CameraOverlay vs Half
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CameraOverlay
Easily align and compare images by overlaying them. Perfect for creating before-and-after visuals, aiding in photography, design projects, and tracking progress over time.
- Image overlay for alignment
- Before/after comparisons
- Photography assistance
- Design aid
- Progress tracking
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CameraOverlay lets you overlay images to align shots perfectly. Ideal for before/after comparisons, photography, design, and progress tracking.
Half
This app automatically detects and splits half-frame film scans into individual photographs. You can then rejoin any two frames to create new pairs, perfect for printing. It offers flexible export options and works entirely offline for privacy.
- Automatic half-frame scan splitting
- Manual splitting option
- Rejoin any two frames
- Customizable print aspect ratios
- High-quality TIFF export
- Offline functionality
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Half-frame cameras fit two photographs where a normal 35mm frame goes. So when the lab scans your film, you get back one wide image holding two separate pictures, divided by the dark strip of unexposed film between them. Half-Frame Joiner finds that divider, splits the scan into its two real photographs, and lets you rejoin any two of them into a new pair — ready to print. SPLIT YOUR SCANS Pick your half-frame scans straight from your photo library. Each one splits automatically, cropped from the original at full resolution and never resampled. Scans the detector isn't sure about are left whole, so a real picture is never cut in half by accident — and you can always split those by hand. REJOIN ANY TWO Tap two frames and see them joined instantly. Pair them back the way they were shot, or combine frames from completely different rolls to make something new. Every combination is a tap away. MADE FOR PRINTING Choose 4×6, 5×7, or the original aspect ratio before you save, and the app composes to exactly that shape so a lab won't crop your photographs unexpectedly. Pinch to zoom, drag to reposition, and rotate each photo inside its half of the frame until it sits right. The black divider between the two pictures is recreated the way film actually looks, not pasted in as a hard line. EXPORT WHAT YOU NEED Save joined pairs, or export single frames on their own — as TIFF for maximum quality or JPEG for smaller files. Everything goes back to your photo library. KEEP TRACK Tap the info button on any photo to see every join it appears in, and browse everything you've made in the Created tab. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Half-Frame Joiner works entirely on your device. No accounts, no analytics, and no network requests at all — it runs in Airplane Mode. Your photographs never leave your iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Half at 5.0 against CameraOverlay's 4.6. Half also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). CameraOverlay's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Half holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CameraOverlay has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | CameraOverlay | Half |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adne Nystuen | Optimized Machining LLC |
Customer experience
CameraOverlay
Half
In-app purchases
CameraOverlay
No in-app purchases
Half
No in-app purchases









