myLightMeter PRO vs Photo Point
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myLightMeter PRO
This app provides precise exposure metering for photographers, supporting both digital and analog workflows. It offers a comprehensive set of manual controls and advanced tools like a hyperfocal distance calculator.
- Extended low-light sensitivity
- Incident and reflected metering
- Manual exposure control
- Hyperfocal distance calculator
- Save and review exposure data
- Extract exposure data from photos
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Designed by a photographer, for photographers. Built for reliable, precise exposure measurement across film and digital workflows. myLightMeter PRO gives you full control over exposure through a clean, professional set of tools. Key Features • Incident and reflected-light metering • Classic and Pro interface styles • Full manual control over aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and exposure compensation in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments • Exposure range from 4 hours in Long Exposure mode to 1/8000 s, f/1.0 to f/512, and ISO 0.8 to 409,600 • Aperture-priority (Av) and shutter-priority (Tv) modes • Automatic ISO adjustment or ISO lock • Reciprocity correction for long film exposures • Sensitivity down to −2.5 EV, ideal for low-light scenes • Average multiple readings • Import shutter speed, aperture, and ISO from photos in your library • Organize readings into Sessions with photos, exposure data, camera and lens details, and notes • Keep your Sessions synced through iCloud, so they remain available when you switch phones or use another device • Export Sessions as PDFs or print them Advanced Tools • Hyperfocal-distance calculator • Five configurable presets, each storing camera, lens, ISO, filter, and film settings • EV display with an analog scale or numerical reading • mySPOTMETER and f/Tools integration About This app is built and maintained by an independent photographer and developer. It is the tool I personally use and continuously refine. If you have suggestions or need support, contact me at: davidquiles@me.com
Photo Point
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Photo Point finds, plans, and saves the places worth photographing — from a one-tap save on the side of the road to a week-long road trip planned around the best light. DISCOVER WHAT'S ALONG YOUR ROUTE Driving Route 66, a coastal highway, or just across the state? Paste your route from Google Maps, waypoints and all, then choose what you're into — roadside oddities, ghost towns, vintage neon, murals, classic diners, abandoned places, or anything you type — and Photo Point hands you a ready-made prompt for any AI chat, one stretch of road at a time. Paste the replies back and every find lands on your route in driving order, marked with the mile it falls at and how far off the road it is, each with a picture. The obscure stops people mention in forums and road-trip blogs, without hours of searching. PLAN THE TRIP IN MINUTES Answer a few quick questions and the trip wizard builds it: drive straight there, stop when you're tired, or plan every stop. Build Itinerary fits your stops into days around your daily driving limit and suggests where each night ends. On iPad and Mac, the Trip Planner shows your arrival time at every stop against its best light, flags when you'll be early or late for it, adds cloud forecasts, and prints a shot sheet for the road. KNOW WHEN THE LIGHT WILL BE RIGHT Every spot shows its best golden-hour moment for the direction you were facing. On iPad and Mac, turn on the sun overlay to see exactly where the sun sits — and where the shadows fall — at every spot, for any date and time. SAVE A SPOT IN ONE TAP Spot something worth coming back to? Save it from the app, the Lock Screen widget, your Apple Watch, or hands-free with "Hey Siri, save this spot." Photo Point records your location, the direction you're facing, and the time. Share a photo or Street View screenshot from any app straight into a spot. BUILD OUT EVERY LOCATION - Photos and reference images, plus Look Around street-level previews - Notes, parking, a shot list, and the gear each spot needs - Tags and trips, with the whole collection on a map that shows each spot's photo up close PACK FOR IT A gear library with kits — Landscape, Drone, Road trip basics — builds each trip's packing list, flags gear your stops need, and syncs so you can build the list on your iPad and check it off on your iPhone. A quick gear check as you leave each stop keeps the tripod from staying behind. GET THERE Open any spot in Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Waze, send a whole day's stops to Google Maps as a route, or export to Google My Maps. EVERYWHERE YOU ARE iPhone for the field, iPad and Mac for planning, Apple Watch for one-tap saves — all synced privately through your own iCloud. No account, no server of ours, no ads. Built for photographers, videographers, and anyone who likes a road trip with better stops.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Photo Point at Free against myLightMeter PRO's $4.99. Photo Point also leads on device support (4 vs 1). myLightMeter PRO's advantage is chart position (#15 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Photo Point is free to download; myLightMeter PRO costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
myLightMeter PRO ships an update every 5 days, Photo Point every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myLightMeter PRO | Photo Point |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #15 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Quiles | James Pennucci |
Bugs and requests
myLightMeter PRO
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on startup
- Inconsistent behavior between free and pro versions
- Incorrect shutter speed and aperture options for some cameras
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to lock shutter speed and aperture
- Smaller spot metering area
- Support for more film/sensor formats
- Improved incident metering with diffuser
Photo Point
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
myLightMeter PRO
No in-app purchases
Photo Point
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is myLightMeter PRO free?
Is Photo Point free?
Do myLightMeter PRO or Photo Point have ads?
Which is updated more often, myLightMeter PRO or Photo Point?
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