Cine Meter II vs Chromis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cine Meter II
This app functions as a professional light and color meter for cinematographers. It offers zoomable spot metering, RGB waveform monitoring, and false-color capabilities to analyze and adjust lighting for optimal shots. It also provides calculations for exposure settings like shutter speed and aperture.
- Zoomable spotmeter
- RGB waveform monitor
- False-color mode
- Incident meter with lux/foot-candle
- Color temperature and tint readings
- Exposure calculation (shutter speed, aperture, ND, ISO)
- Shutter angle support
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Cine Meter II measures light and color, so you can light and shoot and know what you'll get. “Cine Meter II is an essential app for every cinematographer.” — Jon Fauer, ASC “[T]he perfect app to have with you at all times.” — Roberto “Ganzo” Schaefer, ASC, AIC It's a zoomable spotmeter with an RGB waveform monitor and a false-color picture. It's an incident meter using a Lenny Hat or other diffusion, or Lumu™ Lite attachment, with lux and foot-candle readouts. (Lumu Power is NOT supported, and flash metering is NOT possible.) It's a color meter, showing color temperature and green/magenta tint, and giving you corrections to or from your target color. Measure more than just shutter-priority or aperture-priority: calculate shutter speed, shutter angle, aperture, ND, or ISO directly. • The exposure meter shows your stop as a decimal value (for cameras with EVF iris readouts) or as a full stop and fraction (for cine lenses with marked iris rings). Cine Meter II lets you use shutter angles – ideal for Digital Bolex and Blackmagic cameras – as well as speeds, and you can dial in ND filters and arbitrary exposure compensations. The spotmeter is zoomable up to 15x magnification (on devices that support camera zooming), using either the front or back camera. • The waveform monitor shows you how light levels vary across a scene. You'll see how smooth and even the lighting is on a greenscreen or background, and find subtle hotspots and shadows at a glance. The waveform’s RGB mode shows you color imbalances in the image and gives you a handy way to check color purity and separation for chroma-keying. • False-color mode lets you define allowable contrast ranges, and see instantly which shadows are underexposed and what highlights risk clipping. _______________________ READ BEFORE YOU BUY: Cine Meter II is NOT a flash meter; it can't measure strobes. Cine Meter II does NOT work with Lumu Power (the Lightning port Lumu), only Lumu Lite (the headphone jack Lumu). Cine Meter II gives you *absolute* light meter readings, but *relative* picture and waveform monitor levels: Cine Meter II’s picture and waveform monitor do not use the *exact* exposure shown by the light meter (they are close to the meter reading, but can differ from it slightly). The picture and waveform monitor show you *relative* levels within a scene, not *absolute* levels based on the meter reading. Shutter speeds, apertures, and ISOs shown in Cine Meter II are for metering purposes only and do not control the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO of the iPhone camera. The iPhone camera uses whatever exposure settings it needs to capture a reading. Cine Meter II is a light and color meter only; it is *not* a camera simulator. See http://www.adamwilt.com/cinemeterii/details.html#How_It_Works for details.
Chromis
This app offers professional filmmaking tools on your iPhone, allowing you to shoot in Apple Log with manual controls and grade footage with advanced color tools. It provides a streamlined workflow for creating cinematic content directly on your mobile device.
- Apple Log and ProRes recording
- Manual camera controls
- Live histogram and composition grids
- LUT preview and professional color grading
- RGB curves and HSL secondaries
- Media organization and export
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Chromis Shoot. Grade. Create. Chromis is a professional filmmaking camera built for creators who want complete control from capture to final color—all on their iPhone. Record in Apple Log with professional manual controls, preview your footage with LUTs that never bake into your recording, and finish your grade using desktop-inspired color tools without ever leaving the app. At just 9MB, Chromis leaves all your iPhone storage exactly where it belongs—for your high-bitrate ProRes and Apple Log footage. Experience zero bloat, lightning-fast launch times, and maximum hardware performance. Whether you’re creating cinematic travel films, short films, social content, or visual effects shots, Chromis provides a complete mobile workflow. Professional Camera • Apple Log recording • ProRes recording • Manual ISO, shutter speed, white balance, and focus • Live histogram • Horizon level • Composition grid • Preview LUTs • Seamless lens switching during recording • Optional camera tracking while recording • Blender camera tracking export Professional Color Grading • Primary color adjustments • RGB curves • HSL secondaries • Professional LUT support • 3 built-in LUTs for an instant film aesthetic • Built-in and custom LUTs • Waveform, RGB histogram, and vectorscope • Save and reuse custom Looks • Non-destructive editing • Before/after comparison Media Management • Organize clips • Favorites • Rename • Export • Easily identify graded clips Chromis combines professional capture and advanced color grading into one streamlined filmmaking workflow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Chromis at $2.99 against Cine Meter II's $24.99. Chromis also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Cine Meter II's advantage is chart position (#113 vs unranked) and ratings volume (25 vs 4). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Cine Meter II costs $24.99 and Chromis $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chromis holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cine Meter II has 25 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Cine Meter II's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chromis's.
Cine Meter II ships an update every 3 months, Chromis fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cine Meter II | Chromis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #113 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Wilt | Ramsey Thomas |
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Cine Meter II
Chromis
In-app purchases
Cine Meter II
No in-app purchases
Chromis
No in-app purchases









