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Head-to-head

Remini vs Picsart AI Photo Editor

Remini 4.6★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Tie
Picsart AI Photo Editor 4.7★ · Free + IAP 60

Remini is better for dedicated photo enhancement and restoration, while Picsart offers a broader range of creative editing tools, but both are heavily criticized for aggressive monetization and bugs.

Full reviews: Remini · Picsart AI Photo Editor

Remini excels at photo enhancement and restoration, delivering clear and professional results, but users frequently complain about excessive ads and recent bugs. Picsart offers a wider array of editing, design, and AI tools, but its aggressive paywalls and subscription costs are a major point of frustration for users.

Head to head

Photo Enhancement Quality edge: ReminiR1R2R5R9
Remini Remini is highly praised for its ability to enhance blurry pictures, restore damaged photos, and improve overall photo quality, making images sharper, clearer, and more vibrant R2R5R17. However, some recent updates have led to issues like distorted or artificial-looking results, color changes, and unwanted saturation R1R9.
Picsart AI Photo Editor Picsart offers AI editing capabilities that users find impressive and versatile . However, some users report that the AI editing in the Pro version can mess up faces, especially in group settings . There's also a sentiment that the app's focus on AI has detracted from its traditional editing strengths R70.
Features & Versatility edge: Picsart AI Photo EditorR14R17R46R59
Remini Remini is primarily focused on photo enhancement, restoration, and AI-generated headshots R14R17R46. While it offers specific tools for improving image quality, some users feel it lacks broader AI capabilities or descriptive AI features R59.
Picsart AI Photo Editor Picsart is lauded for its wide range of creative tools, including photo editing, graphic design, collage making, and an extensive asset library R68. It allows users to be very creative and is considered an all-encompassing utility . However, some users note limited options for non-paying members and specific issues like missing sticker content .
Ease of Use tieR20R27R50R68
Remini Many users find Remini easy to use, simple, and practical, delivering impressive results with a smooth experience R20R27R50.
Picsart AI Photo Editor Picsart is also considered user-friendly and easy to use, with a simple interface and accessible tools R68.
Reliability & Bugs tieR1R3R4R7
Remini Remini users report numerous bugs and reliability issues, including pictures saving differently than previewed, features not working after watching ads, constant errors, slow loading times, and the app becoming distorted or cartoonish R1R3R4R7.
Picsart AI Photo Editor Picsart also faces criticism for glitches and bugs, such as videos taking too long to export with mismatched sound, projects disappearing, and the app crashing during video collage creation . Some users also report issues with the undo/redo function creating white borders .
Price & Value (Free vs. Paid) tieR6R10R12R13
Remini Remini's free tier is heavily criticized for an overwhelming number of long, intrusive ads, making the app borderline unusable R6R10R12R13. The paid subscription is considered expensive, with reports of being charged even after cancellation R19R27.
Picsart AI Photo Editor Picsart is widely criticized for its aggressive paywalls, with many basic features like adding text or removing backgrounds locked behind a subscription R61R64. Users find the subscription expensive, with reports of price hikes and charges even after cancellation R63R69. The inability to save or screenshot work without paying is a major point of contention R64.
Customer Support & Billing tieR19R79R85R100
Remini Remini users report issues with being charged after canceling trials and difficulty obtaining refunds, with Apple also refusing refunds in some cases R19.
Picsart AI Photo Editor Picsart users also report significant problems with billing, including being charged without notification after trials, difficulty canceling subscriptions, and denied refund requests R79R85R100. Customer service is described as terrible and unhelpful .
Pick Remini if

Pick Remini if your primary need is to enhance blurry photos, restore old or damaged images, or create AI headshots, and you are willing to pay for a subscription to avoid ads and bugs R17R46R14.

Pick Picsart AI Photo Editor if

Pick Picsart if you need a versatile app for a wide range of creative tasks beyond simple photo enhancement, such as graphic design, collage making, and extensive photo editing, and you are prepared to pay for a subscription to access most features R68.

Evidence note: Both apps have a significant number of negative recent reviews, primarily concerning monetization practices (ads, paywalls, subscription costs, and billing issues) and bugs. While lifetime ratings are high, recent user sentiment is much lower.

