Comparison

Contact Sheet Generator vs Second View

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

Head to head
About

Contact Sheet Generator

Create authentic film contact sheets from your digital photos. This app offers multiple film formats, customizable borders, and annotation tools for a vintage darkroom feel. Perfect for photographers documenting, presenting, or learning about analog photography.

Highlights
  • Multiple film formats (35mm, 120)
  • Authentic film border overlay
  • Customizable colors and fonts
  • Frame markup (keepers, rejects)
  • Free-form brush annotation
  • EXIF metadata embedding
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Transform your digital photos into classic film contact sheets — the essential photo grid layout for reviewing negatives. Contact Sheet Generator creates authentic proof sheets with the vintage look and feel of a traditional darkroom. FEATURES: • Multiple Film Formats: 35mm (36 exposures) and medium format 120 film (645, 6x6, 6x7) • Professional Layout: High-quality 8.5×11" contact sheets at 300 PPI — perfect as a photo collage or portfolio grid • Authentic Film Border: Optional 35mm border overlay with sprocket holes and frame numbers • Customizable Colors: Control background, text, border, and sprocket colors • Font Options: Choose between classic Leica and San Francisco typography • Dark Mode Support: Comfortable editing in any lighting condition MARKUP & ANNOTATION: • Mark frames as keepers, rejects, or maybes with color-coded overlays • Free-form brush annotation with adjustable color, size, and opacity • 3× magnifier loupe for detailed frame inspection • All markup bakes at full resolution for save and share MY GEAR PRESETS: • Save your favorite cameras and film stocks for quick access • Presets sorted by usage frequency or name • EXIF metadata embedding: camera, film, and author info saved with every image EASY TO USE: 1. Select your preferred film format 2. Choose up to 36 images (35mm) or 15 images (120 film) 3. Add custom details — or pick from your saved gear 4. Generate and save your contact sheet PERFECT FOR: • Film photographers documenting their work • Photography students learning about contact sheets and proof sheets • Professional photographers presenting their portfolio • Anyone who loves the vintage aesthetic of analog film photography • Photographers who want a clean negative review layout Create beautiful contact sheets that blend digital convenience with analog charm — your darkroom proof sheet workflow, reimagined.

About

Second View

This tool assists photographers in planning shots by simulating their actual camera's field of view and aspect ratio. It includes a light meter, filter logging, and reciprocity correction for film stocks. Features like LiDAR distance measurement and composition guides help refine framing and exposure before taking the shot.

Highlights
  • Precise field-of-view matching
  • Real-time light meter with spot metering
  • ND, polarizer, and color filter logging
  • Reciprocity failure correction for 60 film stocks
  • LiDAR distance measurement
  • Composition and grid tools
  • Panorama simulation
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PLEASE READ FIRST Second View is not a camera app and does not take photos for you. It helps you frame, meter, and plan shots before you press the shutter on your own camera. The photos it saves are framing aids, not final images. --- Second View turns your iPhone into a precision field toolkit for analog photographers. Set your lens and format, and it crops the ultra-wide camera to match what your film camera will capture: same field of view, aspect ratio, and framing. Supports 35mm, medium format (6x4.5 through 6x17 panoramic), large format (4x5, 5x7, 8x10), digital sensor sizes, and custom sizes. VIEWFINDER Precise field-of-view matching for any focal length and format. Portrait or landscape, control side of your choice, even upside down. WORKSPACES Design your own bottom control panel. Arrange the controls you use, then switch layouts with an edge-swipe. Start from built-in layouts or build your own per kit. FREEZE MODE Pause the frame on a full-resolution still to compose rise and shift, spot-meter, and measure distance, all without the scene moving. LIGHT METER Select your aperture and the app calculates the shutter speed. EV compensation, hyperfocal distance, auto/manual modes, readout in shutter speed or EV, and whole/half/third-stop increments. BELLOWS COMPENSATION A meter cell folds close-focus light loss into your reading for macro and large-format work, set manually or by LiDAR. SPOT METERING Meter the whole frame, or switch to spot mode to read a small area with a reticle, calibrated against your reference meter. LENS FILTERS Log the ND, polarizer, and color filters on your lens. The meter compensates automatically, and every capture records them. RECIPROCITY CORRECTION 60 built-in film stocks with accurate reciprocity curves, plus your own. Exposures over one second are corrected automatically. Portra, CineStill, Tri-X, Velvia, and more, plus an ECN-2 category. Custom stocks support color or B&W, white balance, and a tunable curve. FILM AND FILTER PREVIEW Simulate B&W film with color filters in the preview and captures, and preview color-film white balance from the loaded stock. LONG EXPOSURE TIMER A countdown timer for long exposures, with a 3-second pre-countdown and a full-screen progress ring. LIDAR DISTANCE MEASUREMENT On iPhone 12 Pro and later, measure the distance to your subject with LiDAR by tapping the viewfinder. On other devices, enter it manually. PARALLAX CORRECTION Compensates for the physical offset between the iPhone and the taking lens, using LiDAR or a manual distance, applied automatically. RISE, FALL AND SHIFT Simulate the movements of a view or technical camera. Offset the crop up, down, left, or right in 1mm steps. COMPOSITION TOOLS Rule of thirds, phi grid, golden triangle, square 1:1, and a custom grid up to 12x12. Bubble level with roll and pitch readout. PANORAMA SIMULATION Preview a stitched multi-frame panorama before you shoot it, and save it as a plan. SHOT CHECKLIST Build a step-by-step checklist per kit and run through it in the viewfinder. One step can fire the shutter automatically when you reach it. CAMERA KITS Save complete configurations and switch instantly. Each kit stores its lenses, format, preferred stocks, workspace, parallax offsets, and checklist. Pick a body and the format picker narrows to the masks it can shoot, with a film-advance guide for multi-format cameras. FILM ROLL TRACKING Track your rolls from first frame to last, so you always know which is loaded and when it was exposed. CAPTURE AND GALLERY Save a reference photo cropped to the exact framing, with full metadata: focal length, format, stock, filters, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, rise/shift, GPS, and timestamp. Optionally export a frame with a data overlay. Edit data, add notes, group into rolls, and export a CSV log. --- Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy : https://secondview.app/privacy

Screenshots

Contact Sheet Generator4 screens
Second View4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Contact Sheet Generator at 5.0 against Second View's 4.0. Contact Sheet Generator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Second View's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Second View sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. Contact Sheet Generator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Contact Sheet Generator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contact Sheet Generator ships an update fortnightly, Second View weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Contact Sheet Generator versus Second View: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContact Sheet GeneratorSecond View
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSambit BiswasBenoit Linard

Customer experience

Contact Sheet Generator

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Second View

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Contact Sheet Generator

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Second View

Subscriptions2
  • Second View Basic Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
  • Second View Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Contact Sheet Generator free?
Contact Sheet Generator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Second View free?
Second View is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Contact Sheet Generator or Second View?
Contact Sheet Generator is rated higher. Contact Sheet Generator averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Second View averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Contact Sheet Generator or Second View have ads?
Second View shows ads; Contact Sheet Generator does not.
Which is updated more often, Contact Sheet Generator or Second View?
Contact Sheet Generator ships an update fortnightly, and Second View weekly. Most recently, Contact Sheet Generator was updated on October 4, 2026 and Second View on October 2, 2026.

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