Light Meter Wheel vs Minimal Light Meter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Light Meter Wheel
This app offers a fast, visual, and precise way to measure light for photography. It features a unique exposure wheel that displays aperture, shutter speed, and ISO simultaneously, giving photographers instant control and clarity.
- Real exposure wheel with all values in one view
- Real-time metering with instant EV readings
- Wide ISO and shutter speed range
- Exposure timer for long exposures
- Incident metering using front camera
- Calibration for accuracy
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Light Meter Wheel brings a unique way to measure light — fast, visual and precise. Instead of switching modes, everything is visible at once. Aperture, shutter speed and ISO are seamlessly connected through a real exposure wheel, giving you full control at a glance. Designed for photographers who value clarity, speed and accuracy. Also especially useful for pinhole photography, where its wide aperture range and long exposure timer make setting exposures straightforward. Features • Real exposure wheel with all values in one view • Real-time metering with instant EV readings • Wide ISO range: 0.8 – 6400 • Shutter speeds from 1/8000s to 4 hours • Apertures from f/0.7 to f/1024 • Exposure timer (perfect for long exposures & pinhole) • HOLD function to lock readings • Incident metering using the front camera • Custom backgrounds and light/dark modes • Calibration for maximum accuracy Built by a photographer, for photographers.
Minimal Light Meter
This app offers precise light metering with a streamlined interface and a dimmable camera view. It allows for fully customizable ISO settings, ensuring accuracy with non-standard film stocks.
- Accurate light metering
- Intuitive user interface
- Dimmable camera view
- Custom ISO settings
- Support for non-standard ISO
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It provides accurate light metering with an intuitive UI and a dimmable camera view to focus only on what's important. Additionally, it supports a fully custom ISO setting so you can be confident working with non-standard ISO ratings on old or expired film stocks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Light Meter Wheel at every 2 months against Minimal Light Meter's every 19 months. Light Meter Wheel also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Minimal Light Meter's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and chart position (#195 vs unranked). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Light Meter Wheel costs $1.99 and Minimal Light Meter $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Minimal Light Meter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Light Meter Wheel has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Light Meter Wheel ships an update every 2 months, Minimal Light Meter every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light Meter Wheel | Minimal Light Meter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #195 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Quiles | Jack Kroll |
Customer experience
Light Meter Wheel
Minimal Light Meter
In-app purchases
Light Meter Wheel
No in-app purchases
Minimal Light Meter
No in-app purchases
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