Available for iOS, iPadOS & Mac

Auto Align

Version 2.0 is out — see what's new

Experience effortless photo perfection. Instantly correct leaning buildings and wide-angle distortions with a single tap.

What's New in Version 2.0

The biggest Auto Align release so far — a rebuilt alignment engine, full HDR and metadata preservation, and a redesigned interface. Released 6 March 2026.

Manual fine-tuning is now free

Every user can drag the alignment corner points to fine-tune a correction by hand and get a perfect result on any photo — no purchase required.

New advanced controls

  • Auto-Crop — automatically restores the aspect ratio after a correction, using center-structure-aware cropping so the building stays framed
  • Vertical Stretch — fine-tune vertical proportions for the composition you want
  • Perspective strength — dial in how much compensation is applied

Full HDR & metadata preservation

Corrected photos keep their complete HDR data and all original metadata — EXIF, camera settings, GPS location and timestamps. Gain map, depth and disparity data are copied across as auxiliary data instead of being re-encoded, and the HDR preview now carries through manual editing.

Enhanced alignment engine

Refined edge detection and smarter line analysis give more accurate perspective correction, even on difficult architectural shots.

Complete UI redesign

A cleaner interface with smoother animations, refreshed onboarding, and two-column landscape layouts. On iOS 26 the app adopts Liquid Glass styling, with full fallbacks on earlier versions.

Extension, speed & stability

The Photos app extension handles wider images with better memory management and consistent high-resolution exports across every save mode. Faster processing, smoother orientation transitions, and improved error recovery throughout — plus lower prices across all tiers.

Auto Align Features Summary

What Auto Align Can Do

  • Automatically detects and corrects leaning buildings in photos
  • Fixes wide-angle distortions common in urban photography
  • Fully preserves HDR gain maps for stunning dynamic range and vivid colors
  • Simple, one-tap interface for fast results
  • Easily undo edits at any time and keep all your original photo details

What Auto Align Cannot Do

  • Does not add missing parts of buildings cropped out of the frame
  • Cannot fix extreme perspective distortions beyond a certain limit
  • May not work if there are no visible leaning buildings or urban structures in the image

Intended Use-cases

Auto Align delivers optimal results for urban photography with clear buildings, cityscapes, and architectural structures.

When your photo contains clear, straight lines and well-defined urban elements, the app can automatically detect distortions and correct them with a single tap—ideal for real estate, travel, and creative city photography.

Original urban photo
Original
Detected lines
Detected Structures
Wide-angle corrected
Wide-angle Correction
Cropped corrected
Cropped Correction
Original urban photo
Original
Detected lines
Detected Structures
Wide-angle corrected
Wide-angle Correction
Cropped corrected
Cropped Correction

Wide Angle Correction

When capturing tall buildings from ground level with a wide-angle lens, the camera records a broader scene. This extra information is compressed into the frame, often causing buildings to appear tilted. Auto Align intelligently corrects this distortion and fills in missing edge pixels by smoothly extending the edge colors, resulting in a natural-looking image.

Cropped Correction

Cropped correction gives you the choice to keep only the undistorted, known pixels in a rectangular image, or to retain all corrected pixels—including areas where missing information is filled. This lets you decide between a clean crop or a full correction, based on your preference.

Non-Intended Use-cases

Auto Align works best with city photos that have clear buildings and straight lines.

If your picture doesn't show obvious urban features, the app may not be able to fix it automatically.

Original non-urban photo
Original
No urban structures detected
No urban structures detected

Photos without clear city buildings or straight lines may not be suitable for automatic correction.

Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

For our privacy policy and terms of use for Auto Align, please see the links below.

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