Northern Lights Photo Taker App Reviews

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Images of the Northern Lights Captured!. Thank you Simon Leung for developing this fantastic App! I was lucky enough to see the Northern Lights in Yellowknife, North West Territories over the past two days and your App helped me preserve those images!

I wish I could give it negative stars.. I got this app on the suggestion of a tour guide in Iceland while out hunting down a good spot to view the Northern Lights. However, it wouldn’t work. Basically I got a bunch of black pictures, although in all fairness one picture did get a faint red glow from the bus lights...I can’t believe I actually paid for this.

Exactly what you expect - Good (not great) quality photos. Used this app to capture images of the Northern Lights on a particularly high visibility night. Used a tripod and a remote to take pics so as not to have to touch the phone very much. As long as everything stayed still, the pictures came out quite good. Clearly they are not DSLR or professional-level images and won’t win any photography awards for Northern Lights pictures, but they are MUCH MUCH MUCH better than you’d get from just using your iPhone camera (which I tried, and simply got black).

Did not work at all. I have the iPhone 11pro and got this app to take aurora pictures in Alaska. Tried several different days, times ,to use the app. All we got was a black picture. The cell phone by itself was taking better pictures. Total waste of 99 cents. Maybe the app doesn't work with the new phones?

Fantastic App!!. In Iceland and the Northern Lights were supposed to be good tonight, but I only had my iPhone. Decided to give this app a try, and WOW!! Even on a rocky boat with some background lights, it worked great! Will these get printed/published? No Did they capture the essence of what I saw so I can keep the memory and share the pictures with family & friends online? Absolutely yes!!! Don't hesitate. Best $.99 app I ever bought!

Waste of money. I purchased this app in hopes of catching the northern lights in Iceland. It was a level 3 night so the lights were not strong. This app caught nothing on a tripod. My DSLR caught beautiful pics! So disappointed. Didn’t expect it to catch pics like my DSLR but something would have sufficed. I got black pictures. Bummer!

IT ACTUALLY WORKS!!. if you’re a complete photo noob THIS APP IS FOR YOU! I know absolutely nothing about camera settings and still managed to get STUNNING photos of the northern lights in Iceland. It has pre-set settings, just point and snap! Great app for people who really don’t understand the appropriate settings that cameras need to be on to capture something as special as the northern lights.

Does not work. I am not able to allow this app to access the camera on my phone. The app does not even show up in my list of apps in my Settings. When I tried the “app support” option, the listed page no longer exists.

$.99 out the window. This is pure junk. I bought it before an excursion in Iceland to see the Northern Lights. The lights were very strong, but this app mostly brought up a black screen. Once in a while I caught a glimpse of the lights with it, but then the screen went black again. I tried all the settings, but to no avail. And, yes, I gave it access to my camera after I first downloaded it. I just took shots from my iPhone 11, and they were spectacular. This was recommended by an article about taking photos of the Northern Lights with smartphones, but I’m quite positive now that it was a paid endorsement. Save a buck and find another app.

AMAZING. This app is incredible. No way I would've gotten any pictures of the northern lights without it. I don't know the first thing about "real" cameras, and just as the description says - this app does it all for you. Great work developers!

Not worth a dollar. I tried to use this last night in Iceland. Unless the lights are bright enough (which apparently is rare) it won't pick up anything and will be black. I couldn't get it to work, so I used my own eyes to look, which was much more rewarding! Wouldn't pay for the app, any digital camera probably has enough settings to take better pictures.

Not helpful. I probably should have done a bit more research in the difference between Northern Lights photo Apps... my bad. I didn’t find this one very useful (most of mine came out as rather dark tie-dyed blobs) but luckily was on a trip with others who had better apps and got better photos... good luck...

Black box. The app wasn't able to pick up anything for some fairly bright lights. Save your money and get procam for free, it was able to take some from the same night. Of course it's no replacement for a real camera, but if your phone is all you have, skip this one.

Good app. I got just what I expected. I used the app with an iPhone 6 on an inexpensive tripod. I had a remote shutter release but didn’t need it. The app allows you about a second or so then tells you to hold still. Plenty of time to move away. Yes the pics are a little grainy but decent and I was able to use my iPhone!

Highly recommend!!. I would highly recommend this app! It worked amazing with my iPhone! You will not be disappointed!!! My pictures came amazing!

Fantastic. Purchased this yesterday evening, our last night in Reykjavik. The sky was so clear so I thought, "give it a go". The results were fantastic!!! If you are going anywhere to see the northern or southern lights and are not a serious photographer, this is for you!

