SD vs LIT Light Meter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SD
Control your Sound Devices 8-Series mixer-recorder remotely from your iPad or iPhone. Manage transport, edit metadata, take notes, monitor outputs, and adjust channel settings like faders, trims, and pan. View large-scale meters and timecode on all screens.
- Remote transport controls
- Metadata editing
- Take notes
- Monitor outputs
- Adjust faders, trims, and pan
- Channel arming, disarming, solo, and mute
- Large-scale channel meters
- Timecode display
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Control your Sound Devices 8-Series mixer-recorder from your iPad or iPhone with SD-Remote. Quickly access transport controls, edit metadata, write Take Notes, monitor outputs, and adjust faders, trims, and pan controls. Arm, disarm, solo, and mute channels with ease. Large-scale meters are available for all channels, and the current timecode is displayed on every screen.
LIT Light Meter
This companion app allows users to remotely control and save data from the LIT DUO 1 light meter. It enables firmware updates via Bluetooth, enhancing the functionality of the connected device.
- Remote control for LIT DUO 1
- Firmware updates via Bluetooth
- Data saving capabilities
- Companion app functionality
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Companion app for LIT DUO 1 light meter. Key features: – Firmware update via Bluetooth – Remote control Learn more about LIT DUO 1: http://lit-systems.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LIT Light Meter at 100% against SD's 22%. LIT Light Meter also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). SD's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LIT Light Meter holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of SD's written reviews are positive against 100% of LIT Light Meter's.
SD ships an update every 2 months, LIT Light Meter weekly. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.
| Parameter | SD | LIT Light Meter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (9 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sound Devices, LLC | Lit Systems AB |
Customer experience
SD
LIT Light Meter
In-app purchases
SD
No in-app purchases
LIT Light Meter
No in-app purchases
