Comparison

ReTouchFlow vs Catchlight Portrait Editor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ReTouchFlow

Features
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Retouch 100 photos in one tap. RetouchFlow is the first AI photo retoucher built for batch editing on your phone. Drop in a whole shoot, pick a preset, and get a polished gallery back in minutes โ€” not hours. Polished, never plastic. Other apps make faces look like wax. RetouchFlow keeps skin texture, eye color, and natural shadow โ€” so people still look like themselves, just on their best day. โ€” WHAT YOU CAN DO โ€” โ€ข Batch retouch up to 100 photos in a single job โ€ข Smooth skin and remove blemishes without losing texture โ€ข Brighten and sharpen eyes naturally โ€ข Even out lighting across an entire shoot โ€ข Remove acne, redness, and stray hairs โ€ข Whiten teeth subtly (no Hollywood glow) โ€ข Save your own preset and reuse it across jobs โ€ข Before/after slider on every photo โ€ข Download the whole batch as a ZIP โ€” WHO IT'S FOR โ€” PHOTOGRAPHERS โ€” wedding, school, sports, real estate, headshot. Cut hours off your post-production. Apply the same look to every photo in a gallery in one tap. CREATORS โ€” beauty, fashion, lifestyle, fitness. Keep a consistent feed without burning hours in Lightroom or sending photos to a retoucher. EVERYDAY USERS โ€” clean up vacation photos, dating profiles, LinkedIn headshots, family albums. No editing skills required. โ€” HOW IT WORKS โ€” 1. Pick photos from your camera roll (1 or 100, doesn't matter) 2. Choose a preset: Natural, Beauty, Editorial, Headshot, Wedding, Sport, Real Estate, or Studio 3. Tap Retouch 4. Review with the before/after slider 5. Save back to your library or download as a ZIP You stay in control. Every slider โ€” skin smoothing, eye brightening, teeth whitening, lighting, sharpness โ€” is adjustable. Don't like a result? Dial it back, or skip that photo entirely. โ€” PRICING โ€” โ€ข Free: try your first photos with no account required โ€ข Pro ($9.99/month): unlimited retouches, all presets, HD export โ€ข Studio ($29.99/month): batch up to 500 photos, custom style profiles, priority queue Cancel any time from the App Store. No predatory billing, no double-charging between web and app. โ€” PRIVACY โ€” Your photos are yours. We process them on secure servers, never sell them, and never use them to train models without your written consent. Photos can be deleted from your account at any time. Read the full privacy policy at retouchflow.com/privacy โ€” SUPPORT โ€” Email: support@retouchflow.com Web: retouchflow.com We answer every email, usually within 24 hours. Built for photographers and creators who don't have time to sit at a desktop. โ€” SUBSCRIPTION TERMS โ€” Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. Cancel any time from your App Store account. Length of subscription, price, and per-unit pricing are shown on the in-app purchase sheet. Privacy Policy: https://retouchflow.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://retouchflow.com/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Catchlight Portrait Editor

Features
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Catchlight is a portrait editor with a simple promise: everything happens on your iPhone. No uploads, no servers, no account. - Face-aware retouching: skin smoothing, blemish healing, teeth whitening, eye brightening - Reshape, age adjust, smile - subtle, deterministic, always reversible - Virtual makeup, beards and glasses try-on, hair colour - Background blur, replace, or remove - 16 original backgrounds - 62 filters in 8 families, with live previews - Sharpened 2x and 4x upscaling - Batch editing with recipes: save any edit, apply it to up to 50 photos - Full-resolution export with no watermark - ever - Complete Arabic localisation, native right-to-left Free, with no in-app purchases. Every tool is unlocked. Works fully offline. Turn on Airplane Mode and keep editing - that's the point.

Screenshots

ReTouchFlow4 screens
Catchlight Portrait Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Catchlight Portrait Editor at none against ReTouchFlow's 6. ReTouchFlow's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. ReTouchFlow sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Catchlight Portrait Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
ReTouchFlow versus Catchlight Portrait Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReTouchFlowCatchlight Portrait Editor
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size78 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGolden Global Hawks LLCAbdullah Alsharif

In-app purchases

6 purchases

ReTouchFlow

Subscriptions6
  • Pro Monthly$24.991 Month
  • Pro+ Monthly$49.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$199.991 Year
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  • Agency Monthly$199.991 Month
  • Pro+ Annual$399.991 Year
  • Agency Annual$1000.001 Year
None

Catchlight Portrait Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ReTouchFlow free?
ReTouchFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Catchlight Portrait Editor free?
Catchlight Portrait Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ReTouchFlow or Catchlight Portrait Editor have ads?
Neither ReTouchFlow nor Catchlight Portrait Editor shows ads.

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