# Close-up, daily selfies — A photo journal for your face

> Daily selfie photo journal app for creating time-lapses and GIFs. (iPhone/iPad app by tijo, inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/close-up-daily-selfies/id515789135 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [tijo, inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/332516208)
- Category: Photo & Video, Social Networking
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 1,329 App Store ratings · 341 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 1 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2012-06-17
- Data updated: 2026-09-01
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/close-up-daily-selfies/id515789135/reviews.md

## What is Close?

Close-up, a daily photo journal for your face.

Close-up reminds you to take a photo of yourself each day and lets you make time-lapse videos and animated GIFs. Photos can be backed up and synched using Dropbox and tagged with locations from Swarm.

## Key features

- Daily photo reminders
- Time-lapse video creation
- Animated GIF generation
- Dropbox backup and sync
- Location tagging via Swarm

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video Sharing | $1.00 | one-time |
| GIF Sharing | $1.00 | one-time |


## What do users think of Close?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 💯 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!!!

**Cons**

- 🐛 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

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Pictures suddenly overly contrasty
- Auto renew subscription with no easy way to cancel
- Randomly charged me
- Doesn't work
- Stopped working last week
- Crashes when making video
- Glitch

**Most requested features**

- Allow multiple profiles/albums
- Add ability to import external photos
- Add date overlay on photos
- Add option to use back camera
- Add ability to edit order/position of photos
- Add calendar view
- Add photo editing/filter options
- Add option to sync with iCloud
- Add notification badge

## Recent user reviews (10 of 341)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/close-up-daily-selfies/id515789135/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Love this

*2026-07-27, version 2.9.68*

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

### 5/5 — Reliable

*2026-07-17*

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!

### 1/5 — why do u have to pay for pictures of your OWN face

*2026-06-26, version 2.9.64*

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

### 5/5 — Capturing The Moment

*2026-06-12, version 2.9.63*

It’s nice to be able to easily capture 1 moment of each day, and overtime experience  a sense of nostalgia, over time.

### 5/5 — Great app

*2026-05-30*

Love it.

### 5/5 — Almost everyday for over 10 years

*2026-05-18, version 2.9.62*

Been taking my pic almost everyday for 10 years. A novelty for sure, but a fun one.

### 4/5 — Great app, has a bug!

*2026-05-18, version 2.9.62*

Been using this app for 7-8 years now and has been great. It’s simple and easy to use. A few months ago it glitched and moved about a months worth of my first ever photos to the front, so now the ghost photo to frame yourself right is an 8 year old photo. Also my oldest photos no longer have the date and show as 1989. Other than that, I love it

### 5/5 — Simply Awesome!

*2026-04-17*

I’ve been using it since a year and enjoying it very much. 

I’d just want this app to stay forever so that people (like me) can continue using it and see our changes over the years!

Kudos guys 🎉👏!!!

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2026-04-16, version 2.9.60*

Just hit 4 years today, love this app, zero complaints and straight to the point. Will continue to use this for as long as I can.

### 2/5 — Pretty good. Needs a few improvements.

*2026-02-26*

Having native camera controls when taking photos would be very useful. Often I end up needing to turn my flash on or off and as that is in the native camera taking screen, adding that would make this app even more useful. Also having the location captured in the image would be amazing.

**Developer response:** Hey there! You can turn flash on and off using the controls in the top left hand corner of the capture screen.

## Frequently asked questions about Close

### 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.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.10 — 2026-08-30

- Scrub through the years! If you grab the scrubber when viewing a photo and drag up a bit you will start jumping between that date on different years.
- Other small improvements.

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.

### 2.9.69 — 2026-08-07

This update makes some speed improvements to Dropbox sync.

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.

### 2.9.68 — 2026-07-24

- Improved transitions between some screens.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the sync indicator to get stuck.
- Other small improvements.

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.

### 2.9.67 — 2026-07-13

- Fixed a bug where connecting Dropbox could fail.
- Improved stability of Dropbox sync.

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.

### 2.9.66 — 2026-07-08

- Fixed bug where the "Only sync on Wi-Fi" setting sometimes wouldn't be honored.
- Other small bug fixes and performance improvements.

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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