Comparison

Silver Halide vs Silver Halide Pro

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

Head to head
About

Silver Halide

This app transforms a single exposure into a unique instant photograph. Manipulate digital chemicals by tilting your device, or introduce light flares and pressure effects during the thirty-second development process. Embrace destructive editing with no undo options for a truly one-of-a-kind artistic result.

Highlights
  • Single exposure instant photography
  • 30-second digital chemical development
  • Device tilting for chemical pooling
  • Light flares and leaks
  • Pressure bloom and trail effects
  • Destructive editing with no undo
  • Local processing, no ads or tracking
Features
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More art than app. Silver Halide turns a single exposure into an unrepeatable instant photograph. Press the shutter, then wait exactly thirty seconds while the image forms. Your device becomes part of the darkroom. Tilt it to pool digital chemicals along the edges. Move gently to alter color and grain, or make a sharp motion to scar the print. Find bright light for unpredictable flares and leaks. Touch the developing image once to create a pressure bloom, or drag to leave a pressure trail. Stillness leaves its own mark. This is destructive editing. There is no undo, no clean original, and no way back. When development ends, write on the print if you like, then keep it in Photos or discard it forever. HOW TO RUIN IT BEAUTIFULLY Tilt: Angle your phone left, right, or upside down to make the digital chemicals pool along the edges. Move: Shifting the phone gently alters the color and grain, while a sharp jerk will scar the print. Find light: Exposing the camera to bright light during the development process causes unpredictable flares and leaks. Touch once: Tap the screen to create a soft pressure bloom, hold your finger down for a stronger effect, or drag across the screen to leave a wide trail. Wait: The process takes thirty seconds. Both your physical actions and your stillness shape the final photograph. THE FINE PRINT. BRIEFLY. The entire development process happens locally on your iPhone. The app operates completely free of accounts, ads, and analytics tracking. If you don't keep a photo, it's gone forever.

About

Silver Halide Pro

Features
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Silver Halide develops your photos through real film emulsions — the same seventeen-stage pipeline as the desktop app, running on your phone's GPU. Shoot straight through a stock with the live viewfinder, or import frames you already have. Either way the grade happens on the device: no upload, no queue, no round trip to a server. TWENTY-THREE STOCKS Color negative, slide, black and white and print stocks, each with its own color response, grain structure and halation. A REAL EDITOR Exposure, brightness, highlights, shadows, whites and blacks. Color, saturation and vibrance. Grain by texture and opacity. Halation, bloom and diffusion. A tone curve when you want one. ROLLS, NOT A CAMERA ROLL Frames live in rolls you name. Edits copy from one frame to the next, and the whole roll exports at full resolution back to Photos. FREE AND PRO Four stocks and the whole editor are free. Silver Halide Pro unlocks the other nineteen stocks, as a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Frames you have already made with a stock stay editable either way. Sign-in is optional. Use Sign in with Apple or Google to carry the same Pro you have on Silver Halide Desktop. Your photos never leave your phone. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://silverhalide.pro/mobile/terms Privacy Policy: https://silverhalide.pro/mobile/privacy

Screenshots

Silver Halide4 screens
Silver Halide Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Silver Halide at none against Silver Halide Pro's 3. 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. Silver Halide Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Silver Halide asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Silver Halide versus Silver Halide Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilver HalideSilver Halide Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB95 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperChristopher WeissClick Boreal Unipessoal LDA

In-app purchases

None

Silver Halide

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Silver Halide Pro

Subscriptions2
  • Silver Halide Pro Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Silver Halide Pro Yearly14 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Silver Halide free?
Silver Halide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Silver Halide Pro free?
Silver Halide Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Silver Halide or Silver Halide Pro have ads?
Neither Silver Halide nor Silver Halide Pro shows ads.

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