diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0d96e688cb..6b2c3a0505 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
     "expo-font": "~13.3.0",
     "expo-haptics": "~14.1.4",
     "expo-image": "~2.1.6",
+    "expo-image-crop-tool": "^0.1.3",
     "expo-image-manipulator": "~13.1.5",
     "expo-image-picker": "~16.1.4",
     "expo-linear-gradient": "~14.1.4",
@@ -188,7 +189,6 @@
     "react-native-edge-to-edge": "^1.6.0",
     "react-native-gesture-handler": "2.25.0",
     "react-native-get-random-values": "~1.11.0",
-    "react-native-image-crop-picker": "^0.42.0",
     "react-native-ios-context-menu": "^1.15.3",
     "react-native-keyboard-controller": "^1.17.1",
     "react-native-mmkv": "^2.12.2",
diff --git a/patches/react-native-image-crop-picker+0.42.0.patch b/patches/react-native-image-crop-picker+0.42.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c6124ad1e1..0000000000
--- a/patches/react-native-image-crop-picker+0.42.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
-index a08629b..fab6299 100644
---- a/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
-+++ b/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
-@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
- 
-         <activity
-             android:name="com.yalantis.ucrop.UCropActivity"
--            android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar" />
-+            android:theme="@style/Theme.UCropNoEdgeToEdge" />
- 
- 
-         <!-- Prompt Google Play services to install the backported photo picker module -->
-diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/android/src/main/res/values-v35/styles.xml b/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/android/src/main/res/values-v35/styles.xml
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..5301f74
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/android/src/main/res/values-v35/styles.xml
-@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
-+<resources>
-+    <style name="Theme.UCropNoEdgeToEdge" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
-+        <item name="android:windowOptOutEdgeToEdgeEnforcement">true</item>
-+    </style>
-+</resources>
-\ No newline at end of file
-diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/android/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/android/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..55569aa
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/android/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
-@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
-+<resources>
-+    <style name="Theme.UCropNoEdgeToEdge" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"/>
-+</resources>
-\ No newline at end of file
-diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/ios/src/ImageCropPicker.m b/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/ios/src/ImageCropPicker.m
-index 9f20973..c414a7a 100644
---- a/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/ios/src/ImageCropPicker.m
-+++ b/node_modules/react-native-image-crop-picker/ios/src/ImageCropPicker.m
-@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ - (void) setConfiguration:(NSDictionary *)options
- 
- - (UIViewController*) getRootVC {
-     UIViewController *root = [[[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] window] rootViewController];
--    while (root.presentedViewController != nil) {
-+    while (root.presentedViewController != nil && !root.presentedViewController.isBeingDismissed) {
-         root = root.presentedViewController;
-     }
-     
diff --git a/src/lib/media/picker.e2e.tsx b/src/lib/media/picker.e2e.tsx
index fc6fcde45e..6542a953d4 100644
--- a/src/lib/media/picker.e2e.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/media/picker.e2e.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-import {
-  Image as RNImage,
-  openCropper as openCropperFn,
-} from 'react-native-image-crop-picker'
 import {
   documentDirectory,
   getInfoAsync,
@@ -10,6 +6,8 @@ import {
 
 import {compressIfNeeded} from './manip'
 import {CropperOptions} from './types'
+import {RNImage} from './picker.shared'
+import ExpoImageCropTool from 'expo-image-crop-tool'
 
 async function getFile() {
   const imagesDir = documentDirectory!
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ export async function openCamera(): Promise<RNImage> {
 }
 
 export async function openCropper(opts: CropperOptions) {
-  const item = await openCropperFn({
+  const item = await ExpoImageCropTool.openCropperAsync({
     ...opts,
     forceJpg: true, // ios only
   })
diff --git a/src/lib/media/picker.shared.ts b/src/lib/media/picker.shared.ts
index a45bf5c0f1..fad86fda9d 100644
--- a/src/lib/media/picker.shared.ts
+++ b/src/lib/media/picker.shared.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ import {t} from '@lingui/macro'
 import * as Toast from '#/view/com/util/Toast'
 import {getDataUriSize} from './util'
 
