Fotor vs Retouch4me (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Fotor grades higher than Retouch4me: 3.0 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Fotor grades higher on value for money, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on the free plan and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Fotor
Photo editor and AI image and video generator with credit plans
Retouch4me
AI retouching plugins and cloud retouching for photographers
Which one is for you
Pick Fotor if
- Fits if you edit photos and make AI images from one account on phone and computer
- Works for people who will pay $39.99 for a year
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, with limited credits and normal-quality exports
- Watch out: HD export, transparent PNG and watermark-free output need a paid plan
- Watch out: each model spends different credits; Pro's 100 buy about 2 five-second Seedance clips
- Watch out: yearly totals are shown with the monthly rate crossed out, and monthly prices were not readable
Pick Retouch4me if
- Fits if you retouch portraits in Photoshop and want a plugin to do the repetitive work
- Works for studios that want a perpetual licence with local processing
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want month-to-month plans: Start, Pro and Business are billed yearly
- Watch out: unused credits are forfeited, without a refund, if you cancel
- Tight if you're staying free, with just two free plugins
- Watch out: the $20, $35 and $90 monthly prices may be the standard rate, since yearly plans carry a Limited Offer label
- Not for you if you have an older computer: the vendor recommends a powerful one for local processing
How we grade them
| 3.0GPAFotorVery good | 2.2GPARetouch4meFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | APro is $39.99 billed yearly, about $3.33 a month, under 60% of the $8 cheaper-quarter start for image tools ($4.80). It gives 100 credits a month. | CStart is $169 a year ($14.08 a month), between the middle and dearer quarter of AI image tools. Perpetual plugins start at $145 each. |
| Free plan and trial | CBasic has limited free credits, 50 AI Agent chats and 512MB of storage, with normal-quality exports. HD export and transparent PNG need a paid plan. | CTwo plugins are free, Frequency Separation and Color Match Free. The retouching itself is paid. |
| Features | BAI images and video on models like Flux, Veo and Kling, plus background and object removal, upscaling, restoration, batch editing and brand kits. Nothing in the listing is missing from the job. | CSkin, eye, teeth and dust plugins, Apex, culling and video plugins. The page says the generative features are still to come in Apex. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record. It opens in the browser or an app and you start editing, with nothing to set up. | CNo store rating on record. You install plugins into Photoshop or another editor and set them up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iOS, Android, Windows and Mac apps. No API or integrations are listed. | BMac and Windows with the web, and 7 integrations, but no phone apps. |
| Best for | photo editing plus AI images and video | AI skin and portrait retouching plugins |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Fotor and Retouch4me. How we grade
Price against what you get
Fotor starts at $3.33 a month when paid by the year and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Retouch4me starts at $14.08 a month and scores 2.3.
Fotor scores higher and starts $10.75 a month lower. Of the other AI image and video generators on the chart, none scores higher than Fotor for less, and 36 score higher than Retouch4me for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Retouch4me can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Fotor also covers templates, image generation and video generation.
- Retouch4me also covers video editing.
At a glance
| Fotor | Retouch4me | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $39.99 per year, billed yearly | $14.08 per month, billed yearly at $169 ($20 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Free Basic plan: limited free credits, 1 concurrent generation, 512MB of cloud storage and normal-quality exports. | Two free plugins: Frequency Separation and Color Match Free; Retouch4me also lists free HSL and upscaler tools. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
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| Made by | Everimaging | RELU OÜ |
| Price read from | fotor.com | retouch4.me |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Fotor
- The Basic plan has limited free credits and normal-quality exports; HD export, transparent PNG and watermark-free output need a paid plan.
- Yearly totals are shown with the monthly rate crossed out; the Pro monthly price and the monthly-billing prices were not clearly readable.
- Each model spends a different number of credits per image or video.
Retouch4me
- Subscriptions are billed yearly on Start, Pro and Business; unused credits are forfeited without refund when a subscription is canceled.
- Perpetual plugins run locally without internet but the vendor recommends a powerful computer.
- The yearly plans carry a Limited Offer label, so the monthly-billed $20, $35 and $90 may be the standard rate.
- Generative credits are listed on each plan, but the page says generative features are still to come in Apex.
Key features
Fotor
- AI image and video generation
- Lists image models such as Flux, GPT Image, Nano Banana and Seedream, and video models such as Veo and Kling.
- Photo editing tools
- Background remover, object remover, image upscaler, photo restoration and batch editing.
- Credits that roll over
- Unused credits roll over while subscribed, up to 5 months of accumulation.
- AI headshot packages
- Headshots are sold as one-time image packages, separate from the subscription.
- Brand kits and templates
- Pro plans list multiple brand kits, design templates and fonts.
Retouch4me
- AI retouching plugins
- Separate plugins cover skin, heal, dodge and burn, teeth, eyes, stray hairs, mattifying, fabric, dust and clean backdrops.
- Apex all-in-one plugin
- Combines the retouching tools in a single plugin with a real-time preview, billed through cloud credits.
- Culling and batch processing
- Arams selects best shots automatically and processes whole photoshoots in batches.
- Color correction
- Color Match and Lab plugins apply color filters and AI color correction, and 3D LUT tools are sold separately.
- Video plugins
- Heal, dodge and burn, dust and color match plugins are sold for video, listed for DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro.
Plans
Fotor
Basic$0
Limited free credits, 50 AI Agent chats and 512MB of storage.
Pro$39.99
per year, billed yearly
100 credits a month, 10 concurrent generations and 2GB of storage.
Pro+$62.99
per year, billed yearly
300 credits a month, 30 concurrent generations and 100GB of storage. Shown against $7.49 a month.
Max$251.92
per year, billed yearly
1,000 credits a month by default, 50 concurrent generations and 500GB of storage. Shown against $29.99 a month.
Retouch4me
Free plugins$0
Frequency Separation and Color Match Free, with hundreds of color filters.
Start$14.08
per month, billed yearly at $169 ($20 billed monthly)
2,400 retouching credits a year, 108,000 culling credits, 20 GB of MyShot storage; 1 retouch = 1 credit.
Pro$24.92
per month, billed yearly at $299 ($35 billed monthly)
6,000 retouching credits a year, 300,000 culling credits and 40 GB of MyShot storage.
Business$63.25
per month, billed yearly at $759 ($90 billed monthly)
18,000 retouching credits a year, 1.2 million culling credits and 100 GB of MyShot storage.
Photo plugins$145
one-time, from, per perpetual license
A collection of 15 photo plugins sold as perpetual licenses with unlimited local processing; a sale price of $94.25 is shown.
Ways to pay less
Fotor
- Annual discount
30% off yearly billing on Pro+ and Max
The pricing page marks Pro+ and Max with 30% off when billed yearly.
Retouch4me
- Other savings
Perpetual plugin and video sale
A week-long sale lists photo plugins from $94.25 (regular $145) and video plugins from $80.60 (regular $124), with a countdown on the page.
- Annual discount
Annual plans cost 30% less than monthly
The pricing page says paying yearly costs 30% less than monthly and credits all of the year's retouches on day one.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Fotor or Retouch4me?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Fotor is cheaper to start with: $3.33 a month when paid by the year, against $14.08 a month for Retouch4me. Fotor starts at $39.99 per year, billed yearly, and Retouch4me starts at $14.08 per month, billed yearly at $169 ($20 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Fotor or Retouch4me?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Fotor and Retouch4me have a free plan.
Which platforms do Fotor and Retouch4me run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Fotor lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app and macOS and Windows apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.