Worked perfectly!. Went to Iceland specifically to look for Northern Lights. First night that we saw them none of us had a camera that could capture the moment. Thankfully we saw them the second night as well but this time caught in pictures. Thank you app!!

Didn’t work. I installed this app when I was in Iceland 2 weeks ago. We had two nights of amazing northern lights activity and I was anxious to take photos on my iPhone. I started Shooting and the camera just kept clicking, maybe 7 times each time I clicked the shutter. I thought this was normal and then found out it wasn’t. Anyway, all I got were several totally black photos. I never got one photo of the northern lights other than photos sent to me by traveling companions. I tried again the next night with the same results. The app did not work for me.

Save your 99 cents. I have an iPhone 11 Pro Max. It takes pretty good northern lights photos, but I thought this app could help me take even better pics. Wrong! I deleted every single photo taken with this app… the pics were awful.

Love the app. I love how simple this app is. It does one thing and one thing well. I went to Alaska earlier this month and picked up this app on the way. It took a few tries to capture the northern lights (too much light and my hands were not steady), but was very happy with the results!!!!

Very intuitive and easy to use. Got this app based on friends recommendation. The app does a great job and is very simple to understand.

Northern lights. Best app for the buck. “99 cents”. Am very satisfied. Used app on trip to Norway. Very happy with result. Got some super photos of the Aurora. App color exactly like you see it. Can’t go wrong. Thank you, Twoyys.

You could get better pics without it. In Iceland right now and this app takes pics of just wide expanses of night sky. Nothing shows up. I have never been as disappointed as I have been with this app. The lights are beautiful, but this app will do nothing for your ability to capture them. You will still need a camera, tripod and skill.

Pretty cool app. Took a chance on this app as I was going to Iceland to see aurora lights. Figured 99 cents wouldn't be the end of the world if it didn't work, but to my pleasant surprise, this app took decent pictures of the aurora lights!! I say decent because quality can't really compare to a nice digital camera. I compared the stock camera app to this app and this one definitely showed better results 😀

Doesn’t work. Every time I go to the app it always says I need to accept the permissions and let my phone use the app but when I press the show me button it just takes me to my settings and the app doesn’t appear anywhere in my settings

Worked well in Norway. Used every night we saw the Northern Lights in Norway- I got some great photos- a tripod would have made my shots better, but I am happy with what I got.

Get it. Super awesome app, I was able to take some photos on this app if the northern light in Iceland. I brought my point and shoot camera with no luck. So unless you have special camera with tripod this is a good option

Difficult to customize. I just downloaded this app and it may be great on the auto settings (haven’t had a chance to try) but the customization seems nearly impossible to use—very hard to see since text changed to yellow, sliders give wrong values (sometimes go up to right, sometimes down, and when you return to it, the value changed from what you set), and no interpretation of the settings (what’s the difference between shutter and expose ? Is color the color temperature and what units, which way is tint going when you change settings?). Needs LOTS MORE instructions, descriptions and repair of slider malfunction.

Great App! Great Photos!. This app definitely works if you see good Aurora! We saw them two nights in a row in Reykjavík and the first night they were very weak and I didn’t get any good pictures but the second night they were better and I got GREAT pictures! So it somewhat depends on the strength of the natural phenomenon. I used the weak setting. Pics are slightly blurry without a tripod but amazing when you consider its through an iPhone. Most people with us didn’t get pics and I had two strangers ask me to email them my pics because they were so good!!

Amazing App. I have never reviewed an App before. This one deserves it. If you are seeing the Aurora you MUST get this app. We went from not being able to get a photo to several amazing shots. Can’t thank you enough for making this.

Waste of $. If you really thinking of having those green clear northern lights , you better download some pictures on google. Unless you have a professional camera , you are not getting any good quality picture. Don’t waste a dollar not your hope on this app

Works!. We were in Iceland - and found out that the iPhone was horrid in taking pictures of the northern lights. A quick Google resulted in this app. Skeptical at first - but tried it out of desperation. Happy with the results! Not perfect - but enough to document the moments.

Great app!. We saw the faintest of shimmer in the sky, but with this app our pictures are stunning. It was cool to look through the app and really see the lights dancing.

Northern Lights in Iceland Captured!. We went to Iceland to see the Northern Lights but we didn't take the right lens for our camera. Our tour guide told us about this app while en route to see the lights and I downloaded it on the way. Wow! was I surprised to see how well the photos turned out. The only thing was that if the lights shined too weak the lens wouldn't capture it, but for 99 cents it's worth the risk. I came home with great memories thanks to this app. I highly recommend it.

