# Restore Old Photos: AI Enhance

> A private iPhone and iPad app that makes old family photos clearer on device: AI enhancement enlarges up to 4x, Remove Yellow Tint and Restore Contrast controls recover faded prints, and results save as a new copy.

## App facts

- Also known as: Local Photo Restore, Restore Old Photos: Enhance
- Price and access: $3.99 one-time purchase in the U.S. App Store; no subscription or in-app purchases. All restoration tools and full-resolution saving are included. Other storefront prices may differ.
- Devices: iPhone and iPad; requires iOS or iPadOS 18.2 or later
- Privacy: No account, photo-processing server, advertising SDK, or advertising tracking SDK; enhancement runs on device. RevenueCat handles purchase reporting and onboarding analytics; photos are never sent.
- Availability: Available in the U.S. App Store
- U.S. App Store details checked: 2026-09-25
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/restore-old-photos-ai-enhance/id6797683089
- Official website: https://localphotorestore.com/

## Suitable uses

- People improving faded, yellowed, soft, or low-resolution family photos on iPhone or iPad
- People who do not want to upload family photos to a cloud editor or create an account
- People who prefer a one-time purchase to a subscription

## Limitations

- Repairing scratches, tears, stains, creases, glare, or missing areas
- Colorizing black-and-white photos
- Generative face restoration or reconstructing detail the original never captured
- Archival or forensic accuracy: enhanced detail is an interpretation, not a record

## Start here

- [Guides and app facts](https://localphotorestore.com/explore/): Search the public guide library and compare product capabilities.
- [Practical examples](https://localphotorestore.com/getting-started/): Improve an old family photo without uploading it.
- [Structured app facts](https://localphotorestore.com/webmcp-app.json): Features, requirements, pricing, limitations, and official links.
- [Complete public page text](https://localphotorestore.com/llms-full.txt): Text and source URLs for the indexed pages.

## Pages

- [Improve an old family photo without uploading it | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/getting-started/): Local Photo Restore, listed in the App Store as Restore Old Photos: AI Enhance, improves clarity, resolution, yellow tint, and faded existing color on iPhone and iPad.
- [Restore Old Family Photos on iPhone, Privately | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/): Make faded, yellowed, low-resolution family photos clearer on your iPhone or iPad. On-device AI, no uploads, no account. $3.99 once, no subscription.
- [App Facts: Restore Old Photos: AI Enhance | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/facts/): Checked facts about Restore Old Photos: AI Enhance (Local Photo Restore): developer, price, version, devices, features, limitations, privacy, and official links.
- [Best Old Photo Restoration Apps Compared (2026): Prices, Privacy, Limits](https://localphotorestore.com/compare/): Remini, MyHeritage, Photoshop, Picsart, Photomyne, Apple Photos, and Local Photo Restore compared on price, cloud vs on-device, scratch repair, and colorization.
- [Black-and-White Photos: Enhance or Colorize? | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/guides/black-and-white-enhance-vs-colorize/): Enhancing a black-and-white photo improves clarity and contrast using what's there. Colorizing guesses colors. How they differ and which tools do each.
- [FAQ: Restoring Old Photos on iPhone | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/faq/): Answers about privacy, price, what Local Photo Restore can and can't fix, black-and-white photos, scratches, resolution limits, and older subscriptions.
- [Features: On-Device Old Photo Enhancement | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/features/): AI enhancement up to 4x, Remove Yellow Tint and Restore Contrast controls, Auto Fix, before/after compare, camera scanning, and new-copy saving. All on device.
- [Fix Yellowed and Faded Old Photos on iPhone | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/fix-yellowed-photos/): Remove the yellow cast and restore faded contrast in old color photos on iPhone and iPad. One-tap Auto Fix or two simple sliders, on device. $3.99 once.
- [How to Digitize a Family Photo Album with Your iPhone | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/guides/digitize-family-photo-album-iphone/): A weekend workflow for scanning an album or shoebox of prints with an iPhone: setup, capture, naming, restoring faded copies, and backing everything up.
- [How to Photograph Old Prints with Your iPhone | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/guides/photograph-old-prints-iphone/): Capture a clearer copy of an old photo: control reflections, keep the phone parallel, check focus, and preserve the original before enhancing.
- [Old Photo Enhancer App for iPhone: Clearer, Larger, On Device](https://localphotorestore.com/old-photo-enhancer/): Enhance old, blurry, low-resolution family photos on iPhone and iPad. On-device AI enlarges up to 4x, with no upload, account, or subscription. $3.99 once.
- [Old Photo Restoration Guides for iPhone | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/guides/): Practical guides for digitizing old prints, reducing yellow tint, improving faded color, understanding AI limits, and choosing the right restoration tool.
- [Photo Restoration vs Upscaling: Which Tool Do You Need? | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/guides/photo-restoration-vs-upscaling/): Compare old-photo color correction, AI enlargement, and face restoration. Choose a tool based on the problem in your picture and understand its limits.
- [Pricing: $3.99 Once, No Subscription | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/pricing/): Local Photo Restore is $3.99 once in the U.S. App Store: no subscription, credits, or in-app purchases. What's included, and what to do about older subscriptions.
- [Private Photo Restoration: Restore Old Photos Without Uploading](https://localphotorestore.com/private-photo-restoration/): Most AI restoration apps upload your family photos. Local Photo Restore enhances them on your iPhone or iPad with no account. What that means, and the trade-offs.
- [Reduce Yellow Tint and Faded Color in Old Photos | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/guides/reduce-yellow-tint-faded-photos/): A practical iPhone workflow for yellowed and faded family photos, with checks for skin tones, neutral areas, and faithful color.
- [Remini Alternative for Old Photos: No Upload, No Subscription](https://localphotorestore.com/compare/remini-alternative/): An honest Remini alternative for old photos: Local Photo Restore runs on device for $3.99 once. Where Remini is better (faces, scratches) and where this app fits.
- [Scratched or Torn Old Photos: Your Real Options | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/guides/scratched-torn-photos-options/): Local Photo Restore doesn't repair scratches or tears. The tools that do, from healing brushes to AI repair and professional restorers, with trade-offs.
- [Support | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/support/): Help with Local Photo Restore: photos that won't load, slow enhancement, color that looks too warm, earlier subscriptions, and how to contact the developer.
- [What AI Photo Restoration Can't Do (and When It Invents Detail) | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/guides/what-ai-photo-restoration-cant-do/): AI restoration makes old photos clearer but predicts detail rather than recovering it. Where it helps, where it invents, and how to keep an honest archive.
- [Privacy Policy | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/privacy/): How Local Photo Restore handles your data: on-device photo processing, no account or uploads, RevenueCat purchase reporting, and optional website analytics.
- [Terms of Use | Local Photo Restore](https://localphotorestore.com/terms/): Terms of use for Local Photo Restore: paid app access, subscriptions from earlier versions, your photos, and Apple's Standard End User License Agreement.

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