EditMe
A darkroom that lives on your device.
EditMe inverts color and black-and-white film negatives and edits photos entirely on your iPhone and iPad. There is no cloud, no account, and no network: your photos never leave the device, and your originals are never overwritten. It is free to download, with no ads. An optional EditMe Pro upgrade adds advanced darkroom tools.
Last updated 19 July 2026
The whole darkroom, four sliders deep.
EditMe borrows the honest controls of a wet darkroom and runs them in real time, with no apply button and no round-trips.
Color from negatives
A C-41 inversion pipeline turns a scan of a color film strip into a real positive photograph. Not a preset, not a LUT, the actual math.
Black & white, paper grade
A monochrome mode that thinks like a darkroom. Paper grade sets the contrast curve, then exposure, shadows, and highlights do the rest.
The library is the editor
No import dance and no project files. Your photo library is the home screen. Tap any image to edit it.
Edit a whole roll at once
Multi-select a batch and apply the same look to all of them. Each is saved as its own new photo, never a flattened batch.
Inside Apple Photos too
EditMe ships as a Photo Editing Extension, so the same engine is available right inside the system Photos editor.
Originals always survive
Every save creates a new photo and keeps the original's date and location. Your originals are never opened for writing.
Quiet by design.
EditMe vs a typical cloud photo editor
Only points that can be verified from the App Store listing and the app itself.
| Capability | EditMe | Typical cloud editor |
|---|---|---|
| Works fully offline | Yes | Often no |
| Account required | No | Often yes |
| Photos leave your device | Never | Usually, to the cloud |
| Color film negative inversion (C-41) | Yes | Rare |
| Darkroom black & white (paper grade) | Yes | Rare |
| Batch editing | Yes | Sometimes |
| Works inside Apple Photos | Yes, extension | Sometimes |
| Tracking and analytics | None | Common |
| Price | Free, optional Pro | Often subscription |
Questions, answered.
Is EditMe free?
Yes. EditMe is free to download, and inverting film negatives plus the core editing are free. An optional EditMe Pro subscription unlocks advanced darkroom tools. There are no ads.
Does EditMe work offline?
Yes. EditMe runs entirely on your device and needs no internet connection. There is no network code in the app, so it cannot send your photos anywhere even if it tried.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. Nothing leaves your device. EditMe has no cloud, no account, and no analytics, and your original photos are never modified or overwritten.
Can EditMe invert color film negatives?
Yes. EditMe includes a C-41 inversion pipeline that turns a scan of a color film negative into a positive photograph, processed on your device.
Does EditMe edit black-and-white photos?
Yes. EditMe has a darkroom-style black-and-white mode with paper grade, exposure, shadows, and highlights.
Which devices does EditMe support?
iPhone and iPad running iOS or iPadOS 26.2 or later.
Can I edit several photos at once?
Yes. You can multi-select a batch of photos and apply the same edit to all of them. Each is saved as a new photo, so your originals stay untouched.
Does EditMe work inside Apple Photos?
Yes. EditMe installs as a Photo Editing Extension, so you can edit a photo from within the Apple Photos app without exporting it first.