Aftab Luminance vs False Checker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
False Checker
This tool helps filmmakers analyze exposure and lighting using false color visualization. It provides instant insights into lighting ratios and stop differences, aiding in on-set decisions and pre-production planning.
- False color visualization
- Lighting ratio calculator
- Quick reference tool
- Easy-to-use interface
- Exposure analysis
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False Checker was designed for filmmakers who need a quick and accurate way to analyze exposure on set or during pre-production. Whether you're referencing images on set or researching for upcoming projects, this tool gives you precise insights into lighting and exposure using false color. Features: False Color Visualization: Instantly convert images into false color to see exposure levels at a glance. Lighting Ratio Calculator: Tap two IRE swatches to get the lighting ratio and stop difference between highlights and shadows. Quick Reference Tool: Perfect for on-set use or pre-shoot planning, ensuring your lighting is spot on. Easy-to-Use Interface: Simple, intuitive design for fast analysis. Created to give filmmakers a quick and easy way to check exposure and lighting on the go. Whether you're on set or prepping for your next job, False Checker helps you nail the perfect shot.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: False Checker at 4.0 against Aftab Luminance's 3.0. False Checker also leads on price ($5.99 vs $7.99). Aftab Luminance's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Aftab Luminance costs $7.99 and False Checker $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
False Checker holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Aftab Luminance ships an update every 3 weeks, False Checker every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aftab Luminance | False Checker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | $5.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Majid Miri | eric Hernandez |
Customer experience
Aftab Luminance
False Checker
In-app purchases
Aftab Luminance
No in-app purchases
False Checker
No in-app purchases
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