The 10 Best AI Tools for Restoring Old Photos in 2027

Adobe Photoshop restores old photos with Filter > Neural Filters > Photo Restoration, which has sliders for image enhancement, enhance face and scratch reduction. Colorize adds color on a flattened copy, and the Spot Healing Brush and Clone Stamp clean up what remains. The Photoshop plan is US$22.99 a month on an annual plan billed monthly, with a 7-day free trial.

Remini is a free app from Bending Spoons with in-app subscriptions: Remini Pro Weekly is $9.99, 1 Month is $9.99 and Remini Lite Weekly is $7.99. Its restorer removes blur, sharpens details and cleans up grain in one click, and it finds faces in blurry group photos from decades ago. The app is rated 4.6 out of 5 from about 357K ratings.

Topaz Photo costs $199 a year, or $25 a month billed monthly on an annual commitment. It includes a Dust & Scratch model and a Recover Faces model, and Topaz says you can remove dust and scratches, adjust lighting and color, and restore images to their original sharpness. The plugin handles images up to 512 megapixels.

MyHeritage Photo Enhancer lets anyone enhance 10 photos for free, then requires a subscription; the Complete plan is $299 a year ($199 for the first year) and enhances an unlimited number of photos. Its face upscaling technology is licensed from the creators of the Remini mobile app. Free results carry a MyHeritage logo watermark.

Luminar Neo includes a Restoration tool with three modes: Full removes scratches and restores color, Color adds color to black-and-white photos, and Scratches removes visible damage while keeping the original tones. It needs an internet connection and does not support batch processing. Lifetime plans are listed at $99, $139 and $159 as Black Friday prices.

VanceAI Old Photo Restoration repairs scratches, tears, cracks, creases, stains, spots, dust, faded color and yellowing. Restore costs 4 credits at 1K/2K and 10 credits at 4K; plans run from Starter at $15 a month for 260 credits to Studio at $75 for 2,600, and new users get 10 credits to try it.

Fotor’s restoration tool heals surface scratches, deep folds, ripped tears and liquid stains, colorizes black-and-white photos, corrects faded tones and unblurs faces, even in group photos. Pro is $8.99 a month or $39.99 billed annually, and Pro+ is $11.99 a month or $89.99 billed annually. New users get complimentary credits to preview and download watermark-free results.

Let’s Enhance has an Old Photo model that repairs scratches, fixes fading and removes damage into a clean 1 MP base image, which you then upscale. Starter is $12 a month ($9 billed annually) for 100 credits, Pro is $32 ($24) for 300 and Max is $45 ($34) for 500, and new users get 10 free credits. It recommends scanning at 300 DPI minimum.

HitPaw FotorPea is a desktop tool with a Colorize Model, Scratch Repair, Color Calibration and a Face Model, plus modes for low-quality images and for single-person or group old photos. One-time credit packs start at $4.99 for 200 credits, which restores 100 old photos, and $21.99 buys 1,000 credits for 500 photos. It has a 7-day free desktop trial.

Hotpot Photo Restorer reduces scratches, sharpens faded details and enhances faces in black-and-white or color photos, with style options such as Classic black & white and Vintage. Credit packs run from $12 for 1,000 credits to $240 for 20,000, though the credit cost per restore is not published. Hotpot warns that AI may invent details where damage is unclear.