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For albums, shoeboxes and loose prints

Save the whole album. Restore the photos that matter.

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The kitchen photoDrag to compare

Save every print untouched, then restore only the ones that matter. The creases and fading lift; the person stays the person. If it ever stops looking like them, we redo it free.

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  • Originals never overwritten
  • Private by default
  • Free redo if it stops looking like them

Why save first

Until now the choice was all or nothing: pay to restore everything, or close the lid and feel the quiet guilt of another year passing. Most albums lose to the cupboard.

PhotoScanRestore separates the two jobs. Every print you scan is saved untouched — a faithful record kept before any repair begins. Restoring is a deliberate choice, made photo by photo, for the ones worth framing and passing on.

A grid of vintage family prints laid out on linen, each one saved as an untouched original.
A saved collection — originals untouched

How it works

Four calm stages, and you stay in control of every one.

  1. Stage 1 of 4

    Save the album

    Scan each print with your phone. The untouched original is saved to your collection before anything else happens.

    Hands holding a phone above an open family album, photographing one print at a time.
    The album, saved as it is

  2. Stage 2 of 4

    Choose your keepers

    Browse what you’ve saved and mark the photos that hold the story — the wedding, the kitchen, the one everyone asks about.

    Torn birthday print, saved
    Faded kitchen print, marked as a keeper
    Creased wedding print, saved

  3. Stage 3 of 4

    Restore with care

    We repair fading, tears and scratches — restoration built to keep the person recognisably themselves. One credit per photo, spent only when you say so.

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  4. Stage 4 of 4

    Keep both versions

    The original stays as you scanned it. The restored version sits beside it — ready to print, share privately, or simply keep.

    Creased 1954 wedding print, kept exactly as scanned.
    Original · kept
    The same wedding print, restored and kept alongside.
    Restored · kept

Scanning happens in the iPhone app. Prefer the web? Upload scans you already have — and either way, our iPhone scanning guide shows how to capture prints without glare.

The restorations

Every after here is exactly what our restoration returned for the print beside it. Drag the handle and study the faces — in every one, the damage lifts and the person remains.

The cake photo

The tear across the table and the boy's face is repaired and the yellow cast lifts. All four of them are still exactly themselves.

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Look closer.

Three generations on one step. Move the lens over each face: the grain is still there, the expressions are still theirs. That is the whole promise in one gesture.

Move over the photo, or touch and drag.

Restored 1948 photo of a great-grandmother, grandmother and granddaughter sitting together on wooden porch steps.Magnifier. Move over the photo, or tap it, to look closer.
The porch photoRestored · faces kept
Restore one photo on the web

One photo, before you trust us with the box.

Our promise

Restoration here is careful, not cosmetic. Three promises hold on every photograph.

  1. Repair, not reinvention

    The work is repair — fading, tears, scratches, stains and soft focus. Glamour edits and modern makeovers are not what this is for.

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  2. The person stays the person

    Face, expression, clothing, body and era should still feel like your family. If a restoration doesn’t feel like them, tell us and we redo it free.

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    The kitchen photoDrag to compare

  3. Originals are never overwritten

    Restoration never edits your saved scan. The restored photo is stored as a separate version, so you keep both.

    Almost fully faded 1972 print of a boy on a new bicycle with his father, kept exactly as scanned.
    Original · kept
    The same print, restored and kept alongside the original.
    Restored · kept
  • Private by default — only the people you invite can see your collection.
  • No surprise charges — a restoration starts only when you choose it.
Read our restoration principles

Trusted by families

Trusted with the photos families can’t replace.

Feedback from early users who started with one meaningful photo.

Seeing these memories clearer again... honestly, I'm just so happy we did this

Marcus

Family archive · 23 photos restored

Managed to digitize four generations of albums in a weekend. Such a huge weight off my shoulders.

Elena

Family historian

Pricing

Capture and save your scans first, then decide which photographs deserve the work. Each restoration uses one Photo credit — current packs and plans are on the pricing page.

Start on your iPhone

Scan the prints where they live, save the album as you go, and restore your keepers from the sofa.

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Start on the web

Upload a scan you already have and see what careful restoration does — before you commit the box.

Restore one photo on the web

Every restoration is covered by the free-redo promise and a 7-day refund on paid plans.

Family Archive Together

The photos are spread across the family. The archive doesn’t have to be.

You and up to five relatives each sign in with your own account and add the photos only you have. Only the photos you choose to add to family albums are shared; the rest of each person’s library stays private.

US$99 a year for the whole family.

Billed once a year. Renews until you cancel.

See Family Archive Together

FAQ

Questions families ask first.

Do I need a scanner, or is my phone enough?
Your phone is enough. Capture prints in bright, even light with the phone held flat and parallel, and avoid flash. A flatbed scanner only earns its place for delicate, curled or very small prints.
Is every photo I scan restored automatically?
No — and that is deliberate. Every scan is saved untouched to your collection, and restoration only happens on the photos you choose, one credit at a time. You never pay for the whole box.
What happens to my originals?
The scan you save is not edited or overwritten by restoration. A restored photo is created as a separate version alongside it, so you keep both — the print as it survived, and the finished restoration.
Will the restored photo still look like my relative?
That is the whole point. Restoration is designed to repair photo damage while preserving identity, expression, clothing, body shape and era. If the result does not look like them, tell us and we will redo it free.
Is my family's collection private?
Yes. Your library is private by default. Share albums or single photos only with the people you invite, and you can revoke access or delete your photos at any time.
How much does it cost?
Scanning is free. Restoration is the paid craft: each restored photo uses one Photo credit, and current credit packs and plans are on the pricing page. Paid plans include a 7-day refund window.
What devices does it work on?
PhotoScanRestore runs as an iPhone app and in any modern browser. Scanning printed photos with the camera is an iPhone feature; on the web you can upload scans you already have. There is no Android app yet.

Field guides

Know-how for the box in front of you.

When you're ready

Save it as it is today. Then restore the one photo your family always comes back to — and see how that feels.

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Originals kept untouched · Restore only what you choose