Light Kit Pro vs CamPlot Director's Viewfinder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Light Kit Pro
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Light Kit Pro turns your iPhone and iPad into powerful cinematic light sources. Featuring 65+ customizable lighting effects, multi-device sync, and a universal controller, Light Kit Pro expands your lighting setup with advanced wireless control and mobile virtual production in 3D and 360. Connect and control other devices running Light Kit Pro to create the ultimate light kit. You control the light. Light Kit Pro is for filmmakers, cinematographers, content creators, virtual production artists, streamers, photographers, and anyone who wants to creatively use screens for lighting and 3D/360 virtual production. FREE version includes (15 FREE EFFECTS) with advanced clean screen-mirroring output. (Film Slate Included) PRO version unlocks all of the lighting effects and tools with (65+ EFFECTS & Tools), Light Link (Multi-Device Sync), Light Stream (Multi-Device Streaming), Lightboard (Light Performance) and 3D/360 Virtual Production (3D Scene Light / HDRI Light) Subscriptions and Lifetime Unlock are run through Apple — manage in Settings anytime. Key Features • Turn your screens into professional lighting instruments • Multi-device lighting sync and control • Universal Controller across all connected devices • Mobile Virtual Production with 3D and HDRI environments • Wireless Light Streaming to non-iOS devices • LightBoard performance trigger pad • Cinematic Camera Recorder and Screen Recorder • 65+ Professional Lighting Effects & Tools • dynamic film slate Virtual Production: (PRO Feature) Virtual Production via 3D scenes and 360 HDRI image viewports gives users a lightweight wireless virtual production solution. These 3D/360 active viewports enable users to quickly load in 3D backgrounds/models and HDRI environments onto their device and mirror them to large screen LED TVs, LED walls, projectors, and other devices. Additional Light Kit Pro devices can be used to quickly match lighting to virtual backgrounds — all wirelessly. Supported 3D Formats: USDZ, USD, USDA, USDC, GLB, GLTF, OBJ, STL, PLY, DAE Supported HDRI (360 Image Formats): EXR, HDR, then JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, BMP Universal Controller: Light Kit Pro for iOS features the Universal Controller system. With this controller, you have full control over your entire light kit and, once connected to other devices, you can use the controller on any of your devices to control the other devices connected to the light kit. Lighting effects can be customized, saved as presets, and shared with other Light Kit users. Light Link: (PRO Feature) Light Link connects your iOS lighting devices together through advanced networking. Control devices independently or in sync. Light Link supports Wi-Fi or Bluetooth depending on your needs. Light Stream: (PRO Feature) Light Stream broadcasts lighting effects from your main host device, allowing you to multiply lighting across multiple screens by scanning a QR code or joining via URL in a web browser. LightBoard: (PRO Feature) LightBoard is a video trigger pad that enables you to perform with light by triggering various lighting effects at the touch of your fingertips. More in the Kit: • Cinematic Camera Recorder • Screen Recorder • Pro Flashlight • Screen Mirroring • Digital Film Slate • Presets & Clips • Patterns & Stylized Effects Cinematic Camera Recorder — PiP record with front or rear camera while your light fills the shot. Screen Recorder — Capture the full screen—effects, UI, and output—for shares and approvals. Pro Flashlight — LED on-set light with real controls, not the stock flashlight toggle. Screen Mirroring — Mirror to Apple TV, monitors, or projectors so crew sees your exact plate. Digital Film Slate — On-screen slate with scene/take metadata for sync with external audio or video. Presets & Clips — Save looks as presets and a clip library—repeat setups in one tap. Patterns & Stylized Effects — Cinematic, ambient, and creative looks—color, motion, and patterned light. JTVizion · www.vizionline.tv/light-kit-pro
CamPlot Director's Viewfinder
Simulate professional cinema cameras and lenses on your iPhone. Accurately view shots with real sensor geometry, a vast lens kit, and live LUT grading. Scout locations with sun path and LiDAR distance.
