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FilmBox by Photomyne Positive Reviews

Best app I triedI tried 4 negative scanning apps and this was by far the best! It easily crops and recognizes photos. Easy to export. Quick turn over between scans. A few tips. Follow their directions. Hold the negative at least 2 inches away from the white screen otherwise it will look pixelated. Hold the phone as close to the negative as you can. Use the voice control feature. Practice. Try a few different angles and a few different distances until you get the best look. Once I had my chosen method I was able to scan 5 rolls of film in an hour or less. (I had a tiny bit of trouble finding a good solid white background but eventually I opened a blank note and turned my brightness all the way up.) I hooked clothes pins over my laptop screen with a flexible wire to hold the negative still and away from the screen. Then I was able to easily steady my iPhone near the negative to get a good shot. Another option would be to steady your phone with a tripod or kick-stand. My scans were not as good as the originals were, but these were pictures that were lost to me. It was wonderful to see them again..Wendy DoeVersion: 1.0

LOVE THIS APP!I found a large box with a couple hundred old negatives. OLD negatives going back to the 1920’s. I tried holding them up to a light to look at them but it wasn’t good enough. I searched for an answer, not wanting to have to take them all somewhere to be developed. I found this app and I was so excited. I bought a device about 10”x12” that lights up. I call it a tracing board. I used my phone to take pictures of the negatives that were lit up by the tracing board. Like magic the negatives became positives in the pictures I took. I found old pics of my mom, dad, other family and friends that are absolutely priceless!! I had so much fun! I highly recommend this app!.Bailey23456Version: 2.8

FilmBox appI love this app. I just started using it today. Easy to figure everything out and I love the color fix to change from black and white. I’ve shared some very old photos that would be lost forever. I had thought about getting someone to make pictures from the negatives but found it very expensive. I would recommend this to anyone who has a lot of old negatives that they would like to breathe new life into. Upon using the app, my phone said I didn’t have room to use any of my apps. I deleted a lot of apps. Today I found the problem. FilmBox filled my photo app with many, many, many duplicate pictures. I hope they can fix this. I may have to delete their app if they don’t..How now brown cow?Version: 2.1

Difficult to find all premium optionsWhy do you only advertise the $30 price?? I came here to write a bad review because there were no other payment options, and had to find out about the monthly option from the reviews? Just bad marketing, honestly. Features are fantastic especially for how easy they are to use (only with premium). I recommend the $6/mo to start unless you’ll be using the app consistently for 2 years. Bummer they don’t have an in between. I wish the auto crop feature was a little better considering I don’t have a single negative film that has holes. I’m scanning photos from 1933, not the ‘90s. I’m considering drawing strips of fake holes to place next to the photos so I’m not spending a full minute to hand crop each photo after scanning..SebastodoreVersion: 2.4

FilmboxThe app is easy to use. I did use my imac as a backing light source to take pics of the hand held negs initially but the I learned to just take the edge of the neg strip to my computer screen. My just holding up to the light was too shaky. Once i did this it worked very well. My expectations were met. The image editing was rudimentary but quite sufficient. I would offer it as a suggestion to anyone looking to capture old negatives and convert them to images..UnfeebleVersion: 2.5

Unbelievably awesome!!I have an old box of negatives, most from 1950’s through 1980’s. I want to have them scanned but most has to have a special scanner due to negative size. I checked a few places for pricing to scan them, very expensive to get them done so I stored them about 16 years ago. I found this app on the App Store and gave it a try.... I am in awe of how well the app works. I would recommend this app to anyone that has old negatives they want to turn into pictures. I don’t think five stars is enough to rate this app, hats off to you!!! ❤️.Bonnie 🌹Version: 2.4

I’m blown awayI was very skeptical about the app considering the negative reviews, but when I tried it I was blown away. It recognizes the pictures easily and turns them into photos with no problem as long as you follow the directions!! Also you don’t have to get a subscription, they have a free option as well. If you are looking for the subscription it’s only 5.99$ a month which is a lot cheaper than renting a local dark room. The only complaint I have is the grainy look it adds to the photos. But maybe they will fix it in the future. I love the app!!!.YordyynVersion: 2.0

