FilmBox by Photomyne
The facts below are what the maker publishes about FilmBox by Photomyne, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From FilmBox by Photomyne's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| FilmBox Basic | Free | Limited film negative scanning · saving · sharing |
| Unlimited (Monthly) | $9.99 a month | unlimited scanning · saving and sharing · photo backup and online/device access · auto-renewing |
| FilmBox membership | $19.99, paid once | membership access · single purchase |
| Unlimited (Yearly) | $39.99 a year | unlimited scanning · saving and sharing · photo backup and online/device access · auto-renewing |
| Unlimited scanning (2 years) | $49.99, paid once | unlimited scanning · saving and sharing · photo backup and online/device access · single upfront payment; valid for 2 years |
| Scanning Suite | $59.99 a year | Photomyne Photo Scan · SlideScan · FilmBox · Colorize · cloud backup · online access · ad-free use · after 3-day free trial; auto-renews until cancelled |
| FilmBox One-Shot Membership | — | Unlimited scanning · saving and sharing in print quality · photo backup and access on other devices and online · enhancements · Single upfront payment; price varies by promotion, time of year, location and more. |
The facts
Each one read from FilmBox by Photomyne's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI scanning
- The app uses an AI-powered scanning algorithm to reveal negatives and automatically invert their colors.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Backlight
- Photomyne provides a web backlight source for scanning slides or negatives with its apps.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Backlight workflow
- Users are instructed to place the film strip vertically in front of a computer backlight or the app-provided backlight link.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Capture control
- Scanning starts by long-pressing the capture button, and the iPhone listing also supports saying “Go” with voice control enabled.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Cloud access
- Membership provides photo backup plus access from other devices and online.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Enhancement tools
- The product page describes editing, cropping and colorizing tools for processed images.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Extensibility restriction
- The terms prohibit copying, reverse engineering, decompiling, source-code discovery, scraping and derivative works.checked 14 Oct 2026
- How to scan
- The app instructs users to place a film strip vertically in front of a backlight and capture it in the app.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Image enhancement
- FilmBox automatically enhances scanned negative images after color inversion.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The app can use a computer screen as a backlight source, or a backlight link provided inside the app.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The terms describe FilmBox as proprietary software and grant only a personal, nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable, limited license.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: advertisements
- Google Play reviewers complained about 30-second commercials during scanning, while an Apple reviewer reported ads even after paying.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: capture quality
- The Japan Camera Hunter test found glare, distortion and inaccurate crops when negatives were not held precisely flat and aligned.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: cropping
- Reviewers repeatedly reported incorrect automatic crops, sometimes losing most of the frame or producing skewed images.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: desktop access
- A Google Play reviewer reported that photos visible on mobile sometimes appeared unavailable through the desktop interface.checked 14 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Android availability
- Google Play lists FilmBox for phones and tablets, with more than 1 million downloads.checked 14 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- Photomyne says it was founded in 2014.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Company founding
- LinkedIn lists Photomyne as founded in 2014.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- LinkedIn lists headquarters in Bnei Brak, Merkaz, Israel.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal entity as Photomyne Ltd.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists the company in the 11–50 employee range and describes a 22-person team.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Bnei Brak, Israelchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free usage
- The first few photos are available without payment, while unlimited use requires an in-app plan.checked 14 Oct 2026
- Free use limit
- The App Store listing says the first few photos are free and paid plans are optional for unlimited use.checked 8 Oct 2026
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