Align Photography vs MacroShader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Align Photography
Create looping animations from sequences of carefully aligned photos. Use ghost overlays or circle templates as guides to ensure perfect framing. Work on multiple projects simultaneously and share your creations instantly.
- Ghost overlay or circle template alignment
- Multi-canvas projects
- Instant looping animation playback
- Export and share animations
- On-device processing
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Align helps you shoot a sequence of carefully matched photos and turn them into a looping animation. Use the camera with either a semi-transparent ghost of your last frame or a circle template as your guide. Snap your shots, then open the animation view to watch them play back. Work on more than one project at a time. Swipe left or right between canvases, swipe down to keep shooting on a project, and swipe up to share, add a new canvas, or delete one. Features • Ghost overlay or circle template for alignment • Multi-canvas projects you can resume anytime • Instant looping animation playback • Export and share your animation • Everything stays on your device — no account required Made for photographers and anyone who wants simple, intentional motion from still frames.
MacroShader
Capture stunning close-up images with advanced manual camera controls and specialized processing. Features include focus peaking, RAW saving, and a unique focus shutter for precise macro shots.
- Focus shutter
- Focus peaking
- Manual camera controls
- Save in RAW
- Customized image processing
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A macro photography app for iPhone. Features include: - Focus shutter: Tap, hold, focus and release to shoot a photo. Also just tap to shoot - Focus peaking - Manual camera controls - Save in RAW - Customised image processing for macro photography to preserve details Future releases will add more camera controls, editing tools and more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Align Photography at 15.5 against MacroShader's 18.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Align Photography against 5.0 for MacroShader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Align Photography | MacroShader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Rule | AstroShader Limited |
Customer experience
Align Photography
MacroShader
In-app purchases
Align Photography
No in-app purchases
MacroShader
No in-app purchases