AmazingThis app is amazing. I had found some film when I was cleaning and wanted to look at them but I did not know where to go. Than I heard about this app on social. I was pretty iffy about it but I just wanted to try it out. It actually work it transform the films in to pictures like it says! Only thing I am not a fan of the payment to keep the photos off the app which honestly okays. Those pictures are worth it. If I had a chance to do an add for it I wouldn’t pass it 😂😂😂! But honestly in my opinion I am truly happy about this app..Crazycam0123Version: 2.9

Amazing, easy to use, so happy this app existsWe used the light source the app recommends and on our first scan my knees buckled. I can’t believe this is even possible and the results are amazing. After recently finding old pictures of family from the 50’s that are starting to crack and fade this is a life saver for not having to ship them all off and hope they don’t get lost or ruined. We are so happy with this app and will be upgrading now that we know how easy this is and how awesome the quality is..Lil j 78Version: 3.0

Great App!I have scanned literally thousands of photos with this app! The latest version has some welcome changes. Thank you for not automatically cropping so much of the border. Much better! The time required for processing between scans is also much better in this version. I wish you had kept the “Add” button at the bottom of the screen. The new “Scan” button that can only be accessed if you scroll all the way to the top of the photo library is inconvenient. Overall a great app!.SDO1961Version: 3.5

Havin A Blast with the pastFor the longest time, I’ve been searching for a place that develops film and negatives. I come from a family of “photo sleuths”, and I literally have thousands of old negatives. I was one of those people who take the negative up to the light, magnifying glass and squint like mad trying in vein to identify who’s who, and where when, …. For years I’ve wondered exactly what treasures of yesteryear lay dormant in my attic. Then one day, I found this wonderful magic app. I have to stop writing this now, and scan more negatives..MotorAnneVersion: 3.5

What a special treatI have been going through a box of old negatives of my mom's. There are hundreds to view and I have been finding photos I have never seen before. This is an easy process and it's wonderful to find pictures I didn't know existed. You have the option to colorize as well. Not all of them turned out as well as I had hoped but that really was due to the condition of the negative rather than a flaw in the app. I highly recommend..Honeybee4819Version: 2.6

Could actually try before I bought.I like that I could actually test this app out before I purchased the premium option. I was trying another app for negative scanning and I couldn’t see results unless I upgraded to the paid for app. I could scan negatives and see the images with the free version then upgraded to get the premium version. This is how an app should work. Let me try it completely before I buy it. thank you..Diana62Version: 3.3

I want to CryI had photos of my now 18 year old son on old film and my dad. My son and I have been apart for 16 years and my dad died 10 years ago. Bringing these pictures back to life, brought back a lot of feeling. Gave me the strength and courage to find my son. He’s a big man now!🥰 Thanks. No joke I was only going to do the 3 day free trial, but it work! I got to pay for this. Walgreens wanted $100 deposit, could be more and it would take 3 weeks. Thanks again FilmBox!.Llouis86Version: 2.8

Enriching my family historyMy mother left behind hundreds of negatives, of which the photographs were disbursed among family members and I’m sure mostly lost. Developing these would’ve been a monumental cost and not many people want actual photos now anyway. The scanning appHas allowed me a peek into the past of my family’s life and enabled me to share photos with interested family members. I have had quite a lot of fun with this..AncestryfanVersion: 3.3

This is a great appI’ve been waiting for a simple easy way to view negatives I have. I actually have old negatives I found in my moms belongs after she was gone. This app has allowed me to view these, in some cases treasure photos that no one in my family has ever seen. I’m sure there are other ways I could have viewed these negatives or just had them develop but with this app I am able to view so easily without a lot of effort or expense..Tribal GamblerVersion: 2.5

Fun to ID old negs, but…..Like I said, it’s fun to identify old negatives, but very difficult to keep the negatives flat and everything from not moving even when you buy the stuff that they constantly hawk to you. On top of that and the worst thing for me is that I find it very cumbersome and difficult to actually load these images to my computer. So far the only thing I can figure out is I have to email it to myself and then download it from there each image. Too bad I was pretty excited about it when I first found it..ChalitsuVersion: 3.10

Simple, yet sophisticatedThis App does a great job capturing images from negatives of all sizes and auto processing for you. I like the ability to capture images by just holding the iPhone by hand. If filters any minor shaking and captures a still and crisp final image. It provides additional editing tools for post processing. The cropping tool could benefit from guide lines to assist in achieving a square image by hand tweaking every corner. Hope to see something like that in the future..PC1957Version: 1.0

