Comparison

LightLAB PRO vs Mana Trove

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

Head to head
About

LightLAB PRO

This app provides professional lighting analysis tools for photographers, videographers, and lighting professionals. It measures various light parameters with high accuracy, including exposure, color temperature, and white point, and can scan light spectra.

Highlights
  • Measure lighting level
  • Calculate exposure level (EV)
  • Determine color temperature (Kelvin)
  • Measure aperture value (f stop)
  • Calculate exposure time
  • Scan light spectrum
  • Analyze light spectrum components and wavelengths
Features
Read full description

LightLAB PRO is the direct evolution of LuxMeterPro. this transformation makes LightLAB PRO a flexible, accurate and indispensable tool for those who need a device that offers professional features at a very low cost. LightLAB PRO finds its utility both in lighting applications and in the world of photographs and video makers. among the main features of course, in addition to measuring the lighting level of an environment, in this version, which is more improved with a very high accuracy, it allows to measure a whole series of parameters that make LightLAB PRO a unique instrument. The parameters calculated and made available to the user are: The exposure level expressed in EV, the color temperature in KELVIN, the aperture value in f stop, the exposure time in fractions of a second 1 / s and other parameters like the coordinates of the white point and more. All these values ​​are useful to those who work in photo-cinematography to correctly set the light sources so as to obtain the desired result quickly and without spending exaggerated sums to buy devices that do this work. in addition to the measurement of the parameters described above, it is also possible to customize some of them according to your needs. moreover it is possible to scan the light spectrum of the sources and evaluate with extreme accuracy the components and the wavelengths that make up the light that illuminates the scene. LightLAB PRO becomes a real light analysis laboratory providing all the necessary tools to get professional lighting without difficulty

About

Mana Trove

Features
Read full description

Mana Trove identifies the exact printing of a trading card for Magic: The Gathering — not just the card's name, but which set it came from and which collector number it carries — in about a second, from your phone's camera. Most scanners tell you that you are holding a Lightning Bolt. There are more than a hundred printings of Lightning Bolt. MTGScan tells you which one. SCAN Hold a card in front of the lens. When the app is sure, it banks the card and you move on to the next one — no tapping, no shutter button. When it is not sure, it says so and asks, rather than guessing: a card it cannot place is flagged for you to finish, never filed under the wrong printing. Recognition runs entirely on this device. The card database ships inside the app, so scanning works with no signal at all. YOUR COLLECTION Every card you scan lands on a wall of full card faces. Sort by set, by name or by what you added last. Filter by colour, card type, rarity, finish and set, with a live count on every option so you can see how much you own before you tap. Mark copies as foil or etched. See what a printing is worth today. IMPORT WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE Already have your collection in a file? MTGScan reads CSV exports from Binder, Moxfield, ManaBox and Archidekt, and falls back to a generic reader for anything else — then tells you, row by row, exactly what it matched, what it could not, and why. Nothing is imported silently. DECKS Build decks from the cards you own. Every deck shows how much of it you actually have, card by card, and marks the ones you are missing. Pick a format and the card list narrows to what that format allows. See your mana curve, your colours and your card types. Deal an opening hand and take a mulligan before you sleeve anything up. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account, no sign-in and no sync. Your collection is a file on your own device. Camera frames are read in memory and are never uploaded, never written to disk and never sent anywhere. MTGScan collects no data of any kind and contains no analytics, advertising or tracking of any sort. The only thing it ever fetches from the network is card artwork and current prices, and it asks for those by card, never by person. FREE Mana Trove is free, with no purchases, no subscription and no advertising. — MTGScan is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall. MTGScan is not produced by, endorsed by, supported by, or affiliated with Wizards of the Coast or Scryfall.

Screenshots

LightLAB PRO4 screens
Mana Trove4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mana Trove at Free against LightLAB PRO's $3.99. Mana Trove also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). LightLAB PRO's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 17.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Mana Trove is free to download; LightLAB PRO costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LightLAB PRO ships an update every 2 months, Mana Trove weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LightLAB PRO versus Mana Trove: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightLAB PROMana Trove
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews8.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.3 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAM PowerSoftwareROY THOMAS RUSSELL

