Lightlapse vs ProFilm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Day to night time-lapse capture
- DSLR/mirrorless camera control
- Wi-Fi enabled camera connection
- Real-time preview
- Lightroom/Photoshop editing plugins
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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.
ProFilm
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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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. ProFilm sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Lightlapse asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Lightlapse | ProFilm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rhino Camera Gear | 阳智 欧 |
In-app purchases
Lightlapse
No in-app purchases
ProFilm
- Tip One$0.99
- Tip Two$2.99
- Tip Three$9.99
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- Tip Four$29.99
- Tip Five$99.99









