Comparison

Technical Camera vs mySpotMeter

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

Head to head
About

Technical Camera

This app offers advanced controls for still photography, allowing users to customize image quality, color space, and geotagging per album. It features unique tools like a framing preview, highlight/shadow alerts, and manual exposure settings for precise image capture.

Highlights
  • Album-specific image quality and settings
  • Selectable image sizes including RAW
  • Framing Previsor for telephoto simulation
  • Highlight and shadow alerts
  • Manual ISO, shutter speed, and focus
  • Color managed capture to display
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The ultimate still photo app for the conscious image maker - works equally well for serious photography as for organized visual note taking. With a handful of unique features you'll not find anywhere else. Photos are saved to individual albums created with a specific purpose in mind. Such as different photo shoots or projects, visual shopping lists, recipes from the grandmother's cookbook, things for sale, monthly gas and electricity meter readings - the list is endless. These uses need different image qualities and sizes (you'll seldom make a large print of a meter reading, for example), so the app has: • Album specific image quality, color space (wide color capable devices only) and geotagging settings. • Selectable image quality with full, half, quarter, high color fidelity quarter HQ sizes and a super tiny 0.48 megapixel 800x600 JPG, as well as RAW and RAW+JPG on devices supporting RAW capture. The 800x600 JPG is up to 20 times smaller than a regular JPG, making it extremely gentle with your mobile plan's data allowance. • Color space can be set to Display P3, Adobe RGB or sRGB for JPG files and Adobe RGB or sRGB for RAW previews. • Home screen Quick Actions for selecting the last recently used three albums. Unique features include: • Framing Previsor for showing on the wide angle camera's image what the telephoto camera would see.* Also works with wide converters. • Highlight and shadow alerts. • Protective exposure metering. • Auto ISO with minimum, maximum and minimum shutter speed settings. • Real time distortion correction for wide angle converters via correction profiles, as well as a custom converter for other lenses.* • Selectable screen frame rate to balance between fluid experience and power saving, and to avoid flicker with lighting running on 50Hz mains frequency. • TIFF/EP compliant DNG files with support for wide color and full resolution embedded previews. * Utilizes the time-tested precise simulation and distortion correction engines of our Mark II Artist's Viewfinder app. Other notable features: • Manual control for ISO and shutter speed in 1/3 stop increments. • Manual focus with focus peaking. Selectable peaking color. • Exposure compensation up to +/-5 stops. • Exposure and focus lock. • Continuous and single AF modes. • Grid display with 2x2, 3x3 and 8x6 choices. • Luminance only Black & White mode. • Artist and copyright metadata. The copyright template supports tokens for the current year (so it's always up-to-date), artist name and the copyright symbol. • Four user-assignable Smart Function Keys to bring most-used functions to a single tap distance, with 7 functions to choose from. • Completely neutral viewing to avoid interfering with your color vision during composition. • Fully color managed, from capture to display, including color-correct display of wide color RAW images. Technical Camera only supports the back camera(s) in still photography mode. No videos or selfies. No fancy filters. The Framing Previsor requires a dual-camera device or a wide converter lens. The complete list of supported wide converter lenses can be found on the Tech Specs page: https://www.direstudio.com/technical-camera/tech-specs/ For more information we recommend to check out our Technical Camera How To's: https://www.direstudio.com/technical-camera/how-tos/

About

mySpotMeter

This app transforms your iPhone into a precise spot meter for photographers. It allows for detailed exposure control by measuring specific areas, evaluating contrast, and calculating settings for film or digital photography.

Highlights
  • Selectable 1°, 2°, and 4° spot metering angles
  • Dedicated readings for shadows, highlights, and middle gray
  • Aperture or shutter speed priority
  • Store and compare measurements
  • Instant aperture calculation
  • Wide ISO, shutter speed, and aperture ranges
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Designed by a photographer, for photographers. Built with one clear goal: precise spot metering for photographers who want full control over exposure. mySpotMeter turns your iPhone into a dedicated spot meter with selectable 1°, 2° and 4° measuring angles. Whether you shoot film or digital, you can isolate specific areas, evaluate contrast and place your exposure with confidence. Key Features • Selectable 1°, 2° and 4° spot metering angles • Dedicated readings for shadows, highlights and middle gray • Aperture or shutter speed priority • Average readings mode • Store and compare measurements directly on the exposure scale • Clear EV difference between your target and the current reading • Instant aperture calculation based on the selected ISO and shutter speed • Shutter speed range from 240 seconds to 1/8000s • Aperture range from f/1.0 to f/128 • ISO range from 3 to 409.6K • Exposure settings in 1/3 or 1/2-stop increments • Measure using the on-screen control or the iPhone volume buttons • Automatic calibration and precise manual EV adjustment • Filter factor correction up to FF1000 Built for Deliberate Exposure Instead of averaging the entire scene, mySpotMeter lets you measure only the area that matters. Compare shadows and highlights, understand the available contrast and decide exactly where to place your exposure before pressing the shutter. Download the User Manual You can view or download the complete user manual before purchasing or downloading the app. Scroll to the Information section of this App Store page and tap Developer Website. About This app is built and maintained by an independent photographer and developer. It is a focused photographic tool, continuously refined through real-world use. If you have suggestions or need help, feel free to contact me: davidquiles@me.com

Screenshots

Technical Camera4 screens
mySpotMeter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: mySpotMeter at $6.99 against Technical Camera's $19.99. mySpotMeter also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months) and chart position (#63 vs unranked). Technical Camera's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.2) and device support (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Technical Camera costs $19.99 and mySpotMeter $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Technical Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Technical Camera ships an update every 4 months, mySpotMeter every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Technical Camera versus mySpotMeter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTechnical CameramySpotMeter
Price$19.99$6.99 — better
Rating4.9 (17 ratings) — better4.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#63 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better26
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIRE StudioDavid Quiles

Customer experience

Technical Camera

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

mySpotMeter

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Technical Camera

No in-app purchases

None

mySpotMeter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Technical Camera free?
Technical Camera costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is mySpotMeter free?
mySpotMeter costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Technical Camera or mySpotMeter?
Technical Camera is rated higher. Technical Camera averages 4.9 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while mySpotMeter averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do Technical Camera or mySpotMeter have ads?
Neither Technical Camera nor mySpotMeter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Technical Camera or mySpotMeter?
Technical Camera ships an update every 4 months, and mySpotMeter every 2 days. Most recently, Technical Camera was updated on September 21, 2026 and mySpotMeter on September 23, 2026.

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