Exposure Meter and Learning vs Light Lamb
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exposure Meter and Learning
This free application functions as an exposure meter for photography. It automatically measures EV values and displays aperture and shutter speed combinations. Users can also manually adjust EV to preview brightness changes on their screen.
- Automatic EV measurement
- Aperture and shutter speed display
- Manual EV adjustment
- On-screen brightness preview
- Free to use
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This is a free exposure meter. When the left EV button is pressed, the EV value is automatically measured and the combination of the aperture and the shutter speed is displayed. If you change the ev value manually, the brightness is previewed on the screen. If you like film camera, " EE35 film camera " App is also recommended.
Light Lamb
This app acts as a light meter for film photographers, offering both automatic and manual control over camera settings. It helps ensure correct exposure by suggesting adjustments based on your chosen parameters and scene conditions. Features include spot metering, safe shutter speed awareness, and the ability to save settings with scene photos.
- Automatic exposure mode for film cameras
- Assisted manual control of aperture, shutter, ISO
- Histogram for exposure visualization
- Safe shutter speed matching
- Spot metering with 5x zoom
- Customizable ISO, aperture, shutter speed ranges
- Save settings with scene photos and location
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Light Lamb is a free photographers’ light meter app for iOS. You can let Light Lamb decide everything for you like getting an auto mode for your manual film camera, or you could have full manual control of the parameters, or whatever you want in between. - Now with histogram (New in 1.3.0) Use the histogram to make sure the scene is exposed just like how you envisioned. - From full auto to assisted manual control In most cameras if you pick a parameter like aperture, shutter, or ISO, the camera would stick to your chosen values even if it's too dark or too bright for the scene. The reason we made Light Lamb is to have a light meter that would suggest different settings if the chosen parameters are not suitable. For example, you can keep your settings at f/8 and 1/125 for deep depth of field and fast shutter speed, but if it's too dark, Light Lamb would suggest brighter values to make sure it's correctly exposed. Or say you want to set the aperture to f/1.4 for shallow depth of field, and if it's bright outside and the shutter is already at its fastest speed, Light Lamb would suggest a smaller aperture. Just set the parameters to what you want and Light Lamb will handle the rest. - Safe shutter-aware Pick a preferred slowest shutter speed you want and Light Lamb will match it. If the scene is too dark, Light Lamb automatically pick a slower shutter speed beyond the safe shutter to achieve the correct exposure. - Spot metering Zoom in 5x to focus the measurements to small areas in contrasting scenes. - Match your equipment Choose the range and increment of ISO, aperture, and shutter speed to match your equipment. Choose between whole-stop, half-stop, and one-third EV increments for each parameter. - Keep a memo Keep a memo of the settings used, including a photo of the scene and the location. Export it as a beautiful picture note formatted in 4:5 aspect ratio, great for posting to Instagram along with your photo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Light Lamb at 5.0 against Exposure Meter and Learning's 4.6. Light Lamb also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 22 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). Exposure Meter and Learning's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Light Lamb holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exposure Meter and Learning has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Exposure Meter and Learning's written reviews are positive against 100% of Light Lamb's.
Exposure Meter and Learning ships an update every 22 months, Light Lamb every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exposure Meter and Learning | Light Lamb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EIGHTIVE DESIGN, Inc. | CHUN YIN FUNG |
Customer experience
Exposure Meter and Learning
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In-app purchases
Exposure Meter and Learning
No in-app purchases
Light Lamb
No in-app purchases
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