LiteSource vs Light Panel Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiteSource
Enhance low-light photography by using nearby phones as controllable light sources. Adjust screen colors to illuminate your scene or use standalone mode to pick your own light color.
- Control nearby phone screen colors
- Synchronized lighting for scenes
- Standalone light mode
- Select custom light colors
- Improve low-light pictures
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Better low-light pictures with a little help from your friends. Take pictures while controlling the screen color of nearby phones to light your scene. Use in standalone light mode to select your own light color.
Light Panel Pro
Transform your device into a professional lighting tool for creative projects, film scanning, and video calls. Adjust brightness, color temperature, and RGB hues to enhance any scene. Give your existing technology a vibrant new purpose.
- Pocket-sized professional light
- Creative lighting control
- Film scanning
- Video call enhancement
- Brightness adjustment
- Kelvin temperature control
- RGB color control
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Light Panel Pro: Transform your device into a professional studio light. Perfect for creative lighting, film scanning and video calls. Control screen brightness, Kelvin temperature and full RGB color on any Apple device. • Light Panel Pro turns your mobile device into a portable light panel - one that you always have with you as a small fill light for photography or videography. • Light Panel Pro is a perfect backlight for scanning film with its dedicated scanning mask. It can also be used as a light table or light box with the built-in alignment grid. • Light Panel Pro is a great light for video calls. • Control screen brightness and temperature. Display & save arbitrary colors for creative lighting effects. • Automatically match the color temperature of the ambient light. • Lock screen settings from accidental touch input. • Create complex or remote lighting setups with the optional Remote Control feature. • There are many other potential uses whenever you need extra light: reading light, mood light, torch etc. • Give your old tech a brilliant second life - great for transforming old devices that can't run recent versions of iOS (iPad Air 1st gen & iPhone 5s onwards) into high-quality light panels, offering a highly cost-effective solution by repurposing hardware that might otherwise go unused. • Available as a universal purchase for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac, Apple TV & Vision Pro. • Print magazine PC Professionale recommended Light Panel Pro as "Original and unexpectedly useful" in the July 2021 edition! Join 5000 happy users and download Light Panel Pro now !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: LiteSource at Free against Light Panel Pro's $4.99. LiteSource also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Light Panel Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 31 months) and chart position (#141 vs unranked). 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
LiteSource is free to download; Light Panel Pro costs $4.99 up front. Light Panel Pro sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. LiteSource asks for nothing beyond the download.
LiteSource holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Light Panel Pro has 68 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of LiteSource's written reviews are positive against 85% of Light Panel Pro's.
LiteSource ships an update every 31 months, Light Panel Pro every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiteSource | Light Panel Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 4.5 (68 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 68 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #141 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Camazotz LLC | Mike Woolley |
Customer experience
LiteSource
Light Panel Pro
In-app purchases
LiteSource
No in-app purchases
Light Panel Pro
- Buy Me A Coffee$2.99
- Remote Control$9.99
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