Bugs and requests

LightLAB PRO

Reported bugs

406 issues
  • ⚫️ Black screen on launch
  • 🐛 App crashes
  • 🐛 Freezes from time to time
  • 🐛 App closes immediately
  • 🐛 App crashes on launch
Show 401 more
  • 🐛 Rare to open without crashing
  • 🐛 Flashes and shuts off
  • 🐛 Crashes endlessly
  • 🐛 Immediately crashes
  • 🐛 Slow and not seeing cameras
  • 🐛 No improvement after delete/reinstall
  • 🐛 iOS 5.1 doesn't operate
  • 🐛 Light measurement abnormal
  • 🐛 Doesn't work since OS 5.1 update
  • 🐛 Camera cannot be changed
  • 🐛 No functions operate
  • 🐛 Missing instructions
  • 🐛 Bugs inside
  • 🐛 Cannot calibrate
  • 🐛 Switching lenses difficult
  • 🐛 Not as good as free version
  • 🐛 Interface loads, that's all
  • 🐛 Flashes iPad layout, switches to iPhone
  • 🐛 No function
  • 🐛 Doesn't calibrate on iPhone 4
  • 🐛 Support email bounced
  • 🐛 Inconsistent readings
  • 🐛 Almost useless
  • 🐛 App does not work
  • 🐛 Not working
  • 🐛 Very different readings
  • 🐛 Website no longer available
  • 🐛 LUX is erroneous
  • 🐛 Not a Lux meter
  • 🐛 Measures reflected light, not lux
  • 🐛 Inaccurate measurements
  • 🐛 Wish I could get money back
  • 🐛 Color temp is a joke
  • 🐛 Guesses are better
  • 🐛 Shows yellow HPS as 5300k
  • 🐛 CFL and incandescent same
  • 🐛 Faulty
  • 🐛 Don't have confidence in results
  • 🐛 Low lighting results way off
  • 🐛 Instructions would be nice
  • 🐛 Valid email address needed
  • 🐛 Cannot measure lux with camera
  • 🐛 Helper function leaves user alone
  • 🐛 Camera too intelligent
  • 🐛 White balance etc. shouldn't be in measurement
  • 🐛 Cannot get usable lux measurement
  • 🐛 Same for color temperature
  • 🐛 Not a Pro Advanced feature
  • 🐛 Requires user expertise
  • 🐛 Not worth the money
  • 🐛 Doesn't work on new iPad
  • 🐛 Reverts to iPhone size image
  • 🐛 Total failure on new iPad
  • 🐛 Surface and operation fine, no measurement
  • 🐛 Switch doesn't turn on
  • 🐛 Thrown away money
  • 🐛 Does not work on iPhone 4s
  • 🐛 Friend uses on iPhone 4 without problem
  • 🐛 Hope for quick update
  • 🐛 Screen dimensions cut off
  • 🐛 Results vary too much
  • 🐛 Data is useless
  • 🐛 Screen cut off on right/bottom
  • 🐛 Needs major revision
  • 🐛 All I get is a black screen
  • 🐛 Please get back to me
  • 🐛 Black screen, doesn't work
  • 🐛 Waste of money
  • 🐛 Worked good on 5, black screen on 6
  • 🐛 Difficult to use
  • 🐛 Need expert knowledge
  • 🐛 Still struggling to use
  • 🐛 Kelvin meter is doubtful
  • 🐛 Feels like analyzing image
  • 🐛 Completely worthless app
  • 🐛 Bears no relation to reality
  • 🐛 Written in illiterate English
  • 🐛 Functions unusable
  • 🐛 Why?
  • 🐛 Is there a way?
  • 🐛 Black screen on iPhone 5
  • 🐛 Doesn't work since iOS 6
  • 🐛 Black screen after launch
  • 🐛 Immediately black screen
  • 🐛 App closes immediately
  • 🐛 Expecting quick update
  • 🐛 Inconsistent readings
  • 🐛 Almost useless
  • 🐛 App does not work
  • 🐛 Not working
  • 🐛 Very different readings
  • 🐛 Website no longer available
  • 🐛 LUX is erroneous
  • 🐛 Not a Lux meter
  • 🐛 Measures reflected light, not lux
  • 🐛 Inaccurate measurements
  • 🐛 Wish I could get money back
  • 🐛 Color temp is a joke
  • 🐛 Guesses are better
  • 🐛 Shows yellow HPS as 5300k
  • 🐛 CFL and incandescent same
  • 🐛 Faulty
  • 🐛 Don't have confidence in results
  • 🐛 Low lighting results way off
  • 🐛 Instructions would be nice
  • 🐛 Valid email address needed
  • 🐛 Cannot measure lux with camera
  • 🐛 Helper function leaves user alone
  • 🐛 Camera too intelligent
  • 🐛 White balance etc. shouldn't be in measurement
  • 🐛 Cannot get usable lux measurement
  • 🐛 Same for color temperature
  • 🐛 Not a Pro Advanced feature
  • 🐛 Requires user expertise
  • 🐛 Not worth the money
  • 🐛 Doesn't work on new iPad
  • 🐛 Reverts to iPhone size image
  • 🐛 Total failure on new iPad
  • 🐛 Surface and operation fine, no measurement
  • 🐛 Switch doesn't turn on
  • 🐛 Thrown away money
  • 🐛 Slow and not seeing cameras
  • 🐛 No improvement after delete/reinstall
  • 🐛 iOS 5.1 doesn't operate
  • 🐛 Light measurement abnormal