Worked for me. I only have an iPhone SE. Not a great camera. With this app I get decent northern lights pictures. A little fuzzy. But I don’t have a tripod. I’m very happy.

Best 99 cents ever spent. Got this for a trip to Iceland in December 2017. Not being a professional photographer, I wanted an easy app to get a decent photo. Bought this app and another and only ended up using this one. People kept coming up to us and asking how we were getting the northern lights to show up using our camera on our phone. The photos aren’t perfect, they’re a little grainy but they’re so much better than nothing and so much better than I was expecting. I don’t think you’ll find a better app for this. I would HIGHLY recommend buying this app. Best app I’ve ever gotten! Thank you!

Worth it. Best .99 I’ve spent. Photos came out a bit grainy but that was somewhat expected. My iPhone camera couldn’t pick up anything at all and this app let me photograph the lights in Iceland. It sets up an extended exposure so you need to lean against something to hold still(ish) or consider getting a tripod setup. It only worked on the weak setting for me, even when they seemed bright. Only thing that would make this better is if it allowed a video feature since my phone camera/video couldn’t pick them up enough to show the lights dancing all over the sky.

It works. Was very skeptical that it would work. I took the big 99 risk and it worked. I got pictures tonight of the northern lights. So happy. Thanks.

Works!. I have a GoPro 3+ and was sad to learn it doesn't have a night mode (which supposedly takes good Aurora pics according to my tour guide). I was googling and came across someone who said this app worked, I figured $.99 was worth a shot for a once in a lifetime opportunity. And sure enough, jury rigged my GoPro tripod to hold my phone and voila, good (a little grainy but hey it's an iPhone camera not a DSLR) pictures of a very weak light. 5/5 because it turned an iPhone camera with no settings into one that can take pics of the northern lights with the push of a button

Best 0.99 I’ve ever spent. I bought this for a trip to Norway since I don’t have a fancy camera and was just bringing my iPhone. It obviously does not look like a professional photograph but still did a great job capturing the lights so that I have a visual memory. I think it’s worth it!!

Definitely Worth A Buck. You're not going to be hanging Aurora photos taken with this app in a gallery, but you'll be able to get something good enough to induce FB/IG jealousy. And you'll have the pleasure of knowing that what you saw was so much better than what the app can capture. Use that to talk your friends into visiting you in Alaska. 💯😜

Didn’t work!. Wasted my $1 on this. My friends and I got it app for our Iceland trip. We saw northern light at the outskirts of the city but the app couldn’t capture anything. Then we saw the northern light again in the city with our bare eyes. We lifted up our iPhones to capture. The simple iPhone 7 camera can capture the light, BUT NOTHING WITH THIS APP! So disappointed!

Don’t get stoned. Stoned, whiskey drunk. Should’ve read the directions. Take only memories, lead only footprints

Northern Lights. Definitely worth the price. I was afraid that my iPhone would not capture the Northern lights. This app did the trick. So happy the Northern lights museum recommended the app.

Worth it only if you don’t have a real camera. Honestly, I do not think this app is worth downloading. I tried it out while capturing photos of the northern lights in Iceland recently. It’s slightly better than the normal iPhone camera (which was not picking up any green), but even with the app I could barely see what would be considered “northern lights”. If you don’t have a real camera and this is your last resort, it’s worth it to show the green lights exist, but the photos are not good quality.

Takes great pictures on iPhone. The northern lights showed up great! I told so many others on my cruise about your app because their phones weren’t picking up the lights. I got so many amazing Northern Lights pictures!

iPhone 11 or newer? Skip this app. 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. Unfortunately this app doesn’t seem to work at all for at least the newer iPhones (11 and up). While I did see it work well in the peers phone, their phone was much older (5s maybe?). The native camera app crushes this unusable app. After the initial stress and disappointment of this app, I sorted out how to use the native camera and got great shots of the Auroras. So if you’re not currently stuck in 2015, save the $.99. Stabilize your phone and leverage the up to 30 second timed exposure option on your native camera app.

You don’t need this app. It turns out my phone‘s camera (iPhone 13) took better pictures than this app.

Amazing!!. This app is totally worth the $0.99! I used it tonight to take photos of the Northern lights and the photos were spectacular!

Above Expectation. Excels far beyond what I would expect from a cell phone camera. Absolutely worth the dollar if you want to document the experience, don't even think twice. Don't expect print-quality sharpness, but this is the best you are going to get from your phone and will provide evidence of how spectacular the experience was to your friends back home.

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Don't waste your money!. I downloaded the app and paid fir it. It doesn't work - all you gat are black photos even when in daylight. How on earth did apple let this rip off an app get published?

