FixFade

See them the way you remember them

Repair tears, lift stains, and bring faded family photos back in about a minute.

2 free a day · No card needed · Photos stay private

A woman in her sixties at her kitchen table, smiling at a freshly restored print of her parents

Restored in about a minuteOriginals never alteredWorks from any phone

Watch a photo come back

Drag the handle. Every pair here is a real restoration, not a mockup.

Color is a choice, not the default - unless you ask, we keep the original palette, sepia and all.

Family photo restoration: 1950s · family on the porch · creases & fading

1950s · family on the porch · creases & fading · colorized

Restored print: 1930s · grandma at nineteen · torn & taped

1930s · grandma at nineteen · torn & taped · colorized

Restored print: 1960s · a boy and his dog · scratches & torn corner

1960s · a boy and his dog · scratches & torn corner · colorized

Restored print: 1970s · roadside picnic · color shift & fading

1970s · roadside picnic · color shift & fading

How it works

Step 1

A man photographing an old faded print with his phone at a wooden table

Snap a photo of your photo

Use the phone in your pocket. A straight-on shot in good light is all it takes. No scanner needed.

Step 2

An older couple at a laptop together, delighted as a photo is restored

We restore it while you watch

Tears mended, stains lifted, color brought back. It takes about a minute, and your original is never altered.

Step 3

A daughter showing her mother a restored family photo on her phone as they sit together on the sofa

Share it with everyone who remembers

Download it, print it, send it to the family group chat. The photo goes home to everyone who loves it.

Restored print: 1930s · first in the family to graduate · stains
Restored print: 1950s · the whole family at Christmas · faded
Restored print: 1940s · wedding day · water damage

A plan for every shoebox

Buy a pack once, no subscription, and restore photo by photo. Every plan includes:

  • Photo Restorations - tears, stains, creases and fading, all repaired
  • Enhancements - a 2K upscale plus a clarity pass
  • Touch-ups - tell us what's off and we redo exactly that
  • Animated Videos - a restored photo, gently brought to life

Or start free: 2 restorations a day, no card needed.

Now watch them come to life

Turn a restored photo into a short, gentle clip: a blink, a smile, a breeze through the trees.

Nothing dramatic, nothing invented. Just a quiet moment, moving again.

1938 · grandma at nineteen, smiling back

The photos went home

A woman on her couch with an open photo album and her phone
“I did 43 photos from my grandparents' wedding album for their 70th anniversary. My grandmother sat with the prints for an hour and named every single guest.”
MargaretRestored 43 photos
A man in his den holding a framed restored photograph
“The only picture of my dad as a boy spent fifty years folded in a wallet. When the crease came out of his face, I just sat there for a while.”
DanielOne wallet photo · 1962
A grandmother with a cup of tea looking at a restored photo on her phone
“Mine was a phone photo of a print taped inside my aunt's kitchen cabinet. It still worked. The family group chat went quiet, and then it went very loud.”
PriyaRestored from a phone photo
Two family members holding an old photograph between them
the one worth saving

Built for our own shoebox first

FixFade started with a box of our own: porch birthdays, wedding days, a grandfather we only know from one photograph, all fading a little more each year.

Restoration studios wanted $50 a photo and weeks of waiting. So we built the restorer we wished existed: careful with faces, honest about damage, and priced so you can do the whole box, not just the one you'd save from a fire.

- The FixFade family

Photos stay private

Never used to train anything, never shared. Delete them whenever you like.

No tech savvy needed

Works from any phone or computer. Nothing to install, nothing to learn.

Your originals, untouched

Every restoration is a brand-new copy. The photo you upload is never altered.

Their photos are waiting

Start with the one that matters most.

2 free a day · No card needed · About a minute per photo