Comparison

EditMe vs Zinimal

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

Head to head
About

EditMe

Features
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Turn film negatives into photos, and give any photo the look of film. EditMe inverts your color and black and white negatives right on your iPhone or iPad and balances them like a lab would. Shot it on your phone instead? Pick a film look and share. No subscription, no ads, no account. NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE Photograph a negative with your phone and EditMe inverts it, color or black and white. The orange mask of C-41 is taken care of. No light box at hand? Your screen becomes one, and EditMe walks you through viewing old negatives with what you already own. DUST AND SCRATCHES EditMe looks for dust, lint and scratches on your negatives and shows you every spot it found. Nothing changes until you decide how much to clean up. A WHOLE ROLL AT ONCE Select a roll, set the look once and save every frame as a new photo. Your originals stay untouched. When the roll is done, you get a contact sheet to keep or share. PATINA, ROLLED FOR EVERY FRAME Light leak, vignette and the burnt end of a roll, decided by a roll of the dice. The leak sits on the same edge across a roll and changes a little from frame to frame, like a camera with a tired back. ONE TAP, THEN AS DEEP AS YOU WANT Start with a finished film look, including four new autumn looks. Stay there, or open the controls: exposure, contrast, highlights, curves, grain, color, glow and frames. BUILT AROUND REAL FILM The looks are not filters dropped on top. EditMe is a film pipeline. The way highlights roll off, how grain settles into the shadows. It behaves like film because it is modeled on film. A REAL DARKROOM IN YOUR POCKET For the rolls you develop yourself: a development timer, a times database across films and developers, dilution, push and pull, and reciprocity calculators, plus a log and an inventory for your chemistry and stock. WORKS WHERE YOU ARE Edit straight from the Photos app with the EditMe extension. Or ask Siri and Shortcuts to invert a negative, apply a look or process a whole roll. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No sign-in. No account. No data collection. Your photos never leave your device. If you like, your presets, logs and inventory sync between your devices through your own iCloud, never through us. Made in Denmark. ONE PHOTOGRAPHER, NO ADS Every tool and every look, with no in-app purchases. EditMe is made by one photographer.

About

Zinimal

Features
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Zinimal turns your photos into little printed zines. Pick photos, add a line of text, print one sheet of paper, fold it, cut once — and you are holding an eight-page mini zine. Want more room? The booklet format prints double-sided and grows four pages at a time, as far as your stapler dares. MAKE • Photos from your library — the app only ever sees what you pick • One line of text per page: four typefaces, three sizes, six colors • Facing pages side by side, photos and text spanning the fold • Paper color for every page PRINT & SHARE • Print-ready PDF with cut and fold guides, at full photo resolution • Single-sheet zines also export as a 300-dpi image • A folding guide with pictures lives right in the app QUIET BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking — the app does not even use the internet • Everything stays on your device • Every edit saves itself; there is no save button Paper is patient. Make something small and real.

Screenshots

EditMe4 screens
Zinimal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: EditMe at Free against Zinimal's $1.99. Zinimal's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

EditMe is free to download; Zinimal costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EditMe ships an update every 4 days, Zinimal daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
EditMe versus Zinimal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEditMeZinimal
PriceFree — better$1.99
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFerdinand DrobikSebastian Lenk

In-app purchases

None

EditMe

No in-app purchases

None

Zinimal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EditMe free?
EditMe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zinimal free?
Zinimal costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do EditMe or Zinimal have ads?
Neither EditMe nor Zinimal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EditMe or Zinimal?
EditMe ships an update every 4 days, and Zinimal daily. Most recently, EditMe was updated on October 24, 2026 and Zinimal on October 24, 2026.

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