Hetman Photo Recovery vs RecoverHelper
Hetman Photo Recovery
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RecoverHelper
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| Figure | Hetman Photo Recovery | RecoverHelper |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 9 | 3 |
| Spec score · Photo Recovery Software | 8.8 (#5) | 8.4 (#10) |
| Spec score · Photo recovery software | 8.7 (#6) | 8.9 (#4) |
| File systems | It supports FAT, exFAT, NTFS, ReFS, APFS, HFS+, Ext2/3/4, XFS, Btrfs, ReiserFS, ZFS, and UFS across Windows, Linux, and macOS. | The site lists NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, exFAT, APFS and HFS+ support, with MBR and GPT partition tables. |
| Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine | Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| Licence | The software is proprietary rather than open source, according to the Wingetly package listing. | Terms grant a non-exclusive, non-transferable personal-computer licence and prohibit resale, redistribution, reverse engineering, decompilation and modification. |
| Preview | The trial lets users scan storage, browse detected images, and preview recoverable photos before buying a license. | Thumbnail previews let users select individual files before recovery. |
| Read-only operation | The product analyzes affected storage in read-only mode and can create and scan a disk image instead of repeatedly accessing the source. | The source drive is opened read-only and the application says it cannot write to it. |
| Recovery methods | Fast Scan uses file-system metadata, while Full Analysis scans storage sector by sector and can search by file signatures. | It offers Quick Scan, Deep Scan, and Carving Only modes for different recovery scenarios. |
| Support | Hetman advertises 24/7 support by email, live chat, and phone, while its support page says replies are targeted within one business day. | Support is provided by email and the site publishes numerous step-by-step recovery guides. |
| Supported formats | It supports common image formats such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, and PSD, along with camera RAW formats. | The site lists support for more than 30 formats, including photos, camera RAW, video, audio, documents, and archives. |
| System requirements | Direct access to physical disks and other block storage requires administrator or root privileges, and recovered files should be saved to a separate destination. | Desktop builds require 64-bit Windows 10/11 or macOS; the Android listing requires Android 8.0 or newer. |
| What it does | Recovers deleted or lost photos and camera RAW images from disks, memory cards, USB drives, cameras, and disk images. | Recovers deleted photos, videos and other files from drives, SD cards and USB devices. |
Plans
Hetman Photo Recovery
- HomePriced on request
- OfficePriced on request
- BusinessPriced on request
- Home Edition$47.95, paid once
- Office Edition$137.95, paid once
- Commercial Edition$237.95, paid once
- Business versionPrice not published
- Home versionPrice not published
- Office versionPrice not published
In their own words
Hetman Photo Recovery
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RecoverHelper
RecoverHelper restores deleted photos, videos and other files from computer drives and removable storage. It offers Quick Scan, Deep Scan and Carving Only modes, and lists support for more than 30 formats across photos, camera RAW, video, audio, documents and archives. Supported sources include internal and external disks, SD and microSD cards, USB drives and digital cameras. On NTFS, it rebuilds original filenames and folders; on APFS, HFS+ and raw volumes, recovery is by signature without original names. The desktop app opens the source drive read-only and requires recovered files to be saved to another drive. Each scan produces a SHA-256 manifest, an HTML report with per-format statistics and a live hex visualizer. The maker says scan results, file contents, filenames and metadata are not sent to its servers; pairing sends a token and hashed machine ID. The software is free, with no paid tiers, subscriptions or license fees. JPG and PNG recover immediately; pairing the free mobile app unlocks other formats.