# Lighting Designer — Film, TV, Theater, and Events

> Intuitive app for creating overhead lighting plots for various productions. (iPhone/iPad app by Scenario Software LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lighting-designer/id511366142 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Scenario Software LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/511366145)
- Category: Photo & Video, Productivity
- Price: $24.99
- Rating: 4.00/5 from 144 App Store ratings · 80 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 80 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2012-04-24
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lighting-designer/id511366142/reviews.md

## What is Lighting Designer?

Never draw a lighting setup on a scrap of paper again.

Lighting Designer is a quick and intuitive way to create overhead lighting plots for film, theater, television, concerts, and anything else you can light. The wide selection of equipment and simple yet powerful interface makes it easier than ever to illustrate and communicate your lighting setups, from most Apple devices. Your Silicon Mac is powerful and gives you the most screen to work with; your iPad is large and versatile; your iPhone will go with you anywhere. And if you like, your work can sync among all your Apple devices using iCloud, so you can start plotting on one and finish on another.

LD is perfect for tech scouts, working while traveling, or just choosing the couch over your desk chair. While expensive drafting programs can take hours to use and years to master, Lighting Designer is an accessible way to plan your next show!

Features:
• Organize your setups into Shows, with details like shooting dates and crew members
• Choose from over 2000 built-in types of lights, grip equipment, camera gear, actors, and objects like furniture and musical instruments
• With a Crescit Premium account, you can have access to an additional 25,000+ pieces of lighting equipment, gels, and gobo templates
• Use your own images to create custom fixtures on your Plots (read the User Guide for image specs)
• For each light, specify wattage, beam spread, light output, DMX address, color, and many other details
• Certain fixtures include info for exposure approximation; all can be user-configured and have their exposure reverse-calculated from real-world readings
• Use Groups to create flexible collections of lights
• Notes allow you to describe every detail of your setup
• Pack your Truck to share gear among multiple Plots
• Draw a Floor Plan using basic shapes, and images from your device
• Lights can target other objects, and objects can rig onto each other for easy adjustments
• Email editable Plots to the crew, with images, equipment, and crew lists
• Undo/Redo functionality
• Dark Mode presents a dark workspace to reduce eyestrain and minimize your device's light in a dark environment

## Key features

- Create overhead lighting plots
- Extensive equipment library (2000+ items)
- Organize setups into Shows
- Custom fixture creation with own images
- Detailed light specifications
- Floor plan drawing tools
- Email editable Plots

## Recent user reviews (10 of 80)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lighting-designer/id511366142/reviews.md

### 1/5 — ROUBOOOO!

*2026-04-19*

Simplesmente baixei o app e já foi cobrado um valor de 149$ na minha fatura? O app eu nem sei pra que serve!

**Developer response:** Você pode solicitar um reembolso pela App Store, mas não tenho certeza de por que você comprou um aplicativo sem saber para que ele servia?

### 3/5 — Crashes too much…. I really want it to work!

*2024-07-28*

There is so much to like about this app. The. Layout, user interface, simplicity of design. 
I’ve used it for over 5 years on and off, and I would use it more but it crashes too often for me to trust it for all my work. If it were more stable I would use it on every job.

**Developer response:** Hi gaffer, sorry you’re having trouble! Email me at lightingdesigner.app@gmail.com, or use the “Email Developer” feature in the app, and we’ll get you sorted out.

### 1/5 — Crashes

*2023-05-26*

This app keeps crashing just like others have stated

**Developer response:** Try our new platform, Scenario. It’s incredibly stable on any device!

### 2/5 — Do NOT waste your money

*2023-03-11*

App barely works. Yes the idea is great but the interface is fiddly, whole thing is buggy, and it crashes when you do basically anything. Can’t even render a simple lighting plot. App just keeps crashing every couple things I do. Paid way too much for an app that I can’t even use.

**Developer response:** Try out our new platform, Scenario. Everything you’ve described here is the reason we’ve built it from the ground up to be more stable and flexible!

### 1/5 — Unstable

*2022-12-08*

Will inmediatly ask for a refund. 
The app is extremely unstable and crashes continuously.

### 1/5 — Crashes when trying to render large plots

*2022-10-25*

The app crashes when rendering plots larger than 36 pieces on my iPhone 12. Not a good choice for event lighting design if you’re trying to draw plans to scale.

### 3/5 — Love the app and its potential but it’s BUGGY

*2022-10-14*

I’ve used the app on and off for a few years. Unfortunately each time I give it a shot the crashes and frozen screens put me off and a number of times, I resorted back to hand-drawn lighting diagrams rather than dealing with the issues of this app.

While it offers so many possibilities, I’d love for it to be more stable.

### 5/5 — It’s great

*2021-11-27*

Makes camera positioning easy

### 2/5 — Great App In Theory

*2021-09-13*

This app is really cool in the sense that I can create really organized lighting plots for my crew. However, it crashes so frequently that it becomes borderline un-usable. If the developer fixes the bugs this app would make a great tool, however it has a long way to go.

**Developer response:** Typically I’d ask you to reach out over email to get more details, but I see you already have! Thanks!

### 3/5 — Crashes

*2021-08-03*

This App could really be fantastic, there’s a lot of useful features and I found it reasonably simple to work out. The crashing gets ridiculous though. Once I’d reached a certain point in putting together quite a simple plan, it started closing itself down literally every five minutes. The result is that it’s really too slow to be of much use, even on an ipad pro with pencil.

**Developer response:** Sorry to hear that! Please email lightingdesigner.app@gmail.com, or email through the app, and we’ll get the problem worked out.

## Frequently asked questions about Lighting Designer

### What is Lighting Designer used for?

Lighting Designer is used to create quick and intuitive overhead lighting plots for film, theater, television, concerts, and other events. It helps users illustrate and communicate their lighting setups effectively.

### What kind of equipment can I find in the app?

The app includes over 2000 built-in types of lights, grip equipment, camera gear, actors, and objects like furniture and musical instruments. A Crescit Premium account offers access to over 25,000 additional pieces of lighting equipment, gels, and gobo templates.

### Is Lighting Designer free to use?

The app offers a freemium model. While it provides a substantial selection of features and equipment for free, access to an expanded library of over 25,000 additional items, including lighting equipment, gels, and gobo templates, requires a Crescit Premium account.

### What devices is Lighting Designer compatible with?

The application is designed for Apple devices, including Silicon Macs, iPads, and iPhones. Users can sync their work across these devices using iCloud to continue plotting on different platforms.

### Can I use my own images in the app?

Yes, you can use your own images to create custom fixtures on your plots. The User Guide provides specific image specifications that need to be followed for optimal integration.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.1.0 — 2026-02-21

Removed cloud sync functionality

### 4.0.4 — 2025-10-22

Minor updates for the new iOS

### 4.0.3 — 2025-03-10

Bug fixes and performance improvements

### 4.0.2 — 2024-05-20

Bug fixes:
- Potential error when creating a new Crescit account

### 4.0.1 — 2024-02-22

Bug Fixes:
- Potential crash when editing with the Objects table open
- Potential crash when renaming a Plot
- Crash related to changing DMX universe notation on a duplicate Plot

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