$9.99, once. Every mode included.

What $9.99 gets you

• All four modes: Upscale (up to 4×), Denoise, Sharpen, and Faces.
• The before-and-after comparison slider and saving to Photos.
• iPhone, iPad, and Apple silicon Mac from the same App Store listing.
• Family Sharing: up to six family members can use the app.
• No usage limits, credits, watermarks, or trial clock.

How that compares over time

Cloud and pro upscalers usually charge by the week, month, year, or credit. The totals below use only listed annual prices, so you can see what two years costs.

Checked September 25, 2026. Sources: Photomator, Upscale.media, Pixelmator Pro, Topaz Labs. Those products do more than upscaling; see the full comparison for what each is best at.

When paying $9.99 is not worth it

If you need to enlarge one non-sensitive picture, once, a free tier such as Upscale.media’s three monthly credits may be enough, as long as you are comfortable uploading it. If you edit RAW files every week, a full editor like Photomator or Pixelmator Pro gives you upscaling plus much more. Local Photo Upscaler fits people who enhance personal photos now and then and want them to stay on their own device.

Refunds and restoring your purchase

Payments and refunds go through Apple. To ask for a refund, use reportaproblem.apple.com. To reinstall on a new device, find Local Photo Upscaler under your purchased apps in the App Store while signed in with the same Apple Account.