- Simulates real cinema camera bodies and sensors
- Extensive lens kit with primes and zooms
- Live LUT grading with 200+ cinema looks
- Sun path visualization for location scouting
- LiDAR distance measurement on Pro iPhones
- Organized library of all captures and scans
- Exportable shot lists with QR codes
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Hold up your iPhone and see the shot through the real camera. CamPlot Director's Viewfinder simulates professional cinema cameras and lenses with honest optics — the same tool built into CamPlot, as its own app. THE CAMERA, NOT AN APPROXIMATION Pick the body — ARRI Alexa, Sony FX6 and Venice, RED Komodo, Canon C-series, DJI Ronin 4D, and more — choose Full Frame, Super 35, or MFT, and set frame lines for 16:9, 2.35, 2.39, or 4:3. The image you see is computed from the real sensor geometry. YOUR LENS KIT ON A ROLL Swipe through your lenses on an endless roll — primes snap, zooms ride a focal-length wheel with real stops. Add your own primes and zooms, or sign in to CamPlot and your project's lens inventory appears automatically. A LUT LIBRARY THAT LEAVES WITH YOU Grade the image live with true 3D LUTs on the GPU: 200+ cinema looks in nine packs, plus your own .cube files. Press and drag the LUT dial to spin the whole library with the picture regrading under your finger. And every look exports for your actual camera — pick your log format and CamPlot composes the conversion, so what you saw on the phone is what you load into the camera. SUN PATH WHILE SCOUTING See the sun's arc drawn over your framed shot for any date, using your location and compass. Know exactly when golden hour lands where you want it — weeks before the shoot. LIDAR DISTANCE On Pro iPhones, a measure mode reads the exact distance to your subject — aim, tap, and get feet and inches. THE LIBRARY Every frame, take and room scan you have made, in one place — each with the readings that were live when you shot it: camera, sensor window, lens, ISO, shutter, aperture, white balance, LUT, bearing, horizon, distance and where you stood. Photos, videos and room scans on their own shelves. A shot takes the whole screen with its instruments riding on top — one tap clears them, one brings them back. SHOT LISTS Build a list, name every shot in it, and add rows for shots you have not taken yet. Export it as a PDF contact sheet: the frame, its name, its readings, and a QR code that opens where it was shot in Apple or Google Maps. CAPTURES THAT REMEMBER Every capture burns in the body, sensor mode, focal length, and heading, saves silently to a CamPlot album in Photos, and carries its full readings inside the file itself. FREE TO TRY The app runs free with a generic full-frame body and a demo lens range, so you can see the whole thing before deciding. CamPlot Plus or CamPlot Max unlocks every camera body, your lens kits, the LUT library and LUT export, sun path, LiDAR, and capture — one account across the Viewfinder, the Calculators, and all of CamPlot at camplot.studio. The CamPlot Calculators are free with any account, including the free one. SUBSCRIPTIONS CamPlot Max: $49.99/year or $4.99/month. CamPlot Plus: $29.99/year or $3.99/month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your device Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://camplot.studio/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: CamPlot Director's Viewfinder at 2 against Light Kit Pro's —. CamPlot Director's Viewfinder also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Light Kit Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and CamPlot Director's Viewfinder sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Light Kit Pro | CamPlot Director's Viewfinder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 282 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JTVizion LLC | Romany Films Inc. |
In-app purchases
Light Kit Pro
- Light Kit Pro (Monthly)$7.991 Month
- Light Kit Pro (Yearly)$49.991 Year
- Light Kit Pro Lifetime Unlock$99.99
CamPlot Director's Viewfinder
- CamPlot View+ Monthly$3.991 Month
- CamPlot Creator Monthly$4.991 Month
- CamPlot View Plus Annual$29.991 Year
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- CamPlot Creator Annual$49.991 Year





