Image Upsample vs Lightning Sync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Image Upsample
Enhance the clarity of your mobile photos by increasing their resolution. Simply select an image and tap a button to automatically process and magnify it, making details sharper and more visible.
- Magnify image resolution
- Automatic processing
- Improve image clarity
- Supports selected resolutions up to 1200*1200
- AI-powered enhancement
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Light-up is an app that magnifies the resolution of image, which can make image in mobile phones look clearer. After selecting the photo and touch 'light-up' button, the program will be executed automatically. After the progress bar is read out, the picture processing is completed. For images with too much noise or manual processing (such as beauty, compression, sharpening,cropped), the processing effect may not be good. Light-up only supports selected image resolution below 1200*1200 now. The current AI processing time may be slightly longer than the progress bar reading end time.
Lightning Sync
Access your iOS device's photos from your PC's web browser. Easily browse, convert images to JPG/PNG, and download them in batches. Unlock premium features with a subscription for enhanced functionality.
- Access photos from PC web browser
- Convert images to PNG/JPG
- Batch download photos/videos
- Preview photos/videos
- Setup web server on iOS device
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Lightning Sync helps you access your photos from your PC web browser.It setup a web server on your iOS device, and you can easily browse and download photos via web page.Its core features includes: convert image to PNG/JPG format, batch download, preview photos/videos. we offer three subscriptions: yearly,3 months,6 months, each subscription unlock all premium functions, such as batch images/videos download, and many new features that coming soon. terms of use: https://gitee.com/vctr/support/raw/master/termsOfUse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Image Upsample at 5.0 against Lightning Sync's 1.0. Lightning Sync's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Image Upsample sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Lightning Sync sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Image Upsample holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Image Upsample ships an update every 2 months, Lightning Sync every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Image Upsample | Lightning Sync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 子尧 纵 | 振强 劳 |
Customer experience
Image Upsample
Lightning Sync
In-app purchases
Image Upsample
- 3 Energy Ore$0.99
- 10 Energy Ore$2.99
- 36 Energy Ore$8.99
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- 120 Energy Ore$27.99
Lightning Sync
- 3 Months Premium Access$3.993 Months
- 6 Months Premium Access$4.996 Months
- Yearly Premium Access$9.991 Year
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