Remini vs Fotor AI vs Lensa AI vs Topaz Labs
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Remini
AI photo enhancer for old and blurry photos, from Bending Spoons
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Fotor AI
Online photo editor with AI tools — background removal, portrait enhan...
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Lensa AI
AI photo editor that creates stunning avatar portraits — Magic Avatars...
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Topaz Labs
AI-powered photo and video enhancement — upscale, denoise, and sharpen...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.4 / 10 | 6.5 / 10 | 6 / 10 | 7.2 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Paid |
| Free tier | 5 photo enhancements per day | Basic editing and limited AI features free | 5 free Magic Avatar generations on signup | Free 30-day trial |
| Paid from | $9.99/month (Pro) | $8.99/month (Pro) | $29.99/year (Premium) | $119/year (DeNoise AI) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | 100m+ downloads | 100m+ users | 100m+ downloads | 500k+ professional users |
| Founded | 2019 | 2012 | 2018 | 2014 |
| Maker | Bending Spoons | Fotor Team | Prisma Labs | Eric Yang |
| Verdict | Remini, owned by Italy's Bending Spoons since 2022, remains the mass-market pick for restoring blurry or damaged photos — and it got noticeably better in November 2025 when it integrated Google's Gemini Flash Image model... |
Fotor's 2026 lineup runs Basic/Pro/Pro+/Max, with credits gating how many AI generations you get each month rather than a flat cap — Pro adds 100+ editing tools and unlimited watermark-free exports, Pro+ layers on batch... |
Lensa AI, from Prisma Labs (100+ staff), is still best known for Magic Avatars -- upload 10-20 selfies, get dozens of stylised AI portraits back within the app. It remains one of the most-downloaded AI photo apps in 2026... |
Topaz Labs makes a well-regarded suite of specialised enhancement apps -- Photo AI, Video AI, Gigapixel, plus newer entries like Bloom and Astra -- each a deeply-tuned model for one job (upscaling, denoising, sharpening)... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.