Comparison

RetroAlign vs ALIGNCAM Onion Skin

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

Head to head
About

RetroAlign

Features
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RetroAlign helps you capture perfectly aligned photos by overlaying reference images on your camera view. Perfect for photographers, artists, and anyone who needs precise alignment when recreating shots. KEY FEATURES: • Overlay Reference Photos - Select any photo from your library and overlay it on your live camera view • Adjustable Transparency - Use the slider to fine-tune overlay opacity for perfect alignment • Real Lens Zoom - Switch between your iPhone's cameras, pinch to zoom, and tap to focus • Outline Mode - See the reference as an outline instead of a faded photo • Flash Control - Cycle through off, on, and auto flash modes • Side-by-Side Comparison - Compare your captured photo with the reference image • Auto-Save - Photos automatically save to your camera roll PERFECT FOR: • Photographers recreating shots • Artists aligning new work with references • Anyone needing precise camera alignment • Before/after comparisons • Matching angles and compositions HOW IT WORKS: 1. Select a reference photo from your library 2. Adjust overlay transparency to see both images 3. Align your camera view with the reference 4. Zoom with your iPhone's lenses for precision 5. Capture your perfectly aligned photo 6. Compare and save Simple, intuitive, and designed for precision.

About

ALIGNCAM Onion Skin

Features
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ALIGNCAM is a camera built for one thing: getting the next photo to line up with the last one. Repeat photography, stop motion, growth records, product reshoots — anything where every frame has to match. ONION SKIN The previous photo sits semi-transparent over the viewfinder. Line it up, then shoot. Pick any photo as the reference, flip its orientation freely, and match the same angle and framing on the first try. STEP SEQUENCE Give a guide circle a direction and a step distance. Every time you press the shutter, the guide advances one notch — a track to shoot stop-motion and displacement sequences along. Adjustable ghost count, step back to reshoot, resume after a break. GUIDES Thirds, halves, multi-cell grids, golden ratio, spiral, diagonals, plus your own lines and circles. Eight scene slots remember a whole set-up and switch between them in one tap. Level snapping keeps things straight whether you hold the phone upright or sideways. STRAIGHTEN WHILE SHOOTING The perspective pad corrects while you frame: pull a tilted building upright, square up a poster shot from the side. What you see is what you get, with nothing to fix afterwards. FILM FILTERS AND CONTROL PAD Eleven film recipes preview live and are baked in when you shoot. The pad beside the shutter controls temperature and saturation with one thumb, or switches to focus — drag to focus where you want. EDIT ROOM Draw two lines to straighten perspective (the whole canvas warps; the surroundings stay). Remove white edges while keeping the ratio. Crop to the viewfinder ratio. The result can go straight back in as an onion-skin reference. FLIPBOOK Pick a batch of photos and string them into a stop-motion clip. Speed curves, hold on the first and last frame, four click sounds, and a wheel where you can see the rhythm frame by frame. Export straight to your photo library. Every photo and setting stays on your device. No account, no tracking, no network needed.

Screenshots

RetroAlign4 screens
ALIGNCAM Onion Skin4 screens

Verdict

The call

RetroAlign and ALIGNCAM Onion Skin are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
RetroAlign versus ALIGNCAM Onion Skin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetroAlignALIGNCAM Onion Skin
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS1717.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher KruegerWEI-MING KAO

In-app purchases

None

RetroAlign

No in-app purchases

None

ALIGNCAM Onion Skin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RetroAlign free?
RetroAlign is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ALIGNCAM Onion Skin free?
ALIGNCAM Onion Skin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RetroAlign or ALIGNCAM Onion Skin have ads?
Neither RetroAlign nor ALIGNCAM Onion Skin shows ads.

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