WonderfulI found a lot of old negatives when we were cleaning out my mother’s house a few years ago. I realized that I had never seen the pictures and have been looking for a way to see them without the expense of sending them off for processing. This app is perfect! I’ve spent hours looking at the pictures and reminiscing with my siblings. So easy to use! So far, I love it!.Montana.momVersion: 2.5

After 50 years!I found your app for negatives and got so excited. My husband and I never had our wedding pictures developed. I kept saying I was going to get them done since my brother took the pictures and I had the negatives. Well we just had our 50th anniversary and I used your app. What a great gift after all these years! They came out great. Thank you..MoebjackVersion: 2.6

Great appI have a drawer full of negatives of all family photos. The originals are mostly faded or have been lost. This app will help to preserve our family memories and make it easier to share photos with my family. It works great with black and white, but color photos, especially old ones, come out looking a little muddied. The colorization tool is a fun feature, but it is not very exact..LaequiVersion: 2.6

Happy to see my mom againMy daughter heard of this app on TikTok and of course I had to download it cause I had some negatives that I’ve had since 2005. My mom passed away in June of 2018 and I had to see some old pics that we took with her while I was visiting that year. And all I want to say is THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH cause it brought back so many memories and it saved me a trip to the store to develop them. I would highly recommend this app to everyone..Eranxadi1111Version: 2.1

This app gave me a part of my family backThis app made me cry. I was able to see my grandfathers face for the first time. The layout of the app is easy to use and the functionality does exactly what it says it will do. Make sure that you follow the directions for the best results!! Great job, developers and thank you again for giving me a part of my family history that I thought was lost forever!!.WonderLensVersion: 2.1

Next best thing to having pictures in handWhat I love about this app is that I have accumulated a few hundred negatives from grandparents and parents who have passed and not sure if I want to spend the money to have any of them printed. With this app, I am able to see the pictures on the negatives and determine what ones to print and pass on to relatives. Wow the memories it unfolds!.Frusterated camperVersion: 2.9

Recovered OLD film negatives of my recently deceased wife. Thank You for this APP!I was able to recover old photos from negatives that every place would NO LONGER develop or had to risk mailing original negatives and them being LOST in transit forever! This app was and IS a Godsend to me as I EASILY GOT BEAUTIFUL QUALITY RESULTS at home EASILY of photos I wanted very much of my dear young recently deceased wife. Thank You for this APP developers! Amazing APP!.Regular Common Person ManVersion: 3.4

Stoopid simple-)This app is amazingly simple to use. I started with the trial and they quickly shut me down after only a few scans, but I was already sold. I bought it for 2 years and I plan on getting my money’s worth. The pictures come to life from a quick scan of 40 year old negatives. I’m looking forward to this. Thank you-!-.Red Barron SnoopVersion: 2.5

The Best!I downloaded the app last year but hadn’t yet signed up. Found some old negatives from the 50s of my grandmother’s just recently after her passing and WOW! Talk about a walk down memory lane. This app revealed photos my family had thought were lost and forgotten. Scans look to produce great prints, too!! So glad I kept the app and finally paid for it! Well worth the purchase. Definitely recommend this app!!.Star519jkVersion: 2.3

Great app!I’m so excited to see pictures I thought I had lost forever. This app is very easy and quick to use. Just follow the detailed directions. I have not printed any of the pictures out, but just seeing them on my phone is priceless. The coloring in the pictures isn’t great but that might be because my negatives are 35 years old. I don’t blame the app. I would definitely recommend it..JghsbcxpVersion: 2.1

Works well, recommend accessoriesThis app works well, but it is so much easier with the inexpensive phone mount and light pad. A tip: Scans of non-standard negs (odd sizes or no sprocket holes) often get cropped down to only a part of the picture by the app. However, the missing parts are not deleted and can be recovered by using the cropping tool to expand the preserved field..Choirmaster12Version: 3.8

Perfect AppThis app is a miracle for me! It is super easy to use. The developer even provides a backlight web link so you don’t have to create your own. Your negatives are developed in seconds. You can share with friends, family, and even on social media right for your phone. Thank you so much for doing this. Well worth the upgrade!!.AppalachianQueenVersion: 2.6

