Pocket Light Meter vs Lghtmtr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Light Meter
This app functions as a portable light meter, essential for film photographers using manual cameras. It accurately measures reflected light and provides reciprocity calculations for precise exposure control.
- Portable light meter
- Reflected light measurement
- Reciprocity calculations
- Indispensable for film photography
- Manual camera compatible
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A light meter that is always in your pocket. It is indispensable for film photography with all manual camera. Measures reflected light, and allows reciprocity calculations.
Lghtmtr
This app provides a minimalist light meter to help users determine ideal exposure settings for photography. It visually demonstrates the relationship between ISO, aperture, and shutter speed, making it intuitive for learning photographers.
- Minimalist light meter
- Intuitive exposure settings
- Visual feedback
- Adjustable ISO, aperture, shutter speed
- Camera profile customization
- Scene reference with readings
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Lghtmtr is a beautifully simple light meter that helps you find — and understand — the ideal exposure settings for a scene. Built for film photographers and anyone learning the craft, it makes the relationship between ISO, aperture, and shutter speed feel intuitive and the visual feedback helps reinforce the connection between them. Take a reading, get your settings, and start exploring. Adjust one value and the others respond instantly. Lock settings to experiment and see how each change affects your exposure. You can easily add camera profiles to the app to limit the possible values to what's most relevant to your camera and lens combination. With a visual reference of the scene behind every reading, Lghtmtr helps you shoot with clarity and confidence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Lghtmtr at Free against Pocket Light Meter's $9.99. Pocket Light Meter's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and chart position (#42 vs unranked). On rating, 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
Lghtmtr is free to download; Pocket Light Meter costs $9.99 up front. Pocket Light Meter sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Lghtmtr sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Pocket Light Meter against 4.5 for Lghtmtr. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Light Meter has 1K ratings behind it against 129, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Pocket Light Meter's written reviews are positive against 78% of Lghtmtr's.
Pocket Light Meter ships an update fortnightly, Lghtmtr every 4 months. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Pocket Light Meter | Lghtmtr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (1K ratings) | 4.5 (129 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 78.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 129 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #42 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nuwaste studios | Alexander Jacque |
Customer experience
Pocket Light Meter
Lghtmtr
Bugs and requests
Pocket Light Meter
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes or freezes with recent iOS updates
- Inconsistent metering in low light conditions
- Issues with saving metering data to photos
Requested features
6 requests- Add histogram display
- Implement manual mode to lock aperture/shutter
- Support for flash metering
- Improve low-light performance
- Provide more metering mode options (spot, center-weighted, etc.)
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- Add option to save metering data to photo metadata
Lghtmtr
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pocket Light Meter
- ads remover$1.99
- pint for the developer and get rid of the ads$5.99
- donation to the developer$5.99
Lghtmtr
- Coffee tip$4.99
Questions
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