ProLab Film Developer vs or it didn't happen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ProLab Film Developer
Achieve consistent color film development at home with real-time adjustments for temperature and chemistry. This app eliminates guesswork by actively recalculating development times based on changing conditions, ensuring repeatable results without expensive equipment.
- Real-time time compensation
- Chemistry tracking
- Dynamic Time-Temperature Engine
- Push processing support
- Guided workflow
- Supports major C-41 kits
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No sous-vide. No guesswork. Just consistent colour film development. ProLab is a precision colour film development tool with real-time time compensation and chemistry tracking. ProLab Film Developer is the smarter way to develop colour film at home. Most home colour film development goes wrong for two reasons: temperature drift and tired chemicals. Every other app ignores that. ProLab Film Developer doesn’t. It’s the only app that actively adjusts your development time in real time, based on what’s actually happening, not what should be happening. Real-time time and temperature correction Built around a Dynamic Time-Temperature Engine, ProLab continuously recalculates your development time as conditions change. Temperature drops? Time is adjusted. Chemistry weakening? Compensated. No guessing. No assumptions. No expensive setup. No barriers. You don’t need a sous-vide. You don’t need a lab. Just a tank, a thermometer and a bowl. This is consistent, repeatable colour development without the cost or complexity. What makes it different • Real-time time compensation based on live temperature input • Chemistry tracking with exhaustion awareness • Intelligent adjustments based on actual usage, not theory • Built-in push processing for 1 and 2 stops • Clean, guided workflow from start to finish Supports major home C-41 kits, including Cinestill, Bellini, Rollei, Adox, Fuji and more. Built by a photographer, not a developer This was made to solve a real problem in home film processing. If your temperature moves and your timing doesn’t, you’re already off. Get it right. Every time.
or it didn't happen
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Or It Didn't Happen is a photo app for taking pictures with your friends. Not posting at strangers. Not chasing an audience. You and the people you actually know, out with your cameras, then looking at everyone's photos — together, at the same time. There are four ways in. EVENTS A wedding, a trip, a night out. Make an event, share the link, and everyone who was there adds their photos to one shared album. No group needed, and guests don't need an account. CHALLENGES Pick a theme and a deadline — "doors near home", "something green", "the last hour of light". Everyone takes their own version, then the group reacts, comments, and floats the favourites up. PHOTO HUNTS A list of prompts and a walk. A window, a side street, someone walking, closing time. Everyone fills their own card as they go, one photo per prompt, together or on your own. FRIENDS & FOLLOWERS No group, no theme, no deadline. Just post a photo for the people who follow you. Their photos come back chronologically — no algorithm, nothing missed, no counts to perform for. ALSO IN THE APP • Group chat alongside the photos, and direct messages between members • A profile portfolio for the work you want to keep on show • Achievements for things you actually did, not for showing up daily • Explore, if you'd rather join a public group than start your own • A group can be five friends or a few thousand people. Both work. PRIVACY, PLAINLY Location and camera serial number are stripped from every photo's metadata at upload, before the file is stored. If you choose to show capture details, only the settings are kept — camera, lens, aperture, shutter, ISO. Never location, never dates. The app never asks your phone or browser for your location. There are no ad SDKs and no third-party analytics. Groups are private by default: members see each other's photos and nobody else does. Anything public is public because you chose to make it so. Bring a camera, a phone, or the point-and-shoot in the drawer. Anything that takes a picture works.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: or it didn't happen at Free against ProLab Film Developer's $7.99. or it didn't happen also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
or it didn't happen is free to download; ProLab Film Developer costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ProLab Film Developer ships an update every 3 months, or it didn't happen every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.
| Parameter | ProLab Film Developer | or it didn't happen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 189 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | James Maher | Samuel Moss |
In-app purchases
ProLab Film Developer
No in-app purchases
or it didn't happen
No in-app purchases
Questions
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