Frequently asked

Is Remini free to use?
Remini offers a free version, but it is heavily criticized for an excessive number of long and intrusive ads that make the app difficult to use, often requiring users to watch multiple ads for a single photo enhancement or to save their work R6R10R28R40.
What are the main issues with Picsart's pricing?
Picsart's pricing is a major point of frustration for users, with many basic features like adding text, removing backgrounds, or saving/screenshotting work locked behind an expensive subscription R61R64. Users report monthly subscriptions around $10-12 and annual subscriptions that can exceed $90, with some experiencing unexpected charges after trials and price hikes R63R69R85.
Which app is better for AI features?
Picsart is explicitly marketed with 'AI Photo Editor' in its name and offers a wider range of AI editing capabilities that users find impressive and versatile , though some feel its focus on AI has overshadowed traditional editing R70 and can sometimes distort faces . Remini also uses AI for enhancement and headshots R14R46, but some users desire more descriptive AI features R59.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R1] Remini 2/5 · US Please fix can you: I do not know if it’s an update or what but the pictures when I enhance them what I see when I’m done versus what I see when I save our two different pictures I don’t like it! I don’t know if this is a bug that needs to be fixed but until it does, I had to go from a five star to a two because literally becoming an unusable app that I happen to pay for!
  2. [R2] Remini 5/5 · US Best app: I’m glad they made this app! Really helpful and enhanced my photo quality so good!
  3. [R5] Remini 5/5 · US Love the way you could enhance the colors just beautiful: 5 STAR
  4. [R9] Remini 3/5 · US New Update not good: In past was more good in recently update face completely changed
  5. [R14] Remini 4/5 · US New Headshot: I changed my hair style and in 3 mins I change my headshot. Easy , simple and looks realistic
  6. [R17] Remini 5/5 · US Professional Quality Photo Restoration: I’ve used Remini to restore several severely damaged photos, and the results were impressive. The restorations looked professional, clear, and respectful of the original images. I highly recommend this app for anyone trying to bring old or damaged photos back to life.
  7. [R46] Remini 5/5 · US Great app I love it: My favorite feature is the enhance for blurry pictures or selfies that could just look a little more crisp and it definitely does an amazing job at that.
  8. [R59] Remini 1/5 · US Enhances but not ai: No ai to describe what changes or enhancements. Only predefined ai. Kinda useles
  9. [R20] Remini 5/5 · US Pictures: This is a very easy app to use. It makes great pictures. I love it.
  10. [R27] Remini 3/5 · GB Fine, but very expensive.: I find the app good and very easy to use. It’s fast, practical, and delivers impressive results when enhancing photos with AI. The interface is simple, and everything is accessible within a few clicks, which makes the experience smooth even for people who are not very tech-savvy. However, if you really want to enjoy all the features, you need to pay, and honestly, the
  11. [R50] Remini 4/5 · US Très bonne application: Je vous la recommande vivement. Simple, facile à utiliser et la qualité est assez bonne même avec la version gratuite.
  12. [R68] Picsart AI Photo Editor 5/5 · US More than expected!: I have an app that cost an outrageous amount of money and doesn’t do half of what this app can do. Heck, I don’t even know what all this one can do lol. It’s easy to use and really cool to mess around with. Anyone who really knows how to use it is probably a professional! Great App! Thank you!
  13. [R3] Remini 3/5 · US Apps needs contant updating: Before and after this update 6/28/26 I still haven’t seen the problem fixed Creating a motion video or image retouch on the free subscription hasn’t generated any video or images (after ad watching 1-2 ads )for the last week. Please fix
  14. [R4] Remini 1/5 · US didn't even work: didn't even do anything except give my picture a slightly pink tint and made me watch a second round of ads for literally no reason
  15. [R7] Remini 1/5 · US Always error: No edit for my photo even whit vpn error 403 is unclear
  16. [R6] Remini 3/5 · US Ad: Remove ads pleassssssss
  17. [R10] Remini 2/5 · US Fake rewards: I keep watching ads over and over and it keeps saying reward granted, and it never gets me any reward. Plus it won’t even let you see the picture first, cause if you try to zoom it sends you more adds. Completely disappointed, I use this app over 3 years and it was better before.
  18. [R12] Remini 3/5 · US Trop de publicité: L’application était trop cool mais actuellement pour faire une seule photo des tonnes de publicités ce présente et moi je déteste cela
  19. [R13] Remini 1/5 · US ad: ad
  20. [R19] Remini 1/5 · US They charge more than $60 even after I cancel the trial: I am extremely disappointed with Remini. After canceling the trial subscription, I was still charged $9 per week for about 6 to 7 weeks, totaling over $60. There is no option in the app to request a refund, and Apple also refuses to return my money. I do not want to lose almost $70 for nothing.
  21. [R79] Picsart AI Photo Editor 1/5 · US I can’t cancel my subscription: I’ve tried everything…
  22. [R85] Picsart AI Photo Editor 1/5 · US Steals money: Charged $90 without even notified of the trial ending like many apps do. So now I have to put a claim for a refund or my bank. Like are you kidding me rn???
  23. [R100] Picsart AI Photo Editor 1/5 · US They denied the refund: I accidentally subscribed to this plan and immediately asked for a refund. But they refused!! I haven’t used the service a single time since being charged. Absolutely horrible experience!!!!
  24. [R28] Remini 1/5 · US Ads, ads, ads: It legit just spams you with ads the whole time, it used to let you actually use the app after like one ad. Now it does 6, then hits you with like 3 more, then 3 more to save. It takes 5-10 minutes for one photo because it’s just ads. What a stupid app
  25. [R40] Remini 2/5 · US Demasiada publicidad: Es excesiva la cantidad de publicidad que hay que ver para poder mejorar una Img son como5 min de publicidad nooooo tampoco
  26. [R61] Picsart AI Photo Editor 1/5 · US Not as great as it was back then years ago.: Cannot even to a simple text message in the photo and save it without them trying to make me pay for the app? When did this app involve so much money over the smallest things.
  27. [R63] Picsart AI Photo Editor 3/5 · US It’s okay: It works good if you get it perfect but it is very expensive I payed for the $10 monthly and got to make 2 videos today and now I can’t make anymore until next month. My opinion, not worth it.
  28. [R64] Picsart AI Photo Editor 2/5 · US Sucks: First time on Picsart and i can’t even save anything, no screen shots and you have to pay to just do stuff. I thought this app was gonna be fun. Sucks!
  29. [R69] Picsart AI Photo Editor 3/5 · US Too expensive: Nice, but they want to charge you for everything I bought a subscription for a year and then they wanna charge me for credits to use AI tools on top of that so they’ve made it too expensive to use. I canceled the subscription
  30. [R70] Picsart AI Photo Editor 1/5 · US ai garbage: yet another app implementing ai garbage slop nobody wants

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store