X half vs Half
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
X half
Enhance your digital camera experience by wirelessly transferring photos and videos to your smartphone or tablet. Develop images captured in FILM CAMERA MODE directly within the app. It also offers location data synchronization for your photos.
- Wireless image and video transfer
- Develop FILM CAMERA MODE photos
- View photos in Gallery and Album
- Location information synchronization
- Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity
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The “X half” app is an application that can be used in conjunction with Fujifilm's X half digital cameras to maximize your experience of X half world. By pairing the camera with the app via Bluetooth®, you can transfer captured images and videos to your smartphone or tablet, and view the transferred images in Gallery and Album. Photos taken in FILM CAMERA MODE can be developed with this app for viewing. In addition to Bluetooth®, the Wi-Fi® is also used to transfer captured images and movies. FUJIFILM provides “Activity Record”, a network service that automatically summarizes daily photographic activities in a diary format. To use the “Activity Record”, you need to use the “FUJIFILM XApp” app in addition to this app. The network service may not be available in your region or country. [Compatible Cameras] Please refer to the URL below: https://www.fujifilm-x.com/support/compatibility/software/x-half-app/ Please update the camera with the latest firmware. Please refer to the URL below to download the firmware: https://fujifilm-x.com/support/download/firmware/cameras/ [Compatible OS] Please refer to the URL below: https://www.fujifilm-x.com/support/compatibility/software/x-half-app/ [Supported languages] English(US), English(UK), Japanese/日本語, French/Français, German/Deutsch, Spanish/Español, Italian/Italiano, Turkish/Türkçe, Simplified Chinese/中文简, Russian/Русский, Korean/한국, Thai/ไทย, Indonesian/Bahasa Indonesia [Notes] “X half” provides a function that synchronizes the location information of a smartphone with the camera and records it in the captured image. To reduce the battery drain of your smartphone, please set the location information synchronisation interval to a longer time from the “X half” menu. * The Bluetooth® word and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by FUJIFILM Corporation is under license. * Wi-Fi® is registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance®. * iPhone, iPad, iPad Pro, iPad mini, iPad Air, and iPadOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. * IOS is a trademark or registered trademark of Cisco in the U.S. and other countries and is used under license.
Half
This app automatically detects and splits half-frame film scans into individual photographs. You can then rejoin any two frames to create new pairs, perfect for printing. It offers flexible export options and works entirely offline for privacy.
- Automatic half-frame scan splitting
- Manual splitting option
- Rejoin any two frames
- Customizable print aspect ratios
- High-quality TIFF export
- Offline functionality
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Half-frame cameras fit two photographs where a normal 35mm frame goes. So when the lab scans your film, you get back one wide image holding two separate pictures, divided by the dark strip of unexposed film between them. Half-Frame Joiner finds that divider, splits the scan into its two real photographs, and lets you rejoin any two of them into a new pair — ready to print. SPLIT YOUR SCANS Pick your half-frame scans straight from your photo library. Each one splits automatically, cropped from the original at full resolution and never resampled. Scans the detector isn't sure about are left whole, so a real picture is never cut in half by accident — and you can always split those by hand. REJOIN ANY TWO Tap two frames and see them joined instantly. Pair them back the way they were shot, or combine frames from completely different rolls to make something new. Every combination is a tap away. MADE FOR PRINTING Choose 4×6, 5×7, or the original aspect ratio before you save, and the app composes to exactly that shape so a lab won't crop your photographs unexpectedly. Pinch to zoom, drag to reposition, and rotate each photo inside its half of the frame until it sits right. The black divider between the two pictures is recreated the way film actually looks, not pasted in as a hard line. EXPORT WHAT YOU NEED Save joined pairs, or export single frames on their own — as TIFF for maximum quality or JPEG for smaller files. Everything goes back to your photo library. KEEP TRACK Tap the info button on any photo to see every join it appears in, and browse everything you've made in the Created tab. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Half-Frame Joiner works entirely on your device. No accounts, no analytics, and no network requests at all — it runs in Airplane Mode. Your photographs never leave your iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Half at 100% against X half's 13%. Half also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0). X half's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Half holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: X half has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of X half's written reviews are positive against 100% of Half's.
| Parameter | X half | Half |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FUJIFILM Corporation | Optimized Machining LLC |
Customer experience
X half
Half
In-app purchases
X half
No in-app purchases
Half
No in-app purchases









