Catchin' Sync vs Illuminati Meter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Catchin' Sync
This app helps determine the audio and video sync delay on any playback device. It's useful for professionals and enthusiasts in various A/V scenarios, including home theaters and professional editing suites. The free version offers a sample video, while full access enables video recording for testing.
- Measure audio-video sync delay
- Works with any sync event
- Useful for professionals
- Suitable for home theater
- Includes sample test video
- Optional video recording
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*** Check out our website for device accuracy information: https://quietart.co.nz/catchinsync *** Catchin' Sync is a utility for video & audio professionals and enthusiasts alike. In most video playback or monitoring situations different codecs and display types as well as hardware cause a delay between the video signal and the audio signal. Be it a professional video edit or sound mix environment, or a home theatre setup, Catchin' Sync makes it a breeze to determine the amount of sync delay between your video and audio devices. It's so easy to use and doesn't require any propriety test files or special formats. Just any sync event on screen can be used. Though, we do provide great test files in many formats for you to use on our site: https://quietart.co.nz/catchinsync If you are a: - Video Editor - Colourist - Online Editor - Re-recording Mixer - Foley Editor - Dialog Editor - SFX Editor - ADR Mixer / recorder - Projectionist - QC Operator - A/V Specialist - Home Theatre Enthusiast - Or a facility owner / manager that deals with anything to do with Audio / Video. You'll benefit from the peace of mind that Catchin' Sync provides! Catchin' Sync can also be used to measure the distance of a sound making event (bouncing ball, lightning etc). This free version includes a sample video for demonstration purposes. You'll need to purchase the Full Access to enable video recording to use in your tests.
Illuminati Meter
This app connects to a wireless light and color meter via Bluetooth, displaying exposure, color temperature, and other light data on your smartphone. It helps photographers and videographers set accurate exposure and white balance for various camera types and lighting conditions.
- Bluetooth connectivity to IM100 meter
- Displays exposure and color temperature
- Supports still and video camera settings
- Color filter libraries for gel selection
- Strobe lighting metering
- Monitors multiple light sources
- Reports illuminance and chromaticity
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The Illuminati Meter app uses your phone’s Bluetooth radio to connect to your Illuminati Instruments IM100 meter. The app gets readings from the meter and displays the correct exposure, color temperature, and other light-related data on your smartphone. Use the readings from the app to enter exposure and white balance information into your mirrorless, DSLR. or digital cinema camera. The app also reports illuminance (in lux) and CIE xy chromaticity data. The Illuminati Instruments’ model IM100 wireless light and color meter for your smartphone is the first light meter of its kind and can be used with a wide variety of lighting types, including: daylight, ambient, fluorescent, LED, strobe, HMI and others. Whether you are creating moving images or still, the Illuminati Meter and App will give you the information you need to characterize the lighting in your scene for consistent exposure and color accuracy. Consistent, accurate information is the key to productivity on the set and later in post production. The Illuminati Meter App is used with your Illuminati IM100 Meter and supports all these features – and more: EXPOSURE settings for both STILL (ISO, F-stops, Shutter speed) and VIDEO (ISO, T-stops, Shutter Angle, and Frame Rate) to set your camera’s exposure information COLOR TEMPERATURE in Kelvin, including green-magenta shift to help you set your camera’s white balance COLOR FILTER LIBRARIES for Lee and Rosco to help you select gels to color correct your lights STROBE lighting support for EXPOSURE, COLOR TEMPERATURE, and STROBE-TO-AMBIENT ratio uses the meter’s built-in strobe metering circuit - no cable required App supports connecting MULTIPLE IM100 METERS to monitor multiple light sources simultaneously ALARM function lets you know when the brightness or color temperature has changed Continuously MONITOR AMBIENT light at an interval you set TRIGGER meter readings from the app or by pressing the meter’s power button STROBE triggering using the sync cord from your flash CHROMATICITY (x, y coordinates) and ILLUMINANCE (lux) DISTANCE from smartphone to the meter: up to 80 feet NOTIFICATIONS for your Smartwatch Visit www.illuminatiinstruments.com for more information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Catchin' Sync at 4.5 against Illuminati Meter's 3.4. Catchin' Sync also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 38%). Illuminati Meter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Catchin' Sync sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Illuminati Meter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Catchin' Sync holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Catchin' Sync's written reviews are positive against 38% of Illuminati Meter's.
Catchin' Sync ships an update every 11 months, Illuminati Meter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Catchin' Sync | Illuminati Meter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better | 3.4 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.6% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.3 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quiet Art Ltd. | Datacolor Inc. |
Customer experience
Catchin' Sync
Illuminati Meter
In-app purchases
Catchin' Sync
- Full access$17.99
Illuminati Meter
No in-app purchases
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