Reviva review
A capable free iPhone app for restoring individual photos at full resolution.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Reviva is a mobile photo-restoration app for repairing damaged family photographs, colorizing black-and-white images and enhancing blurry faces. It is designed for old prints, scanned snapshots, vintage portraits and other photos affected by scratches, cracks, creases, tears, fading, blur or water damage. Users select an image from the camera roll and choose Restore, Colorize or Enhance, with results delivered in seconds. Full-resolution downloads, saved restoration history and sharing make it practical for preserving and organizing restored images on an iPhone.
The Free plan provides 3 free restorations, full-resolution downloads and no watermarks, making Reviva accessible for occasional restoration work. Reviva Pro adds unlimited restorations, restoration for damaged and faded photos, black-and-white colorization, blurry-face enhancement and saved restoration history. The product uses a freemium model, so the free tier is suited to trying the core workflow while Pro is the more appropriate option for repeated restoration projects.
Reviva’s focus is narrow and clear: AI-assisted restoration from an iOS device. It supports several common forms of photo damage and combines repair, colorization and face enhancement in one app. Photos are processed on the vendor’s servers, while the app handles camera-roll selection, saving and sharing. Its iOS-only availability limits platform flexibility, and the product is better suited to restoring photos one at a time than to confirmed batch work. Choose Reviva for free, full-resolution restoration on an iPhone; choose an alternative if you need broader platform coverage or a workflow centered on batch processing.
Reviva pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Repairs scratches, cracks, tears, fading and water damage
- Colorizes black-and-white photos and enhances blurry faces
- Free plan includes full-resolution downloads without watermarks
- Where it doesn't
- Available on iOS only
- Free plan is limited to 3 restorations
- Best suited to individual-photo workflows rather than batch processing
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