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iLightningCam 2
Florian Stiassny · 91 ratings · ★ 4.0
4.0
★★★★★
91 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 16 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"iphone"
5 negative reviews mention this · 31% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Horrible. New to iPhone and this app alone makes me regret making the switch. Not sure why this is the only option. Misses a lot of strikes. The ones it does catch are out of focus." - AllNamesAreTaken37293746
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"photos"
4 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App No Longer Works Well. I used this app and the previous version for several years and captured stunning photos, but now the app either captures nothing or everything is overexposed." - Rogerinmaryland
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"work"
4 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App No Longer Works Well. I used this app and the previous version for several years and captured stunning photos, but now the app either captures nothing or everything is overexposed." - Rogerinmaryland
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"pictures"
4 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Way too sensitive to movement. The latest update has the app so sensitive to the slightest movement that even when my truck is not moving and I have my phone in a windshield mount, the vibration from my Diesel engine is enough to make it turn detection off. It really nee…" - MSUChaser
5
"version"
3 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App No Longer Works Well. I used this app and the previous version for several years and captured stunning photos, but now the app either captures nothing or everything is overexposed." - Rogerinmaryland
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"everything"
3 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App No Longer Works Well. I used this app and the previous version for several years and captured stunning photos, but now the app either captures nothing or everything is overexposed." - Rogerinmaryland
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"strikes"
3 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Horrible. New to iPhone and this app alone makes me regret making the switch. Not sure why this is the only option. Misses a lot of strikes. The ones it does catch are out of focus." - AllNamesAreTaken37293746
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"worked"
3 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not so good on iPhone 12. This app worked great on my iPhone 8+, but every photo is out of focus and doesn’t take as many photos on iPhone 12. I’ve tried recalibrating focus, but never works." - Third Coast Electronics
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"doesn"
3 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not so good on iPhone 12. This app worked great on my iPhone 8+, but every photo is out of focus and doesn’t take as many photos on iPhone 12. I’ve tried recalibrating focus, but never works." - Third Coast Electronics
10
"lightning"
3 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Complete Trash. Had a beautiful lightning storm, tonight. Set this app up on my phone, on a tripod. It missed everything; huge sheets of lightning, multiple strikes, it missed it all." - theonlytalkinggoat
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"upgrade"
3 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I’m on iOS 11 - it tells me to “upgrade” to iOS 10. I’m on iOS 11 - it tells me to “upgrade” to iOS 10. To overlook that when last updating it seems like poor development to me." - DJ Rizzo
📋 All 16 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Not user friendly
Could not get it focused and not very user friendly. Would not waste your money
App No Longer Works Well
I used this app and the previous version for several years and captured stunning photos, but now the app either captures nothing or everything is overexposed.
Horrible
New to iPhone and this app alone makes me regret making the switch. Not sure why this is the only option. Misses a lot of strikes. The ones it does catch are out of focus.
White bar
This used to be great, suddenly a white bar is showing up.
iPhone 11 not compatible
This app needs to be adjusted for use on an iPhone 11 pro
Does not work
Afternoon storm. iPhone 7 on tripod . Multiple bright streaks. Just got a couple of shots with bright band across the screen. Very disappointed. Was really looking forward to getting good photos. Glad I only paid 2 bucks.
This app is garbage
I regret paying for this app. I have tried to use it 1000 times and I don’t get any photos. I have tried all the different setting and even auto won’t work. It is garbage. Not even worth one star.
Complete Trash
Had a beautiful lightning storm, tonight. Set this app up on my phone, on a tripod. It missed everything; huge sheets of lightning, multiple strikes, it missed it all.
Doesn't work
It takes good pictures of everything for me but lightning. I'm using a 6 Plus with ios9.
oh well
Doesn’t work…tried to email, but no answer. Said I needed to upgrade. Been there, done that. Oh well.
Garbage
The original app took great pictures, all I get with this one is bright horizontal lines.
Not so good on iPhone 12
This app worked great on my iPhone 8+, but every photo is out of focus and doesn’t take as many photos on iPhone 12. I’ve tried recalibrating focus, but never works.
Way too sensitive to movement
The latest update has the app so sensitive to the slightest movement that even when my truck is not moving and I have my phone in a windshield mount, the vibration from my Diesel engine is enough to make it turn detection off. It really needs to be not be so sensitive to movement. I have also noticed it having artifacts a lot more often compared to older versions. I've gotten some great pics with this app the last few years, but this latest version has left me aggravated much more often than happy with the pictures I have gotten.
I’m on iOS 11 - it tells me to “upgrade” to iOS 10
I’m on iOS 11 - it tells me to “upgrade” to iOS 10. To overlook that when last updating it seems like poor development to me.
Update
Have issue with upgraded (newest) version. Not triggering camera. Checked several different modes, including auto, but camera will not trigger.
Previous version worked great.
Previous version worked great.
Used to be good
When I bought this app in 2015 it worked great but this year it has been sorry on my iPhone 5. All I get is lots of cloud pictures and very rarely anything in the form of lightning in spite of some very close clear strikes in front of me. I going to the settings and it tells me I need to upgrade to IOS 10.8. I have the latest 10.9. Please fix this.
Sentiment summary
74%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
22%
Negative (1-2★)