instax UP! vs Nostalgia

instax UP! is a mobile app for scanning instax prints into digital collections that users can organize and share. It supports mini, SQUARE, and WIDE photos, including decorated prints, and lets users remove reflections or adjust contrast, brightness, saturation, and warmth. Scans can be viewed in Box View or List View and sorted by date and time, location, or keyword. Albums group images by theme, while instax Days shows them on a calendar. The app can import movies shot on a hybrid instax camera, as well as photos and movies from compatible instax Link, mini Evo, and mini LiPlay apps. Collections can be shared through social media and messaging services, and registration is not required. The app is free on Android and iOS; users are responsible for data usage charges. The FAQ lists Android 10.0 or later and iOS 14.0 or later, while a notice says version 2.3.0 or later requires iOS 16 or later. Deleting the app deletes scans and other data, so users need Data backup and Data transfer to move their data to a new phone.

Nostalgia helps families scan, restore, organize, and share old photographs together with their stories. Its tools include repair, deglare, denoising, enhancement, optional colorization, background removal, and animation. Photo Insight checks an image and recommends a restoration step before one is applied. The archive can keep source photos and restored versions with people, captions, notes, dates, and places. Family-tree import can connect people in photos with relatives, and relatives can answer shared photo questions without accounts; the account holder reviews replies before adding them. Prints can be scanned by phone, while the Mac beta supports compatible flatbed scanners. Nostalgia is available on web, macOS, iOS, and Android. The free plan includes 10 restores per month and 30 welcome restores, with one restore used for each cloud repair pass. Family costs $7.99 a month and includes 60 restores monthly, 50 GB storage, and batch restoration for up to 100 photos. The maker says uploaded photos and restoration results are not used to train AI without separate explicit consent.