Comparison

RETO3D PRO vs Lightme

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

Head to head
About

RETO3D PRO

Create captivating 3D effect videos from your photos. This app allows you to edit multiple images, add various visual effects, and customize your creations with ease. Share your unique 3D videos instantly on social media.

Highlights
  • Generate 3D effect videos
  • Edit up to 4 photos
  • Remove watermark
  • Apply photo effects
  • Add video effects (Frame in Frame, Light Leak, Film Border, Zoom, Dust)
  • Crop and rotate video
  • Save and share creations
Features
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RETO3D APP - a perfect accessory to go along with our RETO3D film camera - assists you in generating videos with 3D effect. Special editing features are also added to allow awesome customized designs of 3D images! Special Features: 1. Edit 4 photos 2. Remove watermark 3. Photo effects Easy Workflow: 1. Select and upload 3 or 4 photos 2. Choose 1 focus point in each photo 3. Select the speed of the video 4. Crop and rotate the video upon your wish 5. Pick a photo effect 6. Save and share your creation Video Effects: 1. Frame in Frame 2. Light Leak 3. Film Border 4. Zoom in and out 5. Dust Remember to share with your friends on social platforms in just one tap! Leave us reviews to help us do better! To purchase RETO3D film camera, please go to website www.retoproject.com. Contact Email: info@retoproject.com Instagram: @reto.project

About

Lightme

This app helps analog photographers meticulously track their film rolls, shots, and development processes. It allows for detailed logging of gear and consumables, with features for data visualization and export. Users can also manage film holders and add post-development notes with photos of final results.

Highlights
  • Log film rolls, shots, and development
  • Track gear and consumables
  • Data visualization with graphs/histograms
  • Data export in JSON/CSV formats
  • Manage large format film holders
  • Post-development notes with photos
Features
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Lightme - Logbook is a clean and powerful tool to record and keep track of your rolls, shots, developments, and all the gear that revolves around shooting film — from 35mm to medium and large format. The idea behind it is simple: logging a shot should take seconds, not steal time from actually shooting. Lightme pairs a beautiful, immediate interface with enough depth and flexibility to fit any workflow, whether you shoot a couple of rolls a year or fill several large format holders in an afternoon. LOGGING, EFFORTLESSLY • Log a shot in seconds: aperture, shutter speed, focal length, filters, bellows correction, measured EV, notes and more • Log straight from your wrist with the companion Apple Watch app, with Siri and Shortcuts, or from the home screen and lock screen widgets • Together with the Lightme Lightmeter app, your meter readings can prefill a new shot automatically • Every shot can carry a location and address, a preview photo, and later its final scan, plus a star rating ROLLS, SHEETS AND DEVELOPMENTS • Track rolls from loading to unloading, with film stocks from a growing database and a processing pipeline: waiting for development, off to the lab, back from the lab, to be scanned, scanned • Keep detailed development notes — developer, dilution, time, temperature, agitation — for rolls and single sheets alike, including push/pull (N+ / N-) development • Add post-development notes and a photo of the final result to rolls, sheets and individual shots YOUR GEAR, ORGANIZED • Cameras and lenses with nicknames, formats (including custom formats you define), pinhole and bellows flags, custom shutter speeds and selectable shutter step sizes • Roll film backs and lens filters with their exposure compensation • Film holders and backs can be marked as compatible with specific cameras, and everything is searchable from a single bar LARGE FORMAT, COVERED • Keep track of your film holders with three states — unloaded, loaded and exposed — always knowing which film is inside each one • Group holders together and follow every sheet from exposure through development INSIGHTS FROM YOUR DATA • Build and save custom queries, filtering by date (fixed or rolling windows), camera, lens, film stock, format, ISO, aperture, shutter speed, focal length and notes • Visualize results with histograms — by camera, lens, film stock, shutter speed, aperture, focal length, ISO, format, rating or hour of the day — alongside aggregate stats like mean aperture and average exposure • Save the queries you use most and re-run them anytime YOUR DATA, YOURS • Everything syncs privately through iCloud across your iPhone and iPad • Export any selection of data as CSV or JSON, or as a beautifully formatted PDF with customizable columns and a contact-sheet mode, bundled with your images in a single ZIP • Batch-write shooting metadata (EXIF) onto your scans — for a whole roll at once, or by matching files from the Files app • Viewing and exporting your data is free, forever; adding and editing is unlocked with a one-time purchase or a subscription AND MORE • Full-text search, favourites and an archive to keep things tidy • Available in English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Simplified Chinese • A roadmap of what's coming next lives right in the app — new very cool features are on the way :) If you have any suggestion or issue, write me at lightme.apps@gmail.com Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

RETO3D PRO4 screens
Lightme4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lightme at Free against RETO3D PRO's $4.99. Lightme also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 31%) and rating (4.8 vs 3.0). RETO3D PRO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On ratings volume, 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

Lightme is free to download; RETO3D PRO costs $4.99 up front. Lightme sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. RETO3D PRO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lightme holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 103 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of RETO3D PRO's written reviews are positive against 75% of Lightme's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RETO3D PRO ships an update monthly, Lightme every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
RETO3D PRO versus Lightme: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRETO3D PROLightme
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (38 ratings)4.8 (103 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.6% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38103 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size290 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRETO PRODUCTION LIMITEDGiuseppe Bertolini

Customer experience

RETO3D PRO

All ratings38 ratings
Positive42.1%
Neutral18.4%
Negative39.5%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive30.6%
Neutral15.3%
Negative54.1%

Lightme

All ratings102 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

RETO3D PRO

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Lightme

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Cappuccino7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Focaccia Barese7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Spaghetti Carbonara7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Homemade Pizza party7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time4
  • A smile :)Free
  • Box of Prosecco$59.99
  • Fuel for my '90s camper$119.99
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  • Terme for two$239.99

Questions

Is RETO3D PRO free?
RETO3D PRO costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lightme free?
Lightme is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RETO3D PRO or Lightme?
Lightme is rated higher. RETO3D PRO averages 3.0 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Lightme averages 4.8 from 103 ratings.
Do RETO3D PRO or Lightme have ads?
Neither RETO3D PRO nor Lightme shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RETO3D PRO or Lightme?
RETO3D PRO ships an update monthly, and Lightme every 2 weeks. Most recently, RETO3D PRO was updated on October 19, 2026 and Lightme on October 21, 2026.

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