The illuminance of the environment has a physiological, emotional and productivity impact, depending on the activities that individuals are performing. International technical standards, such as ISO 8995-1: 2002 (CIE S 008 / E: 2001), also adopted in Brazil by ABNT, present requirements for the levels of illuminance existing in indoor environments in order to guarantee safety, comfort and efficiency in visual tasks throughout a work period. Measuring instruments such as luxmeters, are not used in everyday life. However, the possibility that the existing sensors in mobile devices can perform these measurements of illuminance will make its application viable in the daily life of the user, allowing to evaluate the adequacy of this greatness during his daily activities. Preliminary results available in the literature, comparing the performance of mobile devices associated with different applications in relation to the measurement results provided by a luxmeter, point to the inadequacy of the response of the mobile devices. On the other hand, it is possible that the use of a diffuser dome coupled to the mobile device may impact its performance to enable the application in the illuminance measurement. Thus, in this work are carried out studies to analyze the reliability of the illuminance values obtained by sensors already existing in smartphones and tablets, using or not a dome diffuser. The measurements were made using as reference, a digital luxmeter, and a set of mobile or tablet devices associated with different applications, in situations with and without diffuser dome attached. Two experimental arrangements were developed: one for measurements using a LED lamp, and another assembly using a xenon lamp. With the comparative analysis, the impact of the use of the diffusion dome was evidenced. The attachment of the dome enabled some of the device/application combinations to achieve adequate performance for application in the daily assessment of illuminance.