Comparison

myLightMeter PRO vs Photo Point

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Extended low-light sensitivity
  • Incident and reflected metering
  • Manual exposure control
  • Hyperfocal distance calculator
  • Save and review exposure data
  • Extract exposure data from photos
Features
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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

About

Photo Point

Features
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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.

Screenshots

myLightMeter PRO4 screens
Photo Point4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
myLightMeter PRO versus Photo Point: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyLightMeter PROPhoto Point
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#15 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid QuilesJames 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

None

myLightMeter PRO

No in-app purchases

None

Photo Point

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is myLightMeter PRO free?
myLightMeter PRO costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Photo Point free?
Photo Point is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do myLightMeter PRO or Photo Point have ads?
Neither myLightMeter PRO nor Photo Point shows ads.
Which is updated more often, myLightMeter PRO or Photo Point?
myLightMeter PRO ships an update every 5 days, and Photo Point every 9 days. Most recently, myLightMeter PRO was updated on October 26, 2026 and Photo Point on October 24, 2026.

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