Negative Me vs Zinimal
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.
Zinimal
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Zinimal turns your photos into little printed zines. Pick photos, add a line of text, print one sheet of paper, fold it, cut once — and you are holding an eight-page mini zine. Want more room? The booklet format prints double-sided and grows four pages at a time, as far as your stapler dares. MAKE • Photos from your library — the app only ever sees what you pick • One line of text per page: four typefaces, three sizes, six colors • Facing pages side by side, photos and text spanning the fold • Paper color for every page PRINT & SHARE • Print-ready PDF with cut and fold guides, at full photo resolution • Single-sheet zines also export as a 300-dpi image • A folding guide with pictures lives right in the app QUIET BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking — the app does not even use the internet • Everything stays on your device • Every edit saves itself; there is no save button Paper is patient. Make something small and real.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Negative Me at Free against Zinimal's $1.99. Zinimal's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Negative Me is free to download; Zinimal costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Negative Me ships an update every 3 weeks, Zinimal daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Negative Me | Zinimal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (53 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 福恩 毛 | Sebastian Lenk |
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
Zinimal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Negative Me
No in-app purchases
Zinimal
No in-app purchases









