Photone - Grow Light Meter 4+

Perfectly light your plants‪!‬

Lightray Innovation GmbH

    • 4.8 • 231 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Take the guesswork out of grow lighting! Measure PAR / PPFD, lux, fc, and kelvin: All within the most accurate light meter app out there.

Setting up your plants' optimal lighting is not easy, if not impossible without a proper PAR / PPFD plant light meter. Calculating your indoor garden's daily light integral (DLI) to match your plants’ needs allows you to optimize your lighting for maximal yield at minimal electricity consumption.

Our Photone grow light meter app measures photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) as PPFD in µmol/m²/s, calculates the daily light integral (DLI) in mol/m²/d, and measures illuminance in foot-candles or Lux. It also allows you to measure light temperature in Kelvin which can help you determine if a light is suitable for fruiting and flowering or for vegetative growth.

Photone is by far the most accurate light meter app for plants and achieves industrial grade accuracy that easily compares to dedicated and very expensive quantum PAR sensors. You can learn more on how we achieve ±5% accuracy compared to research grade laboratory equipment and how to achieve maximum accuracy by yourself in our white paper: https://growlightmeter.com/whitepaper/

The Photone app also contains useful guiding articles to help you get the most out of your plant lighting. In addition, you can find more informative and educational content on our blog: https://growlightmeter.com/blog/

Wondering how much light your plants need? The plant lighting calculator on our website helps you to dial in your lighting to your specific plants' needs: https://growlightmeter.com/calculator/

To receive an accurate PAR and thus DLI measurement, you need to select the correct light source that you are measuring. Some common light sources are already available for free while others may need to be purchased additionally. In this way, we are able to fund our development efforts and offer the most accurate light meter app out there without annoying ads.

Our Photone Pro subscription enables you to access all supported light sources, measure light color temperature in kelvin, additional pro features, access additional resources for better results in plant growth, and receive our premium support – and there’s even more to come in the future!

The subscription is auto-renewable and automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal at the price listed within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions made on iOS devices can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings for your Apple ID after purchase. Once purchased, refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. But no need to worry, you may cancel at any time.

You can find our terms of service on our website: https://growlightmeter.com/terms/

As a proud member of 1% for the Planet we are donating at least one percent of all our revenue to environmental nonprofit organizations. With everything that you purchase from us, you will be giving back!

What’s New

Version 3.5.1

After many years of development, we have achieved an even higher level of measurement accuracy! You can now use the dedicated Lightray Diffuser & Cosine Corrector accessory as an alternative to the paper diffuser. Turn your device into a truly professional light meter. Learn more right within the app. This minor update includes fixes for the iPhone SE (1st generation) and devices running iOS 12.

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
231 Ratings

231 Ratings

Jordandrenth ,

Saved all my plants life

Realised how inaccurate my cheap light meter was and so relieved to be able to download/use this in five minutes to save my plants from burning

Developer Response ,

Hi Jordandrenth,
Awesome, thank you very much for letting us know and your review!
Best regards,
Dominik and the Photone Team

Devlin Beanington ,

Insane value!

For any chump thinking this is “expensive” - please have a look at the MIGRO or Growing Answers YouTube channel that compare this against the gold standard quantum sensors and other apps in the market across a variety of lights.

This app performs absolutely phenomenally, and in line with a quantum sensor that can cost upwards of $500 USD. Absolutely incredible that anybody could call this app expensive and has no idea what they’re even talking about. I know I sound like a paid actor but you cannot possibly ask for something better than this app. Well done to the developers, thank you so much for saving me hundreds of dollars.

Question: I am running a HLG 650rspec. Can you confirm if I have correctly chosen the LED full spectrum option? Or would I be better off using the white + red?

Thanks again.

Developer Response ,

Hi Devlin Beanington,

Thank you very much for your feedback and review! It‘s great to hear that our app delivers value to you! Regarding the setting: LED full spectrum is correct for your HLG light.

Best regards,
Dominik and the Photone Team

BigKangaroo ,

Work well but pricing is too expensive

Could be better

Developer Response ,

Hi BigKangaroo,

Thank you very much for your review! 
We will consider your input for future pricing updates. I'm sure you understand that our research and development is associated with cost and that we need to be able to pay our bills as well.

Best regards,
Dominik

App Privacy

The developer, Lightray Innovation GmbH, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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