PhotoScape X vs Retouch4me

PhotoScape X is a free photo editor for macOS and Windows that fixes and enhances images. Editing tools include cropping, resizing, color adjustment, film effects, overlays, HDR, dehaze, curves, levels, and sharpening. Brushes provide spot healing, mixing, mosaic, effects, and painting, alongside red-eye correction, liquify, and clone stamp tools. Cut Out removes image backgrounds. The app also includes a batch editor, viewer, collage maker, animated GIF creator, combine and print tools, screen capture, color picker, and RAW support. Layer editing, masking, AI retouching, and a Photos Extension are listed features. The Free plan costs nothing with in-app purchases; Pro features are available as an in-app purchase, with no listed Pro price. The Mac app requires macOS 13.0 or later. The App Store lists Mac availability, English plus 11 additional languages, and Mooii Tech as developer.

Retouch4me offers AI-powered tools and plugins for photo and video retouching, with features for RAW photos, layers, masking, batch editing, and cloud sync. Photo plugins cover skin retouching, eye enhancement, teeth whitening, background cleanup, dust removal, and cropping. Apex combines the retouching tools in one application; Arams handles automatic photo analysis, culling, and batch retouching. Photo plugins work with Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture One, and Affinity Photo. Video OFX plugins work with compatible editors such as DaVinci Resolve and VEGAS Pro, while Color Match is also available for Adobe Premiere and Final Cut. Perpetual plugin licenses allow unlimited file processing offline. Cloud users can get 20 free photo retouches without a credit card, and the cloud API requires a token from an authorized, verified account. Annual plans start at $169 a year; listed one-time plugin purchases include Photo Plugins for $145, paid once and Video Plugins for $124, paid once. The maker is based in Tallinn, Estonia.