# re.photos — Stand where history stood

> Stand where history stood (iPhone/iPad app by Soren Weber.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rephotos/id6761025778 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Soren Weber](https://appshunter.io/developer/1817623209)
- Category: Photo & Video, Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 38 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-28
- Data updated: 2026-08-05
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rephotos/id6761025778/reviews.md

## What is re.photos?

A hundred years ago, someone stood here and pressed the shutter. The world moved on. Now you're standing in the same place, ready to take the photo again.

re.photos is a worldwide community archive of before-and-after photo pairs – historical photographs placed side by side with their present-day counterparts, taken from the very same spot. Slide between the two and watch a street, a square, or a coastline change across decades or centuries.

EXPLORE
Browse thousands of comparisons contributed by people around the world. Move the slider and the past becomes the present, then the present becomes the past again. Open the map to see where each pair was made – and find ones near you.

CAPTURE
The hardest part of rephotography is lining up the modern shot with the historical one. The live camera guide does it with you in real time: small arrows nudge you left, right, up, down, closer, farther, until the framing matches. Press the shutter and the app finishes the alignment for you. Already taken the perfect shot? Pick it from your library and let the app do the rest.

CONTRIBUTE
The archive includes a growing list of "image templates" – historical photos still waiting for someone to come back and take the new one. Find one near you, head out, and add the present-day match. Or upload a complete pair of your own. Everything you publish appears on re.photos for the world to see.

BEHIND THE APP
re.photos began as a research project at the University of Osnabrück. Today it's carried by an independent team that genuinely loves the mission of capturing and showing how places change over time. This app was made possible by the generous support of the Sievert Foundation.

Available in English, German, and French.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1.1 — 2026-08-03

• After uploading, you now land on your new image pair in Explore.
  Create is immediately free for the next one.
• Fixed: signing in with different capitalisation broke your profile
  and stopped your own image pairs being recognised as yours.
• Explore filters: the user and tag pickers are now searchable.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-07-24

Smaller bugfixes and improved image access counting

### 1.0.0 — 2026-06-28

No release notes.

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