Negative Me vs Pic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Negative Me
Transform your photos by converting them between color negative and positive images with a single click. Easily develop color negatives or create color negatives from existing photos. Save and share your transformed images directly from the app.
- Color negative to positive conversion
- Positive to color negative conversion
- One-click negative film developing
- One-click color negative creation
- Select photos from album or camera
- Save and share results
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Create polished negative and inverted color in seconds with Negative Me. Create classic film negatives, monochrome inversions, and striking reversed-color artwork. Designed for fast, visual editing: • Compare the original and edited image with a live split preview • Explore curated presets made for different photo styles • Blend the effect with your original for a subtle or bold finish • Save favorite effect settings in My Looks and reuse them • Share a labeled before-and-after image • Undo, redo, and resume your last edit • Save and share at high resolution • Process photos directly on your device Choose a photo, try a preset, and adjust until the result feels right. The focused editor keeps the image and its transformation visible throughout the process. Start creating for free in this ad-supported edition.
Pic
Capture photos in various styles, including black and white or restored film looks. Enhance your images with built-in editing tools for color and contrast adjustments.
- Normal photo capture
- Black and white photo mode
- Film restoration
- Color adjustment
- Contrast editing
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This app can take normal photos, black and white photos, or restore old-fashioned film to normal photos. The app includes an editor to adjust the color and contrast of photos taken.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Negative Me at 53% against Pic's 7%. Negative Me also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.6). Pic's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Negative Me holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Negative Me's written reviews are positive against 7% of Pic's.
Negative Me ships an update every 3 weeks, Pic every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Negative Me | Pic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (44 ratings) — better | 1.6 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews — better | 6.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 福恩 毛 | 大威 吴 |
Customer experience
Negative Me
Pic
Bugs and requests
Negative Me
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes when selecting or loading photos
- Incompatible with iOS 11 and newer versions
- Crashes when tapping 'No' on premium upgrade prompt
- Save functionality broken or inaccessible
- App no longer works after Apple OS updates
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- Crashes on older devices
- Photo quality degradation after inversion
- Inconsistent performance across different iOS versions
Requested features
10 requests- Live camera preview with real-time inversion
- Color correction for C-41 and C-22 film
- Image rotation capability
- Advanced color adjustment filters
- Remove or hide original image during editing
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- Better UI/UX design for saving functionality
- Video inversion support
- Pinch-to-zoom and standard iOS photo manipulation
- Batch processing for multiple images
- iOS 11+ and current iOS version compatibility
Pic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Negative Me
No in-app purchases
Pic
No in-app purchases
Questions
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