Comparison

Photographers Light Table vs Row Pal

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

Head to head
About

Photographers Light Table

Transform your mobile device into a portable light table for viewing film negatives, prints, and creating astrophotography calibration flats. Offers adjustable brightness, white balance, and an optional grid overlay for precise alignment and accurate color work.

Highlights
  • Device to light table transformation
  • Adjustable brightness control
  • Adjustable white balance
  • Optional grid overlay
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Photographers Light Table turns your iPhone or iPad into a clean, evenly lit surface for viewing film negatives and slides, checking prints, and shooting astrophotography calibration flats. Precise, portable, and ready whenever you are. VIEW FILM AND SLIDES Backlight negatives, transparencies, and contact sheets for inspection, DSLR scanning, or digitising — no bulky light box required. PRECISE LIGHT CONTROL Dial in brightness and colour temperature with full-width sliders and live readouts, from warm tungsten to daylight. Pick any custom colour, and keep the ones you use most one tap away. GRID OVERLAY Turn on an adjustable grid for alignment, framing, and repeatable setups. REMOTE CONTROL Adjust your light table from another device without touching it — handy when it's under a camera or telescope. Use any web browser on your WiFi, or a nearby iPhone or iPad directly, with no shared network needed. Group several tables and drive them together, or focus any single one. An optional PIN keeps your table private. SAVED SCENES Store your setups by name and recall them instantly. Apply, rename, and export scenes right from the remote, and back them up or move them between devices. LIGHT EFFECTS Gentle, photosensitivity-safe effects — Breathe, Colour Cycle, and Candle — plus your own programmable colour sequences. ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY FLATS Produce an even, stable illuminated field for flat frames, with fine brightness control and steady output. Photographers Light Table is free and supported by ads. A one-time Premium purchase removes them.

About

Row Pal

This intuitive utility helps crafters keep track of their progress in crochet and knitting projects. Easily increment or decrement your row count, clear the count with a hold, and customize the background color. Designed for simplicity and ease of use.

Highlights
  • Intuitive UI
  • Increase/decrease count
  • Hold to clear count
  • Hold background to change color
  • Simple design
Features
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Hold your count to clear! This crochet & knit row counter is easy-to-use with an intuitive UI. Increase and decrease your count, hold your count to clear and hold the background to change color.

Screenshots

Photographers Light Table4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Row Pal at 100% against Photographers Light Table's 50%. Row Pal also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Photographers Light Table's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99). On update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Photographers Light Table is free to download; Row Pal costs $1.99 up front. Photographers Light Table sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Row Pal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photographers Light Table ships an update every 3 weeks, Row Pal every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 2, 2026 and August 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Photographers Light Table versus Row Pal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotographers Light TableRow Pal
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating2.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#194 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam TerminiReece Farkash

Customer experience

Photographers Light Table

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Row Pal

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Photographers Light Table

One-time1
  • Premium (Ad-Free)$1.99
None

Row Pal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Photographers Light Table free?
Photographers Light Table is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Row Pal free?
Row Pal costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Photographers Light Table or Row Pal have ads?
Photographers Light Table shows ads; Row Pal does not.
Which is updated more often, Photographers Light Table or Row Pal?
Photographers Light Table ships an update every 3 weeks, and Row Pal every 5 weeks. Most recently, Photographers Light Table was updated on August 2, 2026 and Row Pal on August 24, 2026.

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