A better Remini alternative for old photographs
Remini is great for selfies. For old photographs, you want a restoration model — not a face enhancer. Pay per photo, no subscription, no plastic skin.
From 10 credits ($1.00) per photo · 12-month validity
Remini made phone-based photo enhancement famous, but heavy users know its trade-offs: subscription pricing whether you use it or not, aggressive face smoothing that can make ancestors look airbrushed, and mobile-first limits on resolution. Photo Repair Lab takes a different approach — pay per photo instead of per month, choose between restoration styles from faithful to creative, and download full-resolution files fit for printing.
How it works
From upload to download in three simple steps.
1. Upload
Upload a JPG, PNG or WebP up to 10 MB. The clearer the original scan, the better the result.
2. AI processes
Our AI analyses your photo and applies the appropriate model. Most jobs finish in under a minute.
3. Download
Compare before / after, then download the high-resolution result. Your originals are never used to train AI models.
See the difference
A faded family scan repaired and colourised by Photo Repair Lab — no slider tricks, just the real result.
Original
Restored
Restored & ColourisedWhy old photographs need a different tool
Remini and similar apps are tuned for modern phone selfies — they sharpen faces aggressively, smooth skin, and emphasise eyes. That works on a low-light selfie. It is the wrong approach for a 1940s family photograph where the goal is preserving authentic skin texture, soft period tonality, and the look of real photography.
Photo Repair Lab's models are trained specifically on damaged historical photographs — emulsion crazing, foxing, fading, scratches, tears, mould bloom, sepia shift. They preserve what should stay and repair what shouldn't. The output looks like a photograph, not a 4K render.
Pay per photo, not per month
Most photo AI apps lock everything behind a recurring subscription you forget to cancel. Photo Repair Lab is pay-as-you-go: $1 per Standard restoration, $3 per Comprehensive restoration with colourisation. Credits never expire for 12 months. No subscription, no auto-renewal, no surprise charges.
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Complete the project
Restoration is usually step one. Here’s what most people do next.