Comparison

Aftab Luminance vs Luminis Light Meter

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

Head to head
About

Aftab Luminance

This app generates physically based HDR images with accurate luminance values, useful for lighting designers, architects, photographers, and real estate professionals. It offers tools for measuring light, creating false-color images, and analyzing daylight availability.

Highlights
  • Generate physically based HDR images
  • Measure luminance values (min, max, mean, average)
  • Create false-color images with custom scales
  • Produce sun-path diagrams
  • Calculate daylight autonomy and daylight factor
  • Analyze natural lighting conditions
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This app creates true HDR images that can be uploaded or downloaded via iTunes, making it useful for four main groups of users: 1-Lighting Designers 2-Architects 3-Photographers 4-Real Estate Professionals For lighting designers, the app’s core function is to generate physically based HDR images in which every pixel represents an accurate luminance value. A simple calibration feature ensures more reliable results. Using the app, designers can measure luminance values—minimum, maximum, mean, and average—within any area of a scene. They can also create false-color images with different scales and palettes to assess both the quantity and quality of light in a space. Additionally, with GPS and motion sensor integration, the app can produce sun-path diagrams, calculate total sunlight hours, and estimate metrics such as Daylight Autonomy, Continuous Daylight Autonomy, and Daylight Factor for specific camera positions and orientations. It can even generate annual temporal daylight illuminance diagrams for a given point in space. For architects, the same daylight availability analyses and sun-path diagrams are valuable tools when evaluating the natural lighting conditions of existing spaces. For photographers, the HDR images captured by the app can be saved to a computer, enabling advanced post-processing with external software. For real estate professionals and prospective buyers, the app provides insights into natural lighting conditions and sunlight exposure for individual spaces within a building, helping them better understand a property before making purchase decisions.

About

Luminis Light Meter

Features
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Light Meter is an app that helps you calculate the right exposure using your main phone camera. You just need to set the ISO speed of the film you're using and set the desired aperture value and the app will recalculate the shutter speed for you, simple as that. Features: • Calculate exposure with the main camera sensor • Tap the aperture or shutter speed value to lock it and change priority mode • Use the zoom menu or simple pinch to zoom function and use zoomed part as the area metering mode • Use the Snap function to easily set the desired camera parameters • Add and save your entire shooting process to notes quickly • Back up your notes using the backup feature • Use B&W mode to see how your photos will turn out in real time • Use the Film Stock feature to choose the type of film you're shooting with We constantly update the app to provide more features that users are looking for, so expect even more with future updates. Thank you for using the Light Meter app.

Screenshots

Aftab Luminance4 screens
Luminis Light Meter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Luminis Light Meter at Free against Aftab Luminance's $7.99. Aftab Luminance's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Luminis Light Meter is free to download; Aftab Luminance costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aftab Luminance ships an update every 3 weeks, Luminis Light Meter fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Aftab Luminance versus Luminis Light Meter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAftab LuminanceLuminis Light Meter
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB28 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMajid MiriDejan Boras

In-app purchases

None

Aftab Luminance

No in-app purchases

None

Luminis Light Meter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aftab Luminance free?
Aftab Luminance costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Luminis Light Meter free?
Luminis Light Meter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aftab Luminance or Luminis Light Meter have ads?
Luminis Light Meter shows ads; Aftab Luminance does not.
Which is updated more often, Aftab Luminance or Luminis Light Meter?
Aftab Luminance ships an update every 3 weeks, and Luminis Light Meter fortnightly. Most recently, Aftab Luminance was updated on September 25, 2026 and Luminis Light Meter on October 25, 2026.

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