Comparison

iLightningCam AI vs Full Spectrum Camera

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iLightningCam AI

This app automatically captures lightning strikes without manual shutter presses. It uses AI for enhanced detection and image processing, offering various modes for different storm conditions. An optional studio add-on allows for advanced editing and combining strike phases.

Highlights
  • Automatic lightning strike capture
  • AI-powered detection and processing
  • Multiple storm modes
  • Real-time image analysis
  • Advanced editing tools (in-app purchase)
  • Combine strike phases
  • Time-lapse creation
Features
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iLightningCam AI – photograph lightning without pressing the shutter. Set up your iPhone and point it at the storm. The app watches the camera image and takes the shot automatically at every strike. Each detected strike appears as a card with all images of that moment and a combined image that brings all phases together. Save the images you choose to the Photos app. iLightningCam AI is the successor to iLightningCam 2 and to iLightningCam, the first lightning app for iOS, available on the App Store since 2011. Existing owners of iLightningCam 2 receive iLightningCam AI as an update. Why “AI”: the parameters for lightning detection and for post-processing in the Studio were determined with artificial intelligence, using thousands of real lightning images from iLightningCam 2 and iLightningCam AI. iLightningCam AI is a genuine photo app. It uses no generative AI to create images. The Studio, too, only optimizes and enhances your own shots and never creates artificial lightning. WHAT THE APP DOES • Real-time lightning detection, day and night, with images at photo resolution • More phases per strike: high temporal resolution captures how a strike develops across several individual images • Much improved detection, especially in daylight against a bright sky, with few false triggers • Higher image quality thanks to the new engine and the HEIC format • Automatic exposure, frame rate and capture mode, tuned for lightning and for your iPhone • Modes for every storm: Auto, Normal, Near Lightning, Distant Lightning, Sheet Lightning and Manual, with your own ISO range • Horizon line: nothing below it is analyzed, so cars and streetlights don’t interfere • Focus calibration for every lens, optimized for storm photography • Detailed in-app manual in eight languages, including the basics of lightning photography iLightningCam Studio (in-app purchase) The optional add-on brings editing tools to the app: • Choose the best phases of a strike and combine them into an image of your own • Lightning Repair: bring out the bolt, remove dark edges along it, soften the bright horizontal band the camera can produce. Many image defects can be reduced considerably this way, but not all. • Crop and fine-tune light and color • Save as an image, Live Photo or video clip • Time-lapse of the entire storm, with separate speed settings for the strikes and the storm One-time purchase, Family Sharing included, no subscription. Your originals stay untouched. The Studio only works with strikes captured with iLightningCam AI. Images from iLightningCam 2, from other apps or from the Photos app cannot be imported. REQUIREMENTS iPhone with iOS 17 or later, iPad with iPadOS 17 or later. For good results, use a tripod or steady support and make sure you have a clear view of the storm. SAFETY Thunderstorms are life-threatening. Seek shelter immediately as soon as a storm can be seen or heard, and never stay outdoors. Only take photos from inside an enclosed building, through a window. You are responsible for your own actions and for any resulting damage. The app is not intended for children or for people who cannot protect themselves from thunderstorms. The full safety information is in chapter 1 of the in-app manual.

About

Full Spectrum Camera

Transform ordinary green foliage into vibrant, eye-catching colors for unique photos and videos. Adjust color primaries, apply presets, or create a striking black and white effect to make your subjects pop.