  • 🐛 Doesn't work since OS 5.1 update
  • 🐛 Camera cannot be changed
  • 🐛 No functions operate
  • 🐛 Please fix
  • 🐛 Missing instructions
  • 🐛 Bugs inside
  • 🐛 Cannot calibrate
  • 🐛 Switching lenses difficult
  • 🐛 Not as good as free version
  • 🐛 Interface loads, that's all
  • 🐛 Don't download it
  • 🐛 Do not buy this app
  • 🐛 Does not work for lux or color temp
  • 🐛 Cannot calibrate
  • 🐛 Not linear
  • 🐛 Color temp not close
  • 🐛 Save your money
  • 🐛 500k increments too large
  • 🐛 Not usable for shooting
  • 🐛 Approximate calibration
  • 🐛 No parameter saving
  • 🐛 Color temperature scale not useful
  • 🐛 No support
  • 🐛 No instructions available
  • 🐛 No part works accurately
  • 🐛 Product blows
  • 🐛 100% true on iPhone 4
  • 🐛 Fix this app
  • 🐛 Dishonest chiselers
  • 🐛 Does not work at all
  • 🐛 Company sells many similar apps
  • 🐛 Bought two, neither work
  • 🐛 Please fix or refund
  • 🐛 Not suitable for iPad
  • 🐛 Image appears tiny
  • 🐛 In one corner of the screen
  • 🐛 Could not get it to work
  • 🐛 Flashes iPad layout, switches to iPhone
  • 🐛 No function
  • 🐛 Annoying
  • 🐛 Too expensive
  • 🐛 No interaction with internal camera
  • 🐛 No way to measure anything
  • 🐛 Several versions of this crap
  • 🐛 Developer's intentions?
  • 🐛 Does not work on iPhone 4s
  • 🐛 Friend uses on iPhone 4 without problem
  • 🐛 Hope for quick update
  • 🐛 Screen dimensions cut off
  • 🐛 Results vary too much
  • 🐛 Data is useless
  • 🐛 Screen cut off on right/bottom
  • 🐛 Needs major revision
  • 🐛 All I get is a black screen
  • 🐛 Please get back to me
  • 🐛 Black screen, doesn't work
  • 🐛 Waste of money
  • 🐛 Worked good on 5, black screen on 6
  • 🐛 Difficult to use
  • 🐛 Need expert knowledge
  • 🐛 Still struggling to use
  • 🐛 Kelvin meter is doubtful
  • 🐛 Feels like analyzing image
  • 🐛 Completely worthless app
  • 🐛 Bears no relation to reality
  • 🐛 Written in illiterate English
  • 🐛 Functions unusable
  • 🐛 Why?
  • 🐛 Is there a way?
  • 🐛 Black screen on iPhone 5
  • 🐛 Doesn't work since iOS 6
  • 🐛 Black screen after launch
  • 🐛 Immediately black screen
  • 🐛 App closes immediately
  • 🐛 Expecting quick update
  • 🐛 Inconsistent readings
  • 🐛 Almost useless
  • 🐛 App does not work
  • 🐛 Not working
  • 🐛 Very different readings
  • 🐛 Website no longer available
  • 🐛 LUX is erroneous
  • 🐛 Not a Lux meter
  • 🐛 Measures reflected light, not lux
  • 🐛 Inaccurate measurements
  • 🐛 Wish I could get money back
  • 🐛 Color temp is a joke
  • 🐛 Guesses are better
  • 🐛 Shows yellow HPS as 5300k
  • 🐛 CFL and incandescent same
  • 🐛 Faulty
  • 🐛 Don't have confidence in results
  • 🐛 Low lighting results way off
  • 🐛 Instructions would be nice
  • 🐛 Valid email address needed
  • 🐛 Cannot measure lux with camera
  • 🐛 Helper function leaves user alone
  • 🐛 Camera too intelligent
  • 🐛 White balance etc. shouldn't be in measurement
  • 🐛 Cannot get usable lux measurement
  • 🐛 Same for color temperature
  • 🐛 Not a Pro Advanced feature
  • 🐛 Requires user expertise
  • 🐛 Not worth the money
  • 🐛 Doesn't work on new iPad
  • 🐛 Reverts to iPhone size image
  • 🐛 Total failure on new iPad
  • 🐛 Surface and operation fine, no measurement
  • 🐛 Switch doesn't turn on
  • 🐛 Thrown away money
  • 🐛 Slow and not seeing cameras
  • 🐛 No improvement after delete/reinstall
  • 🐛 iOS 5.1 doesn't operate
  • 🐛 Light measurement abnormal
  • 🐛 Doesn't work since OS 5.1 update
  • 🐛 Camera cannot be changed
  • 🐛 No functions operate
  • 🐛 Please fix
  • 🐛 Missing instructions
  • 🐛 Bugs inside
  • 🐛 Cannot calibrate
  • 🐛 Switching lenses difficult
  • 🐛 Not as good as free version
  • 🐛 Interface loads, that's all
  • 🐛 Don't download it
  • 🐛 Do not buy this app
  • 🐛 Does not work for lux or color temp
  • 🐛 Cannot calibrate
  • 🐛 Not linear
  • 🐛 Color temp not close
  • 🐛 Save your money
  • 🐛 500k increments too large
  • 🐛 Not usable for shooting
  • 🐛 Approximate calibration
  • 🐛 No parameter saving
  • 🐛 Color temperature scale not useful
  • 🐛 No support
  • 🐛 No instructions available
  • 🐛 No part works accurately
