# iLightningCam 2 — user reviews > 120 indexed App Store user reviews of iLightningCam 2 by Florian Stiassny, rated 4.00/5 from 92 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ilightningcam-2/id1016445476/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ilightningcam-2/id1016445476.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 58 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 14 ## What do users think of iLightningCam 2? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 📸 Captures amazing lightning - 🚀 Works automatically - 👍 Easy to use - 🤩 Creates stunning photos - 💰 Worth the price - 💯 Reliable for lightning shots - ✨ Produces high-quality images - ⏱️ Fast capture speed - 📱 Compatible with newer iPhones - 💡 Innovative for its purpose **Cons** - 🐛 Blurry photos on newer iPhones - 🐛 White/gray bars on photos - 🐛 Overexposed photos - 🐛 Misses many lightning strikes - 🐛 Outdated UI - 🐛 Not user-friendly - 🐛 Focus issues - 🐛 App freezes - 🐛 App not working well recently - 🐛 Consumes battery - 🐛 Duplicate photos - 🐛 Captures street lights instead of lightning - 🐛 Rolling shutter effect - 🐛 Sensitivity to movement **Commonly reported bugs** - White bar across the top of the image - Pictures are blurry on newer iPhone models - App captures nothing or everything is overexposed - Auto setting not getting lightning, only brightness and out of focus - Large lightning setting gets nothing - Misses a lot of strikes, ones caught are out of focus - Constantly out of focus on 13 pro max - Only 2x zoom works, other cameras are blurry - White bar showing up - App takes 4 pics but captures nothing - Weird pink light but no lightning strike - Focus not working on iPhone 12 max pro - Took a lot of blank pictures and lots of duplicates - Out of focus on iPhone 12 - Every photo is out of focus on 13 pro max - App freezes - Not triggering camera on newest version - Tells user to upgrade to iOS 10 when on iOS 11 - App freezes after a minute - App not saving photos despite access rights - App not working well on iPhone 5 - App not capturing lightning bolts, only sheet lightning **Most requested features** - Vertical mode - RAW format output - More control over aperture and shutter speed - Higher resolution output (24MP) - HEIC or RAW format saving - Option to choose more than 2 shots for composite - Timelapse/Video/Live Photo mode - Way to review shots within the app - 5x zoom - Daytime lightning capture - German language support - Tutorial for settings - Improve UI/UX - Higher resolution camera optimization - Fix bug with x0.5 lens focus ## Newest reviews (13 of 120) ### 4/5 — Update *2026-05-19* Please update to the latest devices. I want vertical mode. обновите пожалуйста до актуалтных устройств. и хочется вертикальный режим ### 4/5 — Toll aber alt. *2025-07-20* Die APP hat tolle Features, wird nur leider nicht mehr weiterentwickelt. Die Bedienung könnte man sicher verbessern oder die App auf aktuelle Geräte anpassen. Vor allem ein RAW Format wäre gut. ### 4/5 — White streak on photos *2024-09-26* Has been excellent but just had a storm and looked at images and they have a white bar across the top of the image, please can you fix this issue? ### 4/5 — Good app, a must have *2024-08-01* One of my best investment in an app ever, compatible with iPhone 15 Pro. Works well, and takes beautiful shots of lightnings. But… I really wish it was a bit improved. The auto mode is pretty good, manual mode lacks a bit of controls, only ISO, but nothing about aperture and shutter speed. Output is limited to 12MP saved as JPG, while I think it could take photos within my phone capabilities, i.e. 24MP and saved as HEIC or even RAW. It takes 2 shots, and saves a composite as a third, but I would love to choose more. A sort of Timelapse / Video / Live Photo mode could be appreciated. The app lacks a way to review the shots and doing it in the iOS app is kind of a pain, since you may have to go through thousands of shots. The user interface feels old, and hard to handle particularly when a storm is coming and it starts to rain, it’s easy to make mistakes with wet fingers (and end up with a bunch of blurry photos). And finally, I think there is a bug with the focus function, I did not find a way to