Negative Me vs LightBox Extra
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.
LightBox Extra
Easily view 35mm negatives and slides on your iOS device. Customize the background for optimal viewing and the app remembers your preferred settings.
- View 35mm negatives and slides
- Customizable white background
- Background adjusts to negative/slide area
- Resizes for all iOS7 devices
- Remembers custom box sizes
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Use LightBox Extra to easily view 35mm negatives and slides. You can choose between a classic white background, or only have white where you place the negative/positive to avoid blinding yourself. Resizes itself to work on all iOS7 devices. You can resize the white boxes as needed, and next time you launch the app it will restore those.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Negative Me at 3.8 against LightBox Extra's 2.3. Negative Me also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 13 months). LightBox Extra's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. LightBox Extra sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Negative Me asks for nothing beyond the download.
Negative Me holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Negative Me's written reviews are positive against 28% of LightBox Extra's.
Negative Me ships an update every 3 weeks, LightBox Extra every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Negative Me | LightBox Extra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (44 ratings) — better | 2.3 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews — better | 27.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 福恩 毛 | SkyCharts LLC |
Customer experience
Negative Me
LightBox Extra
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
LightBox Extra
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Negative Me
No in-app purchases
LightBox Extra
- Remove Ads$0.99
Questions
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