  • 🐛 Product blows
  • 🐛 100% true on iPhone 4
  • 🐛 Fix this app
  • 🐛 Dishonest chiselers
  • 🐛 Does not work at all
  • 🐛 Company sells many similar apps
  • 🐛 Bought two, neither work
  • 🐛 Please fix or refund
  • 🐛 Not suitable for iPad
  • 🐛 Image appears tiny
  • 🐛 In one corner of the screen
  • 🐛 Could not get it to work
  • 🐛 Flashes iPad layout, switches to iPhone
  • 🐛 No function
  • 🐛 Annoying
  • 🐛 Too expensive
  • 🐛 No interaction with internal camera
  • 🐛 No way to measure anything
  • 🐛 Several versions of this crap
  • 🐛 Developer's intentions?
  • 🐛 Does not work on iPhone 4s
  • 🐛 Friend uses on iPhone 4 without problem
  • 🐛 Hope for quick update
  • 🐛 Screen dimensions cut off
  • 🐛 Results vary too much
  • 🐛 Data is useless
  • 🐛 Screen cut off on right/bottom
  • 🐛 Needs major revision
  • 🐛 All I get is a black screen
  • 🐛 Please get back to me
  • 🐛 Black screen, doesn't work
  • 🐛 Waste of money
  • 🐛 Worked good on 5, black screen on 6
  • 🐛 Difficult to use
  • 🐛 Need expert knowledge
  • 🐛 Still struggling to use
  • 🐛 Kelvin meter is doubtful
  • 🐛 Feels like analyzing image
  • 🐛 Completely worthless app
  • 🐛 Bears no relation to reality
  • 🐛 Written in illiterate English
  • 🐛 Functions unusable
  • 🐛 Why?
  • 🐛 Is there a way?
  • 🐛 Black screen on iPhone 5
  • 🐛 Doesn't work since iOS 6
  • 🐛 Black screen after launch
  • 🐛 Immediately black screen
  • 🐛 App closes immediately
  • 🐛 Expecting quick update
  • 🐛 Inconsistent readings
  • 🐛 Almost useless
  • 🐛 App does not work
  • 🐛 Not working
  • 🐛 Very different readings
  • 🐛 Website no longer available
  • 🐛 LUX is erroneous
  • 🐛 Not a Lux meter
  • 🐛 Measures reflected light, not lux
  • 🐛 Inaccurate measurements
  • 🐛 Wish I could get money back
  • 🐛 Color temp is a joke
  • 🐛 Guesses are better
  • 🐛 Shows yellow HPS as 5300k
  • 🐛 CFL and incandescent same
  • 🐛 Faulty
  • 🐛 Don't have confidence in results
  • 🐛 Low lighting results way off
  • 🐛 Instructions would be nice
  • 🐛 Valid email address needed
  • 🐛 Cannot measure lux with camera
  • 🐛 Helper function leaves user alone
  • 🐛 Camera too intelligent
  • 🐛 White balance etc. shouldn't be in measurement
  • 🐛 Cannot get usable lux measurement
  • 🐛 Same for color temperature
  • 🐛 Not a Pro Advanced feature
  • 🐛 Requires user expertise
  • 🐛 Not worth the money
  • 🐛 Doesn't work on new iPad
  • 🐛 Reverts to iPhone size image
  • 🐛 Total failure on new iPad
  • 🐛 Surface and operation fine, no measurement
  • 🐛 Switch doesn't turn on
  • 🐛 Thrown away money
  • 🐛 Slow and not seeing cameras
  • 🐛 No improvement after delete/reinstall
  • 🐛 iOS 5.1 doesn't operate
  • 🐛 Light measurement abnormal
  • 🐛 Doesn't work since OS 5.1 update
  • 🐛 Camera cannot be changed
  • 🐛 No functions operate
  • 🐛 Please fix
  • 🐛 Missing instructions
  • 🐛 Bugs inside
  • 🐛 Cannot calibrate
  • 🐛 Switching lenses difficult
  • 🐛 Not as good as free version
  • 🐛 Interface loads, that's all
  • 🐛 Don't download it
  • 🐛 Do not buy this app
  • 🐛 Does not work for lux or color temp
  • 🐛 Cannot calibrate
  • 🐛 Not linear
  • 🐛 Color temp not close
  • 🐛 Save your money
  • 🐛 500k increments too large
  • 🐛 Not usable for shooting
  • 🐛 Approximate calibration
  • 🐛 No parameter saving
  • 🐛 Color temperature scale not useful
  • 🐛 No support
  • 🐛 No instructions available
  • 🐛 No part works accurately
  • 🐛 Product blows
  • 🐛 100% true on iPhone 4
  • 🐛 Fix this app
  • 🐛 Dishonest chiselers
  • 🐛 Does not work at all
  • 🐛 Company sells many similar apps
  • 🐛 Bought two, neither work
  • 🐛 Please fix or refund
  • 🐛 Not suitable for iPad
  • 🐛 Image appears tiny
  • 🐛 In one corner of the screen
  • 🐛 Could not get it to work
  • 🐛 Flashes iPad layout, switches to iPhone
  • 🐛 No function
  • 🐛 Annoying
  • 🐛 Too expensive
  • 🐛 No interaction with internal camera
  • 🐛 No way to measure anything
  • 🐛 Several versions of this crap
  • 🐛 Developer's intentions?
  • 🐛 Does not work on iPhone 4s
  • 🐛 Friend uses on iPhone 4 without problem
  • 🐛 Hope for quick update

