Widget Brightness vs Light Meter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widget Brightness
Control your device's screen brightness directly from a widget. Quickly adjust brightness levels without opening the application, offering convenient access to screen settings.
- Adjust brightness from widget
- Direct brightness control
- URL scheme support
- Set specific brightness levels via URL
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This app can change the brightness simply in widget. You can directly change the brightness adjustment. URL scheme: Open app: widgetbrightness:// Open app and set brightness. widgetbrightness://update/0 widgetbrightness://update/25 widgetbrightness://update/50 widgetbrightness://update/75 widgetbrightness://update/100
Light Meter
This application acts as a portable light meter, allowing users to measure light intensity in lux and foot candles. It offers real-time readings, a log library for saving measurements, and the ability to calibrate with professional devices for enhanced accuracy. The app supports both front and rear cameras and saves scene images.
- Real-time light intensity measurement
- Lux and foot candle readings
- Saveable log library
- Calibration with professional illuminometer
- Front and rear camera support
- Scene image saving
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Light Meter - Lux and foot candle measurement tool in your pocket! Light Meter for Film Photography. Light meter in your pocket! The only app you really need to measure light intensity. You can calibrated with professional Illuminometer. Features: - Exclusive simplicity and convenience of use with unique and attractive design. - Real-time measurements. - Result are save-able into log library. - All result are comparable with Variable Lux, foot candle, ISO and Date in log library. - Scene Image are save-able into camera-roll - Front and rear camera supported. - Lux and foot candle measurement. - Option to Calibrated with light sensitivity. To ensure the accuracy of measurements. you can calibrated with professional high-precision illuminometer. Note : Light Meter app is not a replacement for a professional device and should be used for private purposes only. Thanks for your support and do visit nitrio.com for more apps for your iOS devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Light Meter at 4.2 against Widget Brightness's 2.3. Light Meter also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 10%). Widget Brightness's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 48 months) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Widget Brightness costs $1.99 and Light Meter $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Light Meter holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Widget Brightness's written reviews are positive against 50% of Light Meter's.
Widget Brightness ships an update every 2 months, Light Meter every 48 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Brightness | Light Meter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 48 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KENICHI IIDA | Nitrio |
Customer experience
Widget Brightness
Light Meter
In-app purchases
Widget Brightness
No in-app purchases
Light Meter
No in-app purchases
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