# Xposure - Photo Planner & ND — ND, planning & long exposure. > Long exposure ND filter calculator and light meter for photographers. (iPhone/iPad app by Andrew Code.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/xposure-photo-planner-and-nd/id6743543503 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Andrew Code](https://appshunter.io/developer/714802861) - Category: Photo & Video, Utilities - Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $2.99) - Rating: 5.00/5 from 4 App Store ratings · 5 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.5 · 75 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish - Released: 2025-03-26 - Data updated: 2026-08-24 - Monetization: paid - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/xposure-photo-planner-and-nd/id6743543503/reviews.md ## What is Xposure? The complete photography planning app for long exposure, landscape, astro and filter-based photography. Plan your shoot, master the light, calculate every exposure — all in one app. — V4: THE BIGGEST UPDATE EVER — What started as an ND filter calculator is now a full planning suite. New AI Calculator powered by Apple Intelligence, an ARKit night-sky view, a map-based sun Planner, Depth of Field & Hyperfocal, Cine ND, Shooting Conditions & Tides, Projects & Captures, Film Reciprocity, Viewfinder Preview — plus huge upgrades to Light Meter, Golden Hour and the Apple Watch app. — AI CALCULATOR (NEW) — Ask any exposure question in plain English. Answers come from the on-device Apple Intelligence model paired with the same Swift math the in-app calculators use, so the numbers always match. • "Silky water at 1/125 f/11?" • "Hyperfocal at 35mm f/8 on APS-C?" • "Cine ND for 1/500 at 30fps, 180 shutter?" • 100% private — your prompts never leave the iPhone • Persistent multi-turn chat — PLANNER (NEW) — A map-based sun planner. Drop a pin (satellite or standard map) and see sunrise, sunset, golden-hour and blue-hour direction lines, the full day's sun arc, and a live current-time sun line. Scrub the timeline through days. Search any location worldwide. — AR NIGHT-SKY (NEW) — ARKit overlay shows where the Sun, Moon and Milky Way (band and galactic core) sit in the real sky. Phase-accurate Moon, azimuth and altitude grid, drag the sky to scrub time. AI Sky Summary advises the best moment for the shot. — DEPTH OF FIELD & HYPERFOCAL (NEW) — Per-sensor accurate DoF and hyperfocal calculator. Interactive 3D focus-range scene shows Near, Hyperfocal and Far at a glance. Metric or imperial. — CINE ND CALCULATOR (NEW) — For video and drone shooters. Frame rate, shutter angle (15 to 360 degrees), metered shutter in — whole-stop ND filter out (ND2, ND4, ND8, ND16 and up). 180-degree rule explained in plain English. — SHOOTING CONDITIONS & TIDES (NEW) — 10-day forecast covering cloud cover, gusts, precipitation timing, humidity, moon, recent rainfall (waterfall-flow guidance), and a full tide chart with high and low markers. — PROJECTS & CAPTURES (NEW) — Save every planning location with solar data, weather and tides. Captures from Light Meter and Viewfinder file straight into projects. Share .xpproj files via AirDrop, Messages or Mail. — FILM RECIPROCITY (NEW) — Reciprocity correction for around 30 stocks (Ilford, Kodak, Fujifilm, Kentmere, Adox, Fomapan, Shanghai) using verified manufacturer data, including Harman's official 2024 v2 factors. — NEW LIGHT METER MODES — Spot, Matrix and Multi-Point metering. Aperture, Shutter, ISO and Cine priority. T-stop, shutter angle and frame rate for cine work. Multi-point shows EV per pin and recommends a graduated ND. — VIEWFINDER PREVIEW (NEW) — Simulate any sensor format and focal length (12 to 600mm) through your iPhone camera. Auto-switches to ultra-wide for the widest lenses. — FREE FOREVER — • ND Filter Calculator (1 to 20 stops, Bulb mode) • Effects Calculator with built-in presets • Depth of Field & Hyperfocal • Cine ND Calculator • Light Meter (Centre-weighted and Aperture Priority) • Film Reciprocity • Learn hub with full tutorials • Live Activities, Dynamic Island, Floating Timer • Golden Hour widgets (Small, Medium, Large) • Apple Watch app • 10 accent colours, dark mode — XPOSURE PRO — Pro unlocks the full planning suite, AI Calculator, advanced Light Meter modes, capture saving and custom effects: AI Calculator, Planner, Golden Hour, AR Night-Sky, Conditions & Tides, Projects, Viewfinder, Spot/Matrix/Multi-Point metering, Tv/ISO/Cine priority, Custom Effects. • Weekly subscription with a free trial • Yearly subscription with an extended free trial (best value) Existing customers: you already have Pro for life, including every new V4 feature. Cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Key features - Effects-based ND filter calculation - Real-time light meter - Golden hour and solar