This App is a Light Meter vs selfer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
selfer
Capture perfect self-portraits without needing a photographer. This app automates photo taking with customizable intervals, allowing you to set up your device and get multiple shots to choose from. Manage your captured images easily within the app before saving or sharing.
- Customizable photo intervals
- Automatic photo capture
- Internal photo management
- Save, delete, and share photos
- Autofocus and flash control
- Switch between front and back cameras
- Disable shutter sound
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Let's be honest, not everyone has their own photographer at the rate, but everyone wants to have the perfect photo of yourself to share it on social media, send to parents or use on dating apps and you don't want to bother someone every time to help with it. Just ask the app to do it, it never gets tired :) App provides custom camera to take photos with the specified interval. You can handle device in your hand and use different angles or put it somewhere to be focused on you and app will make as many photos as you want automatically. This makes it possible to take a picture of yourself on your own and choose only the perfect photos from the many taken. All photos are initially saved in internal app's memory and grouped into photosets to not get mixed with your device gallery photos. Photosets and photos can be conveniently managed such as save to gallery, delete, share etc. Camera has all needed features to take the perfect selfie: autofocus, configuration of photos interval in seconds and minutes, lock of screen sleep when camera is active, maximum image quality, disable or enable shutter sound, you can switch between all camera lens direction (for example between back and front cameras), flash mode. UI is easy to use, built using material design and has support of dark mode to provide nice looking and convenient interface.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: selfer at 4.7 against This App is a Light Meter's 4.1. selfer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). This App is a Light Meter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). 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. selfer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. This App is a Light Meter asks for nothing beyond the download.
selfer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: selfer has 96 ratings behind it against 13, 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 selfer's.
This App is a Light Meter ships an update every 3 months, selfer monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | This App is a Light Meter | selfer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (13 ratings) | 4.7 (96 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 96 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Oak Studios, LLC | Ihor Prysiazhniuk |
Customer experience
This App is a Light Meter
selfer
In-app purchases
This App is a Light Meter
No in-app purchases
selfer
- Pro version$3.99
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