TestFlight beta

liminal.repair on iPhone.

A 2004 digicam with 47 looks in it. The app opens straight into the camera: swipe through the looks live, shoot at full resolution or in RAW, and it lands in Photos. The whole editor, the cameras and Explore are one tap away.

✓ Open to anyone with an iPhone. One tap and TestFlight takes it from there.

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How to install

  1. On your iPhone, install Apple's free TestFlight app from the App Store.
  2. Open the invite link above on the phone. TestFlight will offer Accept, then Install.
  3. liminal appears on your home screen like any other app. New builds arrive through TestFlight — turn on automatic updates and you will always have the latest.

Opening this page on a computer? Email the link to yourself, or open liminal.repair/beta on the phone — TestFlight is iPhone and iPad only.

The camera

The camera shooting through VHS: chrome buttons, FAST 12 MP RAW, the date pill, the readout, and the wheel of looks around the shutter
ShootingChrome buttons, the old compact's readout, and the badge printed under the top bar.
Choosing a look: the scale above the wheel and the dial ruler at the edge reading Glow 62
Choosing a lookThe scale clicks past one tick per look. Drag the picture and a ruler slides up the edge.
Recording: a red REC readout, a glowing red shutter, and 'Raw take — the look stays a dial'
RecordingA red REC readout and a glowing shutter. The take is raw, so the look stays a dial.

The whole screen is the picture. One wheel of looks around the shutter, a dial scale that ticks under your thumb, the orange date in the corner, and the readout of an old compact across the top.

Swipe sideways
the next look, a tick in the hand each
Drag up or down
the look's dial, on a ruler at the edge
Hold the picture
see it without the look
Tap the shutter
a photo — FAST, 12 MP or RAW — straight into Photos
Hold the shutter
a video, for as long as you hold
Swipe up
all 47 looks at once

Video keeps the look a dial. What is recorded is the camera itself: the take lands in your gallery wearing the look, still yours to change, and a copy with the look rendered in goes to Photos for every other app.

Rather start with a photo you already have? The app asks once, and ⋯ → Settings changes it any time.

It is a beta — that is the point

Things will be rough, and some things will break. What makes this worth doing is what you tell me:

  • In TestFlight, the app's page has a Send Beta Feedback button.
  • In the app, take a screenshot and tap Share → Send Beta Feedback — the picture comes with it, which is usually the whole story.
  • Or write to contact@ali.photo.

What helps most: what you expected, what happened, and which iPhone. Small annoyances count — they are the ones that never get reported and never get fixed.

What to try first