Comparison

This App is a Light Meter vs Light Lamb

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

Head to head
About

This App is a Light Meter

This app transforms your phone into a light meter for pinhole photography. It helps calculate precise exposure times and includes a timer and inverter for developing your negatives.

Highlights
  • Light meter for pinhole cameras
  • Calculates exposure time
  • Integrated timer
  • Negative inverter
  • Works with any pinhole camera
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Take the guesswork out of calculating your pinhole camera’s exposure time by using your phone or tablet as a light meter. The meter is designed to work with any pinhole camera, and its particularly well suited for Kelli Anderson’s ‘This Book is a Camera.’ Includes a timer to count down every second to your ideal exposure, and an inverter to reveal the final image of your pinhole negative.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

This App is a Light Meter4 screens
Light Lamb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Light Lamb at 5.0 against This App is a Light Meter's 4.1. Light Lamb also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%). This App is a Light Meter's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Light Lamb holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: This App is a Light Meter has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of This App is a Light Meter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Light Lamb's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
This App is a Light Meter versus Light Lamb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThis App is a Light MeterLight Lamb
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (13 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOak Studios, LLCCHUN YIN FUNG

Customer experience

This App is a Light Meter

All ratings13 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

Light Lamb

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

This App is a Light Meter

No in-app purchases

None

Light Lamb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is This App is a Light Meter free?
This App is a Light Meter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Light Lamb free?
Light Lamb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, This App is a Light Meter or Light Lamb?
Light Lamb is rated higher. This App is a Light Meter averages 4.1 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Light Lamb averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do This App is a Light Meter or Light Lamb have ads?
Neither This App is a Light Meter nor Light Lamb shows ads.
Which is updated more often, This App is a Light Meter or Light Lamb?
This App is a Light Meter ships an update every 3 months, and Light Lamb every 3 months. Most recently, This App is a Light Meter was updated on August 23, 2026 and Light Lamb on June 11, 2026.

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