event tracking - Location search and favorites - Home screen widgets - Live Activities and Dynamic Island support - Apple Watch app ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Xposure Pro - Weekly | $3.99 | per 7 days | | Xposure Pro - Yearly | $39.99 | per year | ## Recent user reviews (5 of 5) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/xposure-photo-planner-and-nd/id6743543503/reviews.md ### 5/5 — User-friendly and genuinely helpful! *2025-04-28* I gotta say, this app seamlessly balances user-friendliness and real value. No nonsense, just helpful tools and valuable information to help you create exactly what you want based on your specific conditions. Highly recommend to anyone who’s looking to land accurate exposures quickly and with confidence. ### 5/5 — Best ND Exposure Calculator out there *2025-03-30* This ND exposure calculator app is extremely easy and intuitive to use. It has great beginner friendly features that help those just starting out with long exposures dial in their shutter speed for specific effects. No other ND calculator I’ve used has such features that really help and guide the user through the creative process. Great features, reasonably price (NO subscription!), easy to use and reliable. Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-03-29* Super easy to use and make taking long exposures a no brainer ### 5/5 — Incredibly easy to use with features unavailable elsewhere *2025-03-27* My favorite ND calculator was recently discontinued and my new phone would’ve required an update. I found this app and it has all the same basic functions but so much more. It actually provides solutions when you know the effect you want to achieve. Very cool I like it a lot. ### 5/5 — Super Convenient *2025-03-27* Great app for photographers. Highly recommend ## Frequently asked questions about Xposure ### What is Xposure's price? Xposure is a paid app priced at $2.99. This one-time purchase grants you access to all its features for long exposure photography calculations and planning. ### Does Xposure have ads? No, Xposure does not contain advertisements. As a paid application, it offers an ad-free experience for uninterrupted use during photography sessions. ### What devices does Xposure support? Xposure is available for iPhone and Apple Watch, allowing for seamless integration and use across your Apple devices for photography planning and calculations. ### How often is Xposure updated? The latest version of Xposure was released on February 23, 2026, indicating regular updates to enhance features and performance for photographers. ### What is the age rating for Xposure? Xposure has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users interested in photography and creative camera techniques. ### Can Xposure help me plan shoots for specific times of day? Yes, Xposure features a 'Golden Hour' mode that tracks sunrise, sunset, blue hour, and twilight in real time, with countdown timers and weather summaries to help you plan your shoots. ### Does Xposure work with different ND filter strengths? Yes, Xposure's traditional ND calculator supports filters from 1 to 20 stops and allows you to enter your base shutter speed and filter strength (e.g., ND8, ND64, ND1000) to get adjusted exposure times. ### How does Xposure's light meter feature work? Xposure can turn your iPhone into a professional light meter, providing real-time shutter speed readings using your camera. You can set your ISO and aperture to match your camera settings and log scenes with their exposure data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 4.3 — 2026-08-18 Xposure 4.3 — Smarter AI and a more polished planning experience. SMARTER AI, EVERYWHERE - Every AI feature — the AI Calculator, conditions forecasts, astro night summaries, AR sky narration, smart project search, capture notes and project briefings — now uses a powerful cloud model when you're online, giving noticeably better, more natural answers. - The AI Calculator now replies conversationally, and works on more devices when online. - Offline? Everything falls back seamlessly to on-device Apple Intelligence on supported iPhones, so nothing stops working. - A new ocean-blue border animation shows when the cloud AI is thinking; the rainbow glow means it's answering on-device. GOLDEN HOUR, REFINED - A cleaner, tighter timeline: event times now sit neatly on the right, the event happening right now wears a NOW badge, the next one is highlighted in its own colour, and past events fade back. - Fresher afternoon sky colours, and text that stays readable right through golden hour. PLANNER - The sun direction line now glides smoothly under your finger as you scrub the time slider — no more flickering or jumping. Plus updated translations in all nine languages and plenty of small fixes. Happy