Guide · Last updated 17 October 2026
The best virtual try-on apps in the UK (2026)
Every try-on app promises to show clothes “on you”. The question that separates them is what “you” means: your actual photo, or a generated avatar or likeness built to resemble you. The second question is what you can try on — clothes you already own, pre-loved pieces you might buy, or only new products from brands. Here is how four apps answer both, in their own words.
We make Alama. Every other entry quotes the app's public store listing or website as of the date above.
How to judge a try-on app
- Your photo, or a stand-in? An app that renders onto your actual photo shows you. An app that first generates an avatar shows its best guess at you.
- What can you try on? Your own wardrobe, second-hand pieces before you buy, or only new products from brands.
- Does it work for the UK? GBP pricing, UK shipping and returns if buying is involved, and an Android app as well as iPhone.
- What does it cost to keep using? A clear allowance or unlimited plan you can read up front, and no ads paying for it.
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1. Our pick: try-on on your actual photo, for clothes you own and pre-loved pieces you might buy
Alama Wardrobe
Free (100 items, welcome try-on credits) · Style Pass for unlimited AI · credit packs
The only app in this list that renders clothes on the photo you took — not on an avatar or a generated likeness. Try on outfits from your own wardrobe, or pre-loved pieces from Alama's built-in UK marketplace before you buy them. Built for the UK: GBP pricing, UK shipping and returns, iPhone and Android, no ads on any tier. Where it falls short: it's newer than the apps below, so the community is smaller.
This is our app. The entries below use each app's own wording from its listing or website.
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2. Try-on on a generated avatar, oriented to shopping new
Alta Daily
Free
Alta styles a generated avatar made to resemble you and points you at new clothes to buy. Where it falls short for UK users: the avatar isn't your actual photo, the shopping catalogue is US-centric, and there is no way to sell what you own.
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3. Try-on on an avatar generated from your photo, inside a digital wardrobe
Acloset
Free (100 items) · subscription for more
Acloset's own support page describes Try On as dressing “an AI avatar created from your photo”. It sits inside a digital wardrobe with a calendar and style stats. Where it falls short: the result is a generated figure rather than your picture, the try-on allowance “may vary depending on current account policies”, and no selling feature is described on its website or listing as of September 2026.
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4. Try-on on an AI likeness, for shopping brand products
Doji
Free
Doji has you “upload a few photos, create your photorealistic AI likeness and try on real fashion products” from brands and “anywhere on the internet”, then “shop it directly” on the retailer's site. Where it falls short for UK users: there is no wardrobe of your own clothes to try on, buying hands off to the retailer, and as of October 2026 it is iPhone and iPad only with no Android app.
Release activity
| App | Last app update | Platforms |
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| Alama Wardrobe | 16 October 2026 | iOS and Android |
| Alta Daily | 16 October 2026 | iOS, Android and web |
| Acloset | 12 October 2026 | iOS and Android |
| Doji | 2 October 2026 | iOS and iPadOS |
Source: the apps' public App Store and Google Play listings, checked on 17 October 2026.
Wardrobe apps without virtual try-on
If you're choosing on try-on, these are out of scope. Each is a digital wardrobe or outfit planner that, as of the date above, has no generative try-on:
- Whering — no try-on as of October 2026; named as a planned feature in July 2026.
- Fits — outfit planning; no generative try-on.
- Indyx — paid cataloguing; no try-on.
- Stylebook — one-off purchase, last updated June 2025; no try-on.
Frequently asked questions
- Which virtual try-on app uses your actual photo?
- Alama. It renders outfits and marketplace pieces on the photo you took. Alta Daily styles a generated avatar made to resemble you; Acloset dresses “an AI avatar created from your photo”; Doji builds a “photorealistic AI likeness” from a few photos. All three put clothes on a stand-in, not on your picture.
- Are virtual try-on apps free?
- Alama is free for 100 items, 25 outfits and 3 collections, with welcome credits to try AI try-on; Style Pass makes AI unlimited, and there are no ads on any tier. Alta Daily and Doji are free and venture-funded. Acloset is free to 100 items and says its try-on allowance may vary with its account policies.
- Can I try on second-hand clothes before I buy them?
- In Alama, yes: pre-loved pieces on its built-in UK marketplace can be rendered on your photo before you buy, and the seller ships with a tracked label and a returns process. Alta and Doji try on new products from brands; Acloset describes no selling feature.
- Which try-on apps work on Android in the UK?
- Alama, Alta Daily and Acloset are on iPhone and Android. Doji is iPhone and iPad only as of October 2026, with no Google Play listing.
- Does virtual try-on actually look like you?
- It depends on what the app renders onto. When the result is your own photo, as in Alama, it is you by construction — the app changes the clothes, not the person. When the app generates an avatar or likeness first, the result is only as close as that generated figure is, which is why the avatar apps describe their figures as “made to resemble you” or a “likeness”.
- How does Alama's try-on work?
- Add a photo of yourself once. Pick an item, an outfit from your wardrobe, or a pre-loved piece from the marketplace, and Alama renders it on that photo in seconds. Welcome credits cover your first try-ons; Style Pass makes them unlimited. Results can be saved to an outfit or shared.
Want the wider picture? See our round-up of the best wardrobe apps in the UK, or the head-to-heads with Alta Daily and Acloset.
See it on you before you wear or buy it
Add one photo of yourself, then try on your own clothes and pre-loved finds in seconds. 100 items free, with welcome try-on credits — no ads.