OldtoLife review
A broad iOS restoration app for damaged portraits, colorization, and photo repair.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
OldtoLife is an iPhone and iPad app for restoring old, damaged, and faded photographs. It is aimed at families and individuals preserving personal, historical, and archival memories. Its AI tools remove scratches, dust, stains, tears, creases, and missing corners; colorize black-and-white and sepia images; sharpen blurry faces; increase image resolution; correct exposure; recreate missing facial areas; and merge people from separate photos. Users can compare before-and-after results, then save or share the restored image.
Pricing is straightforward but limited to paid access. The Weekly plan costs $13.90 per week and includes unlimited restorations, all six AI tools, Full-HD downloads, no daily limit, and no watermark. The Annual plan costs $49.90 per year with the same features. A three-day trial precedes the paid plans, and there is no free plan. The official site displays prices in USD and notes that prices may vary by region. For recurring restoration work, the Annual plan provides the same stated feature set with annual billing rather than weekly billing.
The product’s main distinction is breadth within mobile photo restoration. It covers routine damage such as scratches and stains, image improvement such as sharpening and exposure correction, and more demanding work involving missing corners or facial areas. It also supports JPEG, PNG, and HEIC files and provides Full-HD downloads. OldtoLife suits iPhone and iPad users who want several restoration tasks in one app, especially when severely damaged portraits are the priority. Users on Android, Windows, or macOS should choose a product available on those platforms instead.
OldtoLife pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Repairs scratches, stains, tears, creases, and missing corners
- Recreates missing facial areas in severely damaged portraits
- Combines restoration, colorization, exposure correction, and photo merging
- Where it doesn't
- Available on iOS devices only
- No free plan; access starts with a three-day trial
- Weekly billing costs $13.90, making annual billing the lower-cost option
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