Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time time compensation
  • Chemistry tracking
  • Dynamic Time-Temperature Engine
  • Push processing support
  • Guided workflow
  • Supports major C-41 kits
Features
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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.

About

or it didn't happen

Features
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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.

Screenshots

ProLab Film Developer4 screens
or it didn't happen4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ProLab Film Developer ships an update every 3 months, or it didn't happen every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ProLab Film Developer versus or it didn't happen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProLab Film Developeror it didn't happen
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB20 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJames MaherSamuel Moss

In-app purchases

None

ProLab Film Developer

No in-app purchases

None

or it didn't happen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ProLab Film Developer free?
ProLab Film Developer costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is or it didn't happen free?
or it didn't happen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ProLab Film Developer or or it didn't happen have ads?
Neither ProLab Film Developer nor or it didn't happen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ProLab Film Developer or or it didn't happen?
ProLab Film Developer ships an update every 3 months, and or it didn't happen every 2 weeks. Most recently, ProLab Film Developer was updated on October 5, 2026 and or it didn't happen on October 5, 2026.

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