Remini alternatives at a glance
We make Resly, which is one of the options below, so read this knowing that. Remini is good at what it does; people look for an alternative mostly because of the weekly charge. Here is what else does the job, and what each costs.
| Alternative | Cost | Subscription | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snapseed | Cost: Free; its App Store listing says no subscriptions, purchases, ads or watermarks | Subscription: No | Good for: Sharpening and fixing photos by hand on a phone |
| Upscayl | Cost: Desktop app free and open source; Upscayl Cloud $24.99 a month | Subscription: Only for the cloud version | Good for: Upscaling on your own computer |
| Adobe Firefly | Cost: Free daily uses with a free Adobe account | Subscription: No, for the free uses | Good for: Restoring an old photo in a browser |
| PicWish | Cost: Three old-photo restores free, then credits or a plan | Subscription: Optional: pay-as-you-go credits never expire | Good for: Quick fixes in a browser |
| Resly | Cost: $1.99 a photo, 99¢ each extra in the same order | Subscription: No, and no account | Good for: Old or blurry photos you want to print or frame |
| Other pay-per-photo services | Cost: From $1.49 (Pastlume) to $9 (Reviva) a photo | Subscription: No | Good for: A handful of important photos |
Remini, for comparison: free with ads, or Remini Pro at $9.99 a week, Lite weekly plans from $4.99 and a $9.99 monthly option on the US App Store. Prices vary by country and change often; check before you pay.
BeforeAfterFree Remini alternatives
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Snapseed
Google's free photo editor for iPhone and Android. Its Details and Sharpening tools tidy up a soft photo, and Healing removes spots and small scratches. It doesn't invent missing detail, so a badly blurred face stays blurred, but nothing about it costs money.
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Upscayl
A free, open-source upscaler for Windows, Mac and Linux. It enlarges and sharpens on your own computer, privately, with no limit. It needs a reasonably capable computer and doesn't repair tears or fading. See Upscayl vs Resly.
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Adobe Firefly
Restores scratches, tears and faded color from a short instruction, free within a daily allowance on a free Adobe account. Downloads top out around 2,000 × 2,000 pixels, fine for small prints.
Try a free option first on a photo that only needs a light touch. If faces come back soft, or the output is too small to print, a paid tool is worth it for that one photo.
Pay per photo, nothing that renews
Pay-per-photo services restore or enhance one photo for a one-off price. For a few photos this costs less than a single week of Remini Pro, and there is nothing to cancel afterwards. Compared in full in pay-per-photo restoration services.
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Resly
Ours. $1.99 for a photo and 99¢ for each extra one in the same order, up to five. No account: you pay through Stripe and get a private link. Old photos get a free watermarked preview before you pay, and the photo comes back repaired, colorized if you want, and sized for the print or frame you choose. Files are deleted two days after delivery. Restore a photo.
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Pastlume
$1.49 for one photo, less in packs (12 for $11.90). Needs a sign-in by email code.
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Vintage Photos
$2 a photo, with a free preview and no account needed to see it. It also sells monthly plans for bigger batches.
When Remini is still the right choice
- You enhance lots of photos every week. At about ten or more a week, a weekly plan costs less than paying per photo.
- You want it all on your phone, straight from the camera roll, mostly for sharing on screen.
- You don't mind ads: the free version still works.
If you do subscribe, note that deleting the app doesn't cancel it. App Store subscriptions keep renewing until you turn off auto-renew in your Apple account settings, at least 24 hours before the period ends. More in Remini vs Resly.