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Apowersoft
✓ verifiedFreemium
Multimedia software suite: screen recording, video/audio editing, format converters, PDF tools and phone mirroring for desktop and mobile.
612K visits/mo
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AIEnhancer
✓ verifiedFreemium
Online AI image enhancer that upscales to 4K, removes noise, restores color and repairs AI-art distortions in seconds.
792K visits/mo
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Img Upscaler
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI image upscaler to enlarge and sharpen photos, anime and product images by 2x-4x, with a free monthly tier.
3.4M visits/mo18K saves
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Luminar Neo
✓ verifiedPaid
One-time-purchase AI photo editor for landscape, portrait and general editing, usable standalone or as a Lightroom/Photoshop plugin.
1.3M visits/mo34K saves
Pricing
No public pricing
Free: $0 (20 permanent credits)
Starter: $9/mo (200 credits/mo)
Pro: $29/mo (1,200 credits/mo)
Premium: $99/mo (5,000 credits/mo)
Free: $0 (50 credits/mo)
Perpetual Desktop License: $119.00 one-time
Perpetual Cross-device License: $159.00 one-time
Perpetual Max License: $179.00 one-time
Core features
- ✦Screen recorder (ApowerREC)
- ✦Video editor and converter
- ✦Audio recorder
- ✦PDF editor and converter
- ✦Phone mirroring (ApowerMirror)
- ✦Watermark and background removers
- ✦Online and desktop tools, plus AI utilities
- ✦4K AI upscaling
- ✦Noise and blur reduction
- ✦Color and lighting restoration
- ✦Repair of AI-generated image distortions
- ✦Browser-based, many models and tools
- ✦AI super-resolution upscaling 2x/4x
- ✦Detail and edge preservation
- ✦Support for anime, product and portrait images
- ✦Batch processing on paid tiers
- ✦Reimagine AI access
- ✦Separate desktop apps
- ✦AI sky replacement and relighting
- ✦Generative erase, expand and object-swap tools
- ✦Portrait tools: skin smoothing, face and body enhancement
- ✦Noise reduction and AI upscaling
- ✦Focus stacking and HDR/panorama merging
- ✦Layers and masking support
- ✦Raw file support for 1,000+ cameras
- ✦Cross-device editing between mobile and desktop (higher tiers)
Use cases
- →Record and edit screen/video content
- →Convert between media formats
- →Edit and convert PDFs
- →Mirror a phone to a computer
- →Restoring old or low-res photos
- →Sharpening blurry images
- →Improving product/e-commerce photos
- →Fixing AI-generated art
- →Enlarging low-resolution photos
- →Upscaling anime or product images
- →Sharpening soft or old pictures
- →Batch-upscaling images for work
- →Landscape and wildlife photographers replacing skies or enhancing detail
- →Portrait and wedding photographers retouching skin and faces
- →Photographers wanting a non-subscription editor
- →E-commerce and real estate photo cleanup
- →Editing on the go and finishing on desktop
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