crown & Flint every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Émulsion | Crown & Flint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Bout | Don Goodman-Wilson |
Customer experience
Émulsion
Crown & Flint
In-app purchases
Émulsion
No in-app purchases
Crown & Flint
- Pro Mode$19.99
