CamRanger Share vs ShootLight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CamRanger Share
This companion app allows clients and others to view photos and live feeds from a photographer's device. It requires specific hardware and the main application to function, granting viewers access at the photographer's discretion.
- View photos
- Live view streaming
- Client access
- Requires CamRanger hardware
- Photographer discretion access
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Requires CamRanger hardware and normal CamRanger app. This is NOT the normal CamRanger app, but is for clients and others with their own iOS device to be able view images/live view at the photographers discretion.
ShootLight
This app helps photographers and videographers plan shoots by analyzing sun, sky, and weather conditions. It provides a 'shoot score' for each hour and location, offering detailed insights into light, clouds, and precipitation to optimize your shooting schedule.
- Hourly shoot scoring based on sun and weather
- 3D sun-path and shadow projection
- Augmented Reality sky view
- Hour-by-hour weather charts
- Route planning by light or speed
- Traffic-aware drive times
- Exportable shoot-day PDF
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ShootLight is a shoot-planning app for photographers and videographers. It reads the sun, the sky, and the weather together, scores every hour of the day, and helps you build a shoot day around the conditions that actually matter. Built by a working production company. THE SHOOT SCORE Every location and every hour gets one clear read — Don't bother / Workable / Good to shoot / Great window — based on: • Sun angle, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight (computed on your device) • Cloud by layer: a low marine deck flattens the light, while high cirrus can light up a sunset • Wind, rain, visibility, haze, and fog risk Tap any rating to see exactly why it scored that way, and whether the next hour improves or fades. SEE THE CONDITIONS • A 3D sun-path arc projected over the real terrain at your location • Shadow Mode — plant a sundial and watch its shadow move as you scrub through the day • AR Sky — trace the sun and moon across the real sky through your camera • Hour-by-hour charts for cloud, wind, rain, visibility, temperature, and UV PLAN THE SHOOT DAY • Pick your locations — each scored by its own sun and weather • Route by best light, fastest, or midday • Shoot both golden hours, with a midday break in between • Traffic-aware drive times, including a "leave home by" time from your home base • Set shoot time per stop and the whole day recalculates • Add notes per location — gate codes, parking, what to shoot • Export a shoot-day PDF for your crew or client WEATHER BUILT FOR A SHOOT Cloud by layer, wind and gusts, precipitation radar, satellite cloud loops, visibility and haze, fog risk, and a 7-day outlook that scores the week ahead so you can pick the right day. Powered by Apple Weather and Open-Meteo, with MET Norway as a backup. Sun and moon positions are computed on your device. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. — by Spearhead Media Weather data: Apple Weather, Open-Meteo, MET Norway. Radar: RainViewer, NASA GIBS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShootLight at 100% against CamRanger Share's 44%. ShootLight also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and chart position (#171 vs unranked). CamRanger Share's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On ratings volume, 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
CamRanger Share is free to download; ShootLight costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ShootLight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of CamRanger Share's written reviews are positive against 100% of ShootLight's.
| Parameter | CamRanger Share | ShootLight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #171 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CamRanger | Brady Spear |
Customer experience
CamRanger Share
ShootLight
In-app purchases
CamRanger Share
No in-app purchases
ShootLight
No in-app purchases