Very disappointed. Wish I had taken the time to read the reviews before I had purchased but as it had been recommended I purchased without checking. Very basic app simple to use but unfortunately the ISO only goes up to 704. Very disappointing!!!

Wow!. Arrived in Norway with little idea as to how to take a photo of the Northern Lights. Downloaded the app and hey presto, point and shoot, and some fabulous photos. There is even the ability to play with the settings so that you can discuss aperture and shutter speed settings with fellow photographers! Without the app it was not possible to get a decent photo of the lights. A fabulous app!

Terrible. The worst app I’ve ever bought. Did not work at all. Avoid!

Dont waste your money. Dreadful photos, Waste of money

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Worst app. Worst app

Doesn’t Work on iPhone 11 Pro. It immediately starts firing off photos as soon as it launches then crashes on an iPhone 11 Pro. But with an iPhone 11 Pro the included Night Mode with the Apple camera app likely works better so this app isn’t needed. I used to recommend this app to participants in my Aurora tours but not now. Buy at your own risk.

Works. Settings are buggy. Does work I can only see the northern lights when it's set on the faint setting even when they are really bright- still nice to actually get pictures though with a iPhone without this app they do not show up at all

Do not buy this app. Does nothing. Scam. Want a refund.

Amazing. I do not have professional photography skills and was hoping to be able to take a picture of these while I was in Iceland. I downloaded the app and it was so easy to use ! The photo actually came out brighter than what we were able to see from our own eyes. Definitely worth!

Doesn’t work!. I downloaded this app to take a picture of the northern lights. Safe to say didn’t work at all, I saw the most vibrant northern lights and all I got was pitch black pictures on my phone. Don’t waste your money!

Doesn't work. I had high hopes but it doesnt work for the Northern Lights. It is just an all black picture.

Use your iPhone app instead. You are much better off using your iPhones actual camera. I wasted my experience watching the northern lights using this app, it’s hard to determine what setting to use and any bit of shakiness will ruin the whole photo. Definitely would not recommend

Not even close. As mentioned by another review, setting it to weak is the only way to get anything on photos. Even so, the image is so faint, you don't know what you are looking at. I played around with custom settings too to no avail. This is a complete waste of money. Other free apps did a much better job. Do not rely solely on this app. You will be disappointed in failing to capture once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

Doesn’t work. Doesn’t work. Even tried the recommended settings but still doesn’t work. Just a waste of my money!

Loved it!. Thank you for this app! I could share photos of aurora instantly from my iPhone instead of waiting to go home to download from my camera. Of course we can't expect to have perfect picture that you'd have in a real camera...but it was so good to take the photos in my phone & be able to share it with my friends!

Awful. I tried using this in Iceland when staring at the Northern Lights on October 19, 2021, it was crap and buggy. I just used the iPhone camera app which auto adjusted for the best settings and I got great pics of the Northern Lights. Waste of money.

Poor app! Do not buy!. Very poor app, try other options before purchasing. Does not deliver!

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Great App. Really like the app. The preset setting for the camera is a smart idea.

Crap app. Crap app. Will not load despite multiple attempts. Save your money.

Don’t buy. If you have an iPhone 11 don’t bother. Our night setting and cámara work no need for this app that DOES NOT work.

It crashes. It crashes. I cannot open the app at all.

W😍W. Title says it all

Not Worth Your Money. for 99 cents, you're making a mistake, since you're just letting more grain appear and barely anything on the app is smooth.

Alaskan Resident. Wow this app is amazing. 10/19/17 2AM - 9/11/18 rushed outside to take a few pics only to realize those photos weren’t good so I missed those opportunities as the lights danced above me I randomly frantically searched on YouTube “Northern lights app” I found a clip of a tourist that used this app to capture them she said “it’s only 99c” so I took a chance and wow i was surprised for 99c it really worked

Very cool. Great app!

Long exposure mode disabled????. Cannot use this app for photographing the Northern Lights because long exposure disabled and don’t know how to change that !

Won’t friggin work!. IPhone XS OS 12.1 Paid for the download and the app will open but the camera will not take a photo!! What’s the use? Very DISSATISFIED

Yeet. Yeet

Did not work. Did not work at all. Photos turned out black.

App for Northern lights. It was hard to use. I didn’t get it to work that night I purchased it.

Don’t buy this!. Can’t get permission to use camera on iPhone X. Doesn’t show up in Privacy/Camera to allow me to give it permission either.

Waste. Well that’s a wasted 99¢, doesn’t warrant a 1 star.

Trash. This app is trash!!! I bought it to use when we saw the northern lights in Iceland. I took multiple photos with this app and could NOT see anything. Don’t waste your money. Look for slow shutter app. It worked 1,000 times better.

