Comparison

Lux Meter Pros vs PointFoundry

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

Head to head
About

Lux Meter Pros

This tool transforms your iPhone into a professional light testing device. It measures lux levels, conducts emergency lighting discharge tests, and generates compliance certificates for UK electricians and facility managers.

Highlights
  • Real-time lux measurement
  • Photo-based light readings
  • Room grid mapping
  • Emergency light testing (BS 5266)
  • Certificate generation (PDF)
  • Exportable reports (PDF/CSV)
  • Historical tracking
Features
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The only lux meter app with BS 5266 emergency lighting compliance, PDF certificates, logbooks, and minor works reports — built for UK electricians, inspectors, and facility managers. Turn your iPhone into a professional light testing toolkit. Measure lux levels, run 1-hour and 3-hour discharge tests, generate fire alarm certificates, and export everything as PDF — no additional hardware needed. REAL-TIME LUX MEASUREMENT Instant illuminance readings using your iPhone's built-in sensor. Accurate enough for site surveys, workplace assessments, and lighting design verification. PHOTO-BASED LIGHT READINGS Capture photos alongside each reading for site documentation. Perfect for audit trails and client reports. ROOM GRID MAPPING Build light heatmaps across any space. Identify dark spots, verify uniformity, and pinpoint where lighting falls below safe levels. EMERGENCY LIGHT TESTING (Pro) Run timed 1-hour and 3-hour discharge tests to BS 5266 standards. Monitor compliance levels throughout the test and record results automatically. CERTIFICATE GENERATION (Pro) Generate professional-grade documents on site, ready to hand over or email: — Emergency Lighting Periodic Test Certificate — Emergency Lighting Logbook — Minor Electrical Works Certificate — Fire Alarm Certificate EXPORTABLE REPORTS Save all lux data and compliance reports as PDFs or CSVs. Attach photos, timestamps, and location references. HISTORICAL TRACKING Compare readings over time for any location. Track whether lighting conditions have changed between inspections. BUILT FOR PROFESSIONALS — Electricians and lighting contractors — Facility and building managers — Fire safety and compliance officers — Architects and interior designers — Health and safety inspectors SUBSCRIPTION PLANS Weekly Lux Pass – £0.99/week Monthly Lux Pass – £2.99/month Yearly Lux Pass – £24.99/year Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://luxmeterpro.com/private-policy Support: https://luxmeterpro.com/contact-us

About

PointFoundry

Capture real-world spaces as detailed 3D point clouds using your device's LiDAR scanner. Explore, refine, and export your scans in industry-standard formats for various professional and creative applications.

Highlights
  • Real-time LiDAR point cloud capture
  • Live 3D preview with depth-aware occlusion
  • Interactive 3D viewer with touch controls
  • Section cut planes for detailed analysis
  • Export to PLY and XYZ formats
  • Adjustable scan parameters (depth, density, cleaning)
  • On-device processing, no cloud upload
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Turn the world around you into stunning 3D point clouds with just your iPhone or iPad. PointFoundry uses your device's built-in LiDAR scanner to capture real spaces as dense, colourful point clouds — millions of individual 3D points, each with real colour sampled from your camera. Walk through a room, scan a building facade, capture a sculpture. What you get back is a faithful digital replica made of pure geometry. SCAN Hit record and start moving. PointFoundry captures thousands of points per second while you walk, building your point cloud in real time. A live 3D preview shows exactly what you're capturing, with depth-aware occlusion so walls correctly hide what's behind them. Smart filters work silently in the background — rejecting noise, filtering grazing surfaces, and only keeping points that have been confirmed across multiple frames. The result is clean, accurate data straight out of the scanner. EXPLORE Open any scan in the interactive 3D viewer. Orbit, zoom, and pan through your point cloud with fluid touch controls. Switch between real colour, height gradient, depth mapping, and flat white rendering modes. Use section cut planes to slice through your scan on any axis — peel back walls, reveal cross-sections, isolate floors. EXPORT Share your scans as industry-standard PLY or XYZ files. Use them for engineering, architecture, surveying, VFX reference, digital preservation, or just because 3D scanning is genuinely fun. DIAL IT IN Fine-tune your scanning with adjustable depth range, point density, and cleaning strength. Capture tight detail at 1cm spacing or cover large areas faster at 5cm. Set your max depth from 0.5m to 5m. PointFoundry adapts to the job. Features at a glance: • Real-time LiDAR point cloud capture with live 3D preview • Depth-aware occlusion — walls hide rooms behind them • Confidence, surface normal, and temporal consistency filtering • Voxel-based deduplication for even point distribution • GPU-accelerated post-processing (smoothing & noise removal) • Interactive 3D viewer with orbit camera and touch gestures • Two colour modes: Real Colour, Height • Section cut planes on X, Y, and Z axes • Export to PLY and XYZ formats • Adjustable depth range, density, and cleaning strength • Scan management with thumbnails and file sizes • No account required. No cloud upload. Everything stays on your device. Requires iPhone or iPad with LiDAR scanner. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lux Meter Pros4 screens
PointFoundry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PointFoundry at 100% against Lux Meter Pros's 50%. Lux Meter Pros's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lux Meter Pros sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and PointFoundry sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lux Meter Pros ships an update every 4 months, PointFoundry every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lux Meter Pros versus PointFoundry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLux Meter ProsPointFoundry
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDADLINK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDJaisah Webb

Customer experience

Lux Meter Pros

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

PointFoundry

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lux Meter Pros

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Lux Pass$0.997 Days
  • Monthly Lux Pass$2.991 Month
  • Annual Lux Pass$24.991 Year
2 purchases

PointFoundry

Subscriptions1
  • PointFoundry Pro$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • PointFoundry Pro - Unlimited$29.99

Questions

Is Lux Meter Pros free?
Lux Meter Pros is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PointFoundry free?
PointFoundry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lux Meter Pros or PointFoundry have ads?
Neither Lux Meter Pros nor PointFoundry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lux Meter Pros or PointFoundry?
Lux Meter Pros ships an update every 4 months, and PointFoundry every 3 months. Most recently, Lux Meter Pros was updated on October 13, 2026 and PointFoundry on October 8, 2026.

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