Roll Keeper vs Strips Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roll Keeper
Organize your film photography scans with this dedicated archive tool. Automatically detect rolls from filenames, review contact sheets, and save detailed information like film stock, camera, and location. Sync metadata back to your photo library for seamless organization.
- Automatic roll detection from filenames
- Contact sheet review
- Manual roll creation and editing
- Detailed roll metadata (film stock, camera, location)
- Sync metadata to Photos
- Export and share contact sheets
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Roll Keeper is a focused archive tool for film photographers who scan their negatives and want every roll to stay organized after it lands in Apple Photos. Scan your library for roll-like batches, review contact sheets, then save each roll with film stock, camera, lens, approximate shooting dates, locations, notes, and selected frames. Manual roll creation is available when your lab filenames are messy or when you want to build an archive by hand. You can also sync selected roll dates and locations back to Photos metadata when you choose, keeping your archive and EXIF details aligned. Key features: - Detect likely rolls from scanner filenames and frame patterns - Review each detected roll as a contact sheet before saving - Create or edit rolls manually - Add and remove photos after creation - Save film stock, camera, lens, date range, location, and notes - Sync shooting date and location metadata back to selected Photos assets - Keep demo rolls available until your first real archive roll - Export and share contact sheets Roll Keeper reads photo metadata and thumbnails from your library to help identify scans. It does not move or delete your original photos.
Strips Camera
This app simulates the experience of using a disposable camera on your phone. Capture moments with a variety of authentic film looks and develop them to achieve a vintage aesthetic. Unlock all camera styles and filters with a premium subscription.
- Disposable camera simulation
- Authentic film looks
- Multiple camera styles (Polaroid, iPhone 1, G7X, Disposable, 35mm)
- Shake to develop feature
- Timed film development
- Unlockable Pro features
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Strips is a disposable camera for your phone. Point, shoot, and let it develop. Every shot gets a real film look baked in: warm, faded, a little grainy, exactly like the disposables you'd pass around at a party. Pick a look and shoot the whole roll in it: • Polaroid: Warm, faded instant film • iPhone 1: Lo-fi 2007 phone cam • G7X: Clean vlog-cam pop • Disposable: Flashy 35mm throwaway • 35mm: Grainy film stock Shake to develop, or let your shots develop in some time like real film. Unlock every camera and filter with Strips Pro. Monthly or yearly, with a free trial. Cancel anytime. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://strips.camera/privacy.html
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Verdict
Roll Keeper and Strips Camera are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Roll Keeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Strips Camera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Roll Keeper against 5.0 for Strips Camera. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Roll Keeper | Strips Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wenlong Zhu | Internet Companies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Roll Keeper
Strips Camera
In-app purchases
Roll Keeper
- Lifetime Unlock$8.99
Strips Camera
- Strips Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Strips Pro3 Days trial$34.991 Year









