Comparison

ShotInstruct vs LX

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

Head to head
About

ShotInstruct

Features
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Prepare your next shoot—not just your next setting. ShotInstruct is an offline photography field guide for beginners and practical hobbyists. It turns 10 common shooting situations into calm, repeatable plans with gear guidance, camera settings to try first, composition cues, and persistent checklists. A PLAN FOR THE SCENE Choose landscape, portrait, macro, sports and action, street, architecture, food, long exposure, astrophotography, or time-lapse photography. Each field recipe brings together: • required and optional gear • scene conditions to check • contextual aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and focus starting points • three composition cues • common pitfalls and safety notes • a checklist that keeps its progress FOUR PHOTOGRAPHY CALCULATORS Plan with tools for: • ND filter exposure time • depth of field and hyperfocal distance • the 500 Rule for stars • time-lapse intervals and duration Each result includes assumptions and limits so you know what to verify in the field. SAVE WHAT MATTERS Save recipes, learning topics, and tools. Search in English or Ukrainian and return quickly to useful guidance. Favorites, checklist progress, preferences, and recent activity stay on your device. READY OFFLINE Core guides, instructional media, search, and calculators are included with the app. No account. No ads. No in-app analytics or tracking. LEARN, TEST, ADJUST Understand why a starting point works and what should make you change it. ShotInstruct is an educational reference, not a guarantee for every camera or scene. Take a test photo and adjust for your lens, light, subject, equipment limits, local rules, output, and creative intent.

About

LX

Features
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LX (/lʌks/) is a simple light meter app. # Features - A simple, beautiful, and intuitive user interface - Fix either the aperture or shutter speed and check the corresponding value for proper exposure - Adjust the EV value to see the live camera image change in brightness—helpful for visualizing how your photo will turn out - Measure exposure at the point you tap—ideal for checking exposure in scenes with high contrast - Flash meter mode for finding the right settings for manual flash photography - No ads, one-time purchase

Screenshots

ShotInstruct4 screens
LX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ShotInstruct at every 5 weeks against LX's every 5 months. LX's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

ShotInstruct costs $4.99 and LX $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShotInstruct ships an update every 5 weeks, LX every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
ShotInstruct versus LX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShotInstructLX
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksandr ShevchenkoRyo Nakae

In-app purchases

None

ShotInstruct

No in-app purchases

None

LX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShotInstruct free?
ShotInstruct costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is LX free?
LX costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShotInstruct or LX have ads?
Neither ShotInstruct nor LX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShotInstruct or LX?
ShotInstruct ships an update every 5 weeks, and LX every 5 months. Most recently, ShotInstruct was updated on October 12, 2026 and LX on October 7, 2026.

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