# Ansatz: Film Developing Lab

> Timer and lab journal for developing film. Black and white and C-41.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/dev.geidobler.ansatz](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dev.geidobler.ansatz)

## Overview

- **ID:** `dev.geidobler.ansatz`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Martin Geidobler
- **Category:** PHOTOGRAPHY
- **Downloads:** 4
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-26
- **First published:** 2026-08-26
- **Publisher country:** DE
- **Size:** 24 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-10-30
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.geidobler.ansatz)
- **Website:** [https://ansatz.photo](https://ansatz.photo/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://ansatz.photo/privacy.html](https://ansatz.photo/privacy.html)

## Description

Your developer doesn&#39;t last forever. Ansatz counts your rolls, adjusts your times, and remembers what worked.<br><br>Ansatz is a timer and lab journal for developing film, black and white and C-41. It walks you through every step with big digits and agitation cues, logs every session, and does the chemistry math for you: capacity, expiry dates, compensated times per batch.<br><br>WHAT ANSATZ DOES<br>• Step-by-step timer with agitation rhythm and vibration, built for wet hands<br>• Darkroom red mode: red pixels only, protects your dark adaptation<br>• Chemistry batches with capacity, shelf life and automatic time compensation<br>• Push and pull with the arithmetic shown, not an oracle<br>• Roll log: every roll from shot to archived<br>• History with ratings and diagnosis tags; good sessions become recipes<br>• Development times from manufacturer datasheets, every number with its source<br><br>All your data stays on your device. No account, no cloud, no ads.<br><br>Pro is 8 euros, once. No subscription, ever. If Ansatz saves one roll, it has paid for itself.

## Rankings

- #3,258,349 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `dev.geidobler.ansatz.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dev.geidobler.ansatz)