+export type RNImage = {
+  mime: string
+  height: number
+  width: number
+  path: string
+  size: number
+}
+
 export async function openPicker(opts?: ImagePickerOptions) {
   const response = await launchImageLibraryAsync({
     exif: false,
diff --git a/src/lib/media/picker.tsx b/src/lib/media/picker.tsx
index 37e01e67f9..f10e43d629 100644
--- a/src/lib/media/picker.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/media/picker.tsx
@@ -1,36 +1,34 @@
-import {
-  Image as RNImage,
-  openCamera as openCameraFn,
-  openCropper as openCropperFn,
-} from 'react-native-image-crop-picker'
+import ExpoImageCropTool, {OpenCropperOptions} from 'expo-image-crop-tool'
+import {ImagePickerOptions, launchCameraAsync} from 'expo-image-picker'
 
-import {CameraOpts, CropperOptions} from './types'
-export {openPicker} from './picker.shared'
+export {openPicker, type RNImage} from './picker.shared'
 
-export async function openCamera(opts: CameraOpts): Promise<RNImage> {
-  const item = await openCameraFn({
-    width: opts.width,
-    height: opts.height,
-    freeStyleCropEnabled: opts.freeStyleCropEnabled,
-    cropperCircleOverlay: opts.cropperCircleOverlay,
-    cropping: false,
-    forceJpg: true, // ios only
-    compressImageQuality: 0.8,
-  })
+export async function openCamera(customOpts: ImagePickerOptions) {
+  const opts: ImagePickerOptions = {
+    mediaTypes: 'images',
+    ...customOpts,
+  }
+  const res = await launchCameraAsync(opts)
+
+  if (!res || !res.assets) {
+    throw new Error('Camera was closed before taking a photo')
+  }
+
+  const asset = res?.assets[0]
 
   return {
-    path: item.path,
-    mime: item.mime,
-    size: item.size,
-    width: item.width,
-    height: item.height,
+    path: asset.uri,
+    mime: asset.mimeType ?? 'image/jpeg',
+    size: asset.fileSize ?? 0,
+    width: asset.width,
+    height: asset.height,
   }
 }
 
-export async function openCropper(opts: CropperOptions) {
-  const item = await openCropperFn({
+export async function openCropper(opts: OpenCropperOptions) {
+  const item = await ExpoImageCropTool.openCropperAsync({
     ...opts,
-    forceJpg: true, // ios only
+    format: 'jpeg',
   })
 
   return {
diff --git a/src/lib/media/picker.web.tsx b/src/lib/media/picker.web.tsx
index a53ffc9614..7db5f51f1f 100644
--- a/src/lib/media/picker.web.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/media/picker.web.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /// <reference lib="dom" />
 
-import {Image as RNImage} from 'react-native-image-crop-picker'
-
 import {CameraOpts, CropperOptions} from './types'
-export {openPicker} from './picker.shared'
 import {unstable__openModal} from '#/state/modals'
+import {RNImage} from './picker.shared'
+
+export {openPicker, type RNImage} from './picker.shared'
 
 export async function openCamera(_opts: CameraOpts): Promise<RNImage> {
   // const mediaType = opts.mediaType || 'photo' TODO
diff --git a/src/screens/Onboarding/StepProfile/index.tsx b/src/screens/Onboarding/StepProfile/index.tsx
index 73472ec332..0e738f1456 100644
--- a/src/screens/Onboarding/StepProfile/index.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Onboarding/StepProfile/index.tsx
@@ -182,11 +182,9 @@ export function StepProfile() {
 
     if (!isWeb) {
       image = await openCropper({
-        mediaType: 'photo',
-        cropperCircleOverlay: true,
-        height: 1000,
-        width: 1000,
-        path: image.path,
+        imageUri: image.path,
+        shape: 'circle',
+        aspectRatio: 1 / 1,
       })
     }
     image = await compressIfNeeded(image, 1000000)
diff --git a/src/state/gallery.ts b/src/state/gallery.ts
index f03ed2afe8..6c79ec9410 100644
--- a/src/state/gallery.ts
+++ b/src/state/gallery.ts
@@ -122,25 +122,13 @@ export async function cropImage(img: ComposerImage): Promise<ComposerImage> {
     return img
   }
 
