Lightning Lens vs 48 MP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightning Lens
This camera app offers advanced manual controls and remote shooting capabilities. Capture photos in various formats, including RAW, with customizable settings for intervals, timers, and default views. Take pictures remotely using a smartwatch.
- Custom interval shooting
- Automatic photo capture count
- Adjustable photo timer
- Configurable default camera settings
- Remote photo capture via Apple Watch
- RAW, JPG, and HEIF output formats
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Lightning Lens is a premium camera app for photographers. With powerful features and lightning speed, it is easy enough for anyone to pickup and use. Features: - Custom interval setting so you can choose how fast your photos will be taken. - Ability to choose how many photos to automatically capture. - Timer to delay photo capturing at a set amount you choose. - Ability to configure default camera view settings. - Remotely take photos from your Apple Watch. - Ability to choose output format including RAW, JPG, and HEIF.
48 MP
Capture high-resolution 48MP photos in HEIC or JPEG formats. Gain full manual control over camera settings like focus, shutter speed, and ISO for professional-quality images. Includes a timer for selfies and adjustable torch levels.
- Capture 48MP HEIC/JPEG photos
- Full manual camera control
- Adjust focus, shutter speed, ISO
- Adjust temperature and tint
- Torch level adjustment
- Timer with countdown alerts
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WARNING: 48MP can capture 48 megapixel photos only on the iPhone Pro 14 and newer models. Capture lightweight super high resolution photos 48 megapixel photos saved in JPEG or HEIC formats. Have a full control over the camera and manually adjust the focus, shutter speed, ISO, temperature and tint to capture amazing photos. Special features: - capture 48M pixels photos in HEIC or JPEG formats on the iPhone 14 Pro Max and newer models The app can still capture HEIC and JPEG photos on other devices. - full camera control. Manually adjust: • the focus • the shutter speed • the ISO • the temperature • the tint - Tap where you want to focus, or press and hold where you want to set the exposure - Double tap to change the preview size, triple tap to set the camera in automatic mode - Adjust the torch level to light up your scene - Timer: adjust the timer, and chose an eventual countdown beep or flash alert, to capture great RAW/ProRAW selfies - All your 48 megapixel photos are automatically saved in your photo library, i.e. Photos app If you have any question, issue, or suggestion, just drop us an email at support@seb-appstore.com Check out many great iPhone and iPad apps at seb-appstore.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lightning Lens at 75% against 48 MP's 0%. Lightning Lens also leads on rating (3.0 vs 1.0) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Lightning Lens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 48 MP sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lightning Lens holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Lightning Lens's written reviews are positive against 0% of 48 MP's.
Lightning Lens ships an update every 5 months, 48 MP every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightning Lens | 48 MP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Devante McFarlane | Sebastien BUET |
Customer experience
Lightning Lens
48 MP
In-app purchases
Lightning Lens
- Remove Ads$0.99
48 MP
- Yearly Subscription$3.991 Year









