What's New in Nostalgia

We've unified how we talk about the product to match what it actually is. The same app, the same data, the same plan — now framed around the job it really does: finish the family archive so the people and stories aren't lost. Restoration is still the entry capability (and still free on every plan), just no longer the whole story.

• New name: “Nostalgia - Family Archive” across the web and in the App Store. Your account, photos, entitlements, and pricing are unchanged — Free, Plus ($5.99), and Pro ($11.99) stay exactly as they are.
• Archive notes on every photo: a Who · When · Where · What · Story record editable right inside Library on web and mobile, pre-filled from the AI so you confirm rather than start from a blank form.
• Now in foundation: People suggestions from per-user face clustering, Photo Book PDF exports, slideshow export plumbing, and public read-only Family Vault links. Coming next: timeline and tree-aware albums like “Three generations of [Surname].”
• Longer horizon: the same workflow will eventually extend beyond photos to audio (cassettes, reels), documents, home movies, and VHS — so the whole family archive can live in one private place.
• Genealogy fit: if you already keep a family tree in Ancestry, MyHeritage, or FamilySearch, Nostalgia continues to handle the photo side of the archive while the tree stays where it is.

See the archivist overview

A small polish pass after the Photo Story v1 ship: the Library hero now welcomes brand-new accounts with three clear ways to start, finished restores have a one-tap entry into Photo Story, and any restore running in the background can be picked up on your phone in a single tap.

• Brand-new accounts with an empty Library now see a welcome hero with three options — Scan a printed photo, Upload a digital file, or try the interactive demo — instead of a blank page.
• Every completed restore in Library has a new “Create reveal →” shortcut that drops you straight into a private Photo Story share, no menu-hunting required.
• A dismissible Photo Story banner appears on the Library Progress & Review tab once you have at least one finished restore, so the feature is discoverable without being pushy.
• Active restores on desktop now show a “Continue on mobile” button next to Open details, with a deep link that opens the same job on the phone.
• Breadcrumb navigation added to the photo workspace and the Scan Picker so it’s easier to get back to Library without losing context.
• Two new blog posts walk through Photo Story reveals and the refreshed editor.

Open your library

Nostalgia now turns any restored photo into a shareable Photo Story — a private landing page where family members open a link and watch the restoration animate in. Square, story, and short-video formats, plus a new scan picker and a version filmstrip so you always share the best result.

• Pick a keeper and send family a private reveal link — the landing page shows the original on one side and the restored result on the other, animating in as they open it.
• Three layouts — Square for chats, Story (9:16) for vertical feeds, and a short video loop that plays right in the browser with no download required.
• Version filmstrip: every time you run a tool, a labelled thumbnail joins a strip under the photo so you can scrub through earlier results and pick the one to share without losing any of them.
• Scan picker: drop two or three phone shots of the same print and Nostalgia auto-picks the sharpest one as your keeper, with a quick tap to override if you prefer a different take.
• Reveal pages are not indexed, support an optional passcode and expiration, and the recipient doesn’t need a Nostalgia account to view.
• Cross-device: scan on your phone, review versions on your laptop — the filmstrip and reveal link sync automatically.

See how Photo Story works

After the five-wave design review, Apple approved the Nostalgia iPhone app and the listing is now live on the App Store. Scan prints with your camera, restore on the go, and sync your library to every device you use.

• Search “Nostalgia — Photo Restore” in the App Store or open the link below to install.
• Sign in with the same account you use on the web and your library syncs automatically — every restore, album, and Family Vault.
• Scan prints directly with your camera using the guided capture and damage-detection flow from the review wave.
• Android is still in closed testing on Google Play while we finish the progression gate — leave your email at /early-access for a Google Play tester invite.

Open in the App Store

A multi-week pass across every screen in the product — navigation, editor, library, subscriptions, preferences, help, and vaults — all polished and shipped in the latest App Store build.

• Mobile nav simplified from four tabs to three (Library · Restore · You). Completion notifications and Vaults collapsed into Library so the follow-up tab is gone.
• Unified Asset Screen replaces the separate photo detail and editor screens. Skia canvas on top, a five-tab drawer below (Fix · Enhance · Create · Adjust · Crop) plus an Info panel, with the Photo Health banner always visible.
• Three-channel error contract made canonical across web and mobile — Toast for recoverable noise, TabError for workspace-level issues, Modal only for destructive confirmations.
• Subscription, preferences, help, and vaults screens all received the same pass: cleaner typography, consistent spacing, clearer state transitions, and identical copy across platforms.
• Cross-platform consistency: every polish landed on both the iOS/Android app and the web app in the same release window.

See what changed

A wave of small quality-of-life changes across the app: a clearer subscription screen, faster scan home, and a direct line to the team when something goes wrong.

• Subscription screen now shows all three plans side-by-side so it’s easy to see what each tier includes.
• “Unlimited” pill replaces the numeric meter on Plus and Pro features that don’t have a cap (like AI captions).
• Purchase errors give you a specific, actionable message — “already subscribed,” “no internet,” or “purchase cancelled” — instead of a generic failure.
• New in-app feedback form on the Help screen. Send a note directly to the team without leaving the app; responses come from a real human within a few days.
• Scan is now the most prominent action on the Restore home screen. Pick + Import sit as smaller peers beneath it.
• Sample photos stay visible for new users until their first real restoration lands, so the “try it” moment doesn’t disappear after picking one photo.
• When you have both a draft and a scan session open, you see one “Pick up where you left off” card with a “+1 more waiting” hint, not two competing cards.

