Retouch4me review (2026): is the free plan enough?
AI retouching plugins and cloud retouching for photographers
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Retouch4me report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for AI skin and portrait retouching plugins
Retouch4me sells AI retouching plugins for skin, teeth, eyes and colour that run inside Photoshop and other editors, plus the Apex plugin and Arams culling. Start is $14.08 a month billed yearly. Only two plugins are free, yearly billing is forced on every plan, and unused credits vanish if you cancel.
Who Retouch4me is for
- 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
Who Retouch4me is not for
- 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
Why Retouch4me gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyStart is $169 a year ($14.08 a month), between the middle and dearer quarter of AI image tools. Perpetual plugins start at $145 each.
- CFree plan and trialTwo plugins are free, Frequency Separation and Color Match Free. The retouching itself is paid.
- CFeaturesSkin, eye, teeth and dust plugins, Apex, culling and video plugins. The page says the generative features are still to come in Apex.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You install plugins into Photoshop or another editor and set them up.
- BPlatforms and integrationsMac and Windows with the web, and 7 integrations, but no phone apps.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Retouch4me's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Retouch4me's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 63 of the 168 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 42.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 75 of 168) and worst on features (C, above 6).
Its paid plans start at $14.08 a month, against a middle price of $11.88 for the category: 76 of the 120 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 36 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 169 AI image and video generators we grade, cut by the letter each got. Retouch4me’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 168, level with 103
- CFree plan and trialAbove 53 of 168, level with 94
- CFeaturesAbove 6 of 168, level with 97
- CEase of useAbove 12 of 168, level with 106
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 75 of 168, level with 88
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 123 AI image and video generators. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Retouch4me, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Retouch4me you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $168.96 a year.
What you could not
- A video editor.
- A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom and Capture One among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Retouch4me’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Retouch4me?
Retouch4me sells AI retouching tools for photographers and videographers. Its plugins handle skin, teeth, eyes, dust, backdrops and color matching, and run inside Photoshop and other editors. Apex combines them in one plugin, Arams culls and batch-processes shoots, and cloud retouching runs on credits. Plugins are also sold as perpetual licenses.
Worth knowing
- 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
- 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.
Retouch4me pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Retouch4me has a free plan, and paid plans start at $14.08 per month, billed yearly at $169 ($20 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $14.08 per month, billed yearly at $169 ($20 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Two free plugins: Frequency Separation and Color Match Free; Retouch4me also lists free HSL and upscaler tools.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free plugins | $0 | Frequency Separation and Color Match Free, with hundreds of color filters. |
| Start | $14.08per 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 | $24.92per 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 | $63.25per 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 | $145one-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. |
Read from retouch4.me on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Retouch4me before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Other savingsPerpetual 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.
Stated on retouch4.me - Annual discountAnnual 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.
Stated on retouch4.me
Works with
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Lightroom
- Capture One
- Affinity Photo
- DaVinci Resolve
- Final Cut Pro
- Adobe Premiere Pro
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Common questions
Does Retouch4me have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Retouch4me is listed for macOS, Windows and Web.
Does Retouch4me have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Retouch4me is listed for macOS, Windows and Web.
Is Retouch4me open source?
Retouch4me is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.