Comparison

Lumed vs Vellore

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

Head to head
About

Lumed

Effortlessly track your watch collection, log daily wear, and build a photo gallery for each timepiece. Analyze wear history and accuracy over time to understand your collection's usage and identify maintenance needs.

Highlights
  • Track daily watch wear
  • Build a photo gallery for each watch
  • Add detailed notes
  • Measure real-world time accuracy
  • View historical accuracy rates
  • Browse collection stats
  • Home screen widget for quick logging
Features
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Lumed is a place to keep track of your watch collection: what you own, what you wear, and how well each watch keeps time. Log the watch you're wearing in seconds, keep photos, specs, and service history for every piece, and see how your rotation changes over time. Lumed also tracks accuracy based on how you actually wear your watches. Rather than relying on a one-off timing session, you check a watch against an accurate reference clock when you put it on or take it off. Over time, Lumed builds a drift history based on real wear. You can see whether each watch is running within spec and spot when it starts to drift. If a watch sits in a drawer long enough to wind down, Lumed accounts for that too, so it doesn't report minutes of drift the watch never gained. Your collection — Photos, notes, and full specs for every watch: caliber, case size and thickness, water resistance, crystal, strap, box and papers — Service history: date, work done, provider, and cost, with years since the last service at a glance — Purchase price and estimated value, each in the watch's own currency — A wish list for the watches you're still hunting — Find any watch from Spotlight by brand or reference — Export and restore your whole collection as a single file Your wear log — Log today's watch from the + button on any screen, or fill in several days at once — A wear calendar where every watch has its own color, with a colorblind-safe palette — Insights: most-worn pieces, streaks, and a clearer picture of how your rotation really looks — A two-week wear strip on every watch — Home Screen widgets to log a wear without opening the app Accuracy — Set Watch: a countdown to set the hands and record a baseline in one step, with haptics so you don't have to watch the screen — Check in against an accurate reference clock and see drift and rate between readings — See which watches need a reading, which are running well, and which have likely stopped — Per-watch tolerances, with COSC, METAS, and Rolex Superlative standards built in — World clocks alongside the reference clock Chronometer — one-time purchase, no subscription — Scan to log: point the camera at the watch on your wrist and Lumed recognizes which of yours it is. Fully local machine learning on-device. — AI Detail-fill: paste a product link or type a brand and model, and Lumed fills in specs, photo, and estimated value — Accuracy history charts and drift trends for every watch — Wear reminders and power reserve alerts — Wind Soon widget: the watches about to run out of power reserve — Private iCloud sync across your iPhone and iPad — Lumed on the web at lumed.app: browse your collection and add wears and watches from any browser (beta) — Shareable with your family through Family Sharing Private by design Your collection stays on your device and, with Chronometer, in your own private iCloud account. No ads, no tracking, no sign-up. AI Detail-fill only sends the link or name you enter. No clutter. No subscriptions. Just your watches.

About

Vellore

Catalog and track your watch collection, logging each wear to understand your true cost-per-wear. Get nudges for unworn pieces and insights into your rotation. Includes advanced features like service tracking and a timegrapher.

