Northern Lights Photo Taker Downloads & RevenueNorthern Lights Photo Taker · App Store
Northern Lights Photo Taker is #75 in Photo & Video Paid in India and charting in 21 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperLazily Inspired
CategoryPhoto & Video
Price0.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 2.7 (154)
Version2.0
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10k+ worldwide
Northern Lights Photo Taker update history & changes
Last change · 35 events since 8 Apr 2015Full timeline ↓✏️Description updated✏️New iPad screenshots📦Updated to version 2.0📦First update in 2921 days📈Entered the top 10📈Entered the top 10⭐Passed 100 ratings🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Its developer released another app: Mementoir
Full timeline · 34 events in the last 12 months
- ✏️Northern Lights Photo Taker: description updated· 20 countries
- ✏️Northern Lights Photo Taker: new iPad screenshots· 20 countries
- ✏️Northern Lights Photo Taker: new screenshots4 screenshots (was 2) · 20 countries
- ✏️Northern Lights Photo Taker: app got smaller16 MB → 2 MB (-87%)
- ✏️Northern Lights Photo Taker: needs a newer iOSiOS 8.1 → iOS 17.0
- ✏️Northern Lights Photo Taker: description updated· 5 countries
- ✏️Northern Lights Photo Taker: new iPad screenshots· 5 countries
- ✏️Northern Lights Photo Taker: new screenshots4 screenshots (was 2) · 5 countries
- 📦Northern Lights Photo Taker updated to version 2.0Northern Lights is back, rebuilt for your next night under the aurora.
• Cleaner tripod stacks. Combine 4, 8, or 16 photos to reduce grain in slow-moving lights. Rebuilt processing blends the frames evenly while preserving the scene's brightness. A tripod is required.
• Find your settings faster. Choose Dancing, Steady, or Faint, then fine-tune shutter time, ISO, focus, and color.
• A fresh look on iPhone and iPad. Clearer controls, capture progress, and an optional shutter delay make shooting easier in the dark.
• Guidance when you need it. The new aurora guide helps you balance light and movement and troubleshoot dark or blurry photos.
• Easier saving and sharing. Review your photo first, get clearer Camera and Photos permission guidance, and retry a failed save while your photo stays available in the review.
• Reliability fixes. Improved handling of interrupted captures, cancellation, and repeated Save taps.
Version 2.0 requires iOS 17 or later.… more - 📦Northern Lights Photo Taker: first update in 2921 days
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker entered the top 10Top Paid · Photo & Video · CO
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker entered the top 10Top Paid · Photo & Video · IT
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker hit #1Top Paid · Photo & Video · ZA
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker new best rank in the overall chart: #113Top Paid · All Apps · AU
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker new best rank in the overall chart: #30Top Paid · All Apps · ZA
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · ZA
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker entered the top 10Top Paid · Photo & Video · MY
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · TH
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker new best rank in the overall chart: #115Top Paid · All Apps · IT
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker entered the top 100 in 6 chartsTop Paid · Photo & Video · AR · Top Paid · Photo & Video · CO · Top Paid · Photo & Video · MY · Top Paid · Photo & Video · PH · +2 more
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker charting in a new country in 6 chartsArgentina · Colombia · Malaysia · Philippines · +2 more
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker entered the top 10Top Paid · Photo & Video · GB
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · DE
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · CA
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · GB
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker charting in a new countryChina
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Photo & Video · IT · Top Paid · Photo & Video · US
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker charting in a new countryUnited States
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · AU
- 📈Northern Lights Photo Taker charting in a new country in 3 chartsGermany · France · United Kingdom
- 🆕Northern Lights Photo Taker first spotted by AppInsider#91 in Top Paid · Photo & Video · United Arab Emirates
- 🆕Northern Lights Photo Taker: its developer released another app: Mementoir
- 🆕Northern Lights Photo Taker released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
2.7 ★
154 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#75
Photo & Video PaidMeasured
Northern Lights Photo Taker at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-22. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A niche photography utility that automates complex camera settings like ISO and shutter speed to help iPhone and iPad users capture the aurora borealis. The app holds a dominant #1 position in South Africa's paid Photo & Video category, with additional traction in Malaysia and the UK, despite a low user rating of 2.74.
Similar apps: ProCamera, Halide Mark II, Manual
Northern Lights Photo Taker on the App Store
App details
App ID
979540312
Publisher
Simon Leung
On the store since
Apr 2015
11 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
2 MB
Also listed in
Travel
Northern Lights Photo Taker downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Northern Lights Photo Taker's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| India | Photo & VideoPaid | #75 |
 France | Photo & VideoPaid | #125 |
 South Korea | Photo & VideoPaid | #164 |
 Italy | Photo & VideoPaid | #98 |
 Canada | Photo & VideoPaid | #138 |
 Brazil | Photo & VideoPaid | #144 |
 Spain | Photo & VideoPaid | #95 |
 Australia | Photo & VideoPaid | #149 |
 Taiwan | Photo & VideoPaid | #96 |
 Mexico | Photo & VideoPaid | #136 |
 Poland | Photo & VideoPaid | #79 |
 Netherlands | Photo & VideoPaid | #82 |
 Indonesia | Photo & VideoPaid | #137 |
| United Arab Emirates | Photo & VideoPaid | #95 |
 Sweden | Photo & VideoPaid | #90 |
 Argentina | Photo & VideoPaid | #72 |
 Philippines | Photo & VideoPaid | #73 |
 South Africa | Photo & VideoPaid | #61 |
 Turkey | Photo & VideoPaid | #155 |
 Colombia | Photo & VideoPaid | #66 |
 Malaysia | Photo & VideoPaid | #67 |
Apps near Northern Lights Photo Taker on the chart
Photo & Video Paid, around #75.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
2.7 ★
154 ratings
Measured
Ratings
154
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
2.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
20/100
faster than 0% of Photo & Video apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Northern Lights Photo Taker
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Most users report the app fails to capture images or produces black photos on modern iPhones, often performing worse than the native camera. A small minority of users with older devices or specific setups found it useful for capturing auroras.
