Comparison

Good Light! Magazine vs Light & Shadow

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

Head to head
About

Good Light! Magazine

This app offers practical tips, tricks, and tutorials for portrait and beauty photography. Learn simple and reliable lighting setups to capture stunning photographs with examples from inspiring artists.

Highlights
  • Portrait & beauty photography tips
  • Lighting setup tutorials
  • Practical tricks and techniques
  • Inspiring photographer examples
  • Photo shoot guidance
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***** "So good it’s not to be missed - This mag is just how I like my reads...it's full of good stuff, shortened to just what you require yet does not miss a damn thing!" - review by David Dell, dd3.tv Your photo magazine with practical tips, tricks and tutorials for portrait & beauty photography. Spectacular portrait photography made easy. Good Light! Magazine shows you how to use simple and reliable lighting setups in order to return from your shoot with awesome photographs. Featuring excellent examples from inspiring photographers. Good Light! Magazine Subscription available: A single issue for $9.99 (non-subscription), Quarterly (3-mo) subscription for $7.99, Annual subscription for $24.99, automatically renewed until canceled. Payment for all purchases will be charged to your iTunes account at the confirmation of your purchase. SUBSCRIBERS' AUTOMATIC-RENEWAL FEATURE: Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will automatically be charged at the same price for renewal 24-hours prior to the end of the current period (another year for annual subscribers) unless you change your subscription preferences in your account settings. You can manage your subscriptions through your Account settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Please go to http://www.goodlightmag.com/privacy and http://www.goodlightmag.com/terms for more information.

About

Light & Shadow

Explore studio portrait lighting in AR on your iPhone or iPad. Learn lighting basics with interactive 3D models of studio setups and see how different light placements affect portraits. Choose your viewpoint to study lighting techniques.

Highlights
  • AR Studio Lighting Setups
  • Interactive 3D Models
  • Learn Lighting Basics
  • Adjust Viewpoint
  • Black and White/Color Modes
  • Light Position Descriptions
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Using your iphone or ipad you can step into a Portrait Lighting Studio wherever you are. View a variety of Studio Lighting Setups in full size 3D. Learn the basics of portrait lighting using one light and a reflector or two light setups. This interactive app lets you move around the virtual studio and choose your point of view – study the light placement used to light the model or move in close to focus on the portrait. Features: 9 basic studio portrait light setups Description of each light position and the effect on the portrait back and white and color modes

Screenshots

Good Light! Magazine4 screens
Light & Shadow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Light & Shadow at none against Good Light! Magazine's 10. Light & Shadow also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Good Light! Magazine's advantage is ratings volume (64 vs 1) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Good Light! Magazine sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Light & Shadow asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Good Light! Magazine holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Good Light! Magazine has 64 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Good Light! Magazine's written reviews are positive against 100% of Light & Shadow's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Good Light! Magazine ships an update every 4 months, Light & Shadow monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Good Light! Magazine versus Light & Shadow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGood Light! MagazineLight & Shadow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (64 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews89.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings64 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB138 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMedia in Motion LLCpaulo majano

Customer experience

Good Light! Magazine

All ratings64 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative14.1%
Written reviews137 reviews
Positive89.8%
Neutral3.6%
Negative6.6%

Light & Shadow

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Good Light! Magazine

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after iOS 17 update
  • Subscription recognition issues
  • Inability to access past issues after unsubscribing

Requested features

3 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Offline reading mode
  • Ability to access past purchases after unsubscribing

Light & Shadow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Good Light! Magazine

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Quarterly Subscription$7.993 Months
  • 1yr Subscription1 Month trial$24.991 Year
One-time7
  • Good Light! Magazin Issue 01 / 2012$2.99
  • GoodLight Magazine Issue 2 / 2012$2.99
  • GoodLight Magazine Issue 03$3.99
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  • Good Light! Magazine Issue 04$3.99
  • Issue 05 Good Light! Magazine$3.99
  • Issue 07 Good Light! Magazine$3.99
  • Good Light! Magazine Back Issue Bundle$99.99
None

Light & Shadow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Good Light! Magazine free?
Good Light! Magazine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Light & Shadow free?
Light & Shadow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Good Light! Magazine or Light & Shadow?
Good Light! Magazine is rated higher. Good Light! Magazine averages 4.3 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Light & Shadow averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Good Light! Magazine or Light & Shadow have ads?
Neither Good Light! Magazine nor Light & Shadow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Good Light! Magazine or Light & Shadow?
Good Light! Magazine ships an update every 4 months, and Light & Shadow monthly. Most recently, Good Light! Magazine was updated on November 10, 2026 and Light & Shadow on November 3, 2026.

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