Comparison

Lumin+ vs LightReel

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

Head to head
About

Lumin+

This app offers comprehensive control for professional lighting equipment, allowing users to manage individual or multiple light sets. It supports various color modes, effects, and presets, providing a convenient tool for photographers and videographers to create custom lighting arrangements.

Highlights
  • Control individual and multiple light sets
  • Support for CCT, HSI, RGBW, XY color modes
  • GEL color paper simulation
  • Special effects and music synchronization
  • Lighting pre-set functions
  • Professional lighting support for creators
Features
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The Lumin+ App connects to mobile devices and controls individual and multiple sets of iFootage lights. The App provides complete control and storage of multiple professional lighting sets, applications and functions and supports colour temperature CCT, HSI, RGBW, XY colour co-ordinates, GEL colour paper, special effects, music and lighting pre-set functions. The Lumin App provides a simple and convenient professional support to photographers and videographers helping them to create and control lighting arrangements for a variety of scenarios and situations.

About

LightReel

Features
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LightReel 利帅影视全新智能灯光一站式终端控制。通过APP可以发现、连接和控制立刷新一代智能灯光产品,实现各个系列灯光设备的互联互通,打造您专属的空间场景。 快速连接:现场灯光设备一键搜索快速连接; 无线操控:简单快速操控现场灯光设备的功能操作; 个性定制:按照场景需求,设置创意化的灯光场景; 场景切换:不同场景不同群组之间实现一键切换; 设备分享:将设备与创作分享给他人,协同合作。

Screenshots

Lumin+4 screens
LightReel3 screens

Verdict

The call

Lumin+ and LightReel are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lumin+ ships an update every 2 months, LightReel every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Lumin+ versus LightReel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumin+LightReel
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.6 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB19 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperIfootage International (HK) Limited余姚利帅影视器材有限公司

In-app purchases

None

Lumin+

No in-app purchases

None

LightReel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lumin+ free?
Lumin+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LightReel free?
LightReel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lumin+ or LightReel have ads?
Neither Lumin+ nor LightReel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lumin+ or LightReel?
Lumin+ ships an update every 2 months, and LightReel every 4 weeks. Most recently, Lumin+ was updated on September 30, 2026 and LightReel on October 12, 2026.

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