Photo Measures Lite vs Angle Gradient Inclinometer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photo Measures Lite
Easily capture photos and annotate them with precise measurements, dimensions, and text notes. Ideal for home improvement, design, or real estate projects, ensuring you always have accurate spatial information at your fingertips.
- Draw measures directly on photos
- Zoom for precision
- Add text comments
- Support for angles
- Imperial or metric units
- Organize photos by category
- Export high-resolution dimensions
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Photo Measures is the most elegant and the easiest way to save measures on your own photos on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch! Architectural Digest - "Very useful when shopping or meeting with contractors" Tuaw.com - "It's perfect for your own work around the house, and handy for creating plans to bring to a contractor" AppSafari - "So incredibly convenient" Featured on the front page of the AppStore under New & Noteworthy and Staff Favorites in more than 70 countries, including the US, France, Germany and Canada. Recommended by many reference magazines, websites and blogs all around the world: Architectural Digest, Tuaw.com, This Old House, AppOfTheDay.com, AppSafari.com, etc... ◆◆◆◆◆ Constructing a house? Engineering a new project? Moving to a new place? Take some photos and note down the dimensions on the photos to remember the exact layout, and to make sure that everything will fit easily. Need to keep in mind the exact dimensions of an object? Just take a photo and quickly write them on it. Are you decorating? Want to buy a new frame or a new furniture but not sure it will fit? No problem since you can have all your house dimensions always with you! ◆◆◆◆◆ You are a real estate agent? A contractor? An engineer? A designer? Working in the construction industry? Someone who wants to keep his house's measure easily accessible? Whenever you need to save dimensions, sizes, angles or write down a detail you need to remember, Photo Measures will help you to be more efficient and more accurate. ◆◆◆◆◆ Photo Measures helps you to: . Take a photo and directly draw measures on it . Zoom into and out of your photo when you need more precision . Edit your measures with a very intuitive interface . Quickly add text as comments when measures are not enough . Native support for angles . Save your measures in imperial or metric units . Easily organize your photos by category . Export your dimensions in high resolution by email or to the photo library . Import photos of any size and aspect ratio . Support for Retina display ◆◆◆◆◆ The Lite version has a few limitations compared to the full version - the Lite version is limited to 2 photos only - the photos you are exporting to the Photo Library or by email with the Lite version come with a watermark The next updates will also have more features available only through the full version.
Angle Gradient Inclinometer
Easily measure tilt angles with this free protractor app. It displays inclination from 0 to 359 degrees, along with gradient percentages and angles summing to 180 or 360 degrees. Switch to theodolite mode to set a specified angle to zero.
- Measure tilt angles 0-359 degrees
- Display gradient percentage
- Show sum angles (180/360)
- Theodolite mode
- Set specified angle to zero
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Simple tilt angle protractor free application that can easily measure tilt simply by tilting the device. The angle of inclination measured from 0 degree to 359 degrees, converted gradient (%), angle at which sum is 180 degrees / 360 degrees are displayed at the same time. You can switch to the theodolite, the specified angle can be set to 0 degree. ( 45 Degrees = Gradient 100 % )
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Angle Gradient Inclinometer at 4.4 against Photo Measures Lite's 2.2. Angle Gradient Inclinometer also leads on ratings volume (295 vs 31). Photo Measures Lite's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Angle Gradient Inclinometer holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Angle Gradient Inclinometer has 295 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 52% and 51% positive.
Photo Measures Lite ships an update every 3 months, Angle Gradient Inclinometer every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photo Measures Lite | Angle Gradient Inclinometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (31 ratings) | 4.4 (295 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.6% of reviews — better | 51.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 295 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cubent | SHIGETO TAKAGI |
Customer experience
Photo Measures Lite
Angle Gradient Inclinometer
In-app purchases
Photo Measures Lite
No in-app purchases
Angle Gradient Inclinometer
No in-app purchases
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