shooting! ### 4.2 — 2026-08-14 WHAT'S NEW IN 4.2 CAPTURE, THEN KEEP SHOOTING - Changed your mind about a shot? A new discard button on the capture preview deletes it and puts you straight back on the camera to try again. - Start a Project from any capture. The new "New Project from this Capture" option creates a project named after your location, pinned to where and when you shot, with your photo as the project image. - Saving a capture into a project now shows a "View Project" confirmation - one tap takes you straight to that project in the Plan hub. POLISH AND FIXES - Refined the navigation across every hub: the tool pills respond more reliably and the content fades smoothly under the Xposure logo in dark mode. - The Planner map keeps its clean edge-to-edge look, and the map compass now sits neatly below the toolbar instead of the status bar. - All the new features above are fully translated into the 8 supported languages. - Small fixes and stability improvements throughout. Love the app? A rating or review helps a small Australian developer more than you know. ### 4.1 — 2026-06-28 Xposure 4.1 — Plan the Milky Way, in your language NEW: ASTRO — MILKY WAY PLANNING A new Astro screen scores tonight's sky out of 100 and shows the best window to shoot the Milky Way core, over a live night-sky backdrop. Cards cover astronomical darkness, core rise/peak and compass direction, moon interference and cloud cover — plus a plain-language "is tonight worth it, and when?" summary powered by Apple Intelligence. Save any plan straight to a Project. AN ND TIMER THAT FOLLOWS YOU Start a countdown and switch screens — the running timer now appears as a frosted countdown pill, right where the xposure logo sits. Tap it to jump back to the ND Calculator, with a green tick when your exposure is done. NOW IN 8 LANGUAGES The entire app, widgets and Apple Watch app are now fully localised into German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil) and Simplified Chinese. MORE NEW - Astro Conditions and Sunrise & Sunset (Lock Screen) widgets - Seven Control Center controls (Light Meter, ND Calculator, Golden Hour, AR Night Sky, Planner, Conditions, Viewfinder) - Siri, Shortcuts, Action Button, Spotlight and Home Screen quick actions - iCloud sync for Projects, Captures and folders across your devices FIXES & POLISH - Correct Southern-Hemisphere Moon phase in AR View - Widgets now use the saved location's time zone — no offset when travelling - Planner: touch-and-hold to drop a pin; location button frames the sun lines - Apple Weather attribution, plus many stability and save-reliability fixes RECENTLY UPDATED V4 — XPOSURE BECOMES A FULL PHOTO PLANNING SUITE AI CALCULATOR — ask any exposure question in plain English ("ND for silky water at 1/125 f/11"). Runs entirely on-device via Apple Intelligence; your prompts never leave the iPhone. PLANNER — map-based sun planner with sunrise/sunset/golden/blue-hour direction lines, the day sun arc and a live current-time sun line. Scrub time across days. AR NIGHT-SKY — ARKit overlay of the real Sun, Moon and Milky Way over your live camera. Phase-accurate Moon, az/alt grid, drag to scrub time, AI sky summary. DEPTH OF FIELD & HYPERFOCAL — per-sensor accurate, with an interactive 3D focus-range scene. CINE ND — whole-stop ND for video and drone: frame rate, shutter angle and metered shutter in, ND out. SHOOTING CONDITIONS & TIDES — 10-day cloud, gusts, rain timing, humidity, moon, waterfall-flow guidance and a full tide chart. PROJECTS & CAPTURES — save planning locations with solar, weather and tide data; file captures from Light Meter and Viewfinder into projects; share .xpproj files. FILM RECIPROCITY — ~30 stocks with verified manufacturer data, including Harman's 2024 v2 factors. VIEWFINDER — simulate any sensor and 12–600mm focal length through your camera. LIGHT METER — Spot, Matrix and Multi-Point modes; Aperture, Shutter, ISO and Cine priority; T-stop, shutter angle and frame rate; per-pin EV with graduated-ND advice. CUSTOM EFFECTS — build your own in the Effects Calculator. LEARN HUB — new guides on astro, shoot planning, AI Calc, Cine ND, depth of field and film. EVERYWHERE ELSE — hub navigation, Live Activities, Dynamic Island, Floating Timer, Apple Watch Golden Hour, Home Screen widgets, 10 accent colours and dark mode. FREE FOREVER — ND Calculator, Effects, Depth of Field, Cine ND, Light Meter (centre-weighted + Av), Film Reciprocity, Learn, Live Activities, widgets and Watch app. XPOSURE PRO — AI Calculator, Planner, Golden Hour, AR Night-Sky, Conditions & Tides, Projects, Viewfinder, Spot/Matrix/Multi-Point metering, Tv/ISO/Cine priority and Custom Effects. Weekly (free trial) or yearly (extended trial, best value). ### 4.0 — 2026-06-03 THANK YOU To every photographer who's been with us since this was