Zoty Camera vs Luma · Light Meter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zoty Camera
Take full manual control of your iPhone camera with advanced settings like ISO, shutter speed, and manual focus. Apply film-style effects such as bloom, halation, and color shaping to give your photos a unique character. This app is designed for photographers who want precise control and creative freedom.
- Full manual camera controls
- ISO and shutter speed adjustment
- Manual focus control
- Film-style effects (bloom, halation)
- Customizable color shaping
- Exposure and focus lock
- Adjustable timer
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This app gives you full manual control over your iPhone camera, with the tools photographers actually want: ISO, shutter speed, manual focus, and film‑style effects like bloom, halation, and color shaping. Dial in your shot with precision: • Adjust ISO for clean or gritty exposure • Set shutter speed for motion blur or crisp detail • Fine‑tune manual focus for cinematic pulls • Lock exposure and focus exactly where you want them • Timer (3-10s) to give you time to pose Give your photos a unique character with subtle, customizable film‑inspired looks: • Bloom for soft highlights • Halation for glowing reds • Color shaping for film‑like palettes Every control is fast, responsive, and built to stay out of your way. Whether you’re shooting street, portraits, or cinematic video, you get the freedom to shape the image exactly how you want. Just a camera app made for people who love making images.
Luma · Light Meter
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A mechanical camera does not forgive an exposure mistake: on a roll of 36, you only see your misses at the lab. Luma answers the one question that matters as you raise the camera — which aperture, which shutter speed, for this scene and this film? No shot log, no frame counter, no hidden settings. One screen, three values. LIVE METERING Your iPhone's camera becomes the meter. Luma continuously reads the exposure the phone settles on and converts it into an ISO 100 normalised EV, smoothed for a stable reading. No photo is ever saved: the image is analysed, then forgotten. ONE RECOMMENDATION, NOT A LIST Luma shows a single aperture and shutter pair, chosen for handheld shooting: at least 1/125 s to stay clear of camera shake, then f/5.6 to f/8 where the lens is sharpest. When light runs short, it opens the aperture before slowing the shutter. THE DIAL Every equivalent aperture / shutter pair scrolls under your thumb with clicking haptic feedback, like the shutter dial on the body. Pick f/2.8 to lift a portrait off its background, f/16 for a landscape sharp front to back — the shutter speed follows. SPOT METERING Tap the viewfinder to place the metering circle on your subject: a backlit face, a shadow worth keeping. Tap the circle to return to average metering. IT REFUSES TO LIE When the scene falls outside the camera's range, Luma says so — too dark, too bright — and shows no values at all. A wrong recommendation would be worse than none. IT EXPLAINS Two lines under the values: what the shown aperture does to depth of field, what the shown shutter speed means for shake. Enough to learn, roll after roll. FILM STOCKS Portra 160/400/800, Ektar 100, Gold 200, UltraMax 400, HP5+ 400, Tri-X 400, Delta 100/400, Fomapan 100/400 — plus manual ISO entry for everything else, including pushed or pulled film. Your choice stays loaded for the whole roll. BUILT FOR A SPECIFIC CAMERA Luma is calibrated for a Nikon FM2 with a 28 mm f/2.8 lens: 1 s to 1/4000 s, f/2.8 to f/22. It serves any manual camera sharing that range just as well — simply transfer the values to the stops your gear actually has. Independent project, not affiliated with Nikon; trademarks are named only to describe compatibility. IT ASKS FOR NOTHING No account, no ads, no network access: Luma works fully offline and collects no data whatsoever. Free, no in-app purchases, open source. Please note: the app's interface is in French. Luma is an aid, not a guarantee — cross-check it against a reference meter on a few scenes before trusting it with a roll.
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Verdict
Zoty Camera and Luma · Light Meter are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Zoty Camera | Luma · Light Meter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nick N | Élite Dangereuse |
In-app purchases
Zoty Camera
No in-app purchases
Luma · Light Meter
No in-app purchases
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