AlignCam helps you recreate a photo by displaying a previous image over the live camera. Date/comment and advertising availability depend on your installed version. TestFlight build 5 does not include these features; the updated release is being prepared.

Operator: solovate

Contact: [email protected]

Basic use

1. Choose a previous photo.
2. Allow camera access.
3. Adjust the reference opacity or hide the overlay.
4. Capture, review, retake, or save the new photo.
5. On review, optionally add the capture date and a short comment (up to 80 characters). They appear in a footer below the saved photo. The date switch is remembered for the next shot; comments start empty.

Free use and advertisements

All features are free, with no purchase or subscription. When enabled, one banner may appear at the bottom of Home. There are no camera or review advertisements. If a banner fails to load or you decline consent, you can still take and save photos. Review your advertising consent through Ad privacy choices on Home when the consent service requires this option.

Captioned photos are exported as JPEG with a photo long edge of up to 3000 pixels. Turn off Add date and leave Comment empty to save the original capture without re-encoding. When an unedited AlignCam-captioned photo is selected as the next reference, its footer is excluded from alignment automatically; externally rotated/edited photos may display their full content instead.

Troubleshooting

Camera access was denied

Open iOS Settings → AlignCam → Camera and enable access.

The photo did not save

Open iOS Settings → AlignCam → Photos and allow add-only access, then try again.

The preview is paused

Return AlignCam to the foreground. If the camera remains unavailable, close and reopen the camera flow.

The overlay looks different from the reference