Comparison

Silverlog vs Darkroom Studios

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

Head to head
About

Silverlog

Features
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Silverlog is a comprehensive film photography logbook for iOS. Track your film rolls, development processes, darkroom printing, and create professional contact sheets. FILM ROLL MANAGEMENT Log rolls across 35mm, medium format, large format, and special formats. Record frame-by-frame aperture, shutter speed, lens and notes, plus location and weather for each roll. Save your own frame templates to speed up logging. DEVELOPMENT LOGGING Track your development sessions with chemistry details, times, temperatures, agitation techniques, and results. DARKROOM PRINTING Document your printing sessions with paper type, exposure settings, chemistry, and detailed notes for reproducing your best prints. PRO FEATURES - Spot metering, calibration and reading history for the built-in light meter (centre-weighted metering using your device camera is free) - Film stock presets for negative colour inversion (basic inversion is free) - PDF export with professional formatting - Cost analytics and advanced statistics - B&W contrast presets and manual colour adjustment for inverted negatives DATA & EXPORT - Full JSON backup and restore - CSV export for spreadsheets - Professional contact sheet PDFs (Pro) - Cloud backups you can restore on any device (requires a Silverlog Cloud subscription) Built for film photographers who care about their craft. Whether you shoot 35mm, medium format, or large format, Silverlog keeps your entire analogue workflow organised in one place. SUBSCRIPTIONS Silverlog Cloud and Cloud Unlimited are optional auto-renewing subscriptions, billed monthly or annually. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. A subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://silverlog.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://silverlog.app/privacy

About

Darkroom Studios

This app helps analog photographers manage their darkroom printing process. It tracks equipment, darkroom setups, and print parameters to ensure repeatable results. Guided sessions with timed stages and live previews aid in achieving desired outcomes.

Highlights
  • Register and track darkroom gear
  • Build and save repeatable darkroom setups
  • Guided printing sessions with timed stages
  • Live print previews with parameter adjustments
  • Save and share print results with parameters
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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Darkroom Studios is a workbench for analog printing. It keeps track of the gear you own, the darkrooms you build from it, and every print you pull — so a result you liked six months ago is a setup you can repeat tonight. REGISTER YOUR GEAR Add your enlargers, lenses, easels, timers, and chemistry. Each item carries the details that actually matter at the baseboard, so you are not guessing which lens was on the column for a print you made last spring. BUILD REPEATABLE DARKROOMS Group gear into named darkrooms — a full working setup you can select in one tap. Set one as your default and every new session starts from known ground. RUN GUIDED SESSIONS A printing session walks through nine steps, from exposure to wash. Each stage is timed against the wall clock, and the app notifies you when a stage is over, so you can keep both hands on the print instead of watching a timer. DIAL IN THE PRINT Set contrast grade, exposure time, aperture, and darkness before you commit, and see a live preview rendered from your own photograph. Burn and dodge to shape the result. The preview works from the actual image you are printing — it is not a stock simulation. KEEP EVERY RESULT Photograph the negative or the finished print with the camera, or pick an image from your library. Each completed session is saved with a rendered print and the full parameter set that produced it. Save finished prints back to your photo library or share them. NO ADS, NO TRACKING There is no advertising in Darkroom Studios and no analytics or tracking SDK of any kind. Your gear, your sessions, and your images are yours.

Screenshots

Silverlog4 screens
Darkroom Studios4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Darkroom Studios at none against Silverlog's 5. Silverlog's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). 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. Silverlog sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Darkroom Studios asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Silverlog ships an update every 2 days, Darkroom Studios fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Silverlog versus Darkroom Studios: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilverlogDarkroom Studios
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon WestgateJunziTech Solutions LLC

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Silverlog

Subscriptions4
  • Cloud Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Cloud Unlimited Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Cloud Annual$24.991 Year
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  • Cloud Unlimited$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • SilverLog Pro$24.99
None

Darkroom Studios

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Silverlog free?
Silverlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Darkroom Studios free?
Darkroom Studios is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Silverlog or Darkroom Studios have ads?
Neither Silverlog nor Darkroom Studios shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Silverlog or Darkroom Studios?
Silverlog ships an update every 2 days, and Darkroom Studios fortnightly. Most recently, Silverlog was updated on October 3, 2026 and Darkroom Studios on October 2, 2026.

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