Comparison

Light Meter vs Orriva

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

Head to head
About

Light Meter

Features
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Light Meter helps you measure exposure in real time and find the right camera settings faster. Designed for photographers and filmmakers, the app turns your iPhone into a practical exposure meter for everyday shoots, studio work, portraits, landscapes, and low-light scenes. Quickly read the light in front of you, lock the settings you want to keep fixed, and let the app calculate the missing exposure value automatically. Whether you are shooting with a digital camera, film camera, cinema camera, or manual lens, Light Meter helps you work with more confidence before you press the shutter. • Live Exposure Reading Measure light in real time and instantly calculate camera-ready exposure settings. • Lock Any Two Controls Choose which two settings stay fixed - ISO, shutter speed, or aperture - and let the meter calculate the third automatically. • Shutter Priority Freeze motion or create blur while the app calculates the right aperture. • Aperture Priority Set your depth of field and let the meter solve the matching shutter speed. • Auto ISO Keep shutter speed and aperture fixed while the meter adjusts ISO automatically. • Spot Metering Tap the preview to meter a specific part of the scene with more precision. • Built for Real Shoots Use it for portraits, landscapes, studio lighting, street photography, film photography, and video exposure planning. Light Meter gives you a fast, visual way to understand exposure before shooting. It is especially useful when working with manual cameras, adapting to changing light, checking mixed scenes, or planning a consistent exposure setup. Simple enough for beginners, precise enough for advanced photographers. Terms of Use: https://www.optionalchaining.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.optionalchaining.com/privacy-policy

About

Orriva

This app helps photographers manage their photos by identifying the best shots from bursts, planning lighting conditions, and editing RAW files. It offers a suite of tools for image enhancement and organization, all while operating completely offline.

Highlights
  • Keeper finder for burst photos
  • Light planning with sunrise/sunset times
  • Exposure and distance calculators
  • RAW photo developing
  • Manual camera controls
  • Batch resizing and watermarking
  • Offline operation
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Too many photos, too little time? Orriva finds the keepers from a burst, plans the light before you shoot, and develops your RAWs — completely offline, right on your device. THE KEEPER FINDER — FREE Import a burst of similar shots and Orriva suggests the sharpest one in each series. Double-tap to zoom to 100% and check the eyes yourself — the app only suggests, you decide. It never deletes anything on its own. PLAN THE LIGHT — FREE Blue hour and golden hour countdown, sunrise and sunset with compass bearings so you know where to stand, moon phase and local weather. The Horizont home-screen widget keeps it one glance away. CALCULATORS — FREE ND filter exposure times, hyperfocal distance, and the 500/NPF rule for night skies. PHOTO EDITOR (Pro) Looks with an adjustable strength slider, crop to popular ratios (1:1, 3:2, 4:5, 16:9), straighten the horizon, one-tap Auto, plus brightness, contrast, saturation and sharpening. Watermark, EXIF viewer, before/after compare and on-device face tools included. RAW DEVELOPING (Pro — first 5 free) Open RAW files from Sony, Canon, Nikon and more (ARW, CR3, NEF, DNG). Dial in exposure, white balance, noise reduction and sharpening by hand, guided by a live histogram. Your first five developments are free, so you can check your files come out right before you pay. MANUAL CAMERA & BATCH RESIZE (Pro) Full control over shutter speed, ISO and focus. Resize and watermark a whole shoot in one go. DESIGNED FOR IPHONE AND IPAD On iPad the editor, the keeper finder and RAW developing use the whole screen — library on the left, photo in the middle, controls on the right. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Orriva works fully offline. Your photos never leave your device — no accounts, no ads, no tracking, nothing uploaded. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription.

Screenshots

Light Meter4 screens
Orriva4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Light Meter at none against Orriva's 1. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Orriva sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Light Meter asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Light Meter versus Orriva: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLight MeterOrriva
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Battisti ForsthoferJiri Kluciar

In-app purchases

None

Light Meter

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Orriva

One-time1
  • Orriva Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Light Meter free?
Light Meter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orriva free?
Orriva is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Light Meter or Orriva have ads?
Neither Light Meter nor Orriva shows ads.

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