Lack of settingsI am trying to scan negatives from 30s and 40s and they are about the size of a 5x7 actual picture. When I scan them the program cuts them short, no matter how I scan or I can’t get the whole picture to develop in the app. I appreciate the app for helping with saving crumbling negatives I just wish there were additional settings so I could get the whole picture when the negatives are larger..Anw77Version: 3.9

Automatic cropping is terribleWe found a treasure of family negatives - relatives that died long before we were born. We found this app and it’s amazing - except the auto crop feature is bizarre. Every single time it crops out all the faces - all you get is an elbow or a belt buckle. You can go recrop manually but what a waste of time. Why have this feature at all? I know how to crop photos - leave it to me to decide what to keep and what to cut. The AI does a terrible job..JahphotogalVersion: 3.8

FilmBox experienceFirst of all very great investment on getting the app, but if you want to save pics you have to pay 39.99 I think but it was worth it and now I get to see the pictures that my mom took of me when I was a baby and the heart warming ones I love too.DzzyIzzyVersion: 2.3

ChargesHello, what is the cost of downloading this application, and is it a one-time charge only? Please advise. Thank you!.Flo604Version: 2.4

GreatWorks great! easy to use.MthllnVersion: 2.0

Old found negativesBrought to life my grandparents and parents! Made so many people happy to see them!.Kidbd7Version: 3.0

A useful ToolA little tricky to use as the quality of the end result relies on the steadiness of both hands. The voice command is a great tool to achieve this but it seems to need refreshing after two or three takes which is frustrating when you are all set up to say “go” and it fails to work. So back to the beginning, refresh voice command, set up to take the shot and go. I’ve tried a tripod and trying to figure out a way to have the slide held 2” from the screen that doesn’t involve a shaky hand. Open to suggestions..Baba1aVersion: 2.4

Just amazingI didn’t believe it would work but it does and more then expected.MisterneilleVersion: 3.4

U made my dayI just inherited my cousin, slides and negatives of over 100 years of family photos and this app made my day.Ken the keeperVersion: 3.10

AmazingVery amazing photos Thank you 👍.FourinchVersion: 3.9

Steady the CameraAs long as you can hold your iPhone camera steady this app works wonders in viewing and saving camera scan of a negative..KeemosabyVersion: 3.8

Works pretty wellWorks well, good usability. No lifetime purchase option is a problem. If I could spend 40-60$ CAD and use the app indefinitely this would be a 5 star review..Macdja38Version: 3.6

Love this appGreat app. Using it to bring negatives from 1920’s back to life. Can’t say enough about the clarity! Thank u Photomyne.Poncho deagoVersion: 3.5

Great app.Totally delighted with my first scan. I recommend this highly..Ben the BengelVersion: 3.5

Not badTook a while to get best distance and orientation. Still sometimes truncates negatives. Tedious work..WjhillVersion: 3.5

AdvertisingBought the app so I don’t have to look at advertising. I’ve received several email about purchasing other products for other FilmBox products. If I want more I will purchase without email reminders that they exist. I do like the product so I will change my rating. Thanks.Buggar yaVersion: 3.2

Only a trial appThis seems like a pretty good app except I couldn’t scan more than about 10 negatives before I was refused access to the app until I had “upgraded for unlimited scanning.” for $37.99 a year. I didn’t have time to fully explore the app so I’m undecided at this point. I also have quite a few old negatives that don’t have the film sprocket holes so it doesn’t work very well with them..TeedeejVersion: 3.4

Daniel gets giddyI get giddy using film box - so easy to scan and see pictures from so long ago- many others have appreciated them - as I’ve shared them in Facebook and otherwise I used to take lots of pictures 50 years ago- and collected old negatives- many of them large ( too large for modern enlargers)-now so easy to finally see !.Stan darkVersion: 3.4

WOWI just used it to scan a view negatives, and so far I’m really impressed by this app..ColeLikesThisAppVersion: 3.2

Superb!Definitely recommend! I love the developer’s responses, I read them every night before I go to sleep. Very witty and honestly one of the main selling points along with the amazing app quality 💅🏽.Shoe1105Version: 3.1

Just Amazing…Clean up the clutter! And saves in my devices 👍🏻🥰.Rainbow CotieVersion: 3.0

AwesomeReally enjoy saving pictures and restoring the past. This app works great..LittlemissmanonVersion: 2.9

Great app!Fantastic idea, not too complicated to use for someone not so great with new technologies 👍🏻👍🏻.IvyannpattVersion: 2.9

