Comparison

Freefly Ember vs Cutvey Meter

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

Head to head
About

Freefly Ember

Control your Freefly Ember camera wirelessly from your iOS or iPadOS device. Adjust settings, review footage instantly, and export your best shots with ease. The app mirrors your camera's on-screen interface for a seamless workflow.

Highlights
  • Wireless camera connection
  • Live preview
  • Remote camera settings adjustment
  • Instant video playback
  • Export selected video clips
  • Synced user interface
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Introducing remote wireless control for your Freefly Ember on iOS and iPadOS. Quickly adjust your camera settings, enjoy instant playback, and easily export your favorite shots, all directly from the app. The Ember app replicates all camera controls available on the on-camera UI, providing a cohesive and intuitive experience. Any changes made on your camera are reflected in the app instantly, ensuring you're always in full control. Key Features: Wireless Connection: Connect the app to your Freely Ember camera via the camera’s WiFi network to view live preview and control your camera settings. Instant Playback: Replay your shots instantly, allowing you to check and perfect your videos on the go. Export: Specify in/out points on videos and transfer your shots directly from the camera to your device with a few simple taps. Synced UI: Changes made on your camera are instantly mirrored on the app for a seamless experience. Video playback requires a device that supports ProRes decoding: iPhone 13 and newer iPad Mini 6th generation and newer iPad Pro 12.9” 5th generation and newer iPad Pro 11” 3rd generation and newer iPad Air 5th generation and newer Ensure your device's compatibility for the best experience.

About

Cutvey Meter

This app uses your camera to measure light color temperature, tint, and exposure in real-time. It also tracks the sun's path and helps match lighting setups for cinematographers and photographers.

Highlights
  • Real-time Kelvin, tint, and lux readings
  • Sun path tracking with hour markers
  • Light matching with gel recommendations
  • Live ND filter recommendations
  • Reading stability indicators
  • Save and compare readings with frames
  • Customizable calibration for accuracy
Features
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Color meter. Light meter. Sun tracker. ND calculator. Everything you need to nail white balance, tint, exposure and golden hour, on the iPhone and iPad you already carry, and now on Apple Watch. WHITE BALANCE, NAILED Point at a gray card and read the light on every lens your device has: color temperature in kelvin and tint in green and magenta, live. Set it on your camera and roll. Hold LOG for a second opinion, read straight from the sensor's RAW pixels. MATCH EVERY LIGHT Pin one light with REF, or type the color you are shooting for: 3200, 5600, anything. Point at the next fixture and see how far off it is in kelvin and tint, so you know which way to dial it. Still carry gels? It names the LEE or Rosco filter too. Turn on Stops for your key-to-fill ratio. EXPOSURE, SOLVED Lux and EV, live. Set your frame rate, shutter, ISO and stop once, and the right ND for your rig is always on screen. Or solve for any of the four. NO FLICKER. NO SURPRISES. On 50 or 60 Hz power, if your shutter would catch a flickering light, the meter tells you, and fixes it in one tap. CONFIDENCE YOU CAN SEE HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW. Every reading tells you how far to trust it. And when the light itself is the problem, whether flicker, two lights mixing on your gray card or a color past what a camera can read, it says DIFFICULT SOURCE. GOLDEN HOUR, TO THE MINUTE The sun's path, drawn over the live view with the horizon and a compass. Golden hour and blue hour to the minute, here or wherever you shoot next, on that place's own clock. Drag the scrubber to see tomorrow's light today. SCOUT ANY LOCATION Search a place or press and hold to mark one, pick a day, and see the sun's path over the map, how long the shadows run and where you took each reading. Tilt into 3D, or look down from the sun. Share the plan with your crew, with or without the location. ON YOUR WRIST Meter from across the set with Apple Watch. Read the light, log with a Double Tap, browse your logged readings, check your ND, and get a heads-up fifteen minutes before golden hour. Your rig, your last reading and the next window, right on your watch face. EVERY READING, REMEMBERED Each reading saves with the frame you shot. Browse them as a contact sheet, compare any two and see what it takes to match them, or share one in a tap. TUNED TO YOUR METER Own a reference meter? Calibrate each lens against it, and check it at the temperatures you shoot, because a camera drifts from warm to cool. YOUR UNITS. YOUR LANGUAGE. ND as density, stops or factor. T-stop or f-stop. Angle or speed. 12 or 24-hour time. Lux or foot-candles. 41 languages. iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. THE FINE PRINT It is a camera, not a spectrometer. Three color channels cannot see the shape of a spectrum, so a spiky LED can read steady and still be off. Lux is worked out from exposure: close on a gray card, an estimate anywhere else. Tint is a starting point, not a lab measurement. One purchase unlocks it for good, or sign in with an active Cutvey membership. No ads. No third-party tracking. Your readings, frames and location stay on your own devices unless you share them. The map and place search come from Apple Maps. Privacy policy: https://cutvey.com/legal/privacy Terms: https://cutvey.com/legal/terms

Screenshots

Freefly Ember4 screens
Cutvey Meter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Freefly Ember at none against Cutvey Meter's 1. Freefly Ember also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2). Cutvey Meter's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. Cutvey Meter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Freefly Ember asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Freefly Ember against 5.0 for Cutvey Meter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Freefly Ember ships an update monthly, Cutvey Meter every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Freefly Ember versus Cutvey Meter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreefly EmberCutvey Meter
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFREEFLY SYSTEMS INC.Cutvey LLC

Customer experience

Freefly Ember

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cutvey Meter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Freefly Ember

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cutvey Meter

One-time1
  • Unlock Cutvey Meter$19.99

Questions

Is Freefly Ember free?
Freefly Ember is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cutvey Meter free?
Cutvey Meter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Freefly Ember or Cutvey Meter?
Freefly Ember and Cutvey Meter are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Freefly Ember or Cutvey Meter have ads?
Neither Freefly Ember nor Cutvey Meter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Freefly Ember or Cutvey Meter?
Freefly Ember ships an update monthly, and Cutvey Meter every 5 days. Most recently, Freefly Ember was updated on September 27, 2026 and Cutvey Meter on October 23, 2026.

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