Film scanner Pro
scan & edit your films
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Prices are current as of 10 Sept 2026.
Film scanner Pro has no in-app products on record in the United States.
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Film scanner Pro reviews
3.6 out of 5, based on 185 reviews.
What people like
- It is completely free to use
- No annoying ads interrupt your work
- Very simple and quick to use
What they complain about
- Black and white negatives look terrible
- Updates ruined the color accuracy
- Exported images are low resolution
Such an amazing app
After trying some other apps they didn’t work at all I was so excited when this one finally worked. It’s easy to use and so straight forward. Its really quick and simple. I could finally see what the films looked like. I really recommend.
Buggy update
I used to use this app all the time a few tears ago. Shot some reels recently and wanted a quick check. The UI update is nice but the export puts some kind of smoothing filter almost looks low res. The in app preview looks great and for the price I paid years ago I am not complaining but it is strange to see a downgrade in quality. Hopefully this bug or ‘feature’ can be addressed and/or turned off I would gladly update my review
Nice
FREE, SIMPLE, NO ADS AND SO FAST
Low quality image; not worth it
Nothing like having a normal print made of your negative. Sorry.
Black and white??
I feel like I must be missing something....how do you scan black and white film??? Is there someplace to change it from color to black and white? If so I keep missing it
It’s ok at best.
I appreciate the tool for existing first and foremost, hence 5 stars. The FilmLab app is great, very limited, but it scans my negatives fantastically. The only issues, I can’t import photos to invert, so I downloaded this app that I’m reviewing, so I could invert scans that I transferred from my camera to my phone via WiFi transfer in the hopes of a higher quality scan. So far the 5 negatives I’ve imported are a deep Cyan color and no matter how much I play with the sliders, it does no good. The options and functions of the slide editors need improvement, the built in inverting format needs tweaking. The usability of the app itself is great. Very simple. If only the actual color science was good, this would be my favorite app ever.
Film scanner pro
Rubbish. It does nothing other than save a negative to the camera roll. Unless you want to pay to change it to a colour photo. And there’s no mention of them when you download the app. Scammers!
OK, but it really crushes the blacks
So I was kind of hoping it would just invert the image, but it seems to also push the black point, and I lose a lot of information in the shadows. Playing with the exposure and contrast sliders doesn’t seem to do much to fix this. This was an issue before the last update, but now it seems to have gotten even worse. Why can’t it just be an invert effect? Why did it have to push the contrast and clip the shadows so much? If I’m missing something, I’ll take down this review, but this is a serious problem with the app as far as I can tell. Otherwise, I do like the interface and overall design.
Disappointing
It does convert the negative into a photographic image but the quality is too poor to use for anything. I’ve given it 3 stars because it did allow me to view the image in colour but I was asked to pay extra to use the functions that would adjust the quality of the image. Unfortunately, even with this function, the photograph wasn’t great. Perhaps I need a stronger light box behind the negative.
Best!!
Just like me if you found some Photo Negatives at home and decided to use your iPhone which photos are in there, then this app can help. I tried using multiple apps over the AppStore and many good ones required paid membership and still their quality was poor. This app is great considering the fact that it is free. For background source, I am using another iPhone. Open up a picture with completely white background. Put the negative on the screen and take pic with this app. Then convert to see the magic. Best wishes.
Used to be perfect, but...
This app used to be my go-to for inverting the colors of pictures I took of my film negatives with my DSLR. Even though the colors used to have a slight red tinge to them that might have been user error but that’s besides the point as it was always workable. Now though, the images seem to export in a much lower resolution to the point the exported images are hardly usable. If the developer is able to fix this I will gladly revoke this review as there are very few free alternatives for this type of thing. The way I’ve been using since this app has begun this issue has been a royal pain.
Not suitable for B/W
Nice toy for colour, but there’s no chance at all for B/W negatives. The results aren’t nice. A B/W-mode would be amazing!
