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Close-up, daily selfies

Close-up, daily selfies

A photo journal for your face

1.3K ratings
344 reviews
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📷 Photo & Video
Free
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Released
June 17, 2012
Updated
October 14, 2026

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Developer

tijo, inc.
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About

This app serves as a daily photo journal for your face. It prompts you to take a selfie each day and allows you to create time-lapse videos and animated GIFs from your photos. Your memories can be backed up and synced via Dropbox, with location tagging through Swarm.

✓Daily photo reminders
✓Time-lapse video creation
✓Animated GIF generation
✓Dropbox backup and sync
✓Location tagging via Swarm
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What users say about Close

Reviews of Close are mostly positive: the Photo & Video app is rated 4.7/5 from 1.3K App Store ratings. What users like most: amazing, easy to use. Top complaints: pictures suddenly overly contrasty, hidden cost. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 💯Amazing
  • 👍Easy to use
  • 🚀Lovenit
  • 🚀Awesome app
  • 🚀Great app
  • 🚀Excellent
  • 🚀Fantastic app for daily photos
  • 🚀Simple and effective
  • 🚀Perfect
  • 🚀Absolutely phenomenal
  • 🚀Very good and simple, does what you think
  • 🚀Excellent app
  • 🚀Great, easy to use and make videos too!
  • 🚀Worth it
  • 🚀Amazing!!!

Negative things

  • 🐛Pictures suddenly overly contrasty
  • 💰Hidden cost
  • 💰Need to pay to save/share video
  • 🐛Auto renew subscription with no easy way to cancel
  • 🐛Randomly charged me
  • 🐛Developer doesn't take feedback
  • 🐛Doesn't work
  • 🐛Stopped working last week
  • 🐛Crashes when making video
  • 🐛Glitch
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What's New in Close

2.10.4

October 14, 2026

- You can now shake-to-undo after deleting a photo. - You can now paste Apple Maps place links into the location picker screen to tag locations. Down the line we may switch from Foursquare to Apple Maps for place tagging. - Fixed sharing via drag & drop from the photo grid. - Added option to save all photos to your device photo library to settings. If you like using Close-up we'd love to hear! Please leave us a quick review on the App Store or follow us at @CloseUpApp on Instagram.

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

$1.00

Video Sharing

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User reviews

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Perfection

Costs literally $1, perfect UI and UX. Well done.
Bhavya_.KBhavya_.K

cutest app evr

i love making videos of how ive changed in a year or so. you dont even have to do it every day 💜
mercy;mercy;

Love this

I love the reminders and the quality of the videos! You can really see a time lapse
AprilianoaAprilianoa

Reliable

I really like using this app, the onion skin is helpful and it’s never failed me. This app does one job and it does it very well so if you’re reading this, get it!
Charley.blossCharley.bloss

why do u have to pay for pictures of your OWN face

the app won’t let you save your video until you’ve paid them, literally used this one for two months just to find out it’s useless
kaito<333kaito<333
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Reported Bugs

7 issues

Pictures suddenly overly contrasty

Bug

Auto renew subscription with no easy way to cancel

Bug

Randomly charged me

Bug

Doesn't work

Bug

Stopped working last week

Bug

Crashes when making video

Bug

Glitch

Bug
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Requested Features

9 requests

Allow multiple profiles/albums

Feature

Add ability to import external photos

Feature

Add date overlay on photos

Feature

Add option to use back camera

Feature

Add ability to edit order/position of photos

Feature

Add calendar view

Feature

Add photo editing/filter options

Feature

Add option to sync with iCloud

Feature

Add notification badge

Feature

FAQ

What does the Close-up app do?

Close-up is a photo journal app designed for your face. It reminds you to take a selfie every day and allows you to create time-lapse videos and animated GIFs from your collected photos. It also offers backup and synchronization features.

What are the key features of Close-up?

Key features include daily selfie reminders, the ability to create time-lapse videos and animated GIFs from your daily photos, and options to back up and sync your photos using Dropbox. You can also tag your photos with locations from Swarm.

Is Close-up free to use?

The application is free to download and use, with options for in-app purchases. This means you can enjoy the core functionality without immediate cost, but certain advanced features or enhancements might require a purchase.

How can I back up my photos?

You can back up and sync your photos using Dropbox. This feature ensures that your daily selfies are safely stored and accessible across devices, preventing data loss and allowing for easy retrieval.

What is the main use case for this app?

The primary use case is to create a visual record of your appearance over time. Users can track changes, document personal journeys, or simply create fun, evolving visual content through daily selfies and generated videos or GIFs.