just an ND calculator — V4 is the biggest update we've ever shipped, and as a thank-you, every existing customer is granted Xposure Pro for life. Including every new V4 feature, and everything we build going forward. No action required, no subscription, nothing to restore. It's already yours. V4 — XPOSURE BECOMES A FULL PHOTO PLANNING SUITE NEW — AI CALCULATOR Ask any exposure question in plain English. "ND for silky water at 1/125 f/11", "Hyperfocal at 35mm f/8 on APS-C", "Cine ND for 1/500 at 30fps, 180 shutter". Runs entirely on-device via Apple Intelligence — your prompts never leave the iPhone, never go to a server, never train any model. NEW — PLANNER A map-based sun planner. Drop a pin, see sunrise, sunset, golden and blue-hour direction lines, the full day sun arc, and a live current-time sun line. Scrub time through days with continuous day-roll. NEW — AR NIGHT-SKY ARKit overlay shows the real positions of the Sun, Moon and Milky Way (band and galactic core) over your live camera. Phase-accurate Moon. Azimuth and altitude grid with cardinal markers. Drag the sky to scrub time. AI Sky Summary advises the best moment for the shot. NEW — DEPTH OF FIELD & HYPERFOCAL Per-sensor accurate hyperfocal and DoF calculator with an interactive 3D focus-range scene. NEW — CINE ND CALCULATOR Whole-stop ND recommendations for video and drone shooters. Frame rate, shutter angle and metered shutter in, ND filter out. NEW — SHOOTING CONDITIONS & TIDES 10-day forecast covering cloud cover, gusts, precipitation timing, humidity, moon, recent rainfall (waterfall flow guidance), and a full tide chart with high and low markers. NEW — PROJECTS & CAPTURES Save planning locations with solar, weather and tide data. Captures from Light Meter and Viewfinder file straight into projects. Share .xpproj files via AirDrop, Messages or Mail. NEW — FILM RECIPROCITY Around 30 stocks (Ilford, Kodak, Fujifilm, Kentmere, Adox, Fomapan, Shanghai) with verified manufacturer data including Harman's official 2024 v2 factors. NEW — VIEWFINDER PREVIEW Simulate any sensor and focal length (12 to 600mm) through your iPhone camera. Auto-switches to ultra-wide for wide angles. LIGHT METER — MASSIVELY UPGRADED Spot, Matrix and Multi-Point metering modes. Aperture, Shutter, ISO and Cine priority. T-stop, shutter angle (15 to 360 degrees), and frame rate (24 to 60 fps). Multi-point shows EV per pin and recommends a graduated ND. CUSTOM EFFECTS Create your own effects in the Effects Calculator — name, description, target exposure. LEARN HUB New guides — Astrophotography & the Milky Way, Planning a Shoot, AI Calculator, Cine ND, Depth of Field, Film Reciprocity. EVERYWHERE ELSE • Hub-based navigation (Calculate, Capture, Plan, Learn, Settings) • Live Activities, Dynamic Island, Floating Timer • Apple Watch app with Golden Hour • Home Screen widgets — Small, Medium, Large • 10 accent colours, dark mode • iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch WHAT'S FREE ND Calculator, Effects Calculator, Depth of Field, Cine ND, Light Meter (centre-weighted and Av), Film Reciprocity, Learn hub, Live Activities, widgets, Watch app. All free, forever. XPOSURE PRO AI Calculator, Planner, Golden Hour, AR Night-Sky, Conditions & Tides, Projects, Viewfinder, Spot/Matrix/Multi-Point metering, Tv/ISO/Cine priority, Custom Effects. • Weekly subscription with a free trial • Yearly subscription with an extended free trial (best value) Existing customers — you're already Pro for life. Thanks for being with us from day one. ### 3.0 — 2026-02-23 We appreciate your support choosing Xposure! If you're enjoying the app, please take a moment to rate us on the App Store — it helps other photographers discover Xposure and supports continued development.  Have an idea for a new feature? Use the Suggest a Feature option in Settings to let us know. What's New in Version 3.0: Golden Hour — All New   Track golden hour, sunrise, sunset, blue hour, and twilight in real time with dynamic sky backgrounds that change throughout the day. See countdown timers to your next solar event, view the full Morning and Evening timeline, check current weather conditions, and browse solar events for any date. Home Screen Widgets Small, Medium, and Large Golden Hour widgets show your next solar event without opening the app. Dynamic gradient backgrounds match the current sky, with twinkling stars at night. Apple Watch App — Redesigned ND Calculator for your wrist with filter selection and circular progress timer. Plus Golden Hour and Weather views, all synced with your iPhone. Location Search & Favorites Search any location worldwide to check golden hour times before you travel. Save favorite shooting spots for quick access with timezone-aware display for international locations. 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