Comparison

Adobe Firefly vs Lazy Lighting

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

Head to head
About

Adobe Firefly

This app uses AI to generate images, videos, and sound effects from text prompts. It offers tools for editing, background removal, and animating still images, all optimized for mobile use. Seamlessly integrate your creations with Creative Cloud.

Highlights
  • Generate images from text
  • Create AI videos from text
  • AI background remover
  • Animate still images
  • Generate sound effects
  • Seamless Creative Cloud integration
Read full description

Create AI images and video faster, anywhere inspiration strikes with the all-new Adobe Firefly app for iPhone. Firefly’s AI generation tools help create original content that reflects your style, vision, and voice. Built from the ground up for iPhone, it delivers faster performance, smoother interactions, and an intuitive experience built for instant creativity. Generate images, create AI videos, or use our photo editing tools as an AI background remover. Firefly makes it easy to generate and refine your ideas wherever you are. From turning text into videos, images, and audio - Firefly is designed for professionals and innovators to create content with a high-quality AI editor. Firefly’s AI picture and video generation gives you the speed and flexibility to create on your terms, with the confidence of Adobe’s AI models trained on licensed content. From quickly adding animations and cinematic transitions to your videos to creating high-resolution images from a single text prompt - Firefly is your intuitive AI partner to create AI videos, images, and sound. Our variety of AI partner models, including Adobe, Google, OpenAI, Luma, and Runway, ensure you have the right tools to generate, edit, and refine your content. Download the Adobe Firefly app for iPhone to create AI images and video faster – anywhere inspiration strikes. What can Adobe Firefly do? Generate image from text with AI AI generation for iOS: Create high-resolution AI images from a simple text prompt. AI background remover & image generation tools: Add new details, replace backgrounds, or remove unwanted elements with Generative Fill or Prompt to Edit. Generate AI videos and sound effects Text to video generation: Use top AI models and the Firefly AI video maker to turn a text prompt into video clips right from your phone. Generate images and choose from a range of resolutions and aspect ratios to meet your creative needs. Extend video & animation: Generate video and use top editing tools that add seamless motion and cinematic transitions when you edit and create videos. Image to AI video content: Animate your own still images with dynamic motion and edits. AI editor & sound generator: Generate sound for professional voiceovers and narration to your content. Adobe Firefly, AI Generator: your AI picture and video generator Built from the ground up for iPhone - fast, fluid, and intuitive. Generate studio-quality AI video, images, & audio - in seconds. Seamless Creative Cloud integration - start on mobile, finish anywhere across Photoshop, Premiere, and Express. Intuitive experience lets digital artists, filmmakers, and AI creators learn as they go. Creations automatically sync with your Generation History so you can switch from your phone to the web while working on a project. Choose from the industry’s top AI partner models, all in one place. Who is Adobe Firefly for? Mobile-first content creators: iPhone users looking for fast, fluid creation tools built for mobile. Digital artists, photo editors, and designers: Generate visuals with text-to-image and quick-edit workflows. Video editors and filmmakers: Create AI videos with motion effects with our seamless video editing tools. AI editor for social media content creators and marketers: Create scroll-stopping videos, eye-catching images, and dynamic content. Join the next generation of creators using the Adobe Firefly app for iPhone to generate, refine, and share original content faster than ever — with intuitive AI tools built for instant creativity. Terms & Conditions: Your use of this application is governed by the Adobe General Terms of Use http://www.adobe.com/go/terms_en and the Adobe Privacy Policy http://www.adobe.com/go/privacy_policy_en Do not sell or share my personal information www.adobe.com/go/ca-rights

About

Lazy Lighting

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a powerful projection mapping studio. Warp videos, photos, and live feeds onto any surface without a laptop. Create intricate visual shows with advanced layering, effects, and real-time control.

Highlights
  • Map any surface with custom shapes and precise corner adjustments
  • Create live visuals with built-in effects and generative shaders
  • Import videos, photos, and use live camera feeds
  • Draw and animate original visuals by hand
  • Build complete shows with scenes, timelines, and transitions
  • Export shows in up to 4K resolution
  • Control visuals with audio reactivity and MIDI
Features
Read full description