I’m living this appI’m on a week’s trial and already know I’ll be signing up for 2 years. It’s amazing..AEMZ556Version: 2.9

Amazing!!I have a bag full of negatives and they are very hard to see. They are very old but bringing back some sweet memories. Thank you so much for this special app that you created it’s simply amazing!!.BfuduebdbnfVersion: 2.9

Works very wellRecommend.✨woowwVersion: 2.8

This app brought my father to lifeMy dad died when I was 14 months old. My mom recently passed away as well and I literally got a ton of black and white négative photo slides (and film) photos either lost or never developed . I downloaded this app and in a matter of seconds I saw photos of my dad holding me. Images i never saw before . I colourized them and the impact was huge and profound to me. I am so excited and grateful! ❤️🙏🏼.Logo on the roadVersion: 2.7

GoodDoes what it says.PeterweiterVersion: 2.8

Good scanning for negatives. Easy to use.Good scanning for negatives. Easy to use..SpiderveeVersion: 2.6

AmazingIt works just as you’d hope. It was also useful on box camera negatives..Pincher creekVersion: 2.6

Great appHaving a great time developing old negatives.Shorty 1950,sVersion: 2.5

Great AppThis brought back so many photos that I had lost but still have the negatives..Vanko's DADVersion: 2.5

Amazing!!!Super user friendly! Awesome results!!!.Lizzer08Version: 2.5

GREAT APP!This app is so amazing! I finally get to see all my negatives come to life. Do you charge for the full application in Canadian or US dollars?.MoreNica2013Version: 2.5

Unbelievable!Got some old negatives of my mom (88 yrs old), you should of seen her face when she saw herself on those pictures (14 yrs old )!Priceless!!!!.Mikaline!!!Version: 2.5

ExcellentTrès agréable à utiliser.FrepagVersion: 2.5

So many memoriesI’m happy to finally get rid of my massive box of negatives and have the pictures. You do need a steady hand..Firgotten picturesVersion: 2.5

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FilmBox by Photomyne Negative Reviews

Honestly terrible.This app is quite awful to say the least. The so called “auto cropping” feature only seemed to work once out of my several dozen tries. The colours are supremely off compared to scans I have done with the exact same negatives using even amateur equipment, which for me is the biggest issue. Also the scans from the app seem as though they are altered to be more grainy and have more noise in the images than there should be, almost like those vintage Super 8 emulator apps. Even just taking a photo and reversing the negative in photoshop myself is significantly better and only takes marginally more time and effort. Would not recommend unless you don’t have any other options to scan negatives. edit: After receiving a response from the developer with their typical “negative has to be two inches from computer screen and the camera needs to see the side holes” response that every review gets, I have a bit more to say. It isn’t a problem with the distance from the backlight or the framing of the negative. I read the instructions before trying to scan my negatives and when I had poor results I read the reviews. Holding the negative the supposed proper distance, or closer or further, has little to no effect on the grainy results and even less on the washed out and dull colours. Upon further consideration, would give zero stars to the app if I could, and negative stars to the copied and pasted response nearly every review gets from the developer..Hugh Cares (I do)Version: 1.0

Not good.I looked at the feedback the developer gave others to make sure I was using the app properly, but it still did not work well. I figured it wouldn't work well, it seemed too good too be true. Scanning is very tedious at home, so I thought it was worth a shot. Considering this is a monthly paid subscription it definitely doesn't work well. My worst amateur flat bed scans are 1000x better than these photos. I would give this app a better review if it was free or one time fee of a dollar. It wouldn't produce useable results, but it could be used for a simple preview if a back light is not available. I could also see a free option be useful for someone who quickly wants to show their older family members some kind of image of their old negatives, but I'd never post or show any of the images I got from the app. The advertisement video is very misleading..Michaelv6789Version: 1.0

BojiAlanOK gang I’ve used it for about two months. Paid the fee to get a monthly usage – – the consistent pop ups reminding me for $.99 a month I can no longer have pop-ups – – the somewhat clunky ability to save your photos – – purchase the overhead arm, hanging photo, shoot device for 1499 on sale – – waste of money– – probably had 200 photos to do. I’ve now given up after about 20 to 25 and taking it to a professional studio to have done – – been a newspaper photographer for 40 years. biggest problem continue to get random shadows no matter how I take photos. I’ve got four $3000 light tables soft back lighting all the drills and my phone 13 pro just won’t pull it off so just a heads up I guess it was worth 25 bucks. I’ll bill my client such as life..BojiAlanVersion: 3.5