-  // NOTE
-  // on ios, react-native-image-crop-picker gives really bad quality
-  // without specifying width and height. on android, however, the
-  // crop stretches incorrectly if you do specify it. these are
-  // both separate bugs in the library. we deal with that by
-  // providing width & height for ios only
-  // -prf
-
   const source = img.source
-  const [w, h] = containImageRes(source.width, source.height, POST_IMG_MAX)
 
   // @todo: we're always passing the original image here, does image-cropper
   // allows for setting initial crop dimensions? -mary
   try {
     const cropped = await openCropper({
-      mediaType: 'photo',
-      path: source.path,
-      freeStyleCropEnabled: true,
-      ...(isIOS ? {width: w, height: h} : {}),
+      imageUri: source.path,
     })
 
     return {
diff --git a/src/view/com/composer/photos/OpenCameraBtn.tsx b/src/view/com/composer/photos/OpenCameraBtn.tsx
index fb3ab5c8fc..1c9440eb16 100644
--- a/src/view/com/composer/photos/OpenCameraBtn.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/composer/photos/OpenCameraBtn.tsx
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ export function OpenCameraBtn({disabled, onAdd}: Props) {
       }
 
       const img = await openCamera({
-        width: POST_IMG_MAX.width,
-        height: POST_IMG_MAX.height,
-        freeStyleCropEnabled: true,
+        aspect: [POST_IMG_MAX.width, POST_IMG_MAX.height],
       })
 
       // If we don't have permissions it's fine, we just wont save it. The post itself will still have access to
diff --git a/src/view/com/util/UserAvatar.tsx b/src/view/com/util/UserAvatar.tsx
index 20fc1c65da..06fe0f50d0 100644
--- a/src/view/com/util/UserAvatar.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/util/UserAvatar.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   View,
   ViewStyle,
 } from 'react-native'
-import {Image as RNImage} from 'react-native-image-crop-picker'
 import Svg, {Circle, Path, Rect} from 'react-native-svg'
 import {ModerationUI} from '@atproto/api'
 import {FontAwesomeIcon} from '@fortawesome/react-native-fontawesome'
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ import {
 import {makeProfileLink} from '#/lib/routes/links'
 import {colors} from '#/lib/styles'
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
-import {isAndroid, isNative, isWeb} from '#/platform/detection'
+import {isAndroid, isIOS, isNative, isWeb} from '#/platform/detection'
 import {precacheProfile} from '#/state/queries/profile'
 import {HighPriorityImage} from '#/view/com/util/images/Image'
 import {tokens, useTheme} from '#/alf'
@@ -39,7 +38,12 @@ import {MediaInsetBorder} from '#/components/MediaInsetBorder'
 import * as Menu from '#/components/Menu'
 import {ProfileHoverCard} from '#/components/ProfileHoverCard'
 import * as bsky from '#/types/bsky'
-import {openCamera, openCropper, openPicker} from '../../../lib/media/picker'
+import {
+  openCamera,
+  openCropper,
+  openPicker,
+  RNImage,
+} from '../../../lib/media/picker'
 
 export type UserAvatarType = 'user' | 'algo' | 'list' | 'labeler'
 
@@ -312,9 +316,7 @@ let EditableUserAvatar = ({
 
     onSelectNewAvatar(
       await openCamera({
-        width: 1000,
-        height: 1000,
-        cropperCircleOverlay: true,
+        aspect: [1, 1],
       }),
     )
   }, [onSelectNewAvatar, requestCameraAccessIfNeeded])
@@ -335,17 +337,17 @@ let EditableUserAvatar = ({
     }
 
