Best Light Meter Ultra Apps

4.7😞(739 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

This app provides precise light metering for film photography, eliminating the need for external hardware. It offers various metering modes and customizable profiles to ensure perfect exposures for manual cameras. Advanced features like reciprocity failure correction are available with a PRO plan.

What We Love

🚀 Accurate and fast metering
👍 Clean and intuitive interface
💡 Customizable settings (aperture, shutter, ISO)
🔍 Useful for analog/film photography

Room to Improve

💰 Expensive subscription model
🔒 Locked features behind paywall
🐛 Unreliable performance in low-light conditions
📱 Requires internet connection for full functionality

Lightme - Lightmeter by Giuseppe Bertolini

A clean, powerful lightmeter

Strong Contender

4.8😊(959 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

This app provides a powerful yet simple light metering tool for photographers. It offers advanced features like spot metering, zone system implementation, and reciprocity failure compensation, alongside a clean interface for easy one-handed use. It supports a wide range of films and camera setups, making it suitable for both beginners and experienced users.

What We Love

🚀 Accurate metering
👍 Intuitive and clean interface
💡 Comprehensive features (spot metering, zone system, film stock selection, etc.)
🚀 Consistently accurate exposures
👍 Thoughtful design with user's needs in mind
👍 Helpful reminders (e.g. checking ISO)
💡 Offline functionality
👍 No ads, optional support via coffee donations

Room to Improve

🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes
👎 Confusing or cluttered interface for some users
👎 Tedious film selection process
🐛 Inaccurate metering in certain lighting conditions

Light Meter LM-3000 by Lightray Innovation GmbH

Simple & accurate measurement!

Worth Considering

Measure Luminosity in Lux & FC

4.5😐(2.6K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

Transform your smartphone into a professional light meter. Measure illuminance and color temperature with scientifically validated accuracy, trusted by professionals. Requires a simple diffuser for precise readings.

What We Love

👍 Great app
👍 Accurate measurements
👍 Easy to use
👍 Helpful customer service
👍 Useful for science/research

Room to Improve

🐛 Requires diffuser for accurate readings
💰 Expensive for a light meter app
🔋 Battery/trial period issues
🔍 Inconsistent/inaccurate readings
🙄 Misleading/deceptive marketing

More Light Meter Ultra apps to explore

Lux Light Meter Pro

Real-time lux and foot candle measurementsReal-time color temperature measurementsReal-time histogram plotting

Measure light intensity in lux and foot candles with this 2-in-1 meter. Optimize photography settings, adjust indoor lighting, or prevent eye strain with professional-quality readings directly from your smartphone.

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Incident and reflected-light meteringFull manual exposure controlLong exposure and low-light sensitivity

myLightMeter PRO

A reliable light meter

$4.99

This app provides photographers with precise exposure measurement tools for both film and digital workflows. It offers comprehensive manual control, advanced calculators, and session organization with iCloud syncing.

Pro color and flash meter

Standalone reflective light meterFlash and color temperature meteringPhoto and cine/video modes

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.

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Photo Light & Exposure Meter

Measure Shutter Speed, Lux, EV

Real-time shooting value selectionAdjustable shutter speed, aperture, ISOPreliminary picture settings preview

This app acts as a portable light meter for photographers. It helps you understand correct photography settings and experiment with shutter speed, aperture, and ISO in real time. Save snapshots with parameters and geolocation, and measure color temperature.

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Lux Light Meter for Mobile

Lux-Meter & Exposure Measure

Real-time color temperature measurementLux and foot candle measurementsDaily light integral (DLI) calculation

This app provides accurate and easy-to-use light measurements in lux and foot candles. It's ideal for photographers, plant owners, and anyone needing to assess ambient light levels in various spaces. Features include real-time color temperature measurement and calculation of the daily light integral.

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Light Meter.

by Muhammed Efdal incesu

by L'ELITE DANGEREUSE

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LUX Meter - Light Meter

Lux and foot-candle readingsLighting target presetsLive brightness scale

This app measures ambient light levels in lux or foot-candles using your iPhone camera. It provides instant feedback on whether a space is too dim, comfortable, or bright enough for various tasks and offers calibration options.

Exposure meter for film & DSLR

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Fast film exposure readings

Light Meter, Lux & Color Temp

Instant color temperature (Kelvin) measurementLight intensity (Lux) readingsExposure value (EV) analysis

This tool transforms your iPhone into a light meter, lux meter, and color temperature analyzer. It provides instant readings for color temperature, light intensity, and exposure values, offering real-time guidance for photography, videography, and lighting setups.

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Wireless light and color meter

Illuminati Meter

Bluetooth connectivity to IM100 meterDisplays exposure and color temperatureSupports still and video camera settings

This app connects to a wireless light and color meter via Bluetooth, displaying exposure, color temperature, and other light data on your smartphone. It helps photographers and videographers set accurate exposure and white balance for various camera types and lighting conditions.

Light Meter - measure luminosity in lux, fc, lumen

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free

by Vlad Polyanskiy

$1.99

Measure ambient light levels accurately using your smartphone. This app provides precise readings in lux and foot candles, offering a convenient and cost-effective alternative to professional illuminometers for personal use.

Accurate light measurementsMeasures in lux and foot candleIntuitive and attractive design

Measure light intensity Lux&Fc

Camera Lux & EV Meter

Lux Tint & Light Meter - PPFD

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Pocket Lightmeter in Kelvin

Real-time color temperature analysisMeasure in lux & foot-candlesDaily Light Integral (DLI) calculation

This app provides precise, real-time light measurements for photography, filmmaking, and design. It offers color temperature analysis, lux and foot-candle readings, and DLI calculations. Optimize your lighting setup with smart shooting recommendations and full manual control.

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