Pixelup: AI Photo Enhancer App

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Last verified 30 Aug 2026

4.4 39216 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Irritating reminder, too many clicks but useful app

   First of all, I am writing this review in the hopes it will make the irritating pop up disappear every 4th click of the app while processing an image. And that leads to the too many clicks complaint. I am processing 57 headshots all stored in a single folder in Apple Photos. When i finish one picture, I am back at the start screen and must click on the + button, then the choose from library button, then gallery button, then the albums button, then click on the album containing my 57 headshots. Then scroll down to the next picture in my project. Why can’t it simply leave me in the same album so I can scroll and select the next photo? Overall, this app is useful. My project is a graduating class shot of 57 folks taken in 1961. I cropped the 57 faces into 57 headshots which are very grainy. I am no photoshop ace so this app is doing fast work of converting the shots into pretty good representations of each person. One really bad part of the app is those who wore glasses are getting very strange eyes. The app simply cannot handle the reflections from the flash, the glasses and the eyeball.

   Pat_LosGatos · 30 Aug 2026

2. 5/5The Ultimate App for Photo Enhancement and Animation.

   Pixelup is an amazing app that lets you transform your old, blurry, or black and white photos into stunning HD images with vibrant colors and animations. Whether you want to enhance your selfies, restore your vintage photos, colorize your black and white memories, or animate your loved ones, Pixelup can do it all with its enhanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology. I have been using Pixelup for a few weeks now and I am amazed by the results. The app is very easy to use, you just need to upload or take a photo and choose the option you want to apply. The app will then process your photo and give you a high-quality output that you can save or share with your friends and family. Pixelup has helped me to revive my old photos and make them look new again. I have also had fun creating my own avatars and animating my photos with different effects. The app has a lot of features to explore and enjoy, and it is constantly updated with new improvements and additions. If you are looking for an app that can enhance and animate your photos with AI, you should definitely try Pixelup. It is a game-changer for photo editing and restoration, and it will make you fall in love with your photos again. Pixelup is free to download and offers in-app purchases for unlimited access to all features. Download Pixelup today and see the magic for yourself!

   cxxxxxx0fficial · 30 Aug 2026

3. 3/5Um…. But I still recommend the app

   It needs work. Some photos came out really good. But even more came out bad. I had a photo that made me cockeyed and had a tooth on the outside of my lip while I was smiling. I had another that changed my ethnicity completely. Smiling and it made me Asian(love Asians, but it just didn’t look like me). And a black friend in a black and white photo that ended up looking like he put on sunscreen and had a slight white cast look like it didn’t rub in well enough. Also the eyes need a lot of work. This is all with enhance btw. The eyes either get misplaced or look black and evil on some pictures when smiling and it’s a slight squint. The colorize one is ok. The automation would be fun to play with for some. But I didn’t like it at all. Looks way too unnatural for me. Like it stretches the faces around to move in weird ways. And the scratch one didn’t work well. Didn’t fix the scratches in photos and just filled in black in areas that weren’t scratched. Like where like was shining or had a white or light background in some areas. With that being said, for the ones that do come out well, makes the app worth it. And knowing that the developers and looking for ways to improve their app, and not just leaving things as is, is a plus. I 100% recommend this app. Some photos came out as advertised and that was enough for me. Oh, that smart edit made things too bright. Lightened skin or added too much brightness to photos. I only like enhance for the most part. And maybe colorize.

   ChunkyGoodness · 30 Aug 2026

4. 2/5Not great

   I was hoping that this would help clean up my vintage family photos, and save me time ir eliminate using photoshop. In the two photos I tested while in trial period, the descratch mode didn’t really work too well, leaving many scratches behind. The enhance, (which doesn’t seem to be optional… unlike the colorize or the descratch features which are optional), cartoonized some of the faces. The colorize feature seems to work fairly well (which is why I’m giving this 2 stars instead of one). I tried the animate function on one of my selfies, and found it to be entertaining, but nothing I would personally use. I was hoping this app would save me time in photoshop, but for people who have the skills to correct photos in photo editing software, you will be disappointed with the results from this app, and like myself, you’ll choose to fix your photos manually. If that describes you, don’t bother subscribing to the app, it’s limitations will just frustrate you. For the people who don’t have access to (or the know-how of) other photo editing tools, you’ll probably like this app for what it can do automatically… but if you want a job well done, find a professional or someone with photo editing experience. All in all, I don’t think this app is worth the price they want one to pay, so I canceled the subscription and deleted the app.

   Createmyworld · 30 Aug 2026

5. 4/5Some Decent Results but Privacy Concern

   This app does a really good job with some types of photos but in other cases I don’t even recognize the faces that come back in the enhanced photo. In fact, sometimes the faces are kind of creepy - childlike. I also notice that in many cases, only the faces are enhanced while leaving the rest of the photo untouched. It makes it look like the faces are fine tuned but everything else kind of blurry. I have really only used this to enhance photos taken with older cameras with lower resolution, I have not done so much with the colorizing feature. Skip the animation - it crops only the faces from the photo and the final result is a very weird looking face - almost unrecognizable - with eyes moving around. Finally a concern about privacy - I suspect this is similar to the app that was going around a couple of years ago where it made you look like you were really old or young. There was a concern then that the photos were being collected by Russia for a facial recognition database. This is no different - I noticed you cannot use this app unless you are connected to the internet (Wi-Fi or cellular signal). That means the photos have to be transferred somewhere and returned enhanced rather than it being enhanced on your local device. Just an observation. All in all - a good novelty but don’t expect miracles.

   SmorgShow Podcast · 30 Aug 2026

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