Comparison

Contact Sheet Generator vs Marklab

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. NEW IN 2.0: • Darkroom Library: every sheet you generate is saved automatically to a private in-app gallery. Search, filter, and sort your sheets, and organize them with albums, tags, and notes. • Landing Hub: open straight to a home screen where you can start a 35mm or 120 sheet in one tap and see your newest work. • 120 rebate borders: realistic Classic, Striped, and Monochrome film edges for 645, 6x6, and 6x7 sheets. • Contact sheet themes and export presets: Lab Classic, Darkroom, Kodak Warm, Fuji Cool, and Ilford Mono looks, plus Archival, Small Share, Clean Metadata, and No Markup exports. • Ready for iPhone Duo: controls move to the side rail, the home screen uses the inner display, and your sheet stays on one side of the fold. 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 Borders: Optional 35mm border with sprocket holes and frame numbers, plus 120 rebate borders in three styles • 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 — your sheet is saved to the Darkroom Library and ready to share 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

Marklab

Features
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Marklab puts your mark on your work and keeps your private data out of it. Add a text or logo watermark to photos, PDFs and videos, stamp a whole set of photos in one pass, and strip the hidden location and device data your camera leaves inside every shot. Everything happens on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded, no account is needed, and the app works in airplane mode. BATCH WATERMARKING Select a whole shoot, set the watermark once, and let Marklab stamp every photo. Progress is shown as it goes and you can stop at any point. Share the finished set in one step. WATERMARK ANYTHING • Photos - JPG, PNG and HEIC • PDFs - every page, or only the pages you choose • Videos - MP4 and MOV, with the mark burned into the clip FULL CONTROL Text or your own logo. Adjust opacity, size, rotation and spacing. Choose one of nine positions or tile the mark across the whole frame. A live preview shows exactly what you will get, because the preview and the export use the same renderer. SAVED PRESETS Keep the settings you use often and apply them again with a single tap. No more rebuilding the same watermark for every job. HIDDEN DATA Photos carry more than they show. Most of them store the exact spot where they were taken, the time, and the phone that took them. Marklab lists what a photo is carrying and removes it, leaving the picture itself untouched. BUILT FOR PRIVACY No servers, no accounts, no tracking, no ads. Your files never leave the device, which is also why the app keeps working with no connection. MARKLAB PRO Free: watermark a single photo, and clean hidden data from any photo. Pro unlocks: • Batch watermarking • PDF watermarking • Video watermarking • Saved presets Pro is available as a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed in your account settings. Terms: https://clkcompany.github.io/MarklabSupport/terms.html Privacy: https://clkcompany.github.io/MarklabSupport/privacy.html EULA (Apple Standard): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions or requests: tech@clk.company

Screenshots

Contact Sheet Generator4 screens
Marklab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Contact Sheet Generator at none against Marklab's 2. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Marklab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Contact Sheet Generator asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Contact Sheet Generator versus Marklab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContact Sheet GeneratorMarklab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSambit BiswasMuhammed Celik

In-app purchases

None

Contact Sheet Generator

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Marklab

Subscriptions1
  • Marklab Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Marklab Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Contact Sheet Generator free?
Contact Sheet Generator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marklab free?
Marklab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Contact Sheet Generator or Marklab have ads?
Neither Contact Sheet Generator nor Marklab shows ads.

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