Comparison

Photo Studio Light Setup vs Flashpoint R2

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

Head to head
About

Photo Studio Light Setup

Easily document and create studio lighting diagrams with an intuitive interface. Save, modify, and share your setups across devices and with friends. Access a library of professional setups and equipment for enhanced creativity.

Highlights
  • Intuitive interface for light documenting
  • Create and modify lighting diagrams
  • Share setups across devices and with friends
  • Library of professional lighting setups
  • Document setups with precision and detail
  • Includes professional equipment and props
Features
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Photo Studio Light Setup app is designed for professional and amateur photographers, photography students and educators. The application provides users with an intuitive interface and fluid workflow for quick and easy studio light documenting and creation of lighting diagrams that can be modified on your devices any time in the future and shared between devices and friends. The app features a growing library of professional lighting setups with reference photos and detailed equipment settings available for In-App purchase. Photo Studio Light Setup includes a wide variety of professional photography lighting equipment, studio props and photography subjects and allows users to document their lighting setups with high precision and all necessary details. Studio setups are shared among your devices via iCloud and can be shared among other users as captured images.

About

Flashpoint R2

Control professional lighting systems wirelessly from your smartphone. Adjust exposure, modes, and settings for a wide range of compatible flash and LED products. This app enhances your camera's capabilities for advanced photographic control.

Highlights
  • Wireless TTL system control
  • Remote flash and LED management
  • Exposure and mode adjustment
  • Channel and group designation
  • Save and recall settings
  • Real-time parameter control
Features
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The Flashpoint APP operates in tandem with the Flashpoint R2 Pro Mark II transmitter as a mobile phone gateway to the graphical control of the R2 2.4GHz Wireless Radio Remote TTL System. The combination links seamlessly to a wide range of Flashpoint professional flash and LED products, from the mighty Rapid 1200 AC monolight to the lithium powered XPLOR’s and eVOLV’s portable strobes and on to the Zoom and Streaklight speedlights – all for use with Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm and Panasonic/Olympus cameras. The FP APP expands the capabilities of your built-in smartphone camera to gain membership in the R2 Family. Capture like never before as part of the most expansive, elite club of flash and LED available for the imaging world. Every aspect of lighting nuance is before you on the screen; exposure, mode, modeling lamp, audio tones, stroboscopic range, as well as the 32 secure channels and 16 group designations. You can set it, test it, change it and memorize the stored settings for future events. Customize the R2 Family experience as you want it, without ever getting near your gear. No less than 16 pages of micromanagement of every exacting parameter relating to your lighting for studio or on location. It’s the discerning photographer’s dream come true.

Screenshots

Photo Studio Light Setup4 screens
Flashpoint R23 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flashpoint R2 at Free against Photo Studio Light Setup's $12.99. Flashpoint R2 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (35 vs 1). Photo Studio Light Setup's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 2.4) and review sentiment (58% vs 17%). On ads 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

Flashpoint R2 is free to download; Photo Studio Light Setup costs $12.99 up front. Photo Studio Light Setup sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Flashpoint R2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Photo Studio Light Setup holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flashpoint R2 has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Photo Studio Light Setup's written reviews are positive against 17% of Flashpoint R2's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Photo Studio Light Setup versus Flashpoint R2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto Studio Light SetupFlashpoint R2
Price$12.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better2.4 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews57.8% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings135 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAlex MaximAdorama inc.

Customer experience

Photo Studio Light Setup

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive57.8%
Neutral4.4%
Negative37.8%

Flashpoint R2

All ratings35 ratings
Positive25.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral12.5%
Negative70.8%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Photo Studio Light Setup

One-time5
  • Feast, fashion setup with four lights$2.99
  • Beauty portrait, 4 colored lights setup$2.99
  • Fashion at the beach, sunlight + octa$2.99
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  • Night beach setup with one light$2.99
  • Glamour 6-light setup$3.99
None

Flashpoint R2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Photo Studio Light Setup free?
Photo Studio Light Setup costs $12.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Flashpoint R2 free?
Flashpoint R2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Photo Studio Light Setup or Flashpoint R2?
Photo Studio Light Setup is rated higher. Photo Studio Light Setup averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Flashpoint R2 averages 2.4 from 35 ratings.
Do Photo Studio Light Setup or Flashpoint R2 have ads?
Neither Photo Studio Light Setup nor Flashpoint R2 shows ads.

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