Photo Replace vs AutoAlign
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photo Replace
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Photo Replace is an app that will let you update a photo in Apple Photos while preserving the ability to revert to the original. It is a tool to make it easier to make use of photo editing apps that create duplicates in your library.
AutoAlign
Effortlessly correct leaning buildings in your photos with a single tap. This app preserves HDR brilliance and eliminates keystone distortion without complex adjustments. Ideal for urban, architectural, and travel photography.
- One-tap automatic vertical alignment
- Full HDR preservation
- Manual fine-tuning with guide lines
- Three output modes (fill, crop, raw)
- Instant before/after comparison
- Non-destructive editing
- Metadata preservation
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Straighten leaning buildings in one tap, and keep your HDR. Shoot a building from street level and a wide-angle lens makes the walls lean inward. AutoAlign solves for the exact angle the shot was taken at and reverses it, so verticals stand straight without the stretched look other tools leave behind. No tripod, no tilt-shift lens. NEW IN 3.1 • An advanced perspective engine built on true camera geometry, the mathematics professional desktop tools are built on. Straight lines come back straight, proportions stay true, and nothing is stretched to fake it. • Horizontal keystone too. A skewed facade is squared, not just converging verticals. • Not just buildings. Billboards, posters, documents, whiteboards and artwork straighten automatically as well. • Manual Fix for anything the automatic pass cannot read. It works on any four corners, so drag them onto the subject and the perspective flattens square. • Cropping, built in, at full resolution. • A new look, built around the photo. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose a photo, or edit straight from the Photos app. 2. AutoAlign corrects it automatically. Pick Full, or Vertical only. 3. Decide what happens to the empty corners straightening leaves behind: Keep them, Fill them, or Cut them off. Trim sky and foreground too, if you want. 4. Crop, compare before and after, save. WHAT IT KEEPS • HDR. The gain map is corrected alongside the photo, so brightness and colour survive intact. • EXIF, GPS, timestamps and camera settings. • Your original. Every edit is revertible from the Photos app. FREE AND PREMIUM Free: the full correction, Manual Fix, and cropping. Exports at reduced resolution with a watermark. Premium: full-resolution and HDR export, no watermark. Monthly, yearly, or a one-time purchase. MADE FOR Architecture, real estate, interiors, cityscapes and travel, plus billboards, posters, documents or artwork photographed at an angle. NOTE Automatic correction works best where the scene has clear straight edges. Where it does not, Manual Fix always does. Learn more: orbitaar.com/auto-align.html Terms: orbitaar.com/autoalign/terms-of-use.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AutoAlign at Free against Photo Replace's $0.99. AutoAlign also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Photo Replace's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
AutoAlign is free to download; Photo Replace costs $0.99 up front. AutoAlign sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Photo Replace asks for nothing beyond the download.
Photo Replace ships an update every 4 months, AutoAlign monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photo Replace | AutoAlign |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Henrik Helmers | Osama Mazhar |
In-app purchases
Photo Replace
No in-app purchases
AutoAlign
- Weekly Plan3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Monthly Premium Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Subscription$4.991 Year
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- Yearly Premium Subscription Record$9.991 Year
- One-time Purchase$9.99
- One-time purchase Record$17.99









