Comparison

NextFrame vs Photolume Studio

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

Head to head
About

NextFrame

Features
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Shooting films with your iPhone, converting negatives, everything about film is in NextFrame. Photograph or import a real negative (RAW supported) and invert it on your iPhone: film-base and white-point sampling, color-cast correction, DCMY channels, perforations, curves, and HDR. Source files stay in the app until you export. Nothing is uploaded to our servers, and there is no account. What it does • Copy a negative with the camera, or import from Photos / Files • Invert on device and save a positive • Sample film base and white by hand, or use on-device color prediction • Adjust the invert by channel, plus perfs, tone, white balance, and curves • Develop RAW locally, with common color spaces Also included • Film looks for positives or RAW, with stock recipes and imported .cube / .3dl / XMP LUTs • Pair a still and a video into a system Live Photo • Split a long frame into 3:4 stills Built for people who scan or copy their own film. The job is to turn a negative into a positive. Everything else is secondary. Auto-renewable subscriptions NextframePro includes a monthly plan, a yearly plan (auto-renew), and a lifetime purchase. Prices are shown on the purchase screen. Cancel anytime in iOS Settings. Purchase means you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://docs.qq.com/doc/DWk5iamhyS3FIVm9s#

About

Photolume Studio

Features
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Photolume Studio is a photo editor for iPhone, iPad and Mac — with Auto Adjust, graduated and radial filters, looks fitted to your picture, a tone curve and dust removal — and a film-negative converter built in. One purchase unlocks it on all three. EDIT YOUR PHOTOS LIKE A PRO • Auto Adjust: exposure, range, highlights, shadows, contrast and vibrance read from your picture, in one tap. • Graduated and radial filters, each with its own light and colour: darken a sky, brighten a face, up to six on a photo. See the mask before you commit. • Looks fitted to your picture, not pasted on: 37 film looks and six CCD sensor looks, each our own model, in colour or black and white. • A tone curve you draw, with points: one curve for the whole picture and one each for red, green and blue. • A colour mixer (HSL) for eight colours, plus warmth, tint, saturation and vibrance. • Exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, clarity, texture, sharpening and noise, live under your finger. A double tap returns a slider to zero. • Dust removal with care: small specks and dust disappear and the rest of the picture is left as it is. See exactly what it removes first. • Crop to 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 6×6, 6×7 or freely; rotate, mirror, straighten and square the perspective. Nothing is destroyed. • RAW of any make, DNG, ProRAW, 16-bit TIFF, HEIC, JPEG and PNG at full size and bit depth. ALSO: FILM NEGATIVES • Your 35mm and 120mm negatives, turned into photos with the colour of a classic lab scan. Photograph a roll on a light with any camera — a mirrorless on a copy stand, or your iPhone over an iPad showing white — bring the pictures in from Photos or Files, and every frame becomes a finished positive at full resolution. • Classic lab colour on by default: every frame balanced on its own, with dense blacks, warm skin and greens that lean teal. Slides get the same lab look. Switch to Neutral for a flat scan to grade elsewhere. • The orange mask of colour negative divided out using the film's own base, each dye layer balanced between the frame's darkest and brightest detail. C-41 colour balance like an enlarger's head. • Analog, when you want it: halation, light leaks from either edge, a print or film border on export; Pushed, Pulled, Expired and Cross Process presets. Nothing analog is added unless you add it. KEEP IT • Full resolution, always: 10-bit HEIF to Photos, a JPEG to share, or a 16-bit TIFF. SIRI AND SHORTCUTS • “New roll in Photolume Studio” and “Import negatives into Photolume Studio”, by voice or in Shortcuts. A WORKSPACE THAT FILLS THE WINDOW • A dark workspace where colour is easy to judge, laid out for whatever window it is given: iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo — folded, unfolded or on one half of the large screen. Requires iOS 17 or later. PRIVACY • No account and nothing uploaded: scans stay on your device until you save or share them. ONE-TIME PURCHASE • One in-app purchase unlocks Photolume Studio on iPhone, iPad and Mac: no subscription, nothing renews, nothing to cancel. • Before buying you can start a three-day free trial — an in-app item that costs nothing — which unlocks everything; when it ends, the app waits to be unlocked. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. Restore it at no cost on every iPhone and iPad signed in to the same Apple Account. Refunds are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com. DISCLAIMER Scan only film you own or have the right to copy, for your own use. Colour and density are the app's interpretation; its lab rendering and film looks are our own models, not the makers' data, and no film maker is connected with this app. Keep your originals. Provided as is, without warranty, to the extent permitted by law. Terms of Use: https://alpenlume.github.io/legal/filmlume/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://alpenlume.github.io/legal/filmlume/privacy.html Support: alpenlume@gmail.com

Screenshots

NextFrame4 screens
Photolume Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

NextFrame and Photolume Studio are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. NextFrame sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Photolume Studio sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NextFrame ships an update every 3 days, Photolume Studio every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
NextFrame versus Photolume Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextFramePhotolume Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer琪 闫MARIUSZ MALISZEWSKI

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NextFrame

Subscriptions2
  • 月卡$6.991 Month
  • 年卡$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • 终生会员$9.99
2 purchases

Photolume Studio

One-time2
  • 3-Day TrialFree
  • Unlock Filmlume$16.99

Questions

Is NextFrame free?
NextFrame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photolume Studio free?
Photolume Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NextFrame or Photolume Studio have ads?
Neither NextFrame nor Photolume Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NextFrame or Photolume Studio?
NextFrame ships an update every 3 days, and Photolume Studio every 2 days. Most recently, NextFrame was updated on October 24, 2026 and Photolume Studio on October 24, 2026.

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