Highlights
  • Real-time color transformation
  • RGB to BGR color swap
  • Color offset sliders
  • Black & white effect
  • Color presets
Features
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Using it’s advanced real-time algorithm, Full Spectrum Camera turns the green colors from grass, trees and bushes into eye-catching bright and popping colors, allowing to capture spectacular photos and videos, that truly stand out. • RGB - BGR Create the popular BGR look using the RGB swap toggle • Color Offset Fine-tune the final look using the color primaries offset sliders. • Black & White Make the colors pop even more, by turning everything else into black & white. • Presets Get some inspiration by applying one of the many color presets. Have any questions or feedback? Contact us! @fullspectrumcamera on Instagram or Facebook

Screenshots

iLightningCam AI4 screens
Full Spectrum Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Full Spectrum Camera at none against iLightningCam AI's 1. Full Spectrum Camera also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.9) and price ($2.99 vs $3.99). iLightningCam AI's advantage is review sentiment (68% vs 49%) and ratings volume (97 vs 6). On update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iLightningCam AI costs $3.99 and Full Spectrum Camera $2.99 up front. iLightningCam AI sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Full Spectrum Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Full Spectrum Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iLightningCam AI has 97 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of iLightningCam AI's written reviews are positive against 49% of Full Spectrum Camera's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
iLightningCam AI versus Full Spectrum Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriLightningCam AIFull Spectrum Camera
Price$3.99$2.99 — better
Rating3.9 (97 ratings)4.2 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.3% of reviews — better48.6% of reviews
Number of ratings97 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorian StiassnyMads Hagbarth Damsbo

Customer experience

iLightningCam AI

All ratings97 ratings
Positive72.2%
Neutral4.1%
Negative23.7%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative25.4%

Full Spectrum Camera

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive48.6%
Neutral16.7%
Negative34.7%

User reviews

iLightningCam AI

From 97 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📸 Captures amazing lightning
  • 🚀 Works automatically
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🤩 Creates stunning photos
  • 💰 Worth the price

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Blurry photos on newer iPhones
  • 🐛 White/gray bars on photos
  • 🐛 Overexposed photos
  • 🐛 Misses many lightning strikes
  • 🐛 Outdated UI

Full Spectrum Camera

From 6 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Unique infrared photography
  • 🎨 Stunning and surreal images
  • 🌟 Takes imagery to another level
  • 🎨 Great app for color editing
  • 📸 Captures stunning pictures

Room to improve

  • 📉 Exports in low quality
  • 🖼️ Cannot import existing photos
  • 🚫 Lacks basic functionality
  • 📷 Limited to camera use
  • 👎 Quality not the best

Bugs and requests

iLightningCam AI

Reported bugs

22 issues
  • 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
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  • 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

Requested features

15 requests
  • Vertical mode
  • RAW format output
  • More control over aperture and shutter speed
  • Higher resolution output (24MP)
  • HEIC or RAW format saving
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  • 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

Full Spectrum Camera

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Cannot upload videos
  • Video doesn't work
  • App crashes when activating video
  • App crashes when recording video
  • White screen on iPhone 8 Plus
Show 2 more
  • App crashes phone
  • App crashes when trying to record video

Requested features

10 requests
  • Update resolution for current iPhones
  • Add ability to mask objects
  • Make a video editor
  • Allow editing of existing videos from gallery
  • Export in higher quality formats (JPEG 100%, TIFF)
Show 5 more
  • Add front camera support
  • Add RAW or TIFF export support
  • Allow importing photos from library
  • Add in-app editing for colors
  • Add ability to edit existing photos from library

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iLightningCam AI

One-time1
  • iLightningCam Studio$2.99
None

Full Spectrum Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iLightningCam AI free?
iLightningCam AI costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Full Spectrum Camera free?
Full Spectrum Camera costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iLightningCam AI or Full Spectrum Camera?
Full Spectrum Camera is rated higher. iLightningCam AI averages 3.9 out of 5 from 97 ratings, while Full Spectrum Camera averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do iLightningCam AI or Full Spectrum Camera have ads?
Neither iLightningCam AI nor Full Spectrum Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iLightningCam AI or Full Spectrum Camera?
iLightningCam AI ships an update every 4 months, and Full Spectrum Camera every 4 months. Most recently, iLightningCam AI was updated on November 6, 2026 and Full Spectrum Camera on November 6, 2026.

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