NostalgiaBox vs Bask Light Meter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NostalgiaBox
Capture and preserve life's significant moments and memories that might otherwise fade. This app helps you remember, reflect, and grow from your experiences, addressing the frustration of forgotten details and lost history.
- Capture significant life moments
- Preserve fading memories
- Reflect on personal experiences
- Facilitate self-discovery
- Retain precious moments
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Life is a journey filled with adventures, novelties, bad decisions, self-discovery, and cherished friendships. Every experience contributes to the tapestry of who we are. We want to celebrate this journey by offering a means to remember, reflect, and grow through the memories we create. We've all experienced moments of forgetfulness, where the vivid details of a significant week or day fade into obscurity. It's frustrating, leaving us with a sense of lost history. Our mission is to address this by providing a way to capture and retain these precious moments.
Bask Light Meter
This app uses your device's camera to measure sunlight intensity. It helps you determine the best locations in your home for your houseplants to receive optimal light for growth.
- Measure sunlight with camera
- Optimize plant placement
- Supports houseplants
- User-friendly interface
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With Bask Light Meter, you can use your device's camera to measure light to help you place your house plants where they will thrive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NostalgiaBox at 5.0 against Bask Light Meter's 3.9. NostalgiaBox also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). Bask Light Meter's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NostalgiaBox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 10 respectively.
NostalgiaBox ships an update every 5 months, Bask Light Meter every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NostalgiaBox | Bask Light Meter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.9 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nathan Shanko | Protean Studio |
Customer experience
NostalgiaBox
Bask Light Meter
In-app purchases
NostalgiaBox
No in-app purchases
Bask Light Meter
No in-app purchases
Questions
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