Negative Me vs CarsonCam
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.
CarsonCam
This app enhances your mobile device's camera functionality for use with specific digiscoping equipment. It automatically selects the wide-angle lens, optimizing the experience for capturing detailed images and videos through compatible optical products.
- Wide-angle camera pre-selection
- Optimized for digiscoping
- Video and camera functionality
- Seamless integration with Carson products
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CarsonCam lets you use the video and camera with the wide angle camera pre-selected so it works with our Carson digiscoping products.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CarsonCam at 100% against Negative Me's 53%. CarsonCam also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and device support (4 vs 2). Negative Me's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 11). On price, update cadence, 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.
CarsonCam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Negative Me's written reviews are positive against 100% of CarsonCam's.
Negative Me ships an update every 3 weeks, CarsonCam monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Negative Me | CarsonCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (44 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 福恩 毛 | Carson Optical, Inc. |
Customer experience
Negative Me
CarsonCam
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
CarsonCam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Negative Me
No in-app purchases
CarsonCam
No in-app purchases
Questions
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