Comparison

Photo Replace vs AutoAlign

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Photo Replace

Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Photo Replace2 screens
AutoAlign4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Replace ships an update every 4 months, AutoAlign monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Photo Replace versus AutoAlign: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto ReplaceAutoAlign
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHenrik HelmersOsama Mazhar

In-app purchases

None

Photo Replace

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

AutoAlign

Subscriptions4
  • 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-time2
  • One-time Purchase$9.99
  • One-time purchase Record$17.99

Questions

Is Photo Replace free?
Photo Replace costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AutoAlign free?
AutoAlign is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Photo Replace or AutoAlign have ads?
Neither Photo Replace nor AutoAlign shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Replace or AutoAlign?
Photo Replace ships an update every 4 months, and AutoAlign monthly. Most recently, Photo Replace was updated on September 27, 2026 and AutoAlign on September 24, 2026.

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