The shortlist
4 things that do it.
A web, mobile and desktop photo editor with an AI unblur tool.
- Free
- Unblur with standard-quality downloads is free and needs no sign-up; images are deleted within 24 hours (Fotor).
- Paid
- price not checked
- Best at
- Free unblur in the browser with no sign-up, per its page.
- The catch
- Fotor lists camera shake, slight motion blur, soft focus and compression blur as what it fixes, and says compression may limit detail.
- web
- ios
- android
- windows
- mac
The Google Photos app's Unblur tool, found under Edit then Actions.
- Free
- Photo Unblur is free for all Google Photos users (Google, 2024 announcement).
- Paid
- price not checked
- Best at
- Unblurring photos you already have stored in Google Photos, at no cost.
- The catch
- On Android the improved Unblur needs a device with at least 4GB of RAM, and some editing features are not supported on 32-bit devices.
- android
- ios
A web enhancer that sharpens soft focus, recovers detail and restores damaged photos.
- Free
- 10 free credits on sign-up, upscaling to 8 megapixels, watermark on output.
- Paid
- from $9 per month (billed annually)
- Best at
- Sharpening and enhancing in a browser, with an Old Photo mode.
- The catch
- The free plan has 10 credits and watermarked output.
- web
- api
A photo enhancer app that sharpens blurry or low-resolution photos, with a focus on faces and old pictures.
- Free
- Free to download with in-app purchases (UK App Store).
- Paid
- from £9.99 per month
- Best at
- Face and old-photo enhancement.
- The catch
- The UK App Store privacy label lists device ID and user ID as tracking identifiers and your email as linked to you; photos and videos are listed as not linked. Check its terms before uploading photos of people.
- ios
- web
The same shortlist, as a table
| Thing | Free tier | Paid from | Platforms | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fotorrel="nofollow noopener" | Unblur with standard-quality downloads is free and needs no sign-up; images are deleted within 24 hours (Fotor). | not checked | web, ios, android, windows, mac | Fotor lists camera shake, slight motion blur, soft focus and compression blur as what it fixes, and says compression may limit detail. |
| Google Photos (Photo Unblur)rel="nofollow noopener" | Photo Unblur is free for all Google Photos users (Google, 2024 announcement). | not checked | android, ios | On Android the improved Unblur needs a device with at least 4GB of RAM, and some editing features are not supported on 32-bit devices. |
| Let's Enhancerel="nofollow noopener" | 10 free credits on sign-up, upscaling to 8 megapixels, watermark on output. | $9 per month (billed annually) | web, api | The free plan has 10 credits and watermarked output. |
| Reminirel="nofollow noopener" | Free to download with in-app purchases (UK App Store). | £9.99 per month | ios, web | The UK App Store privacy label lists device ID and user ID as tracking identifiers and your email as linked to you; photos and videos are listed as not linked. Check its terms before uploading photos of people. |
How we checked
What we read, and what we haven't tested yet.
On 2026-10-02 we read Fotor's unblur and pricing pages, Google's announcement and help page for Photos Unblur, the Let's Enhance homepage and pricing page, the Remini UK App Store listing and web page, and the Upscayl readme. Picsart's page returned an error and Photoshop's help page was blocked, so neither is included. Nothing was tested hands-on.
If none of these fit
The manual way.
The honest manual route is to retake the shot. If the original is blurred, no tool has the lost detail to recover, so what you get is an AI estimate. A tool like Upscayl enlarges low-resolution images, but its own project page says it cannot de-blur.