# Lightme - Logbook — Your bff 4 analog photography

> Analog photography logbook for tracking film, shots, development, and gear. (iPhone/iPad app by Giuseppe Bertolini.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lightme-logbook/id1544518308 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Giuseppe Bertolini](https://appshunter.io/developer/1509033789)
- Category: Photo & Video, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.90/5 from 94 App Store ratings · 17 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 9 MB
- Languages: American English, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish
- Released: 2021-05-26
- Data updated: 2026-08-29
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lightme-logbook/id1544518308/reviews.md

## What is Lightme?

Lightme - Logbook is a clean and powerful tool to record and keep track of your rolls, shots, developments, as well as gear and consumables (soon! :) ) that revolve around the process of shooting and developing film.

The aim of the project is to build something beautiful, yet very functional and immediate, with the goal of both reducing the effort taken to record each shot/roll as well as allowing a sufficient level of flexibility and covering various scenarios.

The app will offer a few key features, together with the main logging activity you may expect from a digital logbook:
• The possibility of reviewing the stored information in different aggregated forms, i.e. by allowing to build some interesting graphs/histogams based on fields and data filtered according to user-defined criteria.
• Data export for various "searches" in formats like json or csv
• A straight-forward way of keeping track of large format film-holders with three possible states (unloaded, loaded and exposed) and info about either the film or the shot that is inside them.
• Post development notes for rolls, sheets and shots, also allowing to add a further photo to record also the final results.

New very cool features will come in the future :)

If you have any suggestion/issue send me an email here: lightme.apps@gmail.com

Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Key features

- Log film rolls, shots, and development
- Track gear and consumables
- Data visualization with graphs/histograms
- Data export in JSON/CSV formats
- Manage large format film holders
- Post-development notes with photos

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Focaccia Barese | $12.99 | per year |
| Spaghetti Carbonara | $29.99 | per year |
| Homemade Pizza party | $49.99 | per year |
| 1 Cappuccino | $2.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A smile :) | Free | one-time |
| Box of Prosecco | $59.99 | one-time |
| Fuel for my '90s camper | $119.99 | one-time |
| Terme for two | $239.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 17)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lightme-logbook/id1544518308/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Perfect logbook

*2026-06-11*

Does everything I need it to and nothing that I don’t. Extremely easy to use and I love the query function. 10/10 worth every penny

### 5/5 — Best light meter app!

*2026-02-01*

I’ve tried them all. This app and its companion log book are the best solution for film photographers today. I’ve tested it repeatedly against my Sekonic and Minolta light meters and its amazingly accurate. No need to carry them with me any more!

### 5/5 — Loving the app

*2025-09-27*

This app (along with light meter) lets me enjoy film photography even more than I already did. It helps me slow down, log every shot and be very deliberate with the photos I’m taking. These 2 apps are a permanent companion to my photo walks and I couldn’t be happier with the results!

### 5/5 — Grateful this exists

*2025-06-09*

Really nice app! Highly recommend for people who shoot film. 

Would be great to have some quicker interactions for changing exposure settings before logging a shot! I’m pretty sure the dev has said Apple Watch extension is in progress, but adding to the interactive widgets, or something using the Workouts API would also be wonderful. 

Keep up the good work!

### 1/5 — *USER BEWARE* Subscription Required.

*2025-02-01*

The owner requires a minimum subscription of $4/mo or $13/year to even use the app.

Save your money and record everything the old fashioned way..pen/paper.

**Developer response:** Yep, it's clearly stated in the onboarding, it offers quite a lot for the price but no one is gonna force it upon you. A one-star review for just this reason is simply unfair.

Best regards 

Giuseppe

### 5/5 — My bread and butter

*2024-11-30*

Great app with thoughtful features. Giuseppe did not stop there. 

As I encountered some crashes, I had to stop shotting film photos for a week as this app is the bread and butter in my workflows.
I talked to the app author got immediate response and my issue got fixed in mins.

Thank you!

