FilmMeter vs FujiPocket
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FilmMeter
This app transforms your iPhone into a professional light meter for film photography. It offers real-time metering, LiDAR ranging for accurate focus, and comprehensive film roll management. Features include reciprocity calculation, ND filter compensation, and an exposure log to streamline your shooting workflow.
- Real-time light metering
- LiDAR ranging and depth of field
- Film roll and camera management
- Reciprocity and ND filter compensation
- Long exposure timer
- Exposure logging
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FilmMeter turns your iPhone into a professional light meter for film cameras. Real-time metering, LiDAR ranging, reciprocity calculation, and exposure logging — one app covers your entire shooting workflow from loading film to the final frame. Metering Measure exposure in real-time using your iPhone camera. Spot metering reads any point precisely, while average metering balances the whole scene. Full control over aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. iPhone 16 users can meter and adjust EV directly with the Camera Control button. Ranging & Depth of Field Get accurate focus distance with LiDAR-enabled devices. The depth of field scale shows your sharp range and hyperfocal distance, supporting 35mm (full frame) and medium format calculations. Camera Management Create profiles for your cameras and lenses. Set focal length and aperture range for each lens, then link a camera when loading film — aperture selection is automatically constrained to your lens's actual range. Manage your digital film bag the way you manage your real gear. Film Roll Management Create a roll, select your film stock, start shooting. Push/pull processing support lets you set development stops and automatically converts to effective ISO. Each metering links to your current roll automatically. The frame counter tracks remaining shots. Mark rolls as in progress, finished, or developed. ND Filters Built-in support for ND2 through ND10000. Select a filter and exposure is compensated automatically — no manual stop conversion needed. Pair with the long exposure timer to master daytime slow shutter work. Reciprocity Compensation Film loses sensitivity during long exposures. FilmMeter includes reciprocity data for popular film stocks and calculates the corrected shutter time automatically. Long Exposure Timer Long-press the metering button to start a countdown. The timer integrates with Dynamic Island — visible even when locked. Get notified when your exposure completes. No more counting seconds for star trails or light painting. Smart Exposure Suggestions Built-in scene recognition analyzes your frame. In tricky lighting like snow, backlight, or night scenes, it tells you "add one stop" instead of leaving you to figure it out. Exposure Log Every metering saves full parameters and location. Export to CSV. Review your decisions, build your film notes. More Features • ND filter auto exposure compensation • Film LUT live preview • Aspect ratio overlays (135/120 formats) • Focal length frame lines (28-200mm) • Darkroom-friendly red-on-black interface • Metric and imperial units Free to Use • No subscription, no account required • Fully offline, no ads • English and Chinese Designed for film photography. Professional enough for experienced shooters, simple enough for beginners.
FujiPocket
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Film color for photo and video. FujiPocket gives you over 200 photo film looks and 103 video looks, live in the viewfinder or on what you've already shot. The grain, color and light of film, without the camera, without the color grading, without an account. NEW: FUJIPOCKET VIDEO Shoot through the look: see it live before and while you record, up to 4K at 60 fps. Or open a video from your library, pick a look, set the strength and export at full resolution. Every look is built for a kind of footage: portraits, travel, night streets, concerts, sports, snow, food, kids, cars… 103 VIDEO LOOKS, 8 FAMILIES Fuji, Cinema, Vintage, Night, B&W, Pop, Travel, Clean. Half of every family is free, forever: no trial, no watermark. SHOOT PHOTOS WITH THE FILM LOOK The viewfinder shows the result live, so you see the look before you press the shutter. Tap to focus, exposure, zoom and lenses, flash, timer, night mode, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 and 1:1 — the gestures of Apple's camera. GIVE ANY PHOTO A FILM LOOK Pick a photo and a film, set the strength. The file is saved at full resolution to your library. BUILD YOUR OWN Start from a base simulation, then tune warmth, highlights, shadows, grain and Color Chrome. It joins “My films”, usable everywhere in the app. SETTINGS YOU CAN READ Every free photo film shows its settings like the back of a camera: grain, dynamic range, white balance, shift, saturation, clarity. A place to start learning, and to tweak. FUJIPOCKET PRO (OPTIONAL) Unlock every photo film and every video look, their settings, and their use in the viewfinder and the editor: $24.99 a year, $5.99 a month, or $59.99 once. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, in your Apple account settings. YOUR PHOTOS AND VIDEOS ARE YOURS Everything is rendered on your iPhone. Without an account, nothing leaves the device. An optional account brings your studio and photo films back on another iPhone. No ads, no analytics. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://fujipocket.vercel.app/privacy FujiPocket is not affiliated with any camera manufacturer.
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Verdict
FilmMeter and FujiPocket are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. FilmMeter sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and FujiPocket sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FilmMeter | FujiPocket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (64 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 96.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 宗 侯 | RIDA BENLHOUSS |
In-app purchases
FilmMeter
- Buy me a coffee$0.99
- Buy me lunch$2.99
- 请我吃块蛋糕$9.99
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- 赞助开发$19.99
FujiPocket
- FujiPocket Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- FujiPocket Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
- FujiPocket Pro Lifetime$59.99









