Comparison

SmartBeam® Luminance Camera vs Tiny Smart

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

Head to head
About

SmartBeam® Luminance Camera

This app transforms your iOS device into a professional luminance camera, enabling quick assessments of surface brightness. It uses a calibrated false-color filter to visualize light variations, aiding lighting designers, architects, and engineers. The tool also allows for saving and sharing images for reports and collaboration.

Highlights
  • Surface and point luminance measurement
  • Live false color display
  • Luminance selfie mode
  • Multiple luminance scales (Cd/m2, cd/ft2, fl)
  • Auto and manual exposure control
  • Image sharing and saving
Features
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The SmartBeam® Luminance Camera app solves the problem of how to make quick and meaningful assessments of surface light levels. The app turns your iOS device into a professional luminance camera wherever you are. Luminance is a fundamental measure of the brightness of a given surface or the amount of light emitted or reflected off that surface. It also indicates how much luminous power can be perceived by the human eye. The SmartBeam® Luminance Camera app augments the human visual system and increases the dynamic range and ability of the eye to perceive variations in luminance by representing images from the smartphone camera through a calibrated false color filter in real-time. This accentuates the differences in luminance​ in an easy to read manner. The app is intended as a useful, quick and easy to use tool for lighting designers, architects and lighting engineers who are specifying, using, or planning to use, LED lighting fixtures. It is also designed to help the lighting product development process. For instance, the app can be used to quickly measure beam distributions produced by LED lighting products offering considerable time and cost savings over other techniques. A key feature of the app is the ability to share images directly from your smartphone to help collaboration on lighting installations or new lighting product development. Images can also be posted directly to social media. The app also includes the ability to save images for inclusion in reports. For fun, the app can be used to produced luminance photographic maps of your favorite places or people and even fun selfies! Features · Surface and point measurement of luminance · Live false color display of luminance variations · Luminance point measurement · Luminance selfie mode · Choice of Cd/m2, cd/ft2, and fl scales · Auto and manual exposure · Calibration options · Share of false color and normal images · Save of false color and normal images By using this app, you agree to Apple's Standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tiny Smart

Control your smart devices via Bluetooth. This utility app allows seamless connection and management of your connected gadgets through a distribution network.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth smart device connection
  • Device control via app
  • Smart device management
  • Distribution network integration
Features
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This application can be connected to our smart devices through Bluetooth distribution network, and use this application to control.

Screenshots

SmartBeam® Luminance Camera4 screens
Tiny Smart3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SmartBeam® Luminance Camera at 3.7 against Tiny Smart's 1.3. Tiny Smart's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (27 vs 6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. SmartBeam® Luminance Camera sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Tiny Smart asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SmartBeam® Luminance Camera holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of SmartBeam® Luminance Camera's written reviews are positive against 6% of Tiny Smart's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartBeam® Luminance Camera ships an update every 3 weeks, Tiny Smart fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SmartBeam® Luminance Camera versus Tiny Smart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartBeam® Luminance CameraTiny Smart
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (6 ratings) — better1.3 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews6.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings627 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB118 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTEYEO LLCShenzhen Jingyuan Micro Control Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

SmartBeam® Luminance Camera

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Tiny Smart

All ratings27 ratings
Positive3.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative96.3%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive6.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative93.8%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SmartBeam® Luminance Camera

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Version$14.99
None

Tiny Smart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartBeam® Luminance Camera free?
SmartBeam® Luminance Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Smart free?
Tiny Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmartBeam® Luminance Camera or Tiny Smart?
SmartBeam® Luminance Camera is rated higher. SmartBeam® Luminance Camera averages 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Tiny Smart averages 1.3 from 27 ratings.
Do SmartBeam® Luminance Camera or Tiny Smart have ads?
Neither SmartBeam® Luminance Camera nor Tiny Smart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmartBeam® Luminance Camera or Tiny Smart?
SmartBeam® Luminance Camera ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tiny Smart fortnightly. Most recently, SmartBeam® Luminance Camera was updated on September 13, 2026 and Tiny Smart on September 21, 2026.

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