Unfade
Scan your old printed photos and bring them back to life
Unfade launched on May 25, 2016 with 254 votes, #90 of 3,824 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
In plain words
Unfade is an iOS app that scans printed photos with an iPhone camera and automatically restores their faded colors. Users can apply filters, crop and rotate images, add dates and locations, and organize photos into albums. The app syncs with iCloud and allows sharing to Facebook, email, and family members. It's designed for people looking to digitize and preserve old photo albums.
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From the sources
Scan your photo albums with your iPhone, restore colors, organize them and share your photos with your friends and family.
Discover the best photo album scanner app for iOS. Now also with iCloud sync and support for dates, locations and titles. Unfade automatically analyzes the photo and refreshes faded colors. Apply one of the 25 filters to boost colors and give your photos the final touch to look great again. Use your old photos and albums just like you would use a digital photo. Easily crop, rotate, rename, set a date and organize the photos in as many albums as you like. Post photos to your facebook timeline, send them to your family as an email and enjoy the photos whenever you like. Now you have your memories with you all the time. Capture photo albums with your iPhone and view them on your iPad, PC or…from unfade.io
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