Comparison

Lightme vs Pl8Room

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

Pl8Room

Features
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A License Plate Collector's Dream !!!! Use an existing photo, save it by Location, Year, Type, Condition, Material that the plate is made out of, Who You bought it from, Purchase Price, Your Estimated Value and any additional notes you would like to add. Once the plate is saved in the My Plates library, You can sort in many ways (Age, Location, Type, Value). The thumbnail of the plate and basic information is shown for each plate on the list. Besides seeing the entire list of your plates, You can isolate the list by selecting plates from only 1 Location. Several sorting methods. Easy to edit. A new feature in Build 1.6 is the ability to Add Custom Runs and a video showing how to do all of these functions.

Screenshots

Lightme4 screens
Pl8Room4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lightme at Free against Pl8Room's $4.99. Lightme also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Pl8Room's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7). On update cadence and ads 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; Pl8Room costs $4.99 up front. Lightme sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Pl8Room asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lightme ships an update every 2 weeks, Pl8Room every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lightme versus Pl8Room: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightmePl8Room
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (104 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings104 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB447 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiuseppe Bertolinismartcalculations

In-app purchases

7 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-time3
  • Box of Prosecco$59.99
  • Fuel for my '90s camper$119.99
  • Terme for two$239.99
None

Pl8Room

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lightme free?
Lightme is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pl8Room free?
Pl8Room costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lightme or Pl8Room have ads?
Neither Lightme nor Pl8Room shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lightme or Pl8Room?
Lightme ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pl8Room every 3 weeks. Most recently, Lightme was updated on November 3, 2026 and Pl8Room on October 28, 2026.

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