Goodfinder vs Rotolight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goodfinder
This app acts as a digital viewfinder for specific camera models, allowing photographers to preview framing with various lenses and film formats. It also supports photo sketching, location scouting, and includes a light meter and photo gallery with metadata.
- Digital viewfinder for Dora Goodman Cameras
- Preview framing with custom focal lengths
- Supports various film/sensor formats
- Customizable menus
- Configurable light meter
- Photo capture with metadata
- Photo gallery and album creation
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Goodfinder is an iPhone app especially designed for Dora Goodman Cameras to substitute a viewfinder. It is perfect for previewing camera framing for any combination of Goodman Cameras and lens, it will be constantly updated to work with all of them, even with the Pinhole version . Instead of spending all that time setting up your Goodman Cameras, just choose your desired camera and focal length in the app and point the iPhone camera at what you want to photo to verify framing. The app has a large database of other popular camera sensors details and film formats but if the format you desire isn’t there you can add your own custom format. If you don’t have your Goodman Camera with you, Goodfinder is still great for photo sketching, location scouting or story boarding. The app includes - Support for Dora Goodman ZONE with 6x7, 6x6 and 645 backs and ZONE pinhole cameras. - Customisable menus so you can include the film/sensor formats and focal lengths you care about. - A fully configurable light meter. - You can take photos with it, so you have a record of shots you were framing. - Photos taken with the app include additional data that describe the film format, focal length and lighting meter settings at the time the shot was taken - Add notes to your photos - A photo gallery for viewing photos taken with the app which also displays the additional data - Share images in emails, messages - Create albums of photos from the same project, trip etc - Create PDF documents of albums - Film stock emulation - Wide angle lens adapter support
Rotolight
Control your lighting equipment remotely with a virtual replica of your device's touchscreen. Adjust brightness, Kelvin, flash settings, and access a vast color palette and classic gels. Save and recall custom presets to streamline your workflow.
- Virtual touchscreen replica
- Real-time brightness and Kelvin adjustment
- Customizable lighting presets
- Advanced flash settings
- 16.7 million color palette
- 2500 classic lighting gels
- Remote SmartSoft Box control
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The Rotolight app features a virtual replica of the touchscreen on the back of your lights, with additional group and colour wheel control, so there is no need to get used to a new way of working. Choose from an endless colour palette including 16.7million colours and 2,500 of your favourite filters. Effortlessly access key features and recall your favourite settings at a moment’s notice. Revolutionise your workflow and save time on set, for when creativity can’t wait. Key Features Real-time two-way adjustment between your Rotolight and app - Adjust brightness and Kelvin settings from 3000-10,000 - Easily store and recall custom lighting presets - Adjust flash settings including power, group, modelling light, and flash duration, along with Kelvin, HSI and gel settings - Select from an endless colour palette of 16.7 million colours, complete with a colour wheel and saturation control - Select from 2500 classic lighting gels to enhance your creative possibilities - Remotely control diffusion from the ground-breaking Rotolight SmartSoft Box
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Goodfinder at 100% against Rotolight's 50%. Goodfinder also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Rotolight's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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
Rotolight is free to download; Goodfinder costs $3.99 up front. Rotolight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Goodfinder asks for nothing beyond the download.
Goodfinder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Goodfinder's written reviews are positive against 50% of Rotolight's.
Goodfinder ships an update every 2 months, Rotolight every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goodfinder | Rotolight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 3.7 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Fowler | Rotolight Limited |
Customer experience
Goodfinder
Rotolight
In-app purchases
Goodfinder
No in-app purchases
Rotolight
- Upgrade Plus$94.99