B&W perfect, color not so much
Love the quality of the B&W negatives, color negatives turn out in bad color positives, had to adjust the color by hand with each individual foto
Brilliant
Old 1940-50’s B&W negatives and more modern colour negatives brought to life easily and clearly ready to get rid of scratches on computer. A joy to use.
What am I doing wrong?
Other reviewers seem impressed with the results. I put negatives on a pure white screen on my iPad and shoot them with the app on my iPhone. The resulting images look like low res garbage. Is there a step I’m missing? Something I’m not doing correctly? So far… bleah. I really want to like it.
Not for Black and White?
Unfortunately the tool is not for Black and White negatives. Would be very useful, if B/W would be supported.
It was good
I loved this app, but it’s been kinda crap since the last update. The scans come out completely off colour now. At first I thought it was something wrong with my camera or chemistry, but nope. The app got screwed up. I would suggest buying if only the old version was available.
Works great!
Worked better than I expected. Old negatives that would’ve otherwise been thrown back into boxes and forgotten. Fun to just go thru and develop them quickly with just this app and your phone.
Doesn’t work.
Tried it with medium format frames. Kodak Portra. It literally doesn’t work at all - just turns everything blue.
Crashes on Save
Nach dem Update stürzt die App ab, sobald man alles fertig hat und man Save drückt!
The Best!!
Love this apps! It really help Me to retrieved my negative film and turn into pictures!
Data protection issue
Why shall give access to all my pics before being able to use the app. This is not in compliance with the data protection statement attached to the app. It says that I can use the functionality no matter whether I grant access. Could you please explain?
Add exposure option.
Can you also add an exposure option?
Incredible!
This app is amazing! I have a negative developer, but this is quick and easy to send to family and friends! So cool! I’m extremely pumped to have found this!!
Can’t save!
I got this and am bummed out because I can’t save any of the images! I have iPad with iOS 13. I hit save and it blinks out of the app, no pics saved. Boooo
You take photo with camera then view in this app
A little misleading. You open the app and take a picture of the film negative, then the app shows you a reversed image. Quicker to go to Settings/General/Accessibility/Display Accommodations/and turn on Invert colors. That way you get a real time view of the negative with no taking pictures.
very impressed
If you get the lighting right you’re in business. Fantastic app for negatives. Well done guys.
This used to be useful
Newest update is useless (iPhone XR). Black and white images are insanely contrasty and not even worth the bother. What happened? This used to be my go-to for quick viewing negs in sleeves and sharing quick snaps with family and friends. I’ve recommended this app to others in the past but not anymore.
Existing negative
Good app but I can’t use an existing negative on my phone. My iPhone camera is horrible.
Good app
Does exactly what it’s supposed to, if only there was a way to stop old negatives being grainy when taking the pic.
Doesn’t work by using your camera
Using your camera to take a photo doesn’t work. There’s too much reflection
Works well Especially if you just have a few negatives to look at.
It took a little bit to figure out how to do it. I’d lay the negative on my iPad and photograph it with my iPhone using this application. It does a decent job of converting the negative to a normal photo. The quality is not good enough to print or anything like that but it allows me enough detail to figure out if I want to send her old film negative off to have copies made.
Terrible
Didn’t even come close to working and it forces a 1x1 crop for no particular reason.
Film scanner Pro FAQ
- Is Film scanner Pro free?
- Yes. The app is free, in all 175 countries it sells in, and it sells nothing inside it.
- Does Film scanner Pro have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to Film scanner Pro?
- FilmBox by Photomyne (4.3 from 17,651 reviews, premium from $7.99), Negative Photo: Photo Inverter (4.6 from 4,710 reviews, premium from $2.99) and Lghtmtr (4.5 from 777 reviews).
Film scanner Pro download
Last updated 1 year ago.
Film scanner Pro sells in 175 countries. It was released 8 years and 8 months ago, on 10 Jan 2018. It holds a 3.6 rating from 185 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does Film scanner Pro make?
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