Darkroom Formulas vs Crown & Flint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Darkroom Formulas
This app provides a digital cookbook of over 160 chemical formulas for darkroom photography. It features a volume mixer for easy proportional adjustments and allows users to save, edit, and share their own recipes. Access all data offline, making it a convenient tool for photographers.
- 160+ chemical formulas
- Custom formula editing
- Proportional volume mixer
- Offline access
- Formula export and backup
- Supports multiple units
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Darkroom Formulas contains a database with over 160 chemical formulas from Digitaltruth.com including film developers, print developers, toners, reducers, intensifiers and more. Users can edit existing formulas or add their own favorite recipes. The app contains a powerful Volume Mixer allowing all ingredients to be adjusted proportionally on-the-fly. No more messing around with complex calculations, simply change the final volume and every ingredient changes automatically! Your own saved formulas can be exported and shared by email, or stored externally as a back up. The app includes all the data internally, so there is no need to connect to the internet to use it. Simply download and store in your pocket. Ideal for lab technicians and other darkroom users who need to mix formulas from scratch. Formulas can include up to 3 part mixes (eg. Part A, Part B, Part C) and each part can contain up to 10 ingredients, allowing a maximum total of 30 ingredients. Available units are ml, g, fl oz, oz, tsp, grains and drops. Lifetime free updates, no ads, no add-ons.
Crown & Flint
This app helps analog photographers manage their film, track camera settings, and meter light accurately. It allows users to record detailed metadata for each shot and organize their film collection from purchase to archival. The interface is optimized for ease of use, even for left-handed operation.
- Accurate light meter
- Record camera and lens settings
- Track film stock and metadata
- Manage film collection lifecycle
- Reference images for film identification
- Optimized for left-handed operation
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Level up your analog photography with Crown + Flint. Meter the light, keep track of camera settings, record location and reference images, manage your collection of film. LEVEL UP YOUR ANALOG PHOTOGRAPHY - Accurate light meter uses your iPhone camera's advanced scene analysis to ensure perfect exposures. - Master your equipment, learn its strengths & quirks, and improve your skills by recording equipment settings with each shot. COLLECT METADATA - Film stock - Rated speed, and special notes - Camera and lens settings, and lens filters - Time, date, and location - Reference image for correlating with your film TRACK YOUR FILM - Know what film is loaded into which camera. - Manage your collection of film, from purchase, storage, shooting, development, and archival. - Reference images let you quickly identify your films after development. GETS OUT OF YOUR WAY - Optimized for left-handed operation so you don't have to put your camera down. - As easy to operate as a hand-held meter. - Never lose time fiddling with impossible settings, because Crown + Flint knows all about your equipment Free app version lets you record up to 5 rolls of film. When you're ready for more, upgrade in-app to unlimited films with Pro Mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crown & Flint at 88% against Darkroom Formulas's 29%. Crown & Flint also leads on price (Free vs $5.99) and rating (4.7 vs 2.5). Darkroom Formulas's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On ads and device support 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
Crown & Flint is free to download; Darkroom Formulas costs $5.99 up front. Crown & Flint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Darkroom Formulas asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crown & Flint holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Darkroom Formulas's written reviews are positive against 88% of Crown & Flint's.
Darkroom Formulas ships an update every 14 months, Crown & Flint every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Darkroom Formulas | Crown & Flint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.5 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #200 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Freestyle Photo & Imaging | Don Goodman-Wilson |
Customer experience
Darkroom Formulas
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In-app purchases
Darkroom Formulas
No in-app purchases
Crown & Flint
- Pro Mode$19.99
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