Requested features

39 requests
  • 💡 Circle in the middle for measurement
  • 💡 Changeable circle size
  • 💡 More detailed calibration instructions
  • 💡 Ability to add own light sources
  • 💡 Dark mode option
Show 34 more
  • 💡 Advanced analytics dashboard
  • 💡 Update for iOS 5.1
  • 💡 Fix for iPhone 4s
  • 💡 Fix for iPad 2
  • 💡 Fix for iPhone 4
  • 💡 Fix for iPhone 6
  • 💡 Fix for iPhone 6 Plus
  • 💡 Fix for iPhone 6s
  • 💡 Fix for iPhone 6s Plus
  • 💡 Fix for iPad Air
  • 💡 Fix for iOS 7
  • 💡 Fix for iOS 8.02
  • 💡 Fix for iOS 10
  • 💡 Fix for iOS 6
  • 💡 Fix for iOS 6.0.1
  • 💡 Fix for iOS 5.1
  • 💡 Fix for iOS 4.21
  • 💡 Fix for iPad
  • 💡 Fix for iPad 2
  • 💡 Fix for iPhone 5
  • 💡 Fix for iPhone 5s
  • 💡 Fix for iPhone 4s
  • 💡 Fix for iPhone 4
  • 💡 Fix for iPhone 3GS
  • 💡 Fix for iPhone
  • 💡 Fix for all devices
  • 💡 More detailed documentation
  • 💡 Clearer instructions
  • 💡 Better GUI
  • 💡 Step-by-step calibration guide
  • 💡 Explanation of compensation, linear, offset
  • 💡 Ability to save settings
  • 💡 More precise color temperature measurement
  • 💡 Ability to change camera

Mana Trove

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

LightLAB PRO

No in-app purchases

None

Mana Trove

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LightLAB PRO free?
LightLAB PRO costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mana Trove free?
Mana Trove is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LightLAB PRO or Mana Trove have ads?
Neither LightLAB PRO nor Mana Trove shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LightLAB PRO or Mana Trove?
LightLAB PRO ships an update every 2 months, and Mana Trove weekly. Most recently, LightLAB PRO was updated on September 23, 2026 and Mana Trove on September 30, 2026.

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