Renew - Restore Old Photos AI

42 of 100 · reviews
4.7of 5 · store
6,648ratings on the App Store
236reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

Renew can revive old photos and the animation gets special praise, ancestors coming to life in a shot, but people note every animation is the same, everyone waves with one identical motion. In practice it often fails to remove blur or clean scratches, and colorization drops random colors that ignore cues in the photo and produces scary faces. Some say ChatGPT does a better job.

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What people use it for

People who want a cheap way to bring old photos to life as a moving clip, not precise detail restoration.

What reviews praise

Reviving and animating old shots, pleasant quality of what is on offer, restoring old ancestor photos

What reviews complain about

All animations are identical, same hand wave, does not remove blur, does not clean scratches, random colorization that ignores actual colors, scary faces, orange skin tones, ads slapped onto finished shots

What users experience

3 excerpts from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

I would like a few options to change AI results, especially for eye color and skin tones. That would help make the results more accurate for my use.

Pics random colors on coloration rather than following cues in the photos.

The only reason I did 4 instead of 5 stars is because all of the animations are similar. Would be nice to have options for different types of motions