Comparison

LightRoll Camera | Photo Video vs Grain+

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

Head to head
About

LightRoll Camera | Photo Video

This app helps declutter your photo library by letting you choose between saving photos permanently or marking them as temporary. Temporary photos can be easily cleared later, and the app includes a photo editor with filters and depth controls.

Highlights
  • Temporary photo management
  • Permanent photo saving
  • One-tap clearing of temporary photos
  • Photo editor with filters
  • Portrait lighting adjustments
  • Depth-of-field controls
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LightRoll is the everyday camera for cleaner photo libraries. Snap receipts, parking spots, whiteboard notes, labels, documents and other utility shots without burying your real memories in camera roll clutter. Choose Keep for moments worth saving, or Temp for photos you only need for now. LightRoll is free to download and try. Start with a 1-month free trial on the annual plan. After the trial, the annual plan renews yearly unless cancelled, or you can choose lifetime access as a one-time purchase. Keep photos save to the album you choose. Temp photos are still saved to your photo gallery but these can all be deleted with one tap. LightRoll tracks when Temp photos expire, reminds you when they are ready to review, and lets you clear them with one tap, subject to confirmation. Now LightRoll also includes a full photo editor, with filters, portrait lighting and advanced depth-of-field controls for giving your shots the right look before you keep them or move on. KEEP WHAT MATTERS Use Keep for photos you want to save long term: • Family moments • Travel photos • Memories • Portraits • Work worth keeping • Anything that belongs in your permanent library Keep photos go to your chosen album, so the photos that matter stay organised from the start. TEMP THE REST Use Temp for photos you only need for now: • Receipts • Parking spots • Whiteboard notes • Package labels • Measurements • Menus • Documents • Shopping reminders • Quick reference photos • Anything useful today but not forever Most camera roll clutter starts with photos that were useful for a moment. LightRoll helps you decide what belongs in your library before it becomes clutter. EDIT WITH MORE CONTROL LightRoll is not just a temporary photo camera. It is built to feel like an everyday camera, with editing tools ready when you need them. Use the built-in editor to adjust your photos with: • Filters • Portrait lighting • Manual depth-of-field editing • Advanced depth control for supported portrait photos Give important shots a polished look, or quickly improve utility photos before saving, sharing or clearing them later. LESS CAMERA ROLL CLUTTER LightRoll helps you stop saving every throwaway photo like it is a memory. Instead of sorting through hundreds of old receipts, labels, notes and parking photos later, you choose Keep or Temp at the moment you capture. Your camera roll stays cleaner, your important photos stay easier to find, and your photo library stays more intentional over time. BUILT FOR EVERYDAY USE LightRoll is designed to feel like a normal camera, with one extra decision that makes all the difference. • Shoot with a simple two-shutter camera • Choose Keep or Temp before clutter starts • Save Keep photos to the album you choose • Save Temp photos knowing you won't have to worry about manually deleting them later • Clear expired Temp photos when you are ready with one tap • Edit photos with filters, portrait lighting and depth controls • Capture real memories without mixing them with throwaway shots WHY LIGHTROLL? Because not every photo deserves to live in your camera roll forever. Some photos are memories. Some photos are reminders. Some photos are useful for a day, a week, or a single task. LightRoll gives each photo the right place from the moment you take it. Shoot now. Sort never. Keep the moments that matter. Temp the ones that don’t. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos should stay yours. No accounts. No ads. No cross-app tracking. No LightRoll photo servers. LightRoll does not upload your photos or videos to its own servers, analyse your images, sell your data, or use advertising identifiers. Terms of Use: https://lightroll.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://lightroll.app/privacy-policy.html

About

Grain+

Easily add realistic film grain and noise to your photos with adjustable intensity and multiple grain sizes. This app offers a straightforward, ad-free experience with a single purchase for lifetime access.

Highlights
  • Add film grain and noise
  • Adjustable intensity
  • 3 grain sizes (fine, medium, coarse)
  • Instant sharing
  • No ads or subscriptions
  • One-time purchase
Features
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We looked for a simple way to add grain to our photos, but with no ads and no subscriptions. It didn't exist, so we built it. Grain+ does one thing, beautifully. Pick any photo. Add film grain. Done. • 3 grain sizes: fine, medium, coarse • Adjustable intensity • Instant sharing • No ads. No subscription. • One purchase. Yours forever.

Screenshots

LightRoll Camera | Photo Video4 screens
Grain+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LightRoll Camera | Photo Video at Free against Grain+'s $0.99. LightRoll Camera | Photo Video also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Grain+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

LightRoll Camera | Photo Video is free to download; Grain+ costs $0.99 up front. LightRoll Camera | Photo Video sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Grain+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LightRoll Camera | Photo Video holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LightRoll Camera | Photo Video ships an update every 3 days, Grain+ every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
LightRoll Camera | Photo Video versus Grain+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightRoll Camera | Photo VideoGrain+
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (4 ratings)
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrendan CoxBenedikt Hannemann

In-app purchases

2 purchases

LightRoll Camera | Photo Video

Subscriptions1
  • LightRoll PLUS Annual1 Month trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • LightRoll Lifetime$14.99
None

Grain+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LightRoll Camera | Photo Video free?
LightRoll Camera | Photo Video is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grain+ free?
Grain+ costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LightRoll Camera | Photo Video or Grain+?
LightRoll Camera | Photo Video is rated higher. LightRoll Camera | Photo Video averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Grain+ averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do LightRoll Camera | Photo Video or Grain+ have ads?
Neither LightRoll Camera | Photo Video nor Grain+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LightRoll Camera | Photo Video or Grain+?
LightRoll Camera | Photo Video ships an update every 3 days, and Grain+ every 2 days. Most recently, LightRoll Camera | Photo Video was updated on October 31, 2026 and Grain+ on November 5, 2026.

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