Contact Sheet Generator vs Frankensheet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Frankensheet
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Frankensheet turns a folder of images, or a video, into a printable contact sheet in seconds. Point it at a folder and you have a grid — no catalogue, no import step, no waiting. • Contact sheets from any folder of images • Frame boards from video — sample a clip at an interval and lay the frames out (Pro) • Export to PNG or JPEG at up to 150 DPI — or to PDF with selectable text, up to 1200 DPI (Pro) • Control the grid, margins, gutters and page size in millimetres • Captions from the filename, and from EXIF — shutter, aperture, ISO, capture date (Pro) • Live preview that is the same code as the export, so what you see is what you get Free exports one sheet of up to 30 images as PNG or JPEG at up to 150 DPI. It is a complete tool for one job: not time-limited, and never watermarked. A one-time Pro unlock adds PDF export with selectable text, video frame boards, multi-page and batch sheets, unlimited images, export up to 1200 DPI, headers and footers, EXIF caption tokens, custom templates and Shortcuts. No subscription, and still no watermark. Frankensheet collects anonymous usage and crash diagnostics to fix bugs; it never sees your images or file contents.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Contact Sheet Generator at none against Frankensheet's 1. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Frankensheet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Contact Sheet Generator asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Contact Sheet Generator | Frankensheet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sambit Biswas | Greg Raine |
In-app purchases
Contact Sheet Generator
No in-app purchases
Frankensheet
- Frankensheet Pro$5.99
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