Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rasterfarian – convert low res photos to HD launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Atlas by World Labs▲233

   Turn text, pics, video, + 3D into camera-controlled HD video

   Sep 2026 · worldlabs.ai · its alternatives →

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   Upscale Pics▲343

   Increase your resolution with AI, with no pixelation.

   2019 · upscalepics.com · its alternatives →

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   Adaptive Backgrounds▲231

   Extract dominant colours from images

   2014 · briangonzalez.github.io · its alternatives →

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   HD Photo Converter▲7

   Upscale images to 4k online

   2025 · hdphotoconverter.online · its alternatives →

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   I created a RAW to HDRI stacker in (mostly) Common Lisp▲35

   This is an upgrade of a tool I created 15 years ago in Python to learn OOP and solve some inadequacies in the HDR stacking tools I could find at the time. The problem was, none of them were really "batch friendly". None of them properly preserved the metadata I wanted them to stuff into the output file. There were probably some other reasons also, I just can't remember them now. It got the job done, but was very slow. Python was what I knew at the time and even with NumPy, I was limited in the speed I could squeeze out of it. (I also made some very specific, conscious, architectural choices…

   Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Pixelied Convert▲80

   Instantly convert images in bulk online

   2022 · pixelied.com · its alternatives →

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   Scene▲67

   A new way to do photos.

   2015 · scn.jp · its alternatives →

8. 8RI
   Recoloring Images▲8

   2011 · theimaginaryhackathon.tumblr.com · its alternatives →

9. 9AA
   An Algorithm to Generate Beautiful Color Palettes▲8

   2018 · chris.de · its alternatives →

10. 10AA
    An API to compress images and reduce bandwidth costs▲8

    2014 · tapcelerate.com · its alternatives →

11. 11PA
    Picfit, an image resizing written in Go▲8

    2015 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    Upscayl▲6

    upscale images

    2023 · upscayl.github.io · its alternatives →

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    convertfilepro.com▲7

    Free image converter to high resolution

    2025 · convertfilepro.com · its alternatives →

14. 14CB
    Create Beautiful Bluesky Screenshots▲6

    2024 · blueskyshots.com · its alternatives →

15. 15GP
    Generate photorealistic images using Stable Diffusion and ControlNet▲6

    2023 · app.visoid.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple Image Upscaler▲9

    Upscale images online for free

    2025 · simpleimageupscaler.com · its alternatives →

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    PixResolve▲1

    Free 1-click AI photo upscaler for sharp 2x & 4x HD images

    Sep 2026 · pixresolve.com · its alternatives →

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    Lightweight 2D/3D engine in D with Raylib▲8

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Upscayl▲9

    AI Image Upscaler

    2024 · upscayl.org · its alternatives →

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    Dense – Scale images to the different Android densities▲7

    2016 · destiner.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Let's create our own image dataset▲5

    2017 · imagemonkey.io · its alternatives →

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    PhotoBoost▲6

    Re-experience your favorite memories in HD.

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    PhotoVideo▲2

    Photo to Video AI — Turn Photos into Realistic HD Videos

    Aug 2026 · phototovideoapp.com · its alternatives →

24. 24PE
    Photo Enhancement via Image Pyramids▲5

    Welcome Photography Blog About

    2012 · mcclanahoochie.com · its alternatives →

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