Kaleidoscope Lens vs Luminic Light Meter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kaleidoscope Lens
Transform your photos and live camera feeds into dynamic, ever-changing kaleidoscope art. This app allows real-time effects with touch controls and offers various customization settings. Save and share your unique geometric creations instantly.
- Real-time camera kaleidoscope effect
- Apply effects to existing photos
- Touch-based pattern manipulation
- Random playback mode
- Customizable angle, division, and rotation
- Save and share creations
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■ Equipped with 'Random Playback Mode'. Be healed by the ever-changing kaleidoscope ■ The image captured by the camera turns into a kaleidoscope in real time. ■ Enjoy adding a kaleidoscope effect to photos selected from the library ■ Real-time touch operation allows for ever-changing beautiful geometric patterns ■ Quickly capture, save, and share beautiful kaleidoscope photo moments [Select photo] ・Real-time camera captured images ・Start the camera and take a photo ・Select photo from photo album ・Import shared files from other apps ・Paste photos copied from web images, etc. [Settings] - Angle - Division count - Rotattion - Zoom - Resolution - Random Playback - Image Position [Photo Outputs] - Save to camera roll - Photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram,...
Luminic Light Meter
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The light meter your film camera is missing. Point your iPhone at the scene, press MEASURE, set your camera. Accurate to within 1/3 stop, tested against professional meters. Luminic looks and works like the handheld meters of the 80s and 90s: a real LCD, real stops, no clutter. Built by a film shooter, for film shooters. METERING • Aperture priority: set your f-stop, get the shutter speed. • Shutter priority: set your speed, get the f-stop. • Scroll through equivalent exposure pairs to pick the combination you want. • Spot metering for reading just the highlight or shadow that matters. • Exposure compensation to shift the reading before you measure. READING LOG Flip the LOG switch and every reading is saved with aperture, shutter, ISO, timestamp, and a thumbnail of the scene. Long-press LOG to review your session. Up to 50 readings, stored only on your phone. ACCURACY • Full ISO range from 3 to 8000, in real 1/3 stops. • Calibration trim to match your own camera's meter, up to 2 EV in either direction. • A REC indicator shows while logging is active, and a short haptic confirms every reading. NO NONSENSE Works completely offline. No account, no ads, no tracking, no subscription. Buy it once, meter forever. PRIVACY Luminic does not collect or transmit any data. The camera is used only to measure light. Your reading log, thumbnails included, never leaves your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Kaleidoscope Lens at daily against Luminic Light Meter's every 4 days. Kaleidoscope Lens also leads on price ($0.99 vs $3.99) and device support (3 vs 1). Luminic Light Meter's advantage is chart position (#193 vs unranked). On ads 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
Kaleidoscope Lens costs $0.99 and Luminic Light Meter $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kaleidoscope Lens ships an update daily, Luminic Light Meter every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kaleidoscope Lens | Luminic Light Meter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | — | #193 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masanori Katsuta | FELIX SWENSSON |
In-app purchases
Kaleidoscope Lens
No in-app purchases
Luminic Light Meter
No in-app purchases
Questions
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