Comparison

Lightlapse vs ProFilm

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

Head to head
About

Lightlapse

Capture stunning day-to-night time-lapses with your DSLR or mirrorless camera using just your phone. Connect wirelessly to compatible Canon, Sony, and Nikon cameras to set exposure and duration. Preview and share your creations, with advanced editing plugins available via upgrade.

Highlights
  • Day to night time-lapse capture
  • DSLR/mirrorless camera control
  • Wi-Fi enabled camera connection
  • Real-time preview
  • Lightroom/Photoshop editing plugins
Features
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Lightlapse is the first app that allows you to capture day to night Time-Lapses on your DSLR or Mirrorless camera. You no longer need a $400 piece of hardware to capture the “Holy Grail” of time-lapses. All you need is your phone, camera, and a great composition. Lightlapse supports most Canon, Sony, and Nikon cameras that are Wifi enabled and connecting is extremely simple. Once connected, all you have to do is expose your shot and set how long you want to run for. After you time-lapse has started you can sit back and watch a preview of it as it progresses and even share it after it’s complete. Best of all, when you upgrade Lightlapse to remove the restrictions you gain access to our editing plugins for Lightroom and Photoshop to process your images before posting.

About

ProFilm

Features
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ProFilm is an APP that can use gesture control to quickly take photos and videos. The normal mode can take photos (P), video (V), slow motion (S) and time-lapse photography (T). The professional mode can carry out separate manual and automatic control of ISO, SEC, WB and AF on the basis of the normal mode. There are also different lens options to meet the needs of professional shooting in different scenes. -- Gesture control -- - According to the gesture Settings in the Settings, by making the corresponding gestures (victory, palm, fist, thumb up, thumb down), control the start and stop of video shooting and taking photos -- Smooth zoom -- - By setting the parameters of smooth zoom, set the appropriate duration, minimum value, maximum value, you can get the silky zoom effect when recording video, and you can also get the Hitchcock video effect with the position mirror -- Color space -- - Supported by different iPhone and ipad models, there are normal video, Dolby video, ProRes encoded video, Log encoded video

Screenshots

Lightlapse3 screens
ProFilm3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lightlapse at none against ProFilm's 5. Lightlapse also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.2). ProFilm's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads and device support 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

Both are free to download. ProFilm sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Lightlapse asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lightlapse ships an update every 4 months, ProFilm every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lightlapse versus ProFilm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightlapseProFilm
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.2
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRhino Camera Gear阳智 欧

In-app purchases

None

Lightlapse

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

ProFilm

One-time5
  • Tip One$0.99
  • Tip Two$2.99
  • Tip Three$9.99
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  • Tip Four$29.99
  • Tip Five$99.99

Questions

Is Lightlapse free?
Lightlapse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ProFilm free?
ProFilm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lightlapse or ProFilm have ads?
Neither Lightlapse nor ProFilm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lightlapse or ProFilm?
Lightlapse ships an update every 4 months, and ProFilm every 6 days. Most recently, Lightlapse was updated on November 2, 2026 and ProFilm on November 8, 2026.

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