Comparison

Sephalight vs Lumen

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

Head to head
About

Sephalight

A minimalist color tool for designers and developers. Offers pre-built color schemes and supports HEX/RGB value copying. Includes an icon generator for App Store compliance, providing an efficient and elegant coloring experience.

Highlights
  • Minimalist color tool
  • High-quality color schemes
  • HEX/RGB color value copying
  • App Store compliant icon generator
  • Clean interface
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Sephalight brings cinematic capture, detailed color tools, and personal finishing touches into one creative workflow. Capture with character: Shoot photos and videos with live LUT previews, a 21:9 frame, and manual exposure, white balance, and focus controls. Refine every shade: Adjust exposure, curves, HSL, color grading, masks, and grain. Import .cube LUTs to shape your own look. Make it yours: Add camera details, device information, time, location, a signature, or a color palette as a watermark, then export to your photo library. Create on iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo, with an editing layout that adapts to the space you have.

About

Lumen

Features
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Lumen is a privacy-first smart camera. Shoot, watermark, scan, and lightly edit — all on your device. We don’t upload your media to our servers. Capture • Photos and video with timer, grid, and level • Live Photos to keep motion around the shutter • Burst and preview-before-save for quick picks Watermarks you can preview • Stamp time, place, or custom text • Live preview in the viewfinder • Great for work check-ins and everyday memories Scan & documents • QR codes and barcodes — copy or open links • Document scan with text extraction (OCR) • Scan history stays on this phone Smart modes & Pro • Night multi-frame fusion for low light • Portrait background blur • Pro: exposure, ISO, white balance, AE/AF lock Light edit & share • Filters plus brightness, contrast, saturation • Postcard, stamp, and grid templates • Edit and share in a few taps Local-first privacy Lumen processes photos and videos on your device. Location is used only when you enable Save location or a location watermark. We do not upload your media to our servers. For daily moments, field notes, or quick document text — Lumen keeps shooting simple and private.

Screenshots

Sephalight1 screens
Lumen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lumen at Free against Sephalight's $1.99. Lumen also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). Sephalight's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On ads, 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

Lumen is free to download; Sephalight costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sephalight ships an update every 4 days, Lumen fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Sephalight versus Lumen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSephalightLumen
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer祖浪 吴勇滨 黄

In-app purchases

None

Sephalight

No in-app purchases

None

Lumen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sephalight free?
Sephalight costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lumen free?
Lumen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sephalight or Lumen have ads?
Neither Sephalight nor Lumen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sephalight or Lumen?
Sephalight ships an update every 4 days, and Lumen fortnightly. Most recently, Sephalight was updated on October 31, 2026 and Lumen on October 31, 2026.

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