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Alta Alternative: How Clad9 Compares
Alta is one of the most polished closet apps there is: fast to fill, kind to your photos, and on iPhone, Android and the web. It suggests outfits for the weather and helps you shop for what it thinks is missing. Clad9 plans from the clothes you already own, for the weather, the events on your calendar, and what's actually clean, and shows every look on you.
Side by side
Feature by feature
| Feature | Alta | Clad9 |
|---|---|---|
| Weather | Daily outfits for the weather | The forecast where each event is, in every look |
| Calendar events | An occupation setting and typed prompts; we found no calendar connection | Each Google Calendar event gets its own look for its dress code |
| What's in the wash | Not tracked | Worn pieces go to a laundry basket and stay out of looks until clean |
| See it on you | A look-alike avatar for any outfit | Your avatar wears the day's three looks, every morning |
| Skin tone and colour analysis | Not offered; skin and hair colour only shape the avatar | Skin tone, undertone and seasonal palette from a portrait, in every look |
| Styled for your body shape | Not offered | Cuts, lengths and silhouettes chosen for your proportions |
| Whose clothes | Your closet plus shop items, with a closet-only mode | Only clothes you own |
| Options and swaps | Restyle with a prompt | Three looks a request, any single piece swappable |
| Studio-quality photos | Included (Prettify) | Included, for every garment |
| Platforms | iOS, Android and web | Any browser, plus a Chrome extension |
| What it costs | $0; earns commission when you buy | Essential $15/mo, Signature $30/mo, Atelier fully booked |
Atelier
The whole studio, on you.
Alta's look-alike avatar can try on any outfit, and it doesn't read your colouring or your shape.
With Clad9, each morning your avatar wears the day's three looks, already chosen for your skin tone, your palette and your silhouette, for the weather and your calendar, from clothes that aren't in the wash.
- See every look on you Your avatar wears each of the day's three looks, so you choose on yourself, not on a table.
- Your colours and undertone Skin tone, undertone and seasonal palette, read from a portrait and applied to every look.
- Styled for your silhouette Cuts, lengths and proportions chosen for how you're built.
- Dressed for your actual day The forecast, your calendar and the laundry basket, in every look.
- Every piece in its best light A studio image of every piece you add, included.
- It knows what you wore A quick fit check logs each piece, and the laundry basket keeps itself.
- Capsules and packing A capsule from what you own, and a day-by-day list for any trip.
- Ask the assistant you use Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini can search your closet and ask for a look.
Why Clad9 Goes Further
Alta has earned its praise. Uploading fifty photos at once, scanning a rail by video and forwarding receipts make a closet quick to fill, and its photo cleanup turns a shirt on a bed into something that looks like a shop listing. Clad9 does that for every garment too, so if beautiful photos are what you're after, both apps deliver.
The difference is what happens each morning. Alta asks what you're dressing for. Clad9 already knows: it reads the client dinner on Thursday, the forecast where the dinner is, and the fact that your navy blazer went into the wash on Monday. Then it builds three looks from your own closet with all of that in mind, and lets you swap any single piece.
Clad9 also keeps to what you own. Alta mixes things to buy into its suggestions and earns when you buy them. Clad9's looks come only from your closet, and when you're tempted by something new, the question it helps you answer is whether that piece would earn its place.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does Alta connect to my calendar?
Alta's store listing mentions your schedule, but its own help pages describe an occupation setting and typed prompts, and its Calendar is a log of outfits you've worn. We found no way to connect Google or Outlook. Clad9 connects to Google Calendar and dresses each upcoming event on its own.
How does Alta make money?
Alta charges nothing for the app. It told WWD that it earns a share when someone buys an item it suggests. Clad9 is paid by subscription, and its looks are built only from clothes you own.
Will Clad9 know what I've already worn this week?
Yes. Photograph what you wore and Clad9 logs each piece as worn. Washable pieces go to the laundry basket and aren't suggested again until you mark them clean, and pieces you wore recently are held back so the same shirt doesn't come round every other day.
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Let the day decide the outfit
Photograph your closet once. Clad9 plans each morning around your weather, your calendar and what's in the wash.