Light Meter Ultra vs MoveLens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Light Meter Ultra
This app provides precise light metering for film photography, eliminating the need for external hardware. It offers various metering modes and customizable profiles to ensure perfect exposures for manual cameras. Advanced features like reciprocity failure correction are available with a PRO plan.
- Aperture Priority Metering
- Shutter Priority Metering
- Exposure Priority Metering
- Customizable ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture
- Exposure Compensation
- Reciprocity Failure Correction
- Custom Camera Profiles
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Fast, precise and easy to use. Get perfect exposures every time. No additional hardware required. Say goodbye to arcane Sunny 16. Figuring out the best exposure settings for your manual camera doesn’t have to be difficult. Light Meter Ultra for iPhone gives you the exact readings you need for your camera by simply pointing your device at the scene. Precise measurements mean you can dial in the perfect exposure settings for capturing the widest dynamic range, whilst customizable shooting profiles allow you to switch between settings with a single tap. Download now and take advantage of our free plan which includes our precision Aperture Priority metering mode, limited settings, and single-use shooting profiles. Or choose one of our PRO plans and gain access to everything the app has to offer, including our full suite of professional metering modes, quick-select reusable shooting profiles, plus advanced features such as reciprocity failure correction that you won't find elsewhere. Capture your creative vision with powerful features, including: - Aperture Priority Metering Mode - Shutter Priority Metering Mode* - Exposure Priority Metering Mode* - Stop increment selection of full, half or third stops* - Customizable ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture ranges* - Exposure Compensation - Exposure Lock - Sample Offset - Custom Camera Profiles* - Detachable Lens Profiles* - Film/Emulsion Profiles* - Bulb-mode* - Reciprocity Failure Correction* *Features marked with an asterisk require an active PRO plan Download now and start metering on your iPhone today. Terms of Use: https://lightmeterultra.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://lightmeterultra.com/privacy
MoveLens
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Some moves are too fast to copy. MoveLens slows them down until you can see exactly what is happening — then lets you practice right beside them, on video or live on camera. Built first for dancers picking choreography apart from video, and just as useful to anyone who learns by watching a body move: martial artists, gymnasts, climbers, skaters, swimmers, golfers, coaches, and anyone working through a physical therapy routine at home. SLOW IT DOWN Play a video anywhere from full speed down to 1/10 of it, on a slider that settles wherever you want it — 0.35x, 0.70x, whatever the passage needs. Scrub to the exact count and it stays there. Every video loops on its own, so a two-second phrase repeats until you have it. MIRROR IT A tutorial filmed facing you puts their left on your right, and the translation is where the learning leaks away. One tap flips the video, so their left becomes your left and you can simply follow. COMPARE TWO VIDEOS Put your run beside the original and play them together — or each at its own speed, since your version is rarely the tempo theirs is. Swap either side out for a different video without leaving the split. It is the quickest way to see a difference you cannot feel. PRACTICE BESIDE IT, LIVE Or skip the recording and put your front camera on the second side. The original plays on one half, slowed and looped however you set it, while you watch yourself on the other, mirrored the way a studio mirror shows you. Tap either side to start or stop the video, and the screen stays awake for as long as the camera is on. FILL THE FRAME Pinch out and the video fills the screen; pinch in and the whole frame fits. Worth having when the footage is portrait and the detail you are after is small. A LIBRARY THAT KEEPS UP Bring videos in from Files, from Photos, or by pasting one straight from the clipboard — useful when a friend sends one, or you copied it on your Mac. Everything you import is saved automatically, newest first, each cell showing a thumbnail and how long it runs. • Favorite the ones you keep returning to, and filter the library down to just those • Add a short note to any video: the counts, the correction, the class it came from • Share a video back out to whoever needs it • Sort by size once the library grows, so you can see what is actually taking the room • Swipe a video sideways to reach all of it YOUR VIDEOS STAY YOURS Nothing is uploaded. Imports are copied byte for byte with no re-encoding, so the footage you study is exactly the footage you shot, at full quality. Saved videos are kept out of your iCloud backup, which means a large library will not eat your iCloud storage. The live camera is a picture on your screen and nothing more: it is never recorded, saved or sent anywhere. No account, no sign-in. iPhone and iPad, with VoiceOver support throughout. Available in English, Spanish, French, Russian and Simplified Chinese. MoveLens is free, with no ads. Slow motion, looping, mirroring and the library stay free. Compare mode, with a second video or the live camera, is free on the first three days you use it; after that a one-time in-app purchase unlocks it for good, and it carries across to your other devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Light Meter Ultra at every 8 days against MoveLens's every 3 weeks. Light Meter Ultra also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Light Meter Ultra sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and MoveLens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Light Meter Ultra ships an update every 8 days, MoveLens every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light Meter Ultra | MoveLens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (738 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 37.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 738 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ultrafine | Liang Shao |
Bugs and requests
Light Meter Ultra
Reported bugs
2 issues- Camera integration issues causing failed exposures
- Inconsistent metering results compared to standalone meters
Requested features
4 requests- Offline mode for remote shooting
- Wider aperture and shutter speed range
- Support for more camera/film types
- Customizable exposure bias/compensation
MoveLens
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Light Meter Ultra
- Light Meter7 Days trial2 variants$7.997 Days
- Light Meter2 variants$11.991 Month
- Light Meter2 variants$39.991 Year
MoveLens
- Unlock Compare$4.99
Questions
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