Works well but not worth a subscriptionThe app is pretty straight forward to use and it does a good job auto cropping the picture. It is hard to find a good backlight source where you don’t pic up other objects with glare. My biggest complaint is that you have to be on subscription to use it. I will never buy an app on subscription unless it is per year. This app has no reason to be on a monthly subscription, other than to take money from people that forget to unsubscribe. There is no update content or development that happens beyond regular updates for iOS system updates. I would gladly pay a set price for this. $5-10$ is fair, in my opinion. Reach out to me developers if you want to make a one time sale. It would improve your rating. 👍🏻.Elky70Version: 1.0

Works fine-ishWanna be nagged by “helpful” pop ups every time you so much as think about using the app? Want it to arbitrarily decide to crop a photo without your input? Want an app that’s pushier than a car salesman at the end of the month? Then here you go! It works fine most of the time, but I’m the three days I’ve been trying to evaluate it, I’ve spent more time being nagged to buy or click out of “helpful” instructional popups than I have actually getting any meaningful results. If you plan to immediately buy, it’s probably less baggy about that (but don’t forget the ads about all the stuff you can buy to go along with the app; gotta have those!).TPNDrewVersion: 3.6

Don’t waist your timeDon’t waist your time if you want to scan more than 5 photos. The app work pretty well. It’s Easy to use and definitely scans the pictures well. I was surprised how well it worked, and I think it’s so cool that this app exists. However, it’s definitely not worth the $30 which is what you have to pay every year if you don’t want to be able to scan only about 10 photos then i will make you pay. And the most ridiculous part is you can’t even save YOUR OWN pictures unless you pay. And, if you try to screenshot a picture it will watermark all your pictures and make to to where you can’t remove the watermark!.CalculatedxVersion: 2.9

ONLY $5.99/monthHi there! I came across this app and thought it was too good to be true. I wasted my time DL-ing the app and then wasted more time to watch their intro, and then come to see “try 3 days free then $5.99/month”, don’t waste your time DL-ing this app if you’re NOT gonna pay to use this feature. With $5.99 I can just go get my pictures develop at the store and the pictures quality are probably 1000% better. I was a little disappointed that I cannot try it free for the first time, to see if I really liked the quality of the picture. Imagine taking a picture on your computer monitor screen, the picture is distorted or blurry, or just bad quality. I would not recommend this app, and oh yeah I deleted the APP in a split of a second..MkhoviyeunVersion: 2.0

Absolutely not worth paying the shocking sum of $40.Buy a flatbed scanner, yes it is five times the price if you pay for unlimited use of the app, but the images out of this app at best are a low quality 2 megapixel image that is not even good enough for Instagram which already absolutely crushes photos. This app would be overpriced if it was a one time payment of $5.99. But they expect to charge you that amount every month. Most people I know who need to scan film, either old family photos or photos they are actively are taking will have enough film to justify spending the money on a real scanner. A flatbed scanner pays for itself after only 20 photos or so compared to having them scanned by a lab. DO NOT GIVE YOUR MONEY TO THIS APP..JhdjjebdkdndnVersion: 2.1

DisappointedI was initially impressed with how well the app scans in most negatives HOWEVER I am SO unimpressed with the reliability of 1) the scans actually saving, and 2) them actually showing up in FilmBox so I can download them. I’m afraid to scan in more than 10 negatives without checking to see if they’re going to save and then be downloadable. I have had to rescan over 50% of the negatives and some of them I’ve had to rescan more than once. It’s a very frustrating process. It might be okay if you didn’t have a lot of negative to do, but if you do, at this point I couldn’t recommend you use this app..Snowballsmom15Version: 3.8

Need more controlI have an iPhone 13 Pro Max, this app does not allow me to choose which lens I am using. It appears the app is using the ultra wide lens. I have a moment micro lens which I can only attach to the wide or telephoto lens and I can’t use it because the app doesn’t give me control over lens. Also the sharping tool over sharpens to the point where the image/person looks cartoonish. Lastly the app seems to auto crop my images even though I have turned off the auto crop feature, I have to go in and un-crop the image. If the developers correct these features, I’m willing to give it five star review..SassynikkisixxVersion: 3.4