### 3/5 — Crash on launch

*2024-11-26*

App is no longer usable as it crashes on launch v2.3.11

Also developer’s website domain expired so you can’t submit support

### 5/5 — Definitiva

*2023-10-28, version 2.1.3*

App molto ben realizzata e definitiva per chi scatta in analogico che, abbinata alla app Lightme, consente di tenere traccia di ogni singolo rullino, scatto, misurazione della luce con tempi e diaframmi e tutto quello che può servire, senza nulla escluso.. davvero eccezionale 👍

### 2/5 — mah un giro di prova c’è lo potevi anche inserire

*2023-07-18, version 2.1.1*

considerando che l’app esposimetro è piuttosto contorta sarebbe stato utile avere almeno  versione di prova di questa logbook… sarebbe bastata anche una prova a tempo tipo una settimana o un paio di giorni … 
capisco che tutti vorremmo prendere un caffè però : 
se dovessimo mai incontrarci ti offro la colazione ma sopratutto provo, tento, di spiegare la differenza tra scrivere un app davanti a un computer e fotografare (in particolare in analogico)
Ci sono anche altre altre app con questi propositi ed opzioni ma come tutte, dopo un po’ non vengono aggiornate si perdono dati e sono contorte … 
insomma nel 2023 basta l’app note integrata nell’iphone o un pezzetto di carta ed un lapis.

### 5/5 — Records metadata to scans

*2023-07-15*

This is the most complete package I’ve seen. 

My needs: I wanted to track metadata (GPS, Camera/Lens, Date, Time, ISO, Shutter, Aperture) as I took pictures on my film cameras.  Then after receiving scans, apply that metadata so my pictures play nicely in the Photos App. 

I was so surprised to see this app does it all!  This removes the need for me to fumble around with exifTools to accomplish this. 

This developer is my hero. Well worth the $12 a year this costs.

**Developer response:** Hi! I'm super happy you've found your companion for your film adventures :)

I'm gonna keep trying to make both apps better and more useful!

Have a great day!

Giuseppe

## Frequently asked questions about Lightme

### What does Lightme - Logbook do?

Lightme - Logbook is a tool designed for analog photographers to record and track their film rolls, individual shots, development processes, and associated gear and consumables. It aims to simplify the logging process while offering flexibility for various shooting scenarios.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include the ability to log film rolls and shots, track gear, review stored information through aggregated forms like graphs and histograms, export data in formats like JSON or CSV, manage large format film holders with different states, and add post-development notes with photos of the final results.

### Is this app free to use?

The application is free to download and use, with in-app purchases available. This model allows users to try the core functionality before committing to any additional features or content.

### What kind of photography is this app for?

This app is specifically designed for analog photography. It caters to users who shoot with film cameras and are involved in the process of developing their own film or tracking their film usage and results.

### Can I export my data from the app?

Yes, the app allows for data export. You can export your logged information for various 'searches' in common formats such as JSON or CSV, making it easy to analyze your photography data outside of the application.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.0.7 — 2026-05-24

• added shutter speeds up to 16000
• added some missing translations

### 3.0.6 — 2026-05-20

• you can now add scans to the logbook more easily when writing metadata to images.
• refinements :)

### 3.0.5 — 2026-05-13

added Spanish language
fixed metadata export compressing some jpegs

### 3.0.4 — 2026-04-17

• minor fix for users who had purchased the app when it first launched

### 3.0.3 — 2026-04-08

refinements to the behavior of editing pages when switching apps

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## More apps by Giuseppe Bertolini

- [Lightme - Lightmeter](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lightme-lightmeter/id1509033790)
- [ShortVidsBlocker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shortvidsblocker/id6758012824)
- [Padme - Custom keypad for Mac](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/padme-custom-keypad-for-mac/id6784965259)

All apps by Giuseppe Bertolini: https://appshunter.io/developer/1509033789

## Related topics

[lightme](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/lightme) · [film log](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/film-log) · [film logbook](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/film-logbook) · [film photography](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/film-photography)

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