Comparison

iLightningCam 2 Lite vs Even Longer

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

Head to head
About

iLightningCam 2 Lite

Capture stunning lightning strike photos in real-time with your iPhone or iPad. This app automatically detects and photographs lightning, offering both automatic and manual ISO controls for expert users. Enjoy a user-friendly interface and advanced detection capabilities.

Highlights
  • Real-time lightning detection
  • Automatic day/night mode switching
  • Manual ISO adjustment for experts
  • Double-shot and blend image options
  • High-quality image capture (low quality in Lite version)
  • Modern design
Features
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iLightningCam 2 - The Second Generation - Real-time lightning photography with iPhone made easy. It enables everyone to take spectacular pictures of real lighting strikes with an iPhone or iPad! This is the free Lite version of iLightningCam 2! It offers all features of the full app, but pictures can only be saved with low quality (640x480 - 0,3 MP). For full resolution please buy our complete new iLightningCam 2! After three years of development, iLightningCam 2 follows the unique iLightningCam, which was the only app with ISO control since 2012 with more than 160 000 users. iLightningCam 2 features: - Full AUTO Mode! No user input needed! The app changes automatically between day and night mode Continuous calculation of best ISO settings based on the last strikes - Original Photo Resolution, no tricks, no interpolation! - Much better detection! - Double-shot , + one image as blend of first and second shot! - New modern design! - For experts: ISO ranges are fully manually adjustable, if wished! iLightningCam 2 uses true real-time recognition of lightning strikes. Once recognized, your iPhone takes a picture of the recognized lightning in up to 8MP. And yes - your iPhone or iPad is fast enough! You only need a good view on a real thunderstorm. The app works free hand. Just point your iPhone towards the scene/part of the sky/thunderstorm where you expect the next lightning, start the iLightningCam 2 and wait, the app will automatically press the trigger if a lightning is detected in your view. Warning: Lightning storms are life threatening for you and your phone!!! Take care using this app! Do not take any risks and avoid exposure to thunderstorms! Use this app only in lightning and storm protected places. You are solely responsible for your actions and adverse consequences. Read full safety warning in the instructions page, before using this app. Who is it not for: It is not for children and it is not for mentally handicapped persons, as they may have not the ability to protect themselves against lightning or the associated storm.

About

Even Longer

This app transforms your iPhone into a professional long exposure camera. It offers multiple capture modes for motion blur, light trails, and star trails, with advanced features available through an optional PRO membership.

Highlights
  • Frame Averaging Mode
  • Light Trails Mode
  • Star Trails Mode
  • RAW Support
  • Intervalometer
  • Save Interim Results
  • Longest capture times
Features
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Even Longer is a professional long-exposure camera for iPhone and iPad — and the first long-exposure app on the App Store to shoot 48 MP and Apple ProRAW. You set the exposure — a duration or a frame count. The camera captures a continuous frame sequence to that target and merges it live on the GPU, under full manual control. Thirty seconds or three hours is a number you enter, not a shutter you hold. What lands in your library is a real RAW. iPHONE 18 PRO VARIABLE APERTURE Supported from day one: an aperture button and ruler on the camera screen, every stop the lens offers, and the f-number in your files. On iPhones with a fixed iris the control simply stays hidden. 48 MP AND APPLE PRORAW Long exposures at the sensor's full 48-megapixel readout, and merged results written as Apple ProRAW. Maximum resolution works in frame averaging with ProRAW, TIFF, HEIC or JPEG on iPhones with a 48 MP sensor; ProRAW needs a ProRAW-capable iPhone. RAW OUTPUT, AND SHADOWIQ Merged results save as RAW (DNG), Apple ProRAW, TIFF, HEIC or JPEG — with a fallback order you control. When a lens or mode can't produce the format you picked, the camera saves the next one it can and tells you why, without ever changing your choice. The RAW is worth the wait: dramatically more detail in the shadows and cleaner blacks than any earlier version, and ShadowIQ goes further still: shadow detail with even less noise, and no need to bracket exposures any more. WHAT YOU CAN SHOOT • Frame averaging — silky water, cleaner night shots, crowds that fade away (a computed ND filter) • Light Trails — traffic, light painting, fireworks • Star Trails — with a celestial overlay that projects the pole, constellations and the expected trails onto your viewfinder before you commit FULL MANUAL CONTROL ISO, shutter, focus, white balance, EV and aperture — with live histogram, grid and spirit level overlays, tap-to-focus and a loupe. Per-lens focal length, sensor size and crop factor are measured on your hardware, so your metadata is right. PLAN AND AUTOMATE Schedule a capture for sunset or astronomical night on the built-in sun-altitude timeline, run the intervalometer for sequences, and let interim saves protect long exposures against interruptions. REMOTE CONTROL AND APPLE WATCH Pair the Even Longer Remote app (iPhone, iPad or Mac) and control the camera from a distance: live viewfinder, full manual control, live progress, and finished files delivered to the controller. Pairing is TLS-secured on your local network; an off-grid hotspot mode works in the field without any router. The Apple Watch app — live viewfinder, shutter, progress — comes with the app. THE APP, AND PRO — READ BEFORE BUYING Even Longer is a paid app: one purchase, no ads, no data collection, nothing sold on. It gets you the whole camera — every accumulation mode, JPEG and HEIC output including 48 MP, variable aperture, histogram, grid and spirit level, the Apple Watch app and the iPad layout. PRO is an optional in-app purchase that upgrades this app — monthly, yearly, or once and forever. The subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel them. These features are NOT included without PRO: RAW (DNG), Apple ProRAW and TIFF output, ShadowIQ, the celestial overlay, remote control, scheduled capture, the intervalometer, interim saves and anamorphic desqueeze. They are marked PRO in the app. Entitlements are checked on device, so PRO keeps working where there is no signal. TWO APPS, ONE CAMERA • Even Longer — this app: the camera, paid, with the optional PRO upgrade. • Even Longer Remote — the controller for iPhone, iPad and Mac. It needs an Even Longer camera with remote control (PRO) switched on. Built for photographers who plan the shot — and want the file to be worth the wait. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.even-longer.cam/terms-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.even-longer.cam/privacy