Open the app

A new landing page and guide for family archivists and genealogists — showing how Nostalgia fits alongside tools like MyHeritage and Ancestry, not against them.

• New /for-genealogists landing page walks through the full archivist workflow — Photo Insight, careful repair, and Family Vaults.
• Flagship blog post “The Family Historian’s Guide to AI Photo Restoration” covers scanning, damage assessment, repair order, and sharing with cousins.
• FAQ expanded with three genealogy-specific entries: working alongside existing trees, restoring ancestor portraits, and privacy around uploaded family photos.

See the archivist overview

Every upload now gets a Photo Insight report — a full damage assessment, era estimate, ranked repair plan, and conservation guidance, all generated automatically before you spend a single credit.

• Photo Insight detects specific damage types — fading, scratches, tears, stains, glare, blur — and tags each one so you know exactly what the AI is working with.
• A ranked repair plan tells you which tools are safe to use, which are optional, and which are blocked (with a clear reason why).
• Era estimates and photo type classification are now part of every report, powering smarter search and album suggestions.
• Conservation guidance flags photos that may need careful physical handling — like mold, water damage, or fragile prints — before aggressive AI processing.
• Duplicate detection is smarter: it clusters exact duplicates, same-print recaptures, and restored derivatives separately, and recommends the best keeper in each group.
• Library filters now let you browse by era, damage type, quality grade, and capture quality across your entire archive.

See Your Library

The web app now mirrors the mobile experience more closely — consistent navigation, polished interactions, and seamless subscription management across all platforms.

• Navigation aligned to three tabs (Library, Restore, You) with icons, matching the mobile app. On phones, the web shows a bottom tab bar.
• Library tabs redesigned as an animated segmented control with a sliding pill indicator.
• Restore upload screen uses polished action cards with icon circles instead of flat buttons.
• Buttons, cards, and photo grid now respond to presses with spring-scale feedback.
• Toast notifications upgraded with colored icon badges, exit animations, and a progress indicator.
• Subscription dashboard on the account page now shows which platform you subscribed through (Apple, Google, or Web) with the correct management link for each.
• Usage quota bars are now color-coded (green, yellow, red) with status labels to match the mobile app.
• Empty states across the app now use styled icons instead of emoji characters.

Open Your Library

Small fixes across web and mobile to make the first-time experience feel calmer and more polished.

• First-time visitors on the web restore page now see a proper navigation bar with links to Home and Pricing instead of a blank header.
• Footer app links are now actionable: “Get iPhone App (TestFlight)” and “Join Android Early Access” instead of plain status text.
• Before/after photo labels on the homepage no longer overlap on small screens.
• Mobile screens no longer clip behind the floating tab bar — bottom padding was increased across every tab.

Restore a photo free

The web app is live and free to start. Upload an old photo, see what needs fixing, and restore it in under a minute. iPhone early access is live for testers, and Android remains in closed testing.

• Restore scratches, tears, and fading. Colorize black-and-white photos. Enhance faces and remove backgrounds — all powered by AI.
• Photo Insight analyzes every upload and recommends the right repair steps before you spend a credit.
• Batch mode lets you process entire family albums — up to 300 photos per month on Pro.
• Family Vaults give you private, invite-only spaces to share restored photos with relatives.
• Paid plans are available on iPhone, Android, and on the web pricing page. Web checkout is handled through Paddle when it is fully enabled. Free tier includes 10 restores per month.
• iPhone is available through TestFlight. Android testers can sign up for a Google Play invite at the early access page.
• Start on the web today. Your library and all restored results sync to mobile automatically when you join.

Restore a Photo Free

You can now see each restoration step as it happens, with time estimates. Plus and Pro subscribers get priority processing.

• Real-time status updates show each restoration step as it happens — no more waiting blindly.
• Processing time estimates tell you how long each step will take before it starts.
• Plus and Pro subscribers get priority queue placement when the system is busy.
• Batch processing now shows per-photo status and lets you retry individual failures.
• Browser notifications on web alert you when processing finishes, even in a background tab.

Try It Now

Scrolling through large photo libraries is significantly faster, page loads are lighter, and sign-in + restore flows are more reliable.

• Photo library scrolling is up to 5× faster on large collections.
• Faster page loads across the marketing site and gallery.
• Fewer intermittent errors during sign-in and restore.
• Feature demos now show real AI restoration results instead of simulated examples.

See the gallery

Restore old family photos on the web today, then join iPhone TestFlight and Android closed testing as we prepare for broader public mobile launch.

• Web is publicly live now with the full repair-first restore workspace.
• iPhone is available through TestFlight early access, and Android is still in controlled closed testing.
• The free tier includes 10 photo restores per month, 5 AI captions per day, and full library access.
• Plus and Pro are currently offered through early-access rollout rather than broad public mobile release.

Join Early Access

The photo editor has been reworked so the image stays central, tool groups are clearer, and save/share decisions are easier to make.

• Adaptive canvas sizing removes the large black bars that used to waste screen space.
• Create tab now separates animation and background removal from repair-focused tools.
• Quick actions and version history are easier to reach while you compare results.
• Processing status is clearer, larger, and easier to read across mobile sessions.

Open the Editor

Uploads now get richer automatic context so search, suggestions, and repair guidance are more useful from the first scan.

• Every photo gets an AI-generated description, era estimate, and suggested tags.
• Search now works across people, places, objects, and scenes instead of just filenames.
• Editor context shows richer information alongside Photo Insight guidance.
• Album suggestions are smarter because they can use theme and era signals from the archive.

Try It Now