Comparison

Color Temperature Meter+ vs nula camera

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

Head to head
About

Color Temperature Meter+

Measure light color temperature in Kelvin using your iPhone camera. Get real-time readings, identify light types, and receive white balance suggestions for photography and videography. Save and compare past measurements.

Highlights
  • Real-time Kelvin display
  • Light type classification
  • White balance suggestions
  • Freeze mode for comparison
  • Mired display option
  • Measurement history
Features
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Color Temperature Meter+ measures the colour temperature of the light around you in Kelvin, with tint, mired and the camera white balance to match, straight from your iPhone's camera. ▶ HOW IT MEASURES On iPhone the app reads the camera's own estimate of the light falling on the scene, the same estimate iOS uses to set white balance. Point the camera at a plain white or grey surface lit by the light you want to measure, not at the lamp itself. The reading settles within seconds and shows a ± range, so you can see how steady it is. When that estimate is not available, the app samples the centre of the frame instead, and you can calibrate it once on white paper in daylight. ▶ WHAT YOU SEE • Kelvin with a ± range, updating live • Mired value for filter and gel maths • Light type: golden hour, tungsten, fluorescent, LED, daylight, cloudy, shade • Tint (green or magenta) and Duv • Spectrum bar from 1,000 K to 15,000 K • The nearest camera white-balance preset: tungsten, fluorescent, flash, daylight, cloudy or shade ▶ FREEZE AND SAVE Tap Freeze to hold the current reading. A result card shows the Kelvin, mired, light type and matching white-balance preset, with Save Reading and Measure Again right below it. Saved readings keep their date and time. The latest 50 are kept, you can delete any of them, and you can export the list as CSV. ▶ PHOTOGRAPHY WB ASSIST Pick a target of 3200 K, 4300 K, 5500 K or 6500 K. The app shows the mired shift from the measured light to that target, the Kelvin to dial into your camera's custom white balance, and the CTO or CTB gel strength that closes the gap, from 1/8 upwards. ▶ REFERENCE CHART Thirteen common light sources, from candle flame (1,900 K) to clear blue sky (10,000 K), to compare with what you measured. ▶ HONEST LIMITS A phone camera is not a spectrometer. The app reports correlated colour temperature and tint, which is what matters for matching white balance and choosing gels. It does not measure spectral power distribution, CRI or TLCI, and two lamps with the same colour temperature but different spectra read the same. Mixed lighting gives a blend of the sources. Use it to set up shoots, match bulbs and check rooms; use a dedicated colour meter for critical colour work. ▶ PRIVACY Camera images are analysed on your device and are never uploaded. Available in 30 languages.

About

nula camera

This app offers a raw, unprocessed photography experience by capturing single-exposure Bayer RAW images without computational enhancements. It provides a fixed 35mm field of view and no editing tools, focusing on a natural, film-like aesthetic. The app prioritizes user privacy with 100% offline functionality and no data collection.

Highlights
  • Single-exposure Bayer RAW capture
  • Neutral, film-like development
  • Fixed 35mm field of view
  • No zoom, filters, or editing
  • 100% offline operation
  • No data collection or networking
Features
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Nula is a pure point-and-shoot camera that turns off the computer. No Deep Fusion, no Smart HDR, no multi-frame fusion, no AI noise reduction. Every photo is a single exposure captured in Bayer RAW and developed with one neutral, deterministic recipe — so it comes out flatter, grainier, softer, and more natural. The honest look of light hitting a sensor, not an algorithm's idea of a "better" photo. One fixed 35mm-equivalent frame — close to how your eye takes in a scene — with no zoom, no filters, and no editing in the way. Point, shoot, done. Expect real grain, gentler detail, and weaker low light than the stock camera. That's not a flaw — it's the film-like character people are chasing. Privacy first. Nula has no servers, no accounts, no analytics, and no networking code at all — it literally cannot send your data anywhere. Photos are saved only to your photo library: on your device, and in your own iCloud if you use iCloud Photos. iOS's App Privacy Report will show zero network activity. "Data Not Collected," and you can verify it yourself. • Single-exposure Bayer RAW — zero computational photography • Neutral, film-like development • Fixed 35mm field of view • No zoom, no filters, no editing • 100% offline — no data collected • Pay once. No subscriptions, no ads, no in-app purchases. Slow down. Shoot less. Keep what's real.

Screenshots

Color Temperature Meter+3 screens
nula camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: nula camera at 100% against Color Temperature Meter+'s 50%. nula camera also leads on ads (none vs shown). Color Temperature Meter+'s advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On in-app purchases and device support 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

Color Temperature Meter+ is free to download; nula camera costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Color Temperature Meter+ versus nula camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColor Temperature Meter+nula camera
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKyu-Hee JangNoah Iarrobino

Customer experience

Color Temperature Meter+

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

nula camera

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Color Temperature Meter+

No in-app purchases

None

nula camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Color Temperature Meter+ free?
Color Temperature Meter+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is nula camera free?
nula camera costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Color Temperature Meter+ or nula camera have ads?
Color Temperature Meter+ shows ads; nula camera does not.

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