Mostly negative (20% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Useful: “I would highly recommend this app!”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “This app is a waste of money”
- Crashes & bugs: “Doesn’t work at all on I-Phone 14 or 15”
- Useful: “I was in the Arctic and only had my iPhone 11 with me so I was quick to buy on a peer recommendation without checking the reviews first”
- Features & content: “When I tried the “app support” option, the listed page no longer exists”
About Northern Lights Photo Taker
A camera dedicated to photographing the northern lights. Start with a preset, steady your phone, and adjust as the aurora changes.
MATCH THE LIGHTS
Choose Dancing for fast-moving curtains, Steady for gently moving aurora, or Faint for dim, slow-moving lights. Each preset gives you a starting shutter time and ISO within your camera's limits.
TAKE CONTROL
Fine-tune shutter time, ISO, focus, and color temperature with clearly labeled controls. An optional framing grid and 3- or 10-second shutter delay help you compose the scene and let the phone settle.
TRY A TRIPOD STACK
Combine 4, 8, or 16 photos to reduce random noise in slow-moving aurora. Keep the phone completely still: frames are not aligned, and moving lights can blur. Stacking averages separate photos; it does not lengthen the sensor's shutter time or automatically brighten the scene.
LEARN AS YOU SHOOT
The built-in aurora guide explains how to balance brightness and movement, when to use a tripod, and what to adjust if your first photo looks dark, washed out, or smeared.
REVIEW, SAVE, SHARE
Review each photo before saving it to Photos or sharing a JPEG. Camera access is requested when you enable the camera. Photos permission is requested only when you save, and only to add your photo. Image processing happens on your device.
Made for iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later. Uses the main rear camera in portrait orientation. Available shutter times, ISO, resolution, and manual controls depend on your device. Results depend on aurora brightness, movement, focus, and camera stability. A tripod is recommended for longer shutter times and required for stacking.
MATCH THE LIGHTS
Choose Dancing for fast-moving curtains, Steady for gently moving aurora, or Faint for dim, slow-moving lights. Each preset gives you a starting shutter time and ISO within your camera's limits.
TAKE CONTROL
Fine-tune shutter time, ISO, focus, and color temperature with clearly labeled controls. An optional framing grid and 3- or 10-second shutter delay help you compose the scene and let the phone settle.
TRY A TRIPOD STACK
Combine 4, 8, or 16 photos to reduce random noise in slow-moving aurora. Keep the phone completely still: frames are not aligned, and moving lights can blur. Stacking averages separate photos; it does not lengthen the sensor's shutter time or automatically brighten the scene.
LEARN AS YOU SHOOT
The built-in aurora guide explains how to balance brightness and movement, when to use a tripod, and what to adjust if your first photo looks dark, washed out, or smeared.
REVIEW, SAVE, SHARE
Review each photo before saving it to Photos or sharing a JPEG. Camera access is requested when you enable the camera. Photos permission is requested only when you save, and only to add your photo. Image processing happens on your device.
Made for iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later. Uses the main rear camera in portrait orientation. Available shutter times, ISO, resolution, and manual controls depend on your device. Results depend on aurora brightness, movement, focus, and camera stability. A tripod is recommended for longer shutter times and required for stacking.
Latest updates
2.0
Northern Lights is back, rebuilt for your next night under the aurora.
• Cleaner tripod stacks. Combine 4, 8, or 16 photos to reduce grain in slow-moving lights. Rebuilt processing blends the frames evenly while preserving the scene's brightness. A tripod is required.
• Find your settings faster. Choose Dancing, Steady, or Faint, then fine-tune shutter time, ISO, focus, and color.
• A fresh look on iPhone and iPad. Clearer controls, capture progress, and an optional shutter delay make shooting easier in the dark.
• Guidance when you need it. The new aurora guide helps you balance light and movement and troubleshoot dark or blurry photos.
• Easier saving and sharing. Review your photo first, get clearer Camera and Photos permission guidance, and retry a failed save while your photo stays available in the review.
• Reliability fixes. Improved handling of interrupted captures, cancellation, and repeated Save taps.
Version 2.0 requires iOS 17 or later.
1.1
Store changes
What Northern Lights Photo Taker changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Description updated 
New iPad screenshots
New screenshots
4 screenshots (was 2)
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