Luxmeter Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience7.7% of reviews
Neutral0.0% of reviews
Negative experience92.3% of reviews

~ Based on 13 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Luxmeter Safe?

Luxmeter - Lux Light Meter appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Luxmeter is 87/100.

This assessment is based on 253 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.

Safety Analysis

84.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
10.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 248 App Store ratings for Luxmeter.

Is Luxmeter Legit?

Luxmeter - Lux Light Meter appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Luxmeter is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Scammy

You could buy 2 actual light meters - that work - for the price you would pay for this bit of code every year. 1/5 for that (and it gave innaccurate data)

Designed to get you hooked

You get a 3-day trial. You need to cancel with a one-day advanced notice. It's my impression that if you cancel on day 2, you are not giving enough advance notice and you are hooked.
Also, it's not enough to uninstall the app, you also need to unsubscribe, otherwise I think you are hooked.
Sad to see a good app behave like a predator.
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Charged an unauthorized charge

Download the app and a week later it charged my account without authorization

Not a fan of setup

Free trial offered but 12.99 per week?!? Give me a break! How’s about AFTER the trial you allow your customers to decide and not hope they forget to cancel for what might be a lousy product? I call this deceptive marketing. I’m out.

Didn’t work for me

I tried this app under my SF G5000 commercial grow light to determine the PPFD based off the lux. The app showed roughly 1,300 lux with my light at 1/3 power roughly 24” above my canopy. With these settings, it should have shown a reading exceeding 10,000 lux. Perhaps this is a limitation of my iPhone 15 Pro Max. I’m sure this app is fine for casual users, but for commercial use, it’s better to invest in a PAR meter.
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Не работает

Открывается долго не работает а денег дай. Олени не советую

I didn’t even know that I paid it $9.99

I was trying to find a lux light meter app to roughly test my bedroom. I downloaded a few and tried them for 1 or 2 minutes then deleted them all. After one month I received credit card statement saying I made a purchase of $9.99 in this app?! Are you kidding me? I was not even aware that I made this purchase. Who would be willing to pay $9.99 for a week to use a light meter app?! This app needs to be reported.
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Absolutely random measurements and forced subscription

It has absolutely random measurements. I compared three apps. Two of them showed about 250 lux in my room, while this one showed 60. When I brought my phone under a source of bright light, other two apps showed about 1000 lux, while this one showed over 5000.
During the first minute of use of this app, it showed me two very ambiguous screens that force you to get a weekly subscription.
As you can probably guess, I’m deleting it
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Are you kidding?

Who pays $9.99/week for a light meter app you can get for free. They need to be reported.

Inaccurate reading

Room is bright as sun yet says too dim, but not too dim to ask for money right away! Deleted.

Great quality for price

Takes a little long, but really good, same results over different experiments on same subject.

Not free and very easy to accidentally pay

This app makes it seem like it's free but then while setting it up I accidentally agree to the paid plan. There is no way to get a refund and no contact information to reach the developer.

Response from developer

Hi, thank you for sharing your experience and we’re sorry for the frustration. Just to clarify - our app can be used for free, and any subscription choice is confirmed directly by Apple before purchase. Refunds and subscription management are handled by Apple as well. If you’d like to reach us directly, please write to support@stomberg-sro.com - we’re always happy to assist and listen to your feedback.

Hard to use

No instructions or user manual whatsoever

Response from developer

Hi, thanks for your comment! We’ve also received same request by email and wanted to let you know that adding clear instructions/user manual is already on our roadmap. We really appreciate your feedback and support!