Comparison

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.

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

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

This App is a Light Meter4 screens
selfer4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
This App is a Light Meter versus selfer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThis App is a Light Meterselfer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (13 ratings)4.7 (96 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1396 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB22 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOak Studios, LLCIhor Prysiazhniuk

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%

selfer

All ratings96 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

This App is a Light Meter

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

selfer

One-time1
  • Pro version$3.99

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 selfer free?
selfer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, This App is a Light Meter or selfer?
selfer is rated higher. This App is a Light Meter averages 4.1 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while selfer averages 4.7 from 96 ratings.
Do This App is a Light Meter or selfer have ads?
Neither This App is a Light Meter nor selfer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, This App is a Light Meter or selfer?
This App is a Light Meter ships an update every 3 months, and selfer monthly. Most recently, This App is a Light Meter was updated on August 23, 2026 and selfer on September 10, 2026.

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