Comparison

Massive Dev Chart Timer vs Flash Photography Adviser

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

Head to head
About

Massive Dev Chart Timer

This app provides an offline film development chart and a multi-step timer for photographers. It includes customizable agitation, darkroom themes, and support for various developing and fixing steps. It also offers automated compensation for development time and temperature.

Highlights
  • Offline film development chart
  • Multi-step timer with sound notifications
  • Customizable agitation schemes
  • Darkroom themes
  • Dilution mixer
  • Automated time/temperature compensation
Features
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The Massive Dev Chart is the world's largest film development chart with easy to use multi step timer and darkroom support for iPhone and iPad. Watch the instructional video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P915z6THiY8. *** Features *** • Offline copy of The Massive Dev Chart in your pocket • Multi Step Timer with sound notifications • Customizable agitation scheme • Darkroom themes • Dilution Mixer • Support for two-step development and two-step fixing • Support for optional hypoclear and photo flo steps • Automated development time/temperature compensation

About

Flash Photography Adviser

This app helps photographers find optimal flash and camera settings for balanced exposures. It calculates settings like flash coverage, output, distance, ISO, and aperture based on the guide number rule. Users can define and store their own flashguns for personalized recommendations.

Highlights
  • Proposes balanced flash and camera settings
  • Supports adjusting flash coverage, output, and distance
  • Calculates camera ISO and aperture
  • Assists in finding exposure equilibria
  • Allows defining and storing custom flashguns
  • Can be used as a training device for settings
Features
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The Flash Photography Adviser app automatically proposes balanced settings, and subsequently supports changing these settings to achieve a new equilibrium, for: - Flash Coverage (Zoom), - Flash Output (Power Level), - Flashgun-to-Subject Distance, - Camera ISO, - Camera Aperture, assuming a shutter speed that is at or below the camera's maximum flash sync speed, and where the flashgun-to-subject distance is measured along the path that the light travels from flash to subject. Each such an equilibrium represents a correct exposure in accordance with the guide number rule. The guide number rule is a handy rule of thumb in flash photography; the rule estimates the required flash exposure value without using a light meter. This rule evolves around three concepts: - Incident light (as opposed to reflected light); an advantage for `difficult' subjects (for example bright or dark scenes). - The different lighting conditions that occur when (a) zooming your flashgun, (b) changing the flash-to-subject distance, or (c) changing the flash power - The relatively fixed exposure value for the light from the flashgun under these conditions What the rule does NOT prescribe are the actual flashgun and related camera settings (aperture, ISO, flash power, flash zoom, flash-to-subject distance) that you can use, as long as the combination of manual flashgun and camera settings lead to an equivalent exposure value as specified by the rule. Often, there are many of such equilibria. The Flash Adviser will assist in finding these equilibria by indicating how to achieve balance (the deviation as well as the direction), and indicating when balance is achieved. For this, the app indicates the resulting overall exposure value in stops RELATIVE to the rule for a selected lighting condition. Also, in the balancing process, you can choose to balance to a flash exposure compensation value rather than balancing to the zero value. For instance, you can use this feature for compensating for specific light modifiers (e.g., a shoot-through umbrella, a softbox) or to achieve balance between flash light ambient light. In this convenient app you can define and store your own flashgun(s). The app estimates the required exposure value based on the (zoom-value dependent) guide numbers of the flashgun. These guide number values can often be found in the specifications section in the User Guide of your flashgun, and can be stored in the app when defining your flashgun. The app can also be used as a `training device', where you first guess the required combination of settings for balance, and subsequently check these with the app. Further characteristics: - No in-app purchases - No account, no login - No advertisements

Screenshots

Massive Dev Chart Timer4 screens
Flash Photography Adviser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Massive Dev Chart Timer at 71% against Flash Photography Adviser's 0%. Massive Dev Chart Timer also leads on ratings volume (55 vs 2) and chart position (#57 vs unranked). Flash Photography Adviser's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and price ($0.99 vs $9.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Massive Dev Chart Timer costs $9.99 and Flash Photography Adviser $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flash Photography Adviser holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Massive Dev Chart Timer has 55 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Massive Dev Chart Timer's written reviews are positive against 0% of Flash Photography Adviser's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Massive Dev Chart Timer ships an update every 5 months, Flash Photography Adviser every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Massive Dev Chart Timer versus Flash Photography Adviser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMassive Dev Chart TimerFlash Photography Adviser
Price$9.99$0.99 — better
Rating3.7 (55 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings55 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#57 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFreestyle Photo & ImagingRob Duell PhD

Customer experience

Massive Dev Chart Timer

All ratings55 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral7.3%
Negative29.1%
Written reviews216 reviews
Positive70.8%
Neutral8.3%
Negative20.8%

Flash Photography Adviser

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Massive Dev Chart Timer

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • HC110 dilution section displays only letters, not ratios
  • Dilution ratios not calculating when solution amount adjusted
  • App crashes after selecting film speed
  • Crashes on iPad with new update
  • Timer display shows three dots instead of seconds
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  • UI elements overlap on older iPhone models
  • Safelight mode white banner blocks display on iPad
  • Crashes during development process
  • Home screen line emits bright light in darkroom mode
  • App incompatible with newer iOS versions on older devices
  • Notes don't word wrap properly
  • Inconsistent film/developer availability between iPhone and iPad

Requested features

15 requests
  • Color film support (C-41, E-6, ECN-2 processes)
  • Search functionality by film brand/name
  • Ability to add custom process steps (presoak, toning)
  • Individual agitation control per development stage
  • Continuous agitation option
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  • Volume calculator for stop bath and fixer
  • Background timer functionality
  • Custom step name editing
  • Pull/push development times
  • Stand development support with hour-based timing
  • Apple Watch app
  • Syncing between iPhone and iPad
  • Fahrenheit temperature option
  • Additional common film stocks (Portra, Fuji 400H, Ektar)
  • Ability to add films not in database to custom times

Flash Photography Adviser

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Massive Dev Chart Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Flash Photography Adviser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Massive Dev Chart Timer free?
Massive Dev Chart Timer costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flash Photography Adviser free?
Flash Photography Adviser costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Massive Dev Chart Timer or Flash Photography Adviser?
Flash Photography Adviser is rated higher. Massive Dev Chart Timer averages 3.7 out of 5 from 55 ratings, while Flash Photography Adviser averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Massive Dev Chart Timer or Flash Photography Adviser have ads?
Neither Massive Dev Chart Timer nor Flash Photography Adviser shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Massive Dev Chart Timer or Flash Photography Adviser?
Massive Dev Chart Timer ships an update every 5 months, and Flash Photography Adviser every 7 months. Most recently, Massive Dev Chart Timer was updated on November 6, 2026 and Flash Photography Adviser on November 2, 2026.

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