Comparison

Negative Me vs Zinimal

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 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.

Highlights
  • 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
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 • 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

Zinimal

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Negative Me3 screens
Zinimal4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Negative Me ships an update every 3 weeks, Zinimal daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Negative Me versus Zinimal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNegative MeZinimal
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.9 (53 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB23 MB
Age rating4+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

None

Negative Me

No in-app purchases

None

Zinimal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Negative Me free?
Negative Me is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zinimal free?
Zinimal costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Negative Me or Zinimal have ads?
Neither Negative Me nor Zinimal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Negative Me or Zinimal?
Negative Me ships an update every 3 weeks, and Zinimal daily. Most recently, Negative Me was updated on October 16, 2026 and Zinimal on September 24, 2026.

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