Subscription 👎👎👎👎When will these companies realize that no one wants to rent software! Update after the maker of this app reached out to me, it seems that not only do they not understand that people do not want to rent software, they contacted me to inform me that in the description of the app that it says “ In order to have access to all the features the app has to offer, you would need to subscribe”. Apparently they think that I can’t read and comprehend the English language, when it’s quite clear that they they may have wanted to pay more attention in kindergarten when they were teaching reading..Cdehrrfghh BF ffVersion: 2.9

Backlight reflects phone into pic/negativeNo matter the lighting I use, the backlight reflects the phone camera into the negative. I’ve used multiple different angles, and moved negative away from backlight, doing everything as recommended with lighting and can’t get it completely gone. If I move negative or camera so that you don’t see it, the quality deteriorates tremendously. I just updated the app after scanning negatives and now it keeps telling me I forgot a backlight and I am using the same backlight from your website I was before the updates. Very frustrated with this. Don’t waste your money like I did..Anti pigeonVersion: 3.5

SadUPDATE....After receiving a response it said I could contact a developer. I sent an email With my comment & a copy of response. All I got in return was the identical comment as the first time. The support system is totally useless! I downloaded this app today to do 6 negatives. I had to try each a couple times. After approximately 12 scans it would not let me scan any more without upgrading, even though it said free for 3 days. It was less than 3 hours! The scans I did were not that great even following the directions. Not happy with the app & not worth $5.99 a month. I have deleted app from phone & definitely will not be using it again..Dumbo7777Version: 2.1

Absolutely HorrendousWell. I had hoped this would help me digitize my old film from high school. The app is horrible. There is no other way to say it. The FREE app from Kodak is far superior to this. I don’t know if it was their first attempt, but it went horribly wrong somewhere. Not even sure HOW it got released! I tried it two ways with the same bad results. I tried the suggested screen method, and I used the little cardboard “mobile film scanner” from Kodak. Color casts abound. Skin tones were awful. I even tried using a professional light box (remember them?). Sam results. Big disappointment, especially knowing how well their Photomyme app performs. I think they got ahead of themselves. It might do ok with black and white, but the free Kodak app work well, and it’s not $6 per month. And, fwiw, subscription software should be illegal. If I don’t need server services. Why do I need to pay for them?? We left Adobe and went to Affinity over that crap. And we loved the switch. Just putting it out there!.Tom McElvyVersion: 2.0

When it works, it’s great! Way too many glitches…Sometimes it scans and crops just right, but about 70% of the time, it will scan an entire negative and then when it crops it, it only gives you a small strip of the picture. I have had to rescan my grandma’s high school graduation photo about 30 times, rotating and flipping the negative and moving my phone to different angles only to have 30 pictures of just her feet and some grass. Very, very frustrating. This has been happening more and more often lately..19RW84Version: 2.9

Not as advertisedAs a professional film film photographer with years of film scanning experiences. I was really excited to try this app. It looked super fun and user friendly. The quality of the images is no where near what the adds show or what the tutorial showed. The camera doesn’t focus well, there a lot of motion blur with the handheld phone and the color is super muddy. I spent some time with it and really tried not make it work by troubleshooting to the best of my ability. I couldn’t get any images to scan well or look anything like what this app says it’s capable of. Not impressed, pretty disappointed, I want my money back..N.remoVersion: 1.0

Not worth the moneyI followed the directions, thought I was following them wrong so went back to trouble shoot. Spent over an hour adjusting how I was holding the phone, making sure it was the correct distance from the backlight and the camera. Put my phone on a tripod so I wouldn’t shake it, made sure the photos were 2 inches from the back light and still everything was grainy, extremely washed out, even with adjusting the backlight, and just super low resolution. Took my negatives to my scanner and found a website that reverse the colors for free and now I have hi res pics. Sorry this app was a great idea but it’s just not there yet..Adodd1392Version: 2.1

Lots of issuesIf you have a great old b/w film negative this can work well. Negatives from the 70s and 80s produce such poor quality they are completely unusable. Also, unless you have perfectly preserved (and totally flat) 35 mm negatives the cropping tool is both random and cannot be overridden, so “scans” come out with half the photo missing and or incredibly warped. I am a professional designer and have worked on computers and scanning photos, negatives, slides, etc. for decades so I know what I’m doing more than the average Joe. Save yourself some headache and heartache and find a better option..Gojoe1212Version: 2.9

