Image Upsample vs Cachera
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.
Cachera
This utility app allows you to redact sensitive information from photos of documents like IDs and bank cards, then export them as secure PDFs. All processing happens locally on your device, ensuring your data remains private. It offers a one-time purchase to unlock full functionality.
- Redact sensitive information from photos
- Export documents as print-ready PDFs
- Local device processing for privacy
- Add purpose stamps and watermarks
- Flexible page layout options
- iMessage extension for secure sharing
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Cachera helps you turn photos of IDs, bank cards, passports, and documents into clean redacted PDFs you can hand over with confidence. Everything happens on your device. There is no account, no internet requirement, and no upload of your photos. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Pick only the photos you choose with the system picker. • Crop, rotate, and straighten document photos. • Drag black redaction blocks over ID numbers, addresses, account details, faces, or any field you do not want to expose. • Add a purpose stamp or text watermark, such as "For ___ use only". • Lay pages out on real A4 paper: front and back on one page, one per page, 2-up, or 4-up. • Export a print-ready PDF, then share, AirDrop, save to Files, or print. WHY IT IS PRIVATE Redacted areas are flattened into the exported page, so covered pixels are destroyed instead of being hidden behind a recoverable layer. Exported PDFs are not kept in history by default, and you can clear local history any time. MESSAGES EXTENSION Need to send a safer copy inside a conversation? Use the included iMessage extension to pick a photo, redact sensitive fields, stamp it, and insert the finished image into the chat. ONE-TIME UNLOCK Preview the full workflow for free. A single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited exports and iMessage inserts. No subscription, no auto-renewal. Seal your documents. Keep them yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cachera at none against Image Upsample's shown. Cachera also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Image Upsample's advantage is iOS requirement (14.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Image Upsample sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Cachera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Image Upsample against 5.0 for Cachera. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Image Upsample ships an update every 2 months, Cachera every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Image Upsample | Cachera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | 子尧 纵 | 就洪 邓 |
Customer experience
Image Upsample
Cachera
In-app purchases
Image Upsample
- 10 Energy Ore$2.99
- 36 Energy Ore$8.99
- 120 Energy Ore$27.99
Cachera
- Cachera PRO$9.99









