What does Remini cost?

Remini Premium ~$9.99/mo or $99.99/yr on App Store/Play Aug 2026 — source: App Store listing Aug 2026.

Scratch → grain-aware denoise → ELIR face (150MB) → sharpen, CPU local, writes to restored/ folder, ~5s/photo modern laptop, ~1 min old.

Does it invent faces?

No. Best-effort only — heavily destroyed detail stays smear, never invents a stranger. Honesty sheet shows what improves vs stays.

Never. Local CPU offline. Your grandma never leaves your PC.

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Photo Restore vs Remini — $19 once vs $9.99/mo

Evidence 2026-08-27. 4 passes local CPU — best-effort, never invents strangers. Cloud apps invent faces; this leaves smear where data is gone.

→ Photo Restore detail — $19 launch (reg $39)

Honest price table — Aug 2026

Tool	Price	Where it runs	Source
Photo Restore (ours) 4 passes CPU	$19 once launch (reg $39)	Local CPU, offline	data/ledger.json 2026-08-27 $19 launch reg $39
Remini (cloud)	$9.99/mo	Cloud upload	App Store / Google Play Aug 2026 — Remini Premium $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr
Year cost	$19 once vs $119.88/yr — pays off in 2 months, batch folder unlimited

Before / after honesty — what stays smear

Photo damage	What improves	What stays (honest limit)	Why honest matters
Light scratches, grain	Scratch pass + grain-aware denoise clears	Tiny grain left where film was thin	No over-smooth plastic face
Mild face blur	ELIR face + sharpen recovers	Recovered, natural	Stays your grandma, not a model
Heavily destroyed eye/mouth	Slight contrast	Smear stays smear — never invents stranger	Cloud apps invent a new face; this refuses

Order matters: scratch → denoise before face. Time: ~5s/photo modern laptop, ~1 min older. Output to restored/ folder, original untouched.

Proof — not a promise

data/gates/photo-restore_gate.json — PASS 15/15 + products/photo-restore/RECEIPTS.md: ELIR elir_bfr.pth 150,227,518 bytes SHA 8C3827BA...75CC66 + YuNet 232kB SHA 8F2383E4..., install.bat verifies size ≥100MB, SHA in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES, offline. Honest fails shown: heavily destroyed stays smear.

Source: data/gates/photo-restore_gate.json 2026-08-27T07:49Z + RECEIPTS.md. Maker detail →

FAQ

Is it magic?

No. Best-effort, 4 passes CPU. If detail is gone, it stays gone — honest sheet shows 2 honest fails. That is the moat vs “AI invents stranger.”

Do I upload?

Never. Local, writes to restored/ folder, original untouched. Works offline.

Launch vs regular?

$19 launch (reg $39) once via shop. 14-day refund, fail-closed.

See Photo Restore $19