Filmic Firstlight vs Script Pilot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Filmic Firstlight
This camera app offers a creative and fun photography experience with custom film simulations and adaptive film grain. It provides advanced yet approachable controls for focus, exposure, and image aesthetics, allowing users to capture and share stunning photos with a vintage analog vibe without extensive post-editing.
- Custom film simulations
- Adaptive film grain
- Live analytics
- Manual focus and exposure controls
- Vintage film looks
- Burst mode
- DNG, TIFF, JPG, HEIC export
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Filmic Firstlight is a revolutionary photo camera from the makers of the class leading Filmic Pro cinema video camera that makes live photography fun and creative. -- -- -- -- -- -- Rediscover the joy of capturing life’s moments in photographs you will immediately treasure and want to share. Firstlight combines custom film simulations, adaptive film grain and FiLMiC Pro’s famous live analytics to offer an advanced but approachable front end camera experience like no other. Fast, easy and intuitive, Firstlight lets you envision and capture your best moments in camera, without having to spend hours editing your photos later. Shoot and share, it’s that easy. -- -- -- -- -- -- ADVANCED IMAGE CONTROLS - Fast, intuitive focus and exposure controls: Tap the screen to set focus/exposure, tap again to lock. - Shutter and ISO Priority Modes: In addition to auto exposure, you can set specific Shutter Speed or ISO values to adhere to and let the app automatically adjust exposure for the unlocked value. - Cross-swipe manual controls: The most intuitive way to manually adjust focus and exposure. Swipe across the image to dial in your perfect shot. Swipe up and down to adjust exposure. Swipe left and right to adjust focus. - Reactive analytics: A foundation feature of Filmic Pro and now in a photo app. Manually adjusting your focus and exposure will automatically apply focus peaking or zebra stripes to make sure you get your shot just right. - RGB Histogram: Dynamically shows the exposure profile of the image across all color channels. GET THE LOOK YOU WANT - Vintage film simulations: The magic of Firstlight is in our realistic tributes to authentic film stocks. - Film grain: Apply natural-looking, dynamically-generated film grain effects to give your photos that ‘film look’. - Vignette: Apply a subtle dark vignette to your image. - Lens selector: Quickly switch between all available lenses on your device. Go from tele to ultrawide with the tap of a finger. (Note: camera/lens support is device specific). PROFESSIONAL CAMERA TOOLS - Burst mode - Timer - Flash - Grid overlays - Aspect ratios: 4:3, 16:9, 3:2, 1:1, 5:4 - Expanded shadow detail - DNG, TIFF, JPG or HEIC Selection - HDR control (This feature is supported by iPhone Xs Max, Xs, Xr and newer) - Volume button shutter and support for most bluetooth camera shutter remotes - Configurable burst mode - Anamorphic adapter support - Custom Function button - Custom live analytics - Configurable Focus and Exposure controls - Embedded copyright - Filmic Pro quick launch button (for owners of Filmic Pro) If you have any questions for the Filmic team either before or after you purchase Firstlight or one of our other apps please feel free to reach out to us at: support@filmicpro.com Terms of Service: https://support.bendingspoons.com/tos.html?app=1482338564
Script Pilot
This app provides a clean teleprompter interface for recording videos with scripts. It features voice-activated scrolling to automatically advance text as you speak, helping you deliver lines confidently and stay on pace.
- Write or paste scripts
- Voice Follow for automatic scrolling
- Preview scripts before recording
- Record videos with clean interface
- Adjust text size and layout
- Organize multiple scripts
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Script Pilot is a simple, modern teleprompter built for creators, founders, students, coaches, educators, and anyone who records videos with a script. Recording on camera is easier when your words are right in front of you. Script Pilot helps you paste, write, preview, and record scripts in a clean teleprompter interface designed to keep you focused. With Voice Follow, Script Pilot can listen as you speak and automatically advance your script, helping you stay on pace without constantly adjusting the scroll speed. Whether you are recording a social media video, product demo, presentation, class project, course lesson, podcast intro, or business update, Script Pilot helps you speak more clearly and confidently. Features: • Write or paste scripts • Preview your script before recording • Record videos with a clean teleprompter view • Use Voice Follow to advance your script as you speak • Adjust text size and script layout • Organize scripts for different recording needs • Built for quick creator workflows • Designed with privacy in mind Script Pilot is useful for: • TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube creators • Influencers and content creators • Business owners and founders • Teachers, students, and presenters • Coaches, real estate agents, and marketers • Anyone who wants to sound more prepared on camera Stop memorizing every line. Paste your script, press record, and speak with confidence. Terms of Service: https://www.astyne.com/termsofservice Privacy Policy: https://www.astyne.com/privacypolicy 2026 Astyne LLC
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Script Pilot at 5.0 against Filmic Firstlight's 4.5. Script Pilot also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). Filmic Firstlight's advantage is ratings volume (919 vs 3) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Filmic Firstlight sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Script Pilot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Script Pilot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Filmic Firstlight has 919 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Filmic Firstlight ships an update every 2 months, Script Pilot every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Filmic Firstlight | Script Pilot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (919 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 919 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BENDING SPOONS OPERATIONS SPA | Astyne LLC |
Customer experience
Filmic Firstlight
Script Pilot
Bugs and requests
Filmic Firstlight
Reported bugs
5 issues- RAW files appear blurry
- Incompatibility with iPhone 14 Pro
- Inconsistent behavior with lens switching
- Inability to export DNG files
- HDR setting resets on app launch
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to save preferred filters
- White balance control
- Longer shutter speed
- Digital zoom
- Horizontal shooting
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- Focus stacking
- Wireless tethering
Script Pilot
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Filmic Firstlight
- FirstLight Weekly With FT7 Days trial$0.997 Days
- FirstLight Weekly7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
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- Weekly Bundle with Free Trial7 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Weekly Bundle Subscription$4.997 Days
- FirstLight Yearly With FT7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Weekly Bundle with Free Trial7 Days trial$9.997 Days
- FirstLight Weekly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
- Yearly Super Bundle with FT7 Days trial$99.991 Year
Script Pilot
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly Script Pilot Pro$29.991 Year
- Lifetime$49.99
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