     try {
-      const croppedImage = await openCropper({
-        mediaType: 'photo',
-        cropperCircleOverlay: true,
-        height: 1000,
-        width: 1000,
-        path: item.path,
-        webAspectRatio: 1,
-        webCircularCrop: true,
-      })
-
-      onSelectNewAvatar(croppedImage)
+      setTimeout(
+        async () => {
+          const croppedImage = await openCropper({
+            imageUri: item.path,
+            shape: 'circle',
+            aspectRatio: 1,
+          })
+          onSelectNewAvatar(croppedImage)
+        },
+        isIOS ? 500 : 0,
+      )
     } catch (e: any) {
       // Don't log errors for cancelling selection to sentry on ios or android
       if (!String(e).toLowerCase().includes('cancel')) {
diff --git a/src/view/com/util/UserBanner.tsx b/src/view/com/util/UserBanner.tsx
index e0ace5e481..346f40ab5f 100644
--- a/src/view/com/util/UserBanner.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/util/UserBanner.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import {Pressable, StyleSheet, View} from 'react-native'
-import {Image as RNImage} from 'react-native-image-crop-picker'
 import {Image} from 'expo-image'
 import {ModerationUI} from '@atproto/api'
 import {msg, Trans} from '@lingui/macro'
@@ -25,7 +24,12 @@ import {
 import {StreamingLive_Stroke2_Corner0_Rounded as Library} from '#/components/icons/StreamingLive'
 import {Trash_Stroke2_Corner0_Rounded as Trash} from '#/components/icons/Trash'
 import * as Menu from '#/components/Menu'
-import {openCamera, openCropper, openPicker} from '../../../lib/media/picker'
+import {
+  openCamera,
+  openCropper,
+  openPicker,
+  RNImage,
+} from '../../../lib/media/picker'
 
 export function UserBanner({
   type,
@@ -52,8 +56,7 @@ export function UserBanner({
     }
     onSelectNewBanner?.(
       await openCamera({
-        width: 3000,
-        height: 1000,
+        aspect: [3, 1],
       }),
     )
   }, [onSelectNewBanner, requestCameraAccessIfNeeded])
@@ -68,15 +71,14 @@ export function UserBanner({
     }
 
     try {
-      onSelectNewBanner?.(
-        await openCropper({
-          mediaType: 'photo',
-          path: items[0].path,
-          width: 3000,
-          height: 1000,
-          webAspectRatio: 3,
-        }),
-      )
+      setTimeout(async () => {
+        onSelectNewBanner?.(
+          await openCropper({
+            imageUri: items[0].path,
+            aspectRatio: 3 / 1,
+          }),
+        )
+      }, 750)
     } catch (e: any) {
       if (!String(e).includes('Canceled')) {
         logger.error('Failed to crop banner', {error: e})
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 747087e83a..c79e0170b7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11247,6 +11247,11 @@ expo-haptics@~14.1.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/expo-haptics/-/expo-haptics-14.1.4.tgz#442f48b1bdf83484d4fcadc653445aaae6049b70"
   integrity sha512-QZdE3NMX74rTuIl82I+n12XGwpDWKb8zfs5EpwsnGi/D/n7O2Jd4tO5ivH+muEG/OCJOMq5aeaVDqqaQOhTkcA==
 
+expo-image-crop-tool@^0.1.3:
+  version "0.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/expo-image-crop-tool/-/expo-image-crop-tool-0.1.3.tgz#057baf3200745f706e8ecc6cece835c4cd630013"
+  integrity sha512-C3hG9eYpbHRACeLKqmFK52s3aBtSQm6+vbhaabdmp202zILsGT95OWIBcjqHOd2fmaK0qq0+Yj3dz+1mSuQg+A==
+
 expo-image-loader@~5.1.0:
   version "5.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/expo-image-loader/-/expo-image-loader-5.1.0.tgz#f7d65f9b9a9714eaaf5d50a406cb34cb25262153"
@@ -16801,11 +16806,6 @@ react-native-get-random-values@~1.11.0:
   dependencies:
     fast-base64-decode "^1.0.0"
 
-react-native-image-crop-picker@^0.42.0:
-  version "0.42.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-image-crop-picker/-/react-native-image-crop-picker-0.42.0.tgz#0672c080feb8ffefd65ba00a4e64bc8a1066136e"
-  integrity sha512-EOEkekPJ7g+CNf92HrWAGM4kcDJyVY02gQJUVH7MSNUOK11SHnurXVM0TnwIt410Y4T+lBkq3rfJEA1qDaDDwA==
-
 react-native-ios-context-menu@^1.15.3:
   version "1.15.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-ios-context-menu/-/react-native-ios-context-menu-1.15.3.tgz#c02e6a7af2df8c08d0b3e1c8f3395484b3c9c760"