Didn’t workJust simply didn’t work it wouldn’t let me in the app just kept making to the tutorial over and over again it’s a good idea tho.IssarackVersion: 1.0

It’s a shameThe developers clearly have some talent, but marketing and customer service isn’t among them. What are otherwise pretty good apps by photomyne are spoiled by their snotty responses and confusing messaging. I have paid subscriptions to two of their apps - FilmBox and SlideScan. They do a pretty good job of digitizing photos from negatives and slides. I’d like to use their cloud service, but apparently - from all I can gather from their short, snotty responses and referrals back to their faq (which does nothing to answer the questions) you must have a Photomyne Account to do that. And it appears that purchasing one or two photomyne apps and registering both with an email address via their in app purchase, does not constitute having a photomyne account. You *also* need to purchase their Photomyne photo scanning app in order to have access to the cloud storage. Three things are consistent throughout the Photomyne app experience - you can see this in the reviews of all of the Photomyne apps: 1. The apps core functions are well designed. 2. The cost to get the promoted functionality is obscured by the developers almost to the point of being a scam. They will deny this, and further obfuscate their intentions by saying “we clearly told you so” when in fact, nothing is clear. 3. The developers responses are rude and generally unhelpful. I’d give the apps a 4 star rating, the cost is plenty once you figure it out - so that part gets a 2 star rating, and their communications are so bad that overall this barely rates one star..BrisklyfreemanVersion: 2.3

QuestionIs that 39.99 a one time fee?.PiglitsterVersion: 3.4

Terrible app. What a waste of $40!Don’t waste your money. Followed all instructions and photos are blurry, colors are horrible and lines everywhere. I want my money back.Jeixjn2237Version: 2.9

Requires login prior to any actionRequiring a login is bad enough. Requiring it before we can do *anything* is an instant deletion..SeerakVersion: 2.8

Rip off appDon’t bother ask you for money right away.WeiverreviewVersion: 3.8

Can’t try it at allI’m not one to sign up to test an app and risk getting spammed. So you get a one star review because you wasted my time..NosemongerVersion: 3.5

Works but quality is trashGarbage quality scans. I highly suggest anyone who wants to scan negatives a proper scanner. They would look 1000x better than this app. You’re getting 2 megapixel scan when you could get 30..ConfinVersion: 3.3

FilmBoxWorks well for showing negatives but is really lacking in the sharing of same. Absolutely not as easy as they say it is which is frustrating as hell. Could not transfer to my computer for printing or sharing or even editing. Thought they were saved to my computer and deleted them from my phone only to find them unavailable on my computer. A real waste of time and money..GettakVersion: 3.1

PhotomymeNot the best app fir the money I excepted better. I am disappointed I paid for a year. Doesn’t work as it says. Won’t work on slot of pictures.MichvsldeeVersion: 3.1

Expensive!I loved the app so I got the colours feature. And bought the subscription. I added the slide app and now have been charged over 7.09 Canadian. It didn’t say I would be charged. On top of that the slides didn’t work. The live aspect maybe that was where the extra video feed came in. I was going to give this a rating of 5, but the fees should be clear so you aren’t being charged with extras you don’t want..RagamuffinmeVersion: 3.1

Not what is advertised and have to pay first for 1 yearI couldn’t try it without purchasing a year first and when I did, it was TERRIBLE quality. Have sent three messages to customer service and nothing. Scam not scan…Don’t waste your money like I did..PR WilsonVersion: 3.0

Warnings/notificationsThe instructions/warnings/etc within the app while trying to take a picture are beyond frustrating. I don’t need a notification about finding a white backlight every time I want to take a picture. It’s unnecessary if I’ve already successfully completed. The same with the stupid notification about holding the film strip close: yeah, got it the first second twentieth time you told me. App not worth the $40..Jachunter1086Version: 2.9

DéceptionL’essai gratuit m’a permis de faire quelque photos très très floues. Ça ne donne pas envie de payer pour ça..Cn8643608Version: 2.9

UselessUseless app, takes picture of negative, shows it’s negative and then doesn’t transform it into a usable picture, no setting/options to do it either. Don’t waste your time or money on this..MagnitudexVersion: 2.6

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