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Life & fun · May 19, 2026

HowTall

Measure anyone's height in real time with iPhone LiDAR

What it does

Point your iPhone Pro at someone and HowTall reads their height in real time. ARKit body-pose finds head and feet, and the LiDAR scanner projects those points onto the floor plane for an accurate measurement in cm or ft/in. Fully on-device — no accounts, no analytics, no servers. Camera and depth frames are processed in memory and discarded. Free, no IAP. Requires an iPhone with LiDAR (12 Pro or later, any Pro/Pro Max). iOS 17+.

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