Comparison

Lumu Light Meter vs Minimal Light Meter

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

Head to head
About

Lumu Light Meter

This app functions as a standalone reflective light meter or pairs with hardware for professional flash and color temperature measurements. It offers various modes for photography and videography, storing measurements with notes and location.

Highlights
  • Standalone reflective light meter
  • Flash and color temperature metering
  • Photo and cine/video modes
  • Spot metering
  • Color temperature in Kelvin
  • Store measurements with notes
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The light metering tool for every great image maker. Use the standalone app as a reflective light meter or use it in combination with Lumu Power hardware for professional Flash and Color Temperature measurements. Lumu Power is an easy-to-use digital incident color and light meter that works seamlessly with the free Lumu app to deliver Color Temperature, Illuminance, Spot, Ambient, and Flash Exposure metering functionality on your iPhone. A new expression of what a light meter can be, Lumu meets the needs of enthusiasts, professionals, and students who find existing light metering solutions too bulky, expensive, and complicated. “The Lumu Power is without any doubt the most full featured light meter I have ever owned. It’s tiny, it weighs hardly anything, it manages to offer a feature set that expands way beyond what most will ever need from such a device.” - www.35mmc.com Key features: - SPOT METERING: Use your phone’s camera as a reflective light meter. With Lumu Power: - PHOTO SINGLE mode: Giving you exact parameters: exposure time, f-number, ISO, EV, lux. - PHOTO MULTI mode: Calculating average value or contrast between multiple measurements. - PHOTO PINHOLE mode: Measuring exposure time for custom pinhole camera settings. - CINE/VIDEO mode: Set FPS, F-number, exposure time and ISO. Get the values for the ambiental light. - FLASH EXPOSURE: See the graph of flash duration, measure its intensity. - COLOR TEMPERATURE: Read light Color temperature in Kelvin and Green/Magenta shift. - CHROMATICITY: See light colour in CIE1931 diagram and get X,Y,Z coordinates. - ILLUMINANCE mode: showing incident light level in lux / foot-candle values. - NOTES: Store all your measurements together with geo-location, custom notes and your photo in one place. + ND FILTERS, EXPOSURE COMPENSATION and more… Visit http://lu.mu/ to learn more.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Accurate light metering
  • Intuitive user interface
  • Dimmable camera view
  • Custom ISO settings
  • Support for non-standard ISO
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Lumu Light Meter4 screens
Minimal Light Meter3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lumu Light Meter at Free against Minimal Light Meter's $0.99. Lumu Light Meter also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (99 vs 1). Minimal Light Meter's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads 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

Lumu Light Meter is free to download; Minimal Light Meter costs $0.99 up front. Lumu Light Meter sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Minimal Light Meter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Minimal Light Meter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lumu Light Meter has 99 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lumu Light Meter ships an update monthly, Minimal Light Meter every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Lumu Light Meter versus Minimal Light Meter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumu Light MeterMinimal Light Meter
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.4 (99 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings99 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#195 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLumu d.o.o.Jack Kroll

Customer experience

Lumu Light Meter

All ratings99 ratings
Positive56.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative37.4%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive52.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative42.5%

Minimal Light Meter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Lumu Light Meter

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • 🐛 LUX value shown as FootCandle
  • 🐛 ISO keeps changing when metering
  • 🐛 Color temp readout option disappeared
  • 🐛 Error when factory resetting module
  • 🐛 Cannot read CCT
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  • 🐛 App no longer recognizes original Lumu
  • 🐛 Photo Ambient mode turns off
  • 🐛 Device not recognized after app update
  • 🐛 High-pitched squeal on app open
  • 🐛 Loud painful high frequency noise with earphones
  • 🐛 Saved files not found
  • 🐛 App not working with older iPhones
  • 🐛 Exposure compensation backwards
  • 🐛 Extremely high pitched squeal

Requested features

11 requests
  • 💡 Aperture priority mode
  • 💡 Ability to lock aperture
  • 💡 Analog style shutter speed/aperture display
  • 💡 Option to see all equivalent exposure settings at a glance
  • 💡 Ability to take two readings and see difference in stops
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  • 💡 Use phone's volume button to take reading
  • 💡 Add lower ISO options (below 50)
  • 💡 Half-stop increments for ISO/aperture
  • 💡 Video mode
  • 💡 Location tracking for readings
  • 💡 Sync only on Wi-Fi setting

Minimal Light Meter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lumu Light Meter

One-time3
  • Lite to Power Upgrade$69.99
  • Power to Pro Upgrade$229.99
  • Lite to Pro Upgrade$249.99
None

Minimal Light Meter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lumu Light Meter free?
Lumu Light Meter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minimal Light Meter free?
Minimal Light Meter costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lumu Light Meter or Minimal Light Meter?
Minimal Light Meter is rated higher. Lumu Light Meter averages 3.4 out of 5 from 99 ratings, while Minimal Light Meter averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Lumu Light Meter or Minimal Light Meter have ads?
Neither Lumu Light Meter nor Minimal Light Meter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lumu Light Meter or Minimal Light Meter?
Lumu Light Meter ships an update monthly, and Minimal Light Meter every 19 months. Most recently, Lumu Light Meter was updated on September 19, 2026 and Minimal Light Meter on September 10, 2026.

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