Minimal Light Meter vs Good Light Meter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minimal Light Meter
This app offers precise light metering with a streamlined interface and a dimmable camera view. It allows for fully customizable ISO settings, ensuring accuracy with non-standard film stocks.
- Accurate light metering
- Intuitive user interface
- Dimmable camera view
- Custom ISO settings
- Support for non-standard ISO
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It provides accurate light metering with an intuitive UI and a dimmable camera view to focus only on what's important. Additionally, it supports a fully custom ISO setting so you can be confident working with non-standard ISO ratings on old or expired film stocks.
Good Light Meter
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Good Light Meter is a simple film light meter app that transforms your smartphone into a professional exposure tool. Using your device's camera, it calculates the Exposure Value (EV) in real time and offers accurate recommendations for aperture, ISO, and shutter speed. Whether you’re shooting on film or working digitally, this app makes it easy to achieve the ideal exposure.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Good Light Meter at Free against Minimal Light Meter's $0.99. Good Light Meter also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 19 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Good Light Meter is free to download; Minimal Light Meter costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Minimal Light Meter ships an update every 19 months, Good Light Meter every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minimal Light Meter | Good Light Meter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jack Kroll | IACTA, LLC. |
In-app purchases
Minimal Light Meter
No in-app purchases
Good Light Meter
No in-app purchases
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