Screenshots

iLightningCam 2 Lite4 screens
Even Longer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iLightningCam 2 Lite at Free against Even Longer's $3.99. iLightningCam 2 Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). Even Longer's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 9 months) and rating (4.1 vs 3.7). On review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

iLightningCam 2 Lite is free to download; Even Longer costs $3.99 up front. Even Longer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. iLightningCam 2 Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Even Longer holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Even Longer has 224 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of iLightningCam 2 Lite's written reviews are positive against 57% of Even Longer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iLightningCam 2 Lite ships an update every 9 months, Even Longer every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
iLightningCam 2 Lite versus Even Longer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriLightningCam 2 LiteEven Longer
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating3.7 (26 ratings)4.1 (224 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better56.6% of reviews
Number of ratings26224 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank—#67 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorian StiassnyMario Tomiak

Customer experience

iLightningCam 2 Lite

All ratings25 ratings
Positive64.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral7.5%
Negative32.5%

Even Longer

All ratings223 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral7.6%
Negative16.1%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive56.6%
Neutral10.7%
Negative32.8%

Bugs and requests

iLightningCam 2 Lite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Even Longer

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes after ~200 photos in interval mode
  • Blank camera screen until photo is taken
  • Photos not found in camera roll or files
  • App crashes on iPhone 17 Pro Max after upgrade
  • Pro membership not reinstating after crashes
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  • Autofocus crosshairs take 3+ seconds to appear
  • Shutter button becomes unresponsive
  • Red/magenta color cast on subsequent photos
  • Exposure preview doesn't match final output
  • Photos appear blurry despite tripod use
  • App requires service connection for Pro features
  • Focus system behaves differently in night mode
  • Charged incorrect amount during purchase
  • Subscription charged despite 'free' promotion

Requested features

12 requests
  • Camera level function for alignment
  • HDR support for better dynamic range
  • 48MP RAW file support for newer iPhones
  • Apple Watch app for remote shooting
  • Better exposure preview matching final output
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  • Astrophotography mode with star tracking
  • 16:9 aspect ratio option for star trails
  • Individual image saving option without stacking
  • Fine-tune focus buttons for night mode
  • Higher ISO control options
  • Better user guides and tutorials
  • Multi-device license support

In-app purchases

None

iLightningCam 2 Lite

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Even Longer

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • PRO Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • PRO Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is iLightningCam 2 Lite free?
iLightningCam 2 Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Even Longer free?
Even Longer costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iLightningCam 2 Lite or Even Longer?
Even Longer is rated higher. iLightningCam 2 Lite averages 3.7 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Even Longer averages 4.1 from 224 ratings.
Do iLightningCam 2 Lite or Even Longer have ads?
Neither iLightningCam 2 Lite nor Even Longer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iLightningCam 2 Lite or Even Longer?
iLightningCam 2 Lite ships an update every 9 months, and Even Longer every 8 days. Most recently, iLightningCam 2 Lite was updated on October 23, 2026 and Even Longer on October 25, 2026.

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