set the focus for the x0.5 lens, only x1 and x2 is set. Anyway, update or not, I will continue to use it EVERYTIME a thunderstorm starts to flash. Thank you for this ! ### 4/5 — Top App aber.. *2024-05-08* Aber seit zwei Jahren keine Updates mehr. Funktioniert zwar noch alles wie es sein soll und bekomme echt geile Bilder damit raus aber die Bedienoberfläche lässt zu Wünschen. ### 3/5 — 5-fach Vergrößerung fehlt noch! *2024-01-01* Darf man hoffen? Any chance? ### 2/5 — Pictures are blurry on newer iphone models *2023-10-24* While it is useful to hit the one or the other lightning, especially on the iphone pro max wide angle lens, the pictures are all really blurry rendering the app practically useless. ### 4/5 — Verbesserrungswürdig *2023-06-10* Ich habe das Gefühl auf meinem Iphone 6 habe ich damit mehr einfangen können wie auf meinem Iphone Xr. Manche Blitze bekommt die App Garnicht mit, andere Sind zu Hell das man nur einen weißen Fleck bekommt. Aber wen sie mal einen einfängt sind sie gut. ### 2/5 — Na ja *2022-07-20* Vielleicht bin ich ja zu blöd aber wie komme ich aus dieser App wieder raus! Es ist kein Button zum schließen da muss mein Handy jedes Mal ausschalten! Naja auf jeden Fall macht es gut Bilder ### 3/5 — What happened?!?! *2022-06-15* This app was once amazing, not so much. I have had some awesome lightning pics using this app, but not anymore. Last night I seen some amazing streaks of lightning across the sky and all of my photos were just big white blobs. Please make this the greatest app, again!!! ### 2/5 — Kein Focus *2022-05-19* Leider focusiert die App nicht auf dem iPhone 12max pro ### 2/5 — Not really that great *2022-05-18* Missed a lot of bigger strikes, took ALOT of blank pictures and lots of duplicates. Out of 437 pics 9 were half decent but none worth shouting about. ### 2/5 — Not so good on iPhone 12 *2022-04-26, version 4.0* This app worked great on my iPhone 8+, but every photo is out of focus and doesn’t take as many photos on iPhone 12. I’ve tried recalibrating focus, but never works. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Löst nicht aus *2026-07-13* Die App löst einfach nicht aus. Da waren mehrere richtig fette Blitze auf dem Display zu sehen, aber sie hat kein Foto gemacht. Hab dann einfach die 120fps Funktion der normalen Kamera App benutzt und Videos gemacht, aus denen ich dann die Frames raus gespeichert habe. ### 1/5 — Versagen auf ganzer Linie *2024-08-29* Die tollsten Blitze, riesengroß und superlang - und alles, was die App bewerkstelligt hat, waren Bilder von einem partiell helleren Wolkenhimmel. Hab die App geschlossen und ganz normal fotografiert, so habe ich doch noch einen guten Schnappschuss bekommen. ### 1/5 — Not user friendly *2024-07-22, version 4.0* Could not get it focused and not very user friendly. Would not waste your money ### 1/5 — Полное гуано *2024-07-05* Самая тупая трата денег за всю жизнь ### 1/5 — Omg eat dicks *2023-12-25* This was great. !!!! A very good app but .!.!.!.! My partner used it for a lot of lighting photos and has the evidence to support it, I just downloaded it and we saw the most amazing storm lighting up the night sky!! And thought oh wow we will be getting this awesome storm..:. Fork lightning and all sorts of lightning WE DIDNT GET ONE LIGHTNING BOLT OF 50 sprays of lightning… we thought oh wow amazing we just got a photo of that Yet we got nothing very sad !!! We are disappointed and disgusted in your APP !!!! 1200 photos on auto pilot and 1 photo of lightning… absolutely disgusting!!!! ### 1/5 — App No Longer Works Well *2023-09-07, version 4.0* I used this app and the previous version for several years and captured stunning photos, but now the app either captures nothing or everything is overexposed. ### 1/5 — Not catching it *2023-07-28* I have had this app for years. It used to work good and I have some great older lightning pics that are in focus and really beautiful. I’m in the south so the lightning is usually awesome. I don’t know what happened to this app but I used it this year and can no longer use the ‘manual’ setting. Auto setting is not getting lightning, only brightness and a bit out of focus. ‘Large’ lightning setting gets nothing. I did update last year I believe and used it once. But this summer I started using it again a month ago and was surprised I got nothing. Used it tonight and got over 200 photos of no lightning, just bright sky shots. I don’t know what is wrong? Help me out here. I ‘lol check for an update or maybe there is a subscription? All I know is this is now a disappointment. