Comparison

Film Development Assistant vs DevProCo

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

Head to head
About

Film Development Assistant

This app helps amateur photographers track their film development chemicals and sessions. It monitors chemical batch expiration, usage, and provides multi-stage timers for development processes. Users can also record notes on session quality for future reference.

Highlights
  • Chemical batch tracking
  • Expiration date monitoring
  • Session tracking
  • Multi-stage development timers
  • Chemical usage calculation
  • Session notes and quality tracking
Features
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Film Development Assistant provides advanced features for every at-home photographic film developer! Reduce your risk of development issues by keeping track of your chemical batches and development sessions in the app. Our ever-evolving database of home development chemicals makes it easy to track the expiration dates of your mixed chemical batches based on the suggested shelf life from the manufacturer. Once you have your chemicals mixed, you can create sessions to track how many rolls/sheets of film you are developing, and the app will track the chemical usage for you so that you don't forget how much chemical capacity you have remaining! The visual progress indicators for your chemical batch freshness are a very useful tool for keeping track of your chemicals and making sure you either use them before expiration, or prevent yourself from using already expired or depleted chemicals. With each session, you can open a multi-stage timer to track the time for each stage of development. No more creating different timers by hand with the default timer app on your phone! And if you associate an existing chemical batch with each stage, the app will automatically adjust the development times of those stages based on the previous usage of your chemicals (or you can adjust the times manually). When you finish your sessions, you can take notes about how your session went so that you can learn from your home development process over time. You can keep track of the quality of the session and add your own notes to reference later.

About

DevProCo

Features
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DevProCo is a precise development process timer for analog photographers — whether you're developing B&W film, color negative (C-41), slide film (E-6), or darkroom prints (RA-4). FEATURES • Guided step-by-step development sessions with automatic agitation reminders • Text-to-speech announces each step and agitation — keep your hands in the tank • Hands-free voice control: say "next" to advance steps • Automatic chemistry volume and dilution calculator • Built-in process library with pre-configured recipes (Rodinal, DD-X, C-41, RA-4) • Create and save your own custom processes • Share processes with other DevProCo users via QR code • Screen stays on during active sessions • Supports English, German, Spanish and French

Screenshots

Film Development Assistant3 screens
DevProCo4 screens

Verdict

The call

Film Development Assistant and DevProCo are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Film Development Assistant sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and DevProCo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Film Development Assistant versus DevProCo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilm Development AssistantDevProCo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZachary BurnsChristoph Kretschmer

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Film Development Assistant

One-time2
  • 7 Day Free TrialFree
  • Film Development Assistant Pro$4.99
1 purchases

DevProCo

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99

Questions

Is Film Development Assistant free?
Film Development Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DevProCo free?
DevProCo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Film Development Assistant or DevProCo have ads?
Neither Film Development Assistant nor DevProCo shows ads.

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