Comparison

Negative Me vs Caleta

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

Caleta

This camera app offers unique color filters and editing tools to enhance your photos. Create cards and collages, or export full-resolution images. Capture and edit directly on your device with optional location tagging.

Highlights
  • Unique color filters (Sol, Cruz, Luna)
  • Adjustable color intensity
  • Photo to card/collage creation
  • Zoom and focus controls
  • Photo import
  • Full-resolution export
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Caleta is a camera with its own colors, made to keep light the way you remember it. Shoot with Sol, Cruz, and Luna; adjust intensity without changing the original; and turn every photo into a card or collage ready to save and share. Zoom, focus, the editor, Bone paper, and the Brisa theme are free. Caleta+ unlocks every color in the catalog, grouped into five palettes by medium (Digital, Negative, Slide, Monochrome, and Instant); it also includes five card papers (Cobalt, Palma, Cal, Coral, and Black), three pastel themes with their alternate icons, photo import, full-resolution processed exports without a card, and removing the signature from the card. Choose an annual plan or a lifetime purchase. Your photos stay yours. There are no accounts, analytics, or ads. Capture and editing happen on your iPhone. Location is optional and only adds a place name; you decide what to save or share. Caleta+ yearly: a 1-year auto-renewing subscription, USD 12.99 per year (reference price; the final price is the one shown for your territory on the App Store). Caleta+ lifetime: a one-time purchase of USD 29.99. Payment is charged to your Apple account when you confirm the purchase; the subscription renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and you manage it from your Apple account settings. Terms of Use: https://codigo19.dev/caleta/terms Privacy Policy: https://codigo19.dev/caleta/privacy

Screenshots

Negative Me3 screens
Caleta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Caleta at 5.0 against Negative Me's 4.0. Caleta also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Negative Me's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (57 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Caleta sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per year. Negative Me asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Caleta holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Negative Me has 57 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Negative Me ships an update every 5 weeks, Caleta monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Negative Me versus Caleta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNegative MeCaleta
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (57 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings57 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer福恩 毛CODIGO 19 LLC

Customer experience

Negative Me

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

Caleta

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Caleta

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Negative Me

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Caleta

Subscriptions1
  • Caleta+ Annual$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Caleta+ Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Negative Me free?
Negative Me is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Caleta free?
Caleta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Negative Me or Caleta?
Caleta is rated higher. Negative Me averages 4.0 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Caleta averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Negative Me or Caleta have ads?
Neither Negative Me nor Caleta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Negative Me or Caleta?
Negative Me ships an update every 5 weeks, and Caleta monthly. Most recently, Negative Me was updated on November 1, 2026 and Caleta on October 24, 2026.

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