LightBox Extra vs Film scanner Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LightBox Extra
Easily view 35mm negatives and slides on your iOS device. Customize the background for optimal viewing and the app remembers your preferred settings.
- View 35mm negatives and slides
- Customizable white background
- Background adjusts to negative/slide area
- Resizes for all iOS7 devices
- Remembers custom box sizes
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Use LightBox Extra to easily view 35mm negatives and slides. You can choose between a classic white background, or only have white where you place the negative/positive to avoid blinding yourself. Resizes itself to work on all iOS7 devices. You can resize the white boxes as needed, and next time you launch the app it will restore those.
Film scanner Pro
Transform your film negatives into digital photos with this powerful scanner app. Edit your converted images with advanced tools to achieve professional-looking results. Save your creations in high resolution without compromising quality.
- Convert film negatives to photos
- Advanced editing options
- High-resolution saving
- Preserves image quality
- Free to use
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FilmScannerPro is free! It will convert the negative film to a real photo, and present you options to editing it like no other app does. Save the result with excellent resolution, without losing quality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Film scanner Pro at 3.3 against LightBox Extra's 2.3. Film scanner Pro also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 13 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 28%). LightBox Extra's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. LightBox Extra sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Film scanner Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Film scanner Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of LightBox Extra's written reviews are positive against 50% of Film scanner Pro's.
LightBox Extra ships an update every 13 months, Film scanner Pro every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LightBox Extra | Film scanner Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (19 ratings) | 3.3 (38 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SkyCharts LLC | Mauro Bianchelli |
Customer experience
LightBox Extra
Film scanner Pro
In-app purchases
LightBox Extra
- Remove Ads$0.99
Film scanner Pro
- Additional filters$7.99
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