What's New

- Introducing a single view, dial controlled editing experience, reminiscent of classic 35mm SLR film cameras.
- Convenient pinch and zoom image editing review.
- Brought up to date for iOS 13 and larger screen sizes.
- New look and feel. Same classic black and white editing functionality.

App Description

Simply Photography. Simply B&W.

An easy and simple way to turn your colour shots into dramatic black and white photos. Explore tone, brightness and contrast to re-visualise your images on your iOS device.

Learn to look in monochrome and develop your own interpretation of reality.

Try SimplyB&W Today!

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Features:

* Classic SLR style editing controls in a single view. 
* Tap or dial in adjustments to the exposure, brightness and contrast of the image.
* Add simulated film grain.
* Select from 6 different coloured lens filters to enhance certain colours and shades in a photo.
* Preserve EXIF and Geolocation data.
* Outputs images in full resolution.

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What App Reviewers say:

LifeInLoFi
"With minimal fuss, Simply B&W quickly creates rich, great looking black and white photos."

AppAdvice
"This sleek and simple app provides a minimalistic user interface that is intuitive and filled with plenty of powerful features. It also stays out of the way so that the focus is all on your images rather than the app itself. Weve been enjoying making classy black-and-white photos with SimplyB&W over the past few days. If you feel like seeing the world through black-and-white, then you need to give SimplyB&W a try for yourself."

Mashable.com
"This well-designed, capable app provides just what you need to create stunning, classic black-and-white photos on your iPhone"

ComboApps Blog
"If you want to make beautiful black and whites with one app, then Simply B&W is the only app you will ever need"

appotography.com
"Given the overabundance of black and white converters in the App Store, Simply B&W can easily go unnoticed. As a matter of fact, although I am mostly devoted to black and white photography, I had overlooked this app myself. However, as far as the value of Simply B&W is concerned, I am quite sure iPhone black and white enthusiasts will enjoy this app quite a bit"

icommephoto.com
"In a few words: app creation of black and white as simple and elegant, Simply B & W produces natural results and well balanced. An excellent choice of its kind!"

iosphotoapps.com
"The beauty of this app is the simplicity. You just choose from one of the five color filters, and then tweak brightness/contrast"

iphoneography.com
"Simply B&W is definitely a simple to use app that is very capable of producing some really nice black and white images, either directly from the camera itself, or existing photos. Whilst it doesn't offer the features found in some of the more advanced black and white apps, what it does offer, it does well"

Babble.com
#9 in the Top 25 iPhone Photo Apps for Parents of 2011
"This app provides helpful advice on which filter to choose and easily has the best image quality of any other app of its kind. It also has a magical power to make a wild, screaming child look serious, astute, and brooding..."

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 13, 2014 Initial release
  • July 28, 2014 New version 1.5
  • August 01, 2014 New version 1.5.1
  • August 11, 2014 New version 1.5.2
  • August 15, 2014 New version 1.5.3
  • September 21, 2014 New version 1.5.4
  • October 08, 2014 New version 1.5.5
  • November 11, 2014 New version 1.5.6
  • November 12, 2014 New version 1.5.7
  • January 04, 2015 New version 1.5.8
  • October 04, 2015 New version 2.0
  • October 20, 2015 New version 2.0.1
  • December 24, 2019 New version 3.0

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