Remove scratches from photos with AI in 30 seconds.

Yes, and this is the exact case AI handles best. Scratches through faces usually lift off cleanly because the real image data is still there under the scratch. The AI rebuilds the skin, eyes, and hair that were hidden. Deep, long scratches repair almost as well as short hairline ones.

Yes. Heavy center creases from photos that were folded in wallets or mailed in letters are one of the cleaner repairs. The AI has image context on both sides of the crease, which gives it enough to rebuild the line in the middle. A crease right through an eye, nose, or mouth usually disappears completely.

Often yes, but dry them first. Air-dry flood-damaged prints face-up on paper towels in a cool room for 24 hours. No heat, no hair dryer, no sun. Once dry, scan and upload. The AI recognizes water stains and brown discoloration as separate from the real image and lifts them off, even when the stain covers a face.

It depends on what was in the missing corner. If the missing area is background, sky, clothing, or a wall, the reconstruction is indistinguishable from the original. If the torn corner contained part of a face, the AI fills in a plausible face, but it is a reconstruction, not a perfect recovery of that specific person. For most torn corners on family photos, results are excellent.

Yes. Line up the pieces face-down on your scanner and tape them together on the back with acid-free tape. Never tape the front. Scan the reassembled photo and upload. The AI treats it as one photo and rebuilds the tear lines.

Yes. Glossy yellow tape marks, paper fiber residue, and adhesive marks from shadow boxes or album corners are all surface damage the AI removes along with regular scratches. For heavy tape marks, you may need a second pass.

No, do not force them. Stuck photos often rip the emulsion when pulled apart, which makes the damage much worse. Scan the stuck pair as-is (you will only get the top photo) and let the AI handle any damage that shows. For professional separation, a conservation specialist can sometimes separate stuck photos with controlled humidity, but this is expensive and not always successful.

Yes, for most surface markings. Ink and marker ink usually sit on top of the print surface, so the AI treats them like any other surface damage and removes them. Permanent marker on glossy prints repairs very well. Marker that soaked into a matte print may leave faint color shifts after repair.

Yes. Every new account comes with 2 free repairs and no credit card is required to sign up. Spend those free credits on your most damaged photo so you can see the full effect before buying anything.

First 2 repairs free. After that: $4.99 for 10 ($0.50 each), $14.99 for 30, $19.99 for 150 ($0.13 each), or $49.99 for 450 ($0.11 each). For a typical shoebox of 50 to 150 photos, the Family plan at $19.99 is the right fit. For an entire family archive, the Studio plan at $49.99 covers 450 repairs.

No. No Photoshop, no Lightroom, no editing skill, no clone stamp, no YouTube tutorials. The AI runs in your browser. Upload, wait 30 seconds, download.

Yes. Open restorephotosapp.com in Safari or Chrome on your iPhone or Android. Take a clear photo of the damaged print in bright daylight (or upload a scan from your camera roll), pick "Repair," and save the result back to your phone in 30 seconds.

Both work. A flatbed scan at 600 DPI gives the cleanest result, but a phone photo in bright window light is very close, especially for medium and large prints. If you do not own a scanner, most libraries and copy shops scan for $1 to $2 per photo.

Under 30 seconds per photo. For a batch of 20, you can either do them one by one (about 10 minutes) or upload them all at once and come back to download the ZIP.

No. The AI rebuilds skin texture, fabric, hair, and backgrounds so they continue naturally through where the scratch used to be. The repair is invisible, not airbrushed. Most people cannot tell a photo was repaired.

For 90% of typical scratch, crease, stain, and tear damage, yes. A local shop charges $50 to $150 per photo and takes weeks. We charge $0.13 per photo and take 30 seconds. A shop may still be worth it for extreme cases with huge missing sections or severely warped prints, but those are rare.

Yes. Output is full resolution. Pro, Family, and Studio plans include 1080P output, which prints beautifully at 8x10 and larger. A photo too damaged to frame before can usually be framed after repair.

Yes. Prints from the 1940s (black-and-white silver gelatin photos) are one of the most common kinds we repair. They often have fading on top of scratches. For best results, run "Restore Old Photo" first to fix the color and contrast, then "Repair" on the result for the physical damage.

Yes. Tintypes, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cabinet cards, and early albumen prints all work. These often have extensive physical damage layered on top of fading, so the two-pass workflow (restore first, then repair) gives the cleanest results.

Photos are transferred securely over HTTPS and stored privately on Cloudflare R2. Originals and repaired versions stay for 30 days so you can re-download them, then they are automatically and permanently deleted. We never share your photos with anyone and never use them to train AI models.

Yes. Once the scratches are gone, run the cleaned photo through "Colorize B&W" to see a grandparent or great-grandparent in full color for the first time. A repaired and colorized portrait is a favorite gift for anniversaries, Mother's Day, memorial displays, and shadow boxes.