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2023-06-09, version 4.0* New to iPhone and this app alone makes me regret making the switch. Not sure why this is the only option. Misses a lot of strikes. The ones it does catch are out of focus. ### 1/5 — UX Vollkatastrophe. *2022-06-21* useability * Bildqualität ** Eine völlig wirr gestaltete App. Mag sein, dass das für irgendwelche freaks okay ist. Für den „normalen“ iPhone-User nicht zu gebrauchen. ### 1/5 — Use to be great *2022-01-27* Review Update I can officially day I HATE!! this app with a passion. It was once my go to app in storms but now 2 days in a row you’re stupid app screwed me over. Only 2x zoom works the other 2 cameras are blurry meaning the photos are useless just like this app has become. So instead of standing in the middle of a massive storm and getting some awesome images I’m just standing there like a moron using your crappy app. Fix it or refund everyone ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — My all time favorite app *2025-08-22* I’ve been using this since version 1 back in the 2011, I LOVE THIS APP. Over those years I’ve captured thousands of amazing lightning pictures that I cherish and even got my parents and colleagues to download the app and get into lightning photography. Thank you so much Florian and team you guys are rockstars! ### 5/5 — Although not updated since 2 years… *2024-08-14, version 4.0* …still the benchmark lightning cam for iPhone (now running on 14 Pro with iOS 17.6). The UI comes a little bit clumsy and old-fashioned, but it does its job very well. I hope that it will still be working with upcoming iOS versions. ### 5/5 — This app works *2024-07-22* I have been using ilightningcam 2 for four years now and it really does work it picks up lightning you won’t be disappointed ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2024-05-26* I’ve had this app for a long time and it only gets better. Just the other night, i Lightning Cam 2 caught some amazing lightning pics from a storm. I set it up at the window and walk away. What I got was awesome. The improvements to this app make it easy when it’s on ‘auto’. If you can’t get good photos then it’s not the app. I love this app!! I live in a state with frequent summer storms. A+ to the developer. Thanks! ### 5/5 — This is the best app EVER! *2024-01-03* I love this app so much. I’m 12 now and had this app since 2022. I have got great photos and shots. I want more ILightningCam apps in the future. I use a tripod and it works so good. I have the lite version on my iPad and it is not as good, but I like it.😁 ### 5/5 — Greatest app ever ! *2023-05-28* It has never been easier to take photos of lightning than with this app ! It triggers perfectly where it needs to. I’ve made great shots with it. Just one thing missing : RAW format to edit then on computer. It would be perfect and would merit a sixth star 😜 Congrats to the developer ! Regards ### 5/5 — The app is perfect! *2022-09-21, version 4.0* Very good app design simple and functions well Just grab tripod mount the phone in it and just let app do its job. Simple! Love when the app captures such vivid lightning I don’t know why it is hard for others to use the app ### 5/5 — Great *2022-08-26* The app is wonderful. Just make sure you have the right settings for the right storm if u don’t pics won’t come out right. Plus phones with better camera fps and quality is a must for this app. ### 5/5 — Best app ever *2021-09-14* This is far and away, without any doubt the greatest app ever. I have gotten so many great photos of lightning bolts. Many of my photos are so awesome and amazing, and I have several that are just mind blowing. Trust me when I tell you, you will never purchase a better app than the ILIGHTNINGCAM2 APP, it is simply amazing. ### 5/5 — Alles bestens *2021-06-30* macht ihren Job prima. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-01.*