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AI Photo Restoration & Animation App

Restore fixes old photos. You upload a scratched or faded black and white picture, it cleans it up, adds colour and turns it into a short video where…

In plain English

A scratched or faded black-and-white photo of a parent or grandparent can become more than a still picture. Restore cleans it, adds color, and makes a short video where the person actually moves, so families can send it around. The phone app works on iPhone and Android, with a free preview and a weekly or yearly subscription for the full result. The AI does nearly all of the repair, the color, the motion, and the billing. Ayush Singla still checks quality, helps families, and handles photos that are badly damaged or too sensitive to process blindly.

Automation90%
Startup cost~$99
Time to first $Not disclosed
Monthly range*$139 MRR

~$139 MRR; $105 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 27, 2026)

DifficultyMedium
SourceTrustMRR - Restore - AI restoration app, iOS + Android. $230 MRR, 12 subscribers, runs itself. ↗

Operator: Ayush Singla

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Revenue independently checked: documents reviewed by a publication, or a public dashboard.

Apple Developer $99/yr; other costs not disclosed.

The tool stack

RevenueCat ↗
Free up to $2.5k MTR

Mobile subscriptions

 fal.ai ↗
Pay per generation

Image/video model inference

 App Store ↗
$99/yr

iOS distribution

Prices are the vendors' published list prices as researched in Oct 2026 and change often — always check the vendor's pricing page.

Step-by-step setup

  1. Solve one visual job in a single tap.
  2. Free preview, paywall for full results.
  3. Weekly + annual subscriptions.
  4. Grow with short-form video and App Store search.

What's automated vs. the human 10%

The machine does

  • Core AI generation/analysis
  • Billing and onboarding

You still do

  • Product quality and support
  • Distribution and marketing
  • Compliance and edge cases

Overview

Restore fixes old photos. You upload a scratched or faded black and white picture, it cleans it up, adds colour and turns it into a short video where the person actually moves. Most of our users are doing this with photos of parents and grandparents, then sending it round the family. It’s on iOS and Android, no backend to maintain, no team. It’s finished. Someone who actually pushes it should do a lot better than I have.

Operator: Ayush Singla. Category on TrustMRR: Artificial Intelligence. Founded: 2026-03-01. Website: https://restoreapp.co/

Estimated split: about 90% of the work automated, 10% human.

Realistic income

TrustMRR (checked Oct 27, 2026) shows about $139 MRR and $105 in RevenueCat-verified revenue over the last 30 days, $2,299 verified over its tracked history. This is one operator’s result, often after months or years of work, and doesn’t predict yours. Check the live listing — numbers change.

Risks

  • Paid-ad costs can exceed lifetime value.
  • Copycat apps launch fast.
  • Startup cost and time to first dollar are not disclosed.

*Income figures are illustrative ranges based on public pricing and typical outcomes reported by practitioners, not guarantees. Most new online businesses earn little or nothing at first. Not financial, legal or tax advice.

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