Thraed vs Alta
Alta is a free AI stylist and digital closet with daily outfits, a calendar and an avatar that resembles you. Thraed is narrower: it shows each outfit on your own photo. Here is where each one is better.
Written by the team that makes Thraed. Facts about Alta checked October 2026; sources at the bottom.
Side by side
| Feature | Thraed | Alta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free (20 scans/mo, 5 try-ons); Pro $6.99/mo; Stylista $12.99/mo; credit packs | Free; the US App Store page lists no in-app purchases |
| Adding clothes | Photo scan, up to 10 at once; AI records type, colour, pattern, fit, formality and season; background removed on the phone | Photos, forwarded email receipts or Alta's item database; background removal and automatic detail tags |
| Virtual try-on | Yes: AI makes a photo of you wearing the outfit, from your own full-body photo | An avatar that resembles you |
| Starting from an image you saw | Inspire: photograph an outfit and try it on yourself | Inspo feed: recreate looks from your closet or from images you upload |
| Daily outfits | No: you choose with Build, Select and Inspire | Yes, from your closet by weather and schedule |
| Calendar and wear data | No | Calendar log, wear data and cost per wear |
| Packing and trips | No | Packing lists and travel lookbooks |
| Shopping | No shop or wishlist: it works with the clothes you own | Wishlist with sale alerts and shopping recommendations |
| Data collected | Email, wardrobe data and saved outfits; approximate location only if you allow it. Photos go to AI providers only after you agree, and are not kept on its servers after the request (a finished try-on is held in memory for up to 10 minutes). See its privacy policy | Its App Store privacy label (developer-reported) lists precise location, email, name, phone number, photos or videos, search history and identifiers as linked to you |
| Platforms | iPhone and iPad | iPhone, iPad and web |
Where Alta is better
- Free, with no in-app purchases listed.
- Daily outfits that check the weather and your schedule.
- A calendar log, wear data and cost per wear.
- Packing lists and travel lookbooks.
- A wishlist with sale alerts, and a web app as well as iPhone and iPad.
Where Thraed is better
- The try-on is a photo of you wearing the outfit, not an avatar.
- A smaller app that does one job: you pick the pieces and see the result.
- No shop, wishlist or recommendations: it works with what you own.
Which one should you pick?
Pick Alta if you want free daily outfits, a calendar and trip planning in one app. Pick Thraed if the question you ask is how an outfit will look on you, in your own photo. Some people use both.
Questions
Is Alta free?
Yes. The Alta Daily page on the US App Store shows it as free and lists no in-app purchases (checked October 2026).
Does Alta have virtual try-on?
Yes, on an avatar that resembles you. Thraed instead generates a photo of you wearing the outfit, from your own full-body photo.
Which collects less personal data, Alta or Thraed?
They collect different things, and neither is data-free: both process photos with AI. Alta's App Store privacy label lists precise location, email, name, phone number, photos or videos and search history as linked to you. Thraed's policy says it asks for approximate location only if you allow it, and that it does not keep your photos on its servers after a request. Read both policies before you decide.
Is Alta on Android?
Alta's App Store page covers iPhone and iPad, and it has a web app at altadaily.com. We did not find an Android app. Thraed is iPhone and iPad only.
Can I use Thraed and Alta together?
Yes. Some people plan their week in Alta and use Thraed to check the outfits they are unsure about on their own photo.