Timelapse Helper vs Lightlapse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timelapse Helper
This app assists timelapse photographers by calculating the necessary shooting time for a desired playback duration. It's a straightforward tool for planning your timelapse projects.
- Timelapse shooting time calculation
- Desired playback duration input
- Simple and straightforward interface
- Planning tool for timelapse projects
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The Timelapse Helper is a neat companion for anyone interested in timelapse photography. It's a simple app to help you calculate the shooting time needed to create timelapse footage of a desired playback duration.
Lightlapse
Capture stunning day-to-night time-lapses with your DSLR or mirrorless camera using just your phone. Connect wirelessly to compatible Canon, Sony, and Nikon cameras to set exposure and duration. Preview and share your creations, with advanced editing plugins available via upgrade.
- Day to night time-lapse capture
- DSLR/mirrorless camera control
- Wi-Fi enabled camera connection
- Real-time preview
- Lightroom/Photoshop editing plugins
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Lightlapse is the first app that allows you to capture day to night Time-Lapses on your DSLR or Mirrorless camera. You no longer need a $400 piece of hardware to capture the “Holy Grail” of time-lapses. All you need is your phone, camera, and a great composition. Lightlapse supports most Canon, Sony, and Nikon cameras that are Wifi enabled and connecting is extremely simple. Once connected, all you have to do is expose your shot and set how long you want to run for. After you time-lapse has started you can sit back and watch a preview of it as it progresses and even share it after it’s complete. Best of all, when you upgrade Lightlapse to remove the restrictions you gain access to our editing plugins for Lightroom and Photoshop to process your images before posting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Timelapse Helper at 83% against Lightlapse's 22%. Timelapse Helper also leads on rating (3.5 vs 2.2) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Lightlapse's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Timelapse Helper holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Timelapse Helper's written reviews are positive against 22% of Lightlapse's.
Timelapse Helper ships an update every 8 months, Lightlapse every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timelapse Helper | Lightlapse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (15 ratings) — better | 2.2 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | sighmon | Rhino Camera Gear |
Customer experience
Timelapse Helper
Lightlapse
In-app purchases
Timelapse Helper
No in-app purchases
Lightlapse
No in-app purchases
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