Yesterlens

Stand where an old photo was taken and take it again, years later. Yesterlens lays the old photo over your camera so you can line up today's view exactly: a film still at its real location, a childhood photo by the same door, an old postcard of your street. When the two views match, it takes the new photo for you. LINE IT UP • Three ways to see the old photo over the camera: a see-through ghost, bright outlines, or a curtain you drag across. • Hints tell you which way to turn the camera, when to step closer or back, and when to level the phone, until it says "Lined up". • Hands-free shutter: it shoots once the views match and the phone holds still. Prefer the button? It waits for the jolt of your tap to settle, so the shot stays sharp. • Landscape film stills? Turn the phone sideways and the overlay turns with it. THE SAME FRAME • The new photo is cut to the old one's frame and turned the same way, so the pair matches exactly. • Film stills with black bars are trimmed on their own; crop or rotate the old photo by hand if you need to. • Lenses from 0.5× to telephoto on iPhones that have them, pinch to zoom, and a 3 or 10 second timer. THEN AND NOW • Compare the two with a curtain. • Save a collage, one above the other or side by side, with your own captions like "1987" and "2026". FIND THE PLACE • If the old photo knows where it was taken, Yesterlens shows it on the map with walking directions; otherwise pin it yourself. • Near the place, a compass tells you which way the old camera faced, when the old photo recorded it. • New photos carry where they were taken (you can turn this off), and a map shows all your places: the ones still to retake and the ones done. No accounts and no ads. Your photos and places stay on your phone; anonymous usage statistics can be turned off in Settings.