UpscaleAI vs Xgrid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UpscaleAI
Enhance low-resolution photos using advanced AI technology. Enlarge images up to 4x their original size with multiple processing modes for speed and quality. All processing is done on-device for maximum privacy.
- AI-powered image upscaling
- 2x and 4x enlargement
- Fast, Standard, and High Quality modes
- Output up to 8K resolution
- On-device processing for privacy
- Supports JPEG and PNG
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UpScale AI is a revolutionary app that uses cutting-edge AI technology to upscale low-resolution images with exceptional quality. Powered by the advanced Real-ESRGAN super-resolution technology this app beautifully enlarges old photos and small images from 2x to 4x their original size. Key Features: • AI-powered high-quality image upscaling • Selectable 2x and 4x enlargement ratios • Three processing modes: Fast Standard and High Quality • Support for JPEG and PNG formats • Output up to 8K resolution • Complete on-device processing for privacy protection What Makes It Special: All image processing happens entirely on your device ensuring your photos never leave your phone or tablet. Experience high-quality image enhancement while maintaining complete privacy and security. Processing Quality Modes: • Fast Mode: Quick processing in approximately 10 seconds • Standard Mode: Balanced quality and speed performance • High Quality Mode: Premium results with 30-60 second processing Perfect For: • Restoring and enhancing old family photos • Improving image quality for social media posts • Enlarging small icons and logos • Upscaling screenshots to higher resolutions • Digitizing artwork and documents UpScale AI provides the ideal image enlargement solution for everyone from photography enthusiasts to professional designers. With its intuitive interface anyone can easily achieve professional-quality image processing results.
Xgrid
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Photographing a screen usually fails. The camera's sensor and the display's pixel grid interfere with each other, laying rippling bands of false colour across the picture. Moving closer, tilting, or zooming shifts the pattern around but rarely removes it. Xgrid removes it. Press the shutter and Xgrid captures a hundred frames in under a second, lines them up, and averages them. The interference pattern shifts between frames while the picture itself stays put — so averaging cancels the pattern and keeps the detail. HOW IT WORKS • Captures at the highest resolution and frame rate your camera will stream, then resamples each frame so the display's pixel grid is filtered out before it can turn into an artefact • Aligns every frame for both drift and rotation, correcting the natural twist of a hand-held shot that simpler stacking ignores • Averages a hundred frames into 16-bit monochrome, with far more tonal precision in the shadows than any single exposure • Works hand-held. It genuinely prefers a relaxed grip to a tripod — the slight movement between frames is what lets the pattern cancel CONTROLS • Detail Restore — bring back fine structure after averaging • Density — adjust the tonal curve to open up dark or high-contrast areas • Colour — optional, off by default; monochrome discards the colour fringing that carries most of the interference • Swipe to compare the processed result against a single untreated frame, and pinch to zoom into either • Save or share whichever one you prefer - or both PRIVACY Everything happens on your device. Xgrid contains no networking code of any kind — nothing is uploaded, nothing is collected, nothing is tracked.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Xgrid at none against UpscaleAI's 2. Xgrid also leads on ads (none vs shown). UpscaleAI's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price and iOS requirement 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. UpscaleAI sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Xgrid asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | UpscaleAI | Xgrid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kota tada | Michael Hewson |
In-app purchases
UpscaleAI
- Premium$4.99
- Treat to Lunch$14.99
Xgrid
No in-app purchases









