Comparison

Lightme vs Graflex Light Meter

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

Head to head
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/

About

Graflex Light Meter

This app provides precise curtain aperture and shutter tension settings for Graflex cameras with built-in curtain shutters. It eliminates the need to consult physical charts, offering instant, accurate readings for your photography.

Highlights
  • Curtain aperture settings
  • Shutter tension settings
  • Instant light readings
  • Designed for Graflex cameras
  • Eliminates physical chart use
Features
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This light meter is designed specifically for Graflex cameras with built-in curtain shutters. It instantly gives you the correct curtain aperture and shutter tension settings based on your light readings. No more squinting at the dim bronze chart on your Graflex—just take the values directly from the app and start shooting.

Screenshots

Lightme4 screens
Graflex Light Meter3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Graflex Light Meter at none against Lightme's 8. Graflex Light Meter also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Lightme's advantage is ratings volume (101 vs 2) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Lightme sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Graflex Light Meter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lightme holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lightme has 101 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lightme ships an update every 9 days, Graflex Light Meter every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lightme versus Graflex Light Meter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightmeGraflex Light Meter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (101 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews73.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings101 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiuseppe BertoliniAri Jaaksi

Customer experience

Lightme

All ratings101 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive73.9%
Neutral13.0%
Negative13.0%

Graflex Light Meter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
None

Graflex Light Meter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lightme free?
Lightme is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Graflex Light Meter free?
Graflex Light Meter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lightme or Graflex Light Meter?
Lightme is rated higher. Lightme averages 4.8 out of 5 from 101 ratings, while Graflex Light Meter averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Lightme or Graflex Light Meter have ads?
Neither Lightme nor Graflex Light Meter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lightme or Graflex Light Meter?
Lightme ships an update every 9 days, and Graflex Light Meter every 4 days. Most recently, Lightme was updated on September 23, 2026 and Graflex Light Meter on September 18, 2026.

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