Comparison

Lightmeter vs DRiT!

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

Head to head
About

Lightmeter

This app simulates the look and feel of traditional film photography, offering various film stocks, focal lengths, and a built-in light meter. It allows for RAW capture with authentic film characteristics and provides darkroom-like editing tools.

Highlights
  • Authentic RAW film capture
  • Multiple film stock emulations
  • Adjustable focal lengths
  • Integrated light meter
  • Darkroom-style editing tools
  • Metadata attachment to photos
Features
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A real light meter when you carry film. A film camera when you don't. And now, a disposable. The looks are built out of true RAW capture — grain, halation, and color that behave the way film behaves, rather than a filter sitting on top of a flat phone photo. Every look prints through the same engine, from a neutral negative, the way a lab prints a scan. The difference shows. The LM-35 AF A disposable camera, as a third mode beside the meter and the film camera. A roll of 12, 24, or 36 frames goes in, and it shoots blind: no preview, no thumbnails, a fixed 35mm lens, and a frame counter under a red index. A finished roll goes to the lab, and an hour later the prints land in Photos, each with its own accidents — an exposure wobble, flash falloff, soft corners, the odd light leak, and the orange date stamp if you want it. The body comes in black or yellow. A Lock Screen countdown, a lab widget, and a notification say when a roll is back. A shelf of stocks Color negative, slide, and black and white, each tuned to its own tonality, contrast, and grain. A few are ours alone. Stocks swap from the viewfinder in a tap, favorites stay marked, and the shelf filters down to color or mono. Focal lengths that mean something 24, 35, and 48mm on any iPhone. 85mm and your phone's true telephoto on Pro. The row clicks as it slides. In the hand The shutter fires from the volume buttons or Camera Control, and a tap made while a frame is still exposing is taken, not dropped. RAW works at every focal length and on the front camera. A darkroom, not a filter stack Frames save to Photos with film, aperture, shutter, ISO, and focal length attached. Any frame reopens later onto a different stock, or gets cropped, straightened, inspected, or deleted — from the Lightmeter gallery or from Photos itself. Edits land in place, no duplicates, and the original is always one tap back. Several frames can be handled at once. Developed rolls sit in the gallery as a stack that spreads out. On your Home Screen Widgets carry the loaded film to the Home and Lock Screen. With Plus, one shows your latest frame, another opens the camera in a single tap, and one counts down the roll at the lab. The meter In meter mode Lightmeter reads reflected light for the camera already around your neck — ISO, spot readings, and clean shutter and aperture pairs. Lightmeter Plus The camera and the meter are free. Plus adds the LM-35 AF, the full film-look library, RAW capture where the device supports it with a 24 MP option on supported iPhones, darkroom borders, the camera, shutter, and lab widgets, and alternate app icons. Monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Eligible new subscribers get seven days free; subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled. Nothing you shoot leaves the phone No account, no cloud, no upload, no ads, no tracking. Your photos, camera feed, and location stay on your iPhone. Apple and RevenueCat process limited purchase information only to run Lightmeter Plus. New stocks and new features land often. Terms of Use: https://shotonlightmeter.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://shotonlightmeter.com/privacy

About

DRiT!

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◆ Bring More Light and Color to Your Videos “DRiT! HDR for the rest of us.” makes it easy to convert SDR videos into HDR. You can enjoy HDR video and color grading without needing in-depth knowledge of dynamic range or color spaces. ◆ Three Modes for Different Needs ・AtEase: Leave everything to the app, from conversion and processing to saving. ・Standard Edition: Preview the finished result before deciding whether to save it. ・Pro Edition: Fine-tune the look with your favorite colors and choose the output dynamic range. ◆ AtEase Simply select an SDR video, and everything from HDR conversion and processing to saving it to the Photos app is done automatically. No complicated knowledge or settings required. Anyone can easily create beautiful-looking videos. ◆ Standard Edition Play the original and converted videos simultaneously to compare the results, then save the finished video to the Photos app or discard it. You can also view detailed analysis of the selected video and detailed information about the generated video. ◆ Pro Edition (*1) In addition to HDR output, you can also create videos for SDR viewing environments. Register your own LUTs in the library and use them for color grading while converting videos to SDR or HDR. ◆ For High-Quality Video Camera Users If you enjoy sharing videos shot with action cameras, gimbal cameras, camera-equipped drones, and similar devices on social media, but find their dedicated apps complicated or difficult to use—or simply want an easier way to get more out of your camera—give DRiT! a try. With cameras capable of 10-bit color or Log recording, you can take advantage of richer tonal gradations and complete the entire process, from converting your footage to HDR through saving it, using only your iPhone—even while traveling without a computer. ◆ For Users of Newer iPhones iPhones released in 2020 or later, excluding the SE series, can record HDR video when appropriately configured. Videos recorded in HDR do not need to be converted to HDR. Even with such videos, Pro Edition (*1) lets you use LUTs (Look-Up Tables) to give your footage a distinctive new look. A wide variety of LUTs are available commercially or for download, and Pro Edition also includes four sample LUTs specially adjusted for HDR. ◆ LUTs Included with Pro Edition ・Blue Breeze: Creates the fresh, crisp feeling of morning air. It also works especially well with skies, oceans, and similar scenes. ・Airy Day: Lifts darker areas while adding a slightly warmer tone for a light, airy look. Well suited to videos of children, pets, and everyday moments. ・Golden Hour: Emphasizes yellow-to-orange tones to create an evocative sunset look. Give it a try when you find yourself thinking, “It looked amazing in person, but the video just doesn’t capture it...” ・(Secret): A happy accident created during development. It was technically a failure, but we found it too amusing not to include. Try it yourself to discover what it does. :) *1: Pro Edition is a paid upgrade. It is currently available at a special launch price. The price is planned to change to the regular price with the next major feature update.

Screenshots

Lightmeter4 screens
DRiT!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lightmeter at none against DRiT!'s shown. On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Lightmeter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and DRiT! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Lightmeter versus DRiT!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightmeterDRiT!
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAakash GoelYASUHIRO AKIMOTO

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lightmeter

Subscriptions2
  • Lightmeter Plus Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Lightmeter Plus Yearly7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lightmeter Plus$14.99
1 purchases

DRiT!

One-time1
  • DRiT! Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Lightmeter free?
Lightmeter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DRiT! free?
DRiT! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lightmeter or DRiT! have ads?
DRiT! shows ads; Lightmeter does not.
Which is updated more often, Lightmeter or DRiT!?
Lightmeter ships an update weekly, and DRiT! weekly. Most recently, Lightmeter was updated on November 6, 2026 and DRiT! on November 6, 2026.

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