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Head to head · 2026

Palette.fm vs Photomyne

Pricing, free plans, ratings, features, pros and cons, side by side. Where one comes out ahead, we mark it.

Palette.fm

Colourises black-and-white photographs, with keyword control over the result

4.1$6/mo

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Photomyne

Scans printed photos, slides and negatives with a phone camera, then restores and colourises them

4.0$5/mo

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Who comes out ahead

Based only on the facts in our directory. The right pick still depends on the job you need done.

  • Lower starting price

    Photomyne

    From $5/mo against from $6/mo

  • Free plan

    Palette.fm

    Only Palette.fm has one

  • Higher rating

    Palette.fm

    4.1 against 4.0

  • Same job?

    Yes

    Both are Image Generation tools

Side by side

Compared onPalette.fmPhotomyne
Our rating4.1Better4.0
Starts at$6/mo$5/moBetter
