Restorer vs PixelGlow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Restorer
Enhance blurry or out-of-focus photos to improve clarity and readability. This tool can help restore details in images, including text that may be illegible due to blur.
- Improve blurred photos
- Fix out-of-focus images
- Restore unreadable text
- Enhance image clarity
- Sharpen blurry pictures
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Are you sure you can not improve a blurred picture or photo without focusing? Restorer can do it! This application will help to improve your blurred and out of focus photos, restore important but unreadable text, blurry images! Warning! If the picture is blurred by a complex non-linear path, it is possible to restore the result does not suit you. ------------------------------------------ We always welcome your feedback! If you have any suggestions or questions, please write to us: support@it-effects.com
PixelGlow
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No design experience? No Problem! With the PixelGlow AI photo editor, you can remove, replace and add any object to your photos with a simple tap. Create professional-level edits in seconds that would otherwise take hours on other photo tools. Turn text into art with PixelGlow's AI image generator, and choose from dozens of styles and filters to personalize your designs. Want to create stunning high-quality artwork? Need inspiration for a 2D cartoon character? Whatever the design, PixelGlow generates it in seconds. Want to turn your t-shirt into a suit in your last photo? Just type "suit" and watch PixelGlow do the rest! PixelGlow Features: IMAGE BLENDING • Combine multiple cut-outs into a single image. • Add as many images as you want, arrange them how you like and blend them into a single coherent photo. • Forget about manually fixing lighting, shadows, perspective, etc. PixelGlow automates the entire process! IMAGE GENERATION • Turn text into images with AI image generator and create unique images automatically. • Have access to dozens of community-made styles to inspire your designs. • Create photorealistic portraits, 2D cartoons and much more with a simple tap. INPAINTING • Edit your photos in seconds with a simple text description. • Replace an object in a photo by simply selecting it and describing what to replace it with. Achieve professional-level edits without using complex tools. • Add an object to a photo with a one-sentence description and save hours of work within a couple seconds. AUTO-EDITING • Edit any image from a single text prompt. • Replace, re-color and re-imagine objects by simply writing an edit instruction. • Just type how the image should be changed and let AI do the work! UN-CROPPING (coming soon) • Extend the size of your photos beyond their borders. • Add content around the frame of an image and increase its dimensions. • Adjust and fix any aspect ratio to your requirements. SUPER RESOLUTION (coming soon) • Enhance the quality of your photos. • De-noise and increase the resolution of any image. • Automatically improve the quality of your posts and make them go viral! Terms of Use: https://arlaxai.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://arlaxai.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PixelGlow at Free against Restorer's $9.99. PixelGlow also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 10 months). Restorer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On device support 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
PixelGlow is free to download; Restorer costs $9.99 up front. PixelGlow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Restorer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Restorer ships an update every 10 months, PixelGlow every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Restorer | PixelGlow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 3.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | IT-Effects | Arlax, Inc. |
Bugs and requests
Restorer
Reported bugs
16 issues- App does not work
- Focus box too small
- Image rendering issues
- Photos come out worse
- Results are same as before
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- App does not pull pictures
- App does not ask for photo access
- App shows black screen
- App doesn't improve blurriness
- App causes distortion
- App doesn't fix blurry pictures
- App doesn't restore old pictures
- App doesn't clear photos
- App makes pictures blurrier
- App doesn't work on receipts
- App doesn't work on iPhone photos
Requested features
4 requests- Refunds for non-working app
- App store to test apps
- Ability to resize correction box
- App to work on larger images
PixelGlow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Restorer
No in-app purchases
PixelGlow
- PixelGlow Starter$4.991 Month
- PixelGlow Plus$12.991 Month
- PixelGlow Pro$29.991 Month









