Coming soon to the App Store
Take, organize and export dermoscopy and skin images on your iPhone. Fully offline.
$20 one-time purchase
Requires iOS 26 or later. No account or subscription.
For clinicians who photograph skin.
DermoscoPal is for clinicians and care teams who take images of skin as part of their work, in dermatology, primary care, pediatrics, urgent care and other settings. Take dermoscopy images through an attached dermatoscope, or skin images with the iPhone alone.
One library, on the iPhone
Images stay on the iPhone and out of your personal Photos library, organized by patient, numbered lesion, site and date. No account, subscription or internet connection.
Images only
DermoscoPal takes, organizes and shares images. It does not analyze, measure or diagnose, and it isn’t intended for self-assessment of skin lesions. Evaluation and clinical decisions remain with the clinician.
Choose the field, then set the camera.
Focus, exposure and white balance stay within reach, each with an Auto setting. Use the volume button as your shutter, with optional haptic feedback. Switch lesions without leaving the camera and check earlier images. Review unsaved images before they enter the library.
Native 1× or 2×
You choose the field that is saved. Extra zoom only enlarges the view, and the saved image is the full field.
On supported iPhones, native 2× reads the middle 12 million pixels of the 48 MP main sensor. This gives a tighter field much like a 2× lens, with a full 12 MP of detail. Apple’s Camera app uses this too.
Copy EV/WB
Exposure and white balance are recorded with each image. Copy EV/WB carries those settings from an earlier image to the camera, which can be useful if you’re aiming for consistency between images.
It only sets the camera. It doesn’t adjust, calibrate or match images, so color and lighting can still differ from one image to the next.
From body map to lesion album.
Tap an area on the 3D body, then mark the exact spot. The app fills in an approximate site name. Open a numbered site to see its images by date.
Keep a reference image for each lesion and compare two images side by side. Patient name, date of birth and record number are optional.
The library stays on your iPhone.
It’s separate from Photos, Files, iCloud and computer backups. The app is built only with Apple’s frameworks and has no account, analytics or network code. Data leaves the app only when you choose to share or export it.
App lock and iOS file protection
iOS encryption and complete file protection keep files readable only while the iPhone is unlocked. App lock uses Face ID or the iPhone passcode and is on by default.
The app switcher shows a blank screen. A local activity log records opens, changes, shares and exports.
Designed with HIPAA safeguards in mind. HHS guidance covers access controls and audit controls. Practices remain responsible for their compliance.
HHS Security Rule guidanceEncrypted export is the only backup
Export the library with a password of at least 20 characters. Keep the file and the password to import the library or open the archive on a Mac.
The app never stores the password and can’t recover it.
One original. Copies when you share.
HEIC is the space-saving format Apple’s camera uses. It keeps high image quality in a smaller file. The original stays unchanged, and HEIC, PNG or JPEG copies are made when you share. HEIC and PNG keep the camera’s wide P3 color; JPEG copies convert to sRGB.
File names start with the lesion number and don’t include the patient’s name, date of birth or record number. Image metadata is off by default, and GPS position is never included. You can also share as a ZIP, with a folder for each lesion.
Apple’s guide to HEIC imagesFuture updates
DermoscoPal is independently developed. Your purchase helps fund support, maintenance and future improvements. These features exist in early form and are still being tested. Plans may change.
- Focus stacking. Combine sharp regions from several focus positions.
- Advanced exposure. Manual ISO, shutter speed and exposure-area selection.
- Advanced capture options. Higher-quality capture files, global tone mapping, near autofocus and metering choices.
Help and support
For questions or problems with DermoscoPal, email us. Include your iPhone model, your iOS version, your DermoscoPal version and what happened.
Please don’t send patient images, identifying details or library exports. The privacy policy explains how support email is handled.
What do I need?
An iPhone with iOS 26 or later. The app runs in landscape, is in English and never needs an internet connection. Testing on physical devices so far covers the iPhone 17 Pro Max.
Do I need a dermatoscope?
No. DermoscoPal works with the iPhone alone. For dermoscopy, attach a dermatoscope in a phone mount. Settings has an adjustable mount corner that keeps controls out from under the clamp.
How do I back up my library?
Make an encrypted export in Settings → Storage & backup, with a password of at least 20 characters. Keep the file and the password somewhere separate from your iPhone. The export is the only backup: the library isn’t in iCloud or computer backups, deleting the app deletes it, and a lost password can’t be recovered.
How do I move to a new iPhone?
Make an encrypted export on the old iPhone, move the file to the new one and import it in Settings → Storage & backup. If records differ, you choose which to keep before anything changes.
Why aren’t my images in Photos or Files?
The library stays inside the app by design. To send images elsewhere, select them in an album and share them as PNG, HEIC or JPEG. Shared copies are outside DermoscoPal’s protection.