Highlights
  • Catalog watches with detailed specs
  • Track individual watch wears
  • Calculate cost-per-wear
  • Service interval reminders
  • Mechanical watch accuracy testing
  • Reference clock with UTC and moon phase
  • Home screen widgets for quick logging
Features
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Vellore is for collectors who actually wear their watches. Track every wear with a single tap. See your true cost-per-wear. Get nudged when a piece you spent thousands on has been sitting in the box for weeks. Know which watches actually earn their place in the rotation. Built by a collector, for collectors. Every detail, from the dark luxury interface to the built-in reference clock, is designed for watch people who take the hobby seriously. — THE COLLECTION — Catalog every watch with photos, brand, model, reference number, serial number, dial color, movement type, purchase price, and more. Crop and edit photos directly in-app. Tag pieces by style (Dress, Diver, Sport, Tool, GMT, Casual) and filter your collection any way you like. Archive watches you've sold, gifted, or retired without losing their history. Photos and wear logs are preserved, and you can unarchive at any time if a piece comes back into your life. — WEAR TRACKING — Log a wear with a single tap. Use the "Pick for Me" randomizer when you can't decide what to wear today. Browse your full history through a calendar view that color-codes each day by what you wore. Wear streaks, milestone achievements, and a rotation score that grades how evenly you actually wear your collection, because the watches that sit in the box don't deserve the space they take. — INSIGHTS [Pro] — See your true cost-per-wear, calculated against actual purchase prices. Discover which watches are under-loved and which are earning their place. Brand and dial color distribution. Day-of-week wear patterns. Trend lines that show whether your habits are shifting over time. — SERVICE TRACKING [Pro] — Never miss a service interval again. Set reminders per watch, log maintenance history, and track water resistance tests and accuracy results for mechanical pieces. Full data export when you need it. — TIMEGRAPHER [Pro] — Check the accuracy of any mechanical watch using nothing but your phone. Rest the watch by the microphone and Vellore listens to the beat, reporting rate, amplitude, and beat error in real time. No timing machine required. Save each reading to the watch's history and see how it holds up over the years. — REFERENCE CLOCK — A built-in chronometer-grade reference clock for setting your watches. Shows local time, ZULU/UTC, moon phase, day-date, and next leap year. For when you want to set a watch the right way. — HOME SCREEN WIDGETS — Quick Log a wear straight from your home screen. Watch of the Day with configurable algorithms (least-worn, random, or your own rules). Stats modules for streaks, collection size, and wear trends. A Custom widget that lets you mix and match modules to your exact taste. Gold border toggle for that extra touch. — VELLORE PRO AI — Vellore Pro AI is an optional subscription that brings a set of AI tools built for collectors, and it includes everything in Vellore Pro. - Style Me: photograph today's outfit and get the four watches from your collection that pair best with it, each with a stylist's reasoning. - Strap Stylist: get the strongest pairings from the straps you already own. - Wrist to Wardrobe: pick a watch and see the outfits and dress codes it shines with. - What's Missing and Health Check read your whole collection for the gaps in it and the shape it's in. - Declutter Advisor and Curator's Note give an honest keep-or-sell take on your quietest pieces and a short written portrait of the collection. - Wishlist Advisor flags which wishes add something new versus repeat what you own. Populate Specs fills a full spec sheet from just a brand, model, and reference. Built in Portugal by a collector who wanted this app for himself. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vellorewatch.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Lumed4 screens
Vellore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Lumed at free against Vellore's free with in-app purchases. Lumed also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Vellore's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 5) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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. Lumed sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Vellore sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 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 — 4.8 for Lumed against 4.9 for Vellore. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vellore has 33 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Lumed's written reviews are positive against 90% of Vellore's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lumed ships an update every 11 days, Vellore weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lumed versus Vellore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumedVellore
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)4.9 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better90.0% of reviews
Number of ratings533 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB368 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperBen WittbrodtDaniel Morgado

Customer experience

Lumed

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Vellore

All ratings32 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lumed

One-time1
  • Chronometer$4.99
10 purchases

Vellore

Subscriptions2
  • Vellore Pro AI Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Vellore Pro AI Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time8
  • Vellore Pro - Free TrialFree
  • Nice Tip$1.99
  • 50 AI Tokens$3.99
Show 5 more
  • Generous Tip$4.99
  • 100 AI Tokens$7.99
  • Vellore Pro$12.99
  • 300 AI Tokens$19.99
  • Unbelievable Tip$19.99

Questions

Is Lumed free?
Lumed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vellore free?
Vellore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lumed or Vellore?
Vellore is rated higher. Lumed averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Vellore averages 4.9 from 33 ratings.
Do Lumed or Vellore have ads?
Neither Lumed nor Vellore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lumed or Vellore?
Lumed ships an update every 11 days, and Vellore weekly. Most recently, Lumed was updated on October 31, 2026 and Vellore on November 5, 2026.

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