Comparison

SmartLab35 vs MONO

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

Head to head
About

SmartLab35

Features
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With the innovative photo enlarger, you can create prints from your film negatives in a completely new way. This is possible for colour and black and white photos. In black and white mode, you can set an exposure time of up to 999 seconds. You can set the intensity of the enlarger to up to -4.0 f-stops. For multi-grade paper, you can select the gradation from 00.0 to 5.0. Use the function buttons to control the enlarger. Use the FOCUS light to adjust the sharpness of your image. Use the SAFE light to insert the paper. Start and pause the exposure with the centre button. In colour mode, you can set an exposure time of up to 999 seconds. You can control the colour gradation of your image by setting the intensity of the individual colour channels. In the options menu, you can choose between CMY and RGB colour systems. Control the enlarger with the function buttons. You can use the FOCUS light to adjust the sharpness of your image. Start and pause the exposure with the centre button.

About

MONO

Features
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MONO is a camera that cannot see colour. The viewfinder is already black and white before you press the shutter. You build the picture in tone instead of taking the colour out afterwards β€” and you know at once whether a subject carries, or was merely colourful. FILTERS LIKE REAL GLASS Yellow for an everyday sky, orange to cut haze, red for hard contrast, green to lift foliage. They weigh the colours before the picture turns grey, exactly as screw-on filters do in front of a lens, and you watch them work while you frame. TWENTY-THREE LOOKS From fine-grained studio stock to coarsely pushed reportage material. The grain is not an overlay: it is calculated for every frame and reacts to exposure like film does. MADE FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Manual shutter and ISO on a proper scale. Metering modes, exposure compensation, focus peaking, a level, a histogram, a grid. RAW alongside, if you want it. Shoot from the lock screen or with the Camera Control button. THE FIRST ROLL IS FREE Thirty-six frames, the whole app β€” nothing locked, no watermark, full resolution. After that, MONO unlimited is available as a yearly subscription or as a one-time purchase. The price for your country is shown in the app before you buy. The subscription renews automatically for another twelve months unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, where you can manage or cancel it at any time. The one-time purchase never renews. NOTHING ELSE No account, no sign-in, no cloud. The app contains no networking code at all β€” your photographs never leave your phone through MONO. Black and white. Nothing else. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://mono.camera/privacy

Screenshots

SmartLab354 screens
MONO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SmartLab35 at none against MONO's 2. MONO's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. MONO sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year. SmartLab35 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartLab35 ships an update every 5 weeks, MONO every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
SmartLab35 versus MONO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartLab35MONO
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size23 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSANTIAGO FRANCISCO RAMIREZ SONNTAGJonathan Pilz

In-app purchases

None

SmartLab35

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MONO

Subscriptions1
  • MONO, unlimited$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • MONO, unlimited$24.99

Questions

Is SmartLab35 free?
SmartLab35 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MONO free?
MONO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SmartLab35 or MONO have ads?
Neither SmartLab35 nor MONO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartLab35 or MONO?
SmartLab35 ships an update every 5 weeks, and MONO every 2 days. Most recently, SmartLab35 was updated on October 27, 2026 and MONO on October 8, 2026.

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