Lightscope vs BitLens

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 — in real Rec.2100 HLG — 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 · gamma · 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 — 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).

Inspect what’s inside a media file before you deliver, share, or troubleshoot it. BitLens combines detailed technical metadata, professional playback, and real-time video scopes for video, audio, and image files. Check codec, resolution, frame rate, bitrate, color space, HDR, audio channels, subtitles, chapters, and more in a clear, native interface. Built for creators, developers, editors, and media professionals, BitLens helps you: • Verify export and delivery specifications • Inspect video, audio, and image metadata • Play video while monitoring live scopes • Analyze color and exposure with waveform, vectorscope, and histogram displays • Compare videos with wipe and side-by-side views • Review audio streams, channels, subtitles, and chapters • Capture frame-accurate stills from video • Export metadata reports, chapters, and subtitles • Create photo copies with removable metadata stripped • Open media from Files, the Share Sheet, drag and drop, or a direct URL • Automate batch inspection and metadata export with Shortcuts • Work across iPhone, iPad, and Mac Open files, play media, and inspect basic metadata for free. BitLens Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Pro unlocks advanced metadata and photo EXIF, waveform, vectorscope, and histogram scopes, live scopes during playback, delivery specification compliance checks, still capture, and every export. No account or sign-in is required. Inspect beyond the surface with BitLens. Screenshots feature Tears of Steel by the Blender Foundation, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (mango.blender.org).