Coloroid AI vs HitPaw FotorPea

Coloroid AI is a photo restoration app for damaged, blurry, faded, or black-and-white images. Recreate applies full restoration, Colorize adds color, and Descratch removes damage while leaving the rest of the image alone. The app detects cracks, creases, missing corners, and water stains, sharpens soft focus, and restores washed-out contrast. Its colorization gives portraits skin, clothing, and scenery colors suited to the era. Start with a library photo or photograph a print with a phone; a flatbed scan is optional. Images can also arrive through the share sheet. Compare before and after, then save, print, or share the result. The restored image is saved as a new photo, leaving the original unchanged. Coloroid AI runs on iOS and macOS, requiring iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS 14 with an Apple M1 chip or later. It offers a free plan; Pro is $49.99, paid once.

HitPaw FotorPea combines AI image enhancement, photo restoration, editing, and generation. Its tools can upscale images, reduce noise, correct color, restore old photos, remove backgrounds, and edit objects. It also offers prompt-based editing, AI image generation, and chat-style canvas editing. Batch processing can enhance multiple images at once. FotorPea supports RAW photos and lists input formats including PNG, JPG, JPEG, WEBP, TIF, TGA, BMP, JFIF, NEF, and RAW; listed output formats omit NEF and RAW. A seven-day free trial is offered for the desktop version, and there is no free plan. Listed prices include $27.99 a month for the 1 Month License, $112.99 a year for the 1 Year License, and $162.99 a month for the Perpetual License. Subscription credits expire at the end of their billing month or year and do not roll over. Windows and Mac licenses are platform-specific, and premium features cannot be shared across platforms. The Photoshop plugin has separate subscription and credit terms from FotorPea software.