Why choose us
What makes our photo restoration service different
There are three ways to get an old photo restored in 2026: a free AI app, a big digitizing factory that also does restoration on the side, or a specialist. Here’s the honest difference, and why the photo of your mother deserves the third one.
Free AI app vs Digitizing factory vs A specialist like us
Three ways to restore a photo. Only one is built for the one of her.
The AI app
Free, or nearly free. Fast. And for photos of strangers, fine. But AI doesn’t recover your photo’s detail. It borrows features from a database of other people’s faces.
Customers come to us weekly with app results that “don’t quite look like Mom anymore.” For an irreplaceable photo, almost-her is worse than faded.
The digitizing factory
They’ll scan your tapes, your slides, and, sure, restore your photo too. Restoration is a side counter in a big shop.
The advertised price looks low, then colorization costs extra, rush costs extra, reconstruction costs extra, and keeping your files means a yearly cloud subscription. If you’re unhappy? Store credit.
The specialist
Photo restoration is all we do. One artist per photo, by hand, average four hours.
You choose the artist level, the price never depends on damage, revisions and your files forever are always included, and you see your exact total before you pay. If you don’t love it, every cent back, in cash. That’s MemoryCherish.
Why families choose our photo restoration service
MemoryCherish
- Museum-quality results: We restore each photo 100% by hand and don't stop until it looks right. An average photo restoration takes us 4 hours. With us, your photos are restored the proper way.
- Experienced artists: Our studio artists are vetted for quality, having worked for world-class institutions in the past. Every one of our restoration artists is US-based and paid a fair wage.
- Honest pricing: What you see is what you pay, guaranteed. From $38, you choose your artist, and the price never depends on how damaged the photo is.
- A guarantee with your money behind it: if you don't love your restoration, you get every cent back. Cash, not store credit. And your restored files are yours forever, free. No subscriptions, no expiring download links.
Other Companies
- Run your photo through automated software, then charge you like it was handmade.
- Advertise one price, then stack on fees. Colorization extra, rush extra, “reconstruction” extra, cloud storage extra.
- If you're unhappy? Store credit. Your money stays theirs.
Straightforward pricing, priceless memories
Choose the artist for your photo. Every level is a real person restoring your photo by hand. The difference is experience and seniority, never effort. And no level ever charges by damage.
Experienced Artist
$38/photo
For photos with light damage
- Fixes fading, scratches and minor tears
- Digital delivery in about 5 business days
- Best when faces are still clearly visible
- Satisfaction guaranteed
Recommended for irreplaceable photos
Head Artist
$58/photo
For treasured photos where accuracy matters most
- FaceFirst™ Method, 3 dedicated passes on eyes, expressions and skin tones
- Made to look like themselves, never an AI approximation
- Museum-grade standards
- Free revisions until you're completely happy
Senior Artist
$148/photo
For photos that cannot be replaced
- Master restorer, 15+ years of experience
- Full reconstruction for tears, missing pieces and water damage
- Chosen when getting it wrong would be heartbreaking
- Unlimited revisions and priority handling
Not sure which to pick? Choose any level and we’ll confirm the right one after we see your photo. If it needs less work, we lower the price. If it needs more, we ask first, nothing is ever added without your say-so.
- Clear costs. No hidden fees, ever.
- Free revisions and your digital files, always included.
- You'll see your exact total before you pay a cent.
Real stories, restored memories
Listen to our customers tell what it meant to get their photos back.
Send us the photo you’ve been meaning to fix up
Every restoration is done by hand by a real artist, never AI. And it comes back looking like her.
The MemoryCherish Guarantee: Love it or every cent back. Cash, not store credit. Free revisions until it looks exactly like you remember. And if a photo just can’t be restored, we’ll tell you honestly and you won’t pay a thing.