Comparison

KeyLight PRO vs Lightme

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

Head to head
About

KeyLight PRO

This app simplifies off-camera flash photography by providing calculators for optimal exposure settings. It helps photographers determine ISO, aperture, strobe power, and distance, removing guesswork for both beginners and advanced users. Manage multiple lighting setups and modifiers with its virtual gear bag.

Highlights
  • Exposure calculators (ISO, aperture, strobe power, distance)
  • Key Falloff calculator
  • Virtual Gear Bag for unlimited strobe configurations
  • Strobe Library with 100+ pre-loaded models
  • Support for various light modifiers
  • Save multiple setups
Features
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Shooting off-camera flash photography is challenging. Optimal exposure settings requires a knowledge of how to balance ISO sensitivity, aperture level, strobe power and strobe proximity to the subject. Because strobe power varies dramatically not only between manufacturers and models but also when external elements such as umbrellas, soft-boxes and lighting gels are used, quickly determining correct exposure settings can be challenging at best, and frustrating at the worst. KeyLight PRO removes all of this guesswork. Easy-to-use calculators quickly and clearly display optimal ISO levels, aperture settings, strobe power levels and strobe-to-subject distances in an intuitive, familiar interface. For the more advanced photographer, the Key Falloff calculator will calculate the proximity of the strobe from the subject in order to meet a desired exposure value falloff over a specific distance. For example, the area behind a subject is 10 feet away, should be 3 stops underexposed relative to the subject, and the strobe is firing at 1/4 power and the camera is at ISO 400. What should the aperture setting be on the camera? With KeyLight PRO, the answer is a tap away. How many strobes does KeyLight PRO support? The Virtual Gear Bag provides an unlimited number of strobe makes, models and settings, and the Strobe Library provides over 100 pre-loaded strobe model configurations. The Gear Bag is readily accessible on all of the calculators, providing quick, easy and accurate exposure settings when swapping between your strobes. Only using one strobe? Keep multiple "set ups" in your Gear Bag under a variety of configurations: bare bulbed, gelled, soft-boxed, umbrellaed, neutral-density filtered, wall-bounced, go-bo'd. There is no limit to the number of ways the light from a single strobe can be modified. Create as many configurations for these light modifiers as you need, and know in an instant how to most effectively utilize them. KeyLight PRO. Control the light.

About

Lightme

This app helps analog photographers meticulously track their film rolls, shots, and development processes. It allows for detailed logging of gear and consumables, with features for data visualization and export. Users can also manage film holders and add post-development notes with photos of final results.

Highlights
  • Log film rolls, shots, and development
  • Track gear and consumables
  • Data visualization with graphs/histograms
  • Data export in JSON/CSV formats
  • Manage large format film holders
  • Post-development notes with photos
Features
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Lightme - Logbook is a clean and powerful tool to record and keep track of your rolls, shots, developments, and all the gear that revolves around shooting film — from 35mm to medium and large format. The idea behind it is simple: logging a shot should take seconds, not steal time from actually shooting. Lightme pairs a beautiful, immediate interface with enough depth and flexibility to fit any workflow, whether you shoot a couple of rolls a year or fill several large format holders in an afternoon. LOGGING, EFFORTLESSLY • Log a shot in seconds: aperture, shutter speed, focal length, filters, bellows correction, measured EV, notes and more • Log straight from your wrist with the companion Apple Watch app, with Siri and Shortcuts, or from the home screen and lock screen widgets • Together with the Lightme Lightmeter app, your meter readings can prefill a new shot automatically • Every shot can carry a location and address, a preview photo, and later its final scan, plus a star rating ROLLS, SHEETS AND DEVELOPMENTS • Track rolls from loading to unloading, with film stocks from a growing database and a processing pipeline: waiting for development, off to the lab, back from the lab, to be scanned, scanned • Keep detailed development notes — developer, dilution, time, temperature, agitation — for rolls and single sheets alike, including push/pull (N+ / N-) development • Add post-development notes and a photo of the final result to rolls, sheets and individual shots YOUR GEAR, ORGANIZED • Cameras and lenses with nicknames, formats (including custom formats you define), pinhole and bellows flags, custom shutter speeds and selectable shutter step sizes • Roll film backs and lens filters with their exposure compensation • Film holders and backs can be marked as compatible with specific cameras, and everything is searchable from a single bar LARGE FORMAT, COVERED • Keep track of your film holders with three states — unloaded, loaded and exposed — always knowing which film is inside each one • Group holders together and follow every sheet from exposure through development INSIGHTS FROM YOUR DATA • Build and save custom queries, filtering by date (fixed or rolling windows), camera, lens, film stock, format, ISO, aperture, shutter speed, focal length and notes • Visualize results with histograms — by camera, lens, film stock, shutter speed, aperture, focal length, ISO, format, rating or hour of the day — alongside aggregate stats like mean aperture and average exposure • Save the queries you use most and re-run them anytime YOUR DATA, YOURS • Everything syncs privately through iCloud across your iPhone and iPad • Export any selection of data as CSV or JSON, or as a beautifully formatted PDF with customizable columns and a contact-sheet mode, bundled with your images in a single ZIP • Batch-write shooting metadata (EXIF) onto your scans — for a whole roll at once, or by matching files from the Files app • Viewing and exporting your data is free, forever; adding and editing is unlocked with a one-time purchase or a subscription AND MORE • Full-text search, favourites and an archive to keep things tidy • Available in English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Simplified Chinese • A roadmap of what's coming next lives right in the app — new very cool features are on the way :) If you have any suggestion or issue, write me at lightme.apps@gmail.com Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

KeyLight PRO4 screens
Lightme4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lightme at Free against KeyLight PRO's $0.99. Lightme also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (75% vs 44%). KeyLight PRO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On ads 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

Lightme is free to download; KeyLight PRO costs $0.99 up front. Lightme sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. KeyLight PRO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lightme holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lightme has 101 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of KeyLight PRO's written reviews are positive against 75% of Lightme's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KeyLight PRO ships an update every 26 months, Lightme every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
KeyLight PRO versus Lightme: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeyLight PROLightme
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.8 (101 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4101 — better
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel BrewerGiuseppe Bertolini

Customer experience

KeyLight PRO

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral22.2%
Negative33.3%

Lightme

All ratings101 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

KeyLight PRO

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Lightme

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Cappuccino7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Focaccia Barese7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Spaghetti Carbonara7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Homemade Pizza party7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time4
  • A smile :)Free
  • Box of Prosecco$59.99
  • Fuel for my '90s camper$119.99
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  • Terme for two$239.99

Questions

Is KeyLight PRO free?
KeyLight PRO costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lightme free?
Lightme is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KeyLight PRO or Lightme?
Lightme is rated higher. KeyLight PRO averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Lightme averages 4.8 from 101 ratings.
Do KeyLight PRO or Lightme have ads?
Neither KeyLight PRO nor Lightme shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KeyLight PRO or Lightme?
KeyLight PRO ships an update every 26 months, and Lightme every 9 days. Most recently, KeyLight PRO was updated on September 23, 2026 and Lightme on September 27, 2026.

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