Turn your iPhone or iPad into a touch-first projection mapping and video mapping studio. Lazy Lighting lets you warp videos, photos, live camera feeds, animated drawings, and generative VJ visuals onto walls, stages, sculptures, windows, objects, and multi-surface installations—without a laptop. MAP ANY SURFACE Create squares, circles, custom text, cubes, boxes, image silhouettes, and hand-drawn outlines. Drag corners directly on screen to align each projection, bend edges around curved forms, then use masks and cutouts to control exactly where every visual appears. Map several surfaces at once. Assign different content to individual shapes, layer visuals with independent opacity and ordering, and save projects to continue later. CREATE LIVE VISUALS • Explore built-in visualizers, VJ loops, generative shaders, gradients, tunnels, neon effects, and shape-aware animations • Import videos and photos from your device • Use a live camera feed as projection content • Draw and animate original visuals by hand • Crop, fit, mask, layer, and apply real-time effects including kaleidoscope, tile, slide, rotate, zoom, blur, monochrome, invert, and color cycle • Make visuals react to audio or control parameters with MIDI • Animate controls with BPM-synced LFO and envelope modulation • Use hand and face tracking for expressive control BUILD A COMPLETE SHOW Create scenes and switch between them live, or arrange them on a timeline. Add an audio track, trim and duplicate clips, automate visual parameters, and move between looks with fade or dissolve transitions. Export the finished projection-mapped show in 720p, 1080p, or 4K with audio. Save it to Photos or send it to a compatible receiver running Lazy Lighting Link. EXPORT ONCE. PLAY WITHOUT YOUR PHONE. Once the transfer is complete, Lazy Lighting Link saves and loops the show on the receiver. Close the app and free your iPhone or iPad—the projection keeps playing without your device remaining connected. CONNECT YOUR WAY Connect by HDMI with a compatible USB-C or Lightning adapter, use AirPlay, or connect through Lazy Lighting Link. External display output keeps the controls on your device while the visual output fills the projector. Lazy Lighting is made for projection artists, VJs, DJs, musicians, performers, stage and event designers, galleries, installations, window displays, parties, home ambience, and Halloween, Christmas, or holiday projections. Create the map. Build the visuals. Perform live—or export once and let Lazy Lighting Link keep it playing. A compatible projector or display and a wired or wireless connection are required for external output. Lazy Lighting Link export requires a compatible receiver on the same network. Some features require a subscription. Terms of Use: https://lazylighting.com/ios-terms Privacy Policy: https://lazylighting.com/ios-privacy

Screenshots

Adobe Firefly4 screens
Lazy Lighting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Adobe Firefly at 11K against Lazy Lighting's 492. Lazy Lighting's advantage is review sentiment (45% vs 33%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Adobe Firefly sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Lazy Lighting sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Adobe Firefly against 4.6 for Lazy Lighting. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Adobe Firefly has 11K ratings behind it against 492, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Adobe Firefly's written reviews are positive against 45% of Lazy Lighting's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Adobe Firefly ships an update fortnightly, Lazy Lighting every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Adobe Firefly versus Lazy Lighting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdobe FireflyLazy Lighting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11K ratings) — better4.6 (492 ratings)
Positive reviews32.6% of reviews44.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better492
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#49 — better#104
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB94 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAdobe Inc.AUDITY APPS LLC

Customer experience

Adobe Firefly

All ratings11,069 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews688 reviews
Positive32.6%
Neutral9.3%
Negative58.1%

Lazy Lighting

All ratings465 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive44.9%
Neutral6.4%
Negative48.7%

Bugs and requests

Adobe Firefly

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Error messages when trying to create requests
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to refine or redo projects without using credits
  • Ability to purchase additional credits

Lazy Lighting

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Adobe Firefly

Subscriptions10
  • Adobe Firefly Mobile Monthly$4.991 Month
  • 500 Credits$4.991 Month
  • 1,500 Credits$14.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • 3,000 Credits$29.991 Month
  • Adobe Firefly Mobile Yearly$49.991 Year
  • 500 Credits$49.991 Year
  • 5,000 Credits$49.991 Month
  • 1,500 Credits$149.991 Year
  • 3,000 Credits$299.991 Year
  • 5,000 Credits$499.991 Year
6 purchases

Lazy Lighting

Subscriptions5
  • Lazy Lighting Pro$9.991 Month
  • Lazy Lighting Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Lazy Lighting Pro1 Month trial$9.991 Month
Show 2 more
  • Lazy Lighting Pro$59.991 Year
  • Lazy Lighting Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lazy Lighting Pro$129.99

Questions

Is Adobe Firefly free?
Adobe Firefly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lazy Lighting free?
Lazy Lighting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Adobe Firefly or Lazy Lighting?
Adobe Firefly is rated higher. Adobe Firefly averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Lazy Lighting averages 4.6 from 492 ratings.
Do Adobe Firefly or Lazy Lighting have ads?
Neither Adobe Firefly nor Lazy Lighting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Adobe Firefly or Lazy Lighting?
Adobe Firefly ships an update fortnightly, and Lazy Lighting every 11 days. Most recently, Adobe Firefly was updated on November 9, 2026 and Lazy Lighting on November 8, 2026.
Which is more popular, Adobe Firefly or Lazy Lighting?
Adobe Firefly currently peaks at #49 in the App Store charts, and Lazy Lighting at #104. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

Other comparisons