Comparison

Negative Me vs Simple Negative Image

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

Head to head
About

Negative Me

Transform photos into striking negative and inverted color images. Explore presets, blend effects, and save your creations in high resolution. This app offers a fast, visual editing experience for unique artwork.

Highlights
  • Negative and inverted color creation
  • Live split preview
  • Curated presets
  • Blend effect with original
  • Save favorite settings
  • High-resolution saving and sharing
Features
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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 • Edit across compact and expanded layouts with keyboard shortcuts • 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.

About

Simple Negative Image

Easily invert image colors to create unique artistic effects. This tool allows for the inversion of negatives and positives, transforming ordinary photos into tasteful art-like creations. Perfect for users seeking straightforward image processing.

Highlights
  • Invert image colors
  • Create unique images
  • Generate art-like visuals
  • Process images easily
  • Invert negatives and positives
Features
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A simple function application that only inverts the color of the image By inverting colors and inverting negatives and positives, you can create unique images and tasteful art-like images. For those who want to process images easily

Screenshots

Negative Me3 screens
Simple Negative Image3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple Negative Image at 4.5 against Negative Me's 4.0. Simple Negative Image also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). Negative Me's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Negative Image holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 122 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Negative Me's written reviews are positive against 56% of Simple Negative Image's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Negative Me ships an update every 5 weeks, Simple Negative Image every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Negative Me versus Simple Negative Image: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNegative MeSimple Negative Image
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (57 ratings)4.5 (122 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.7% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings57122 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer福恩 毛Ryouhei Azuma

Customer experience

Negative Me

All ratings56 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral8.9%
Negative19.6%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive56.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative36.2%

Simple Negative Image

All ratings121 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral1.7%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral8.3%
Negative36.1%

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

Simple Negative Image

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Negative Me

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Negative Image

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Negative Me free?
Negative Me is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Negative Image free?
Simple Negative Image is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Negative Me or Simple Negative Image?
Simple Negative Image is rated higher. Negative Me averages 4.0 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Simple Negative Image averages 4.5 from 122 ratings.
Do Negative Me or Simple Negative Image have ads?
Simple Negative Image shows ads; Negative Me does not.
Which is updated more often, Negative Me or Simple Negative Image?
Negative Me ships an update every 5 weeks, and Simple Negative Image every 2 months. Most recently, Negative Me was updated on November 1, 2026 and Simple Negative Image on November 3, 2026.

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