WideAngleCam vs Lightscope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
WideAngleCam
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WideAngleCam - Manual Focus gives you more control over iPhone video recording than the default Camera app. Free mode includes manual fixed focus on the Wide lens, so you can try the core focus-control workflow before buying. Full Access is a separate one-time in-app purchase. It unlocks all supported lenses on your iPhone, FPS controls, resolution and maximum-quality options, full-screen preview, movable controls, and direct saving to Photos. Use it for products, sports, nature, inspections, experiments, or creative shots when you want predictable focus and recording settings instead of automatic camera decisions.
Lightscope
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Shot in Apple Log and tired of flat, washed-out previews? Lightscope plays Apple Log (1 & 2) footage back the way it was meant to look ā in real Rec.2100 HLG ā and lets you grade it right on your iPhone or iPad. PLAY IT RIGHT ⢠True HDR playback of Apple Log 1 & 2 clips (Rec.2100 HLG) ⢠Technical LUTs generated from DaVinci Resolve for accurate log-to-display transforms ⢠One-tap HDR / SDR display modes GRADE ON-DEVICE ⢠Color wheels (lift Ā· gamma Ā· gain), exposure in the scene-referred log domain ⢠Tone curves with a live curve editor ⢠Color warper and skin-tone secondaries ⢠Film & cinema looks, plus your own .cube LUTs ⢠Broadcast scopes: waveform and vectorscope, on the image while you grade ⢠Non-destructive: every clip remembers its grade automatically ⢠Shareable grade presets EXPORT ⢠10-bit HEVC in Rec.2100 HLG (true HDR) or Rec.709 (SDR master) ⢠Saved straight back to your Photos library TRY EVERYTHING FREE FOR 14 DAYS Every feature is unlocked for two weeks ā no account, no sign-up. After the trial, your library stays free to browse, and a single one-time purchase of Lightscope Pro keeps true HLG playback, the full grading suite and export forever. No subscription. Family Sharing supported. Everything happens on your device. No uploads, no tracking. Requires iOS 17 or later. Apple Log recording requires iPhone 15 Pro or later (or footage from Final Cut Camera / Blackmagic Cam).
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Verdict
WideAngleCam and Lightscope are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters ā price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. WideAngleCam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lightscope sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | WideAngleCam | Lightscope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bastiaan Kemperman | Jian Zhou |
In-app purchases
WideAngleCam
- Premium Features$0.99
Lightscope
- Lightscope Pro$9.99