Don’t waste your money. I bought this app because I went on a Northern Lights tour in Iceland. All the photos taken thru this app were black. The photos taken with my iPhone were tons better.

Waste of $$$. I downloaded this app with the hopes to take a better picture of the northern lights. My iPhone night mode camera took better pics than the app did. Don’t waste your $ on this like I did- it’s totally worthless

Nope. I tried every setting possible, the photos were dark without detail. iPhone did a better job.

A piece of Junk. I purchased this APP yersterday and worked. But I tried it again. It’s not working any more on iPhone 14 pro max, IOS 16.0.3.

Simple and easy. Love how easy it is to use!

IPhone 11 Camera better. I used this for Iceland Northern Lights photos. It works, but the built in iPhone 11 camera app produced much better images of the Aurora.

Amazing pictures. At Fairbanks, Alaska right now to see the NorthernLights. I did a lot of researched on camera and how to take pictures of the NorthernLights. I went to Best Buy and almost bought a camera and lens which would have probably cost me between 4 to 5 thousand dollars. The trip here to Fairbanks wasn't cheap, so I had to do a lot of thinking. Finally, decided not to but those fancy camera. I saw this app on the App Store the other day as I was getting ready to leave for Fairbanks. 99 cents should not hurt whether it is a flop or not. Drove to ski land last night as it was recommended to have the best view of the NorthernLights away from city lights. My friends and I were there for 4 hours and finally saw a streak of lights coming from the horizon going up. Took several pictures and all I could see was a hint of green light. Someone made a comment that without a tripod that you'll never capture that light. The light started fading. My friends and I decided that it was time to leave. 10 miles down the mountain I saw on my right side 2 streaks of lights going down behind the trees. I made a comment about it to my friend that I must be seeing a reflection of lights on the window. He looked to his left and saw a dancing light above the woods. We stopped safely the soonest we could and couldn't believe how much lights there were dancing as if it was taunting us. I pulled my iPhone again and open up the app. Tried it and to my amazements I was capturing tons of lights. I wish I could share the pictures here. I shared the pictures to my friends and family and they are stunned the beautiful lights I was able to capture with an iPhone and 99 cents app.

worked no better than the regular camera app. Just got a black rectangle.

Disappointed. Tried using for the first time tonight, and nothing. No matter how I messed with the custom settings the view stayed black. I couldn't even take a picture. Very disappointed.

Horrible. Do not waste your money. This app doesn’t work.

You need a tripod. Without a tripod don't bother, but I'm sure if I had had one pictures would turn out better. Pro tip- befriend someone with an actually nice camera!

Terrible.. Tried this app in Iceland during strong aurora activity. Terrible image quality. Extremely grainy. Girlfriend's phone did much better. Save your money.

Useless app. This app is terrible, tried to take pics of the northern lights last night and couldn’t get one decent photo with this app, my normal phone camera got a better pic. What a waste of money, don’t bother.

Worthless. Didn't work

Terrible. Very grainy and you have to hold it super still or it’s not clear. When I set it in something to make it still the pics are still extremely grainy. My iPhone took better pics without the app.

Useless App. I bought this app to take pictures of the Northern Lights - it didn’t capture anything! The regular camera on my iPhone Pro did the job, taking great pics. Don’t waste your money on this app.

It works!!!. Amazing; it's what you need to supplement the apple camera.

Does not work on iPhone 11 or newer! Please specify!. ^^^^

Didn’t do any better than regular camera. This app is a waste of money. Buy the other app that’s good for NorthernLights to try instead. Couldn’t capture any speck of northern lights I saw. I had high hopes, but it let me down big time in a moment of need.

Doesn’t work. I would like a refund please. Your app doesn’t work.

Don't bother. Don't waste $.99. The app is useless. The pic come pitch black. The technology is not possible yet to take still high exposure pics on mobile phones. Invest in DSLR camera or have your guide take your pics with his camera.

Fake app, didn’t capture anything. Our normal iPhone camera captured 10 times much better photos

Horrible. This app is horrible and isn’t even letting me take any pictures.

Lame app. Don't waste your time. Buy a DSLR if you want to shoot northern lights. This app didn't work for me with high activity and very dark skies. My DSLR did though :-)

Does not work.. Don’t waste your .99 cents on this app. It doesn’t work. If you want great photos of the aurora take a good camera with you. Don’t depend on this app or you will be very disappointed with the results.

No. Downloaded the app when the lights were out.. did not have access to camera nor did my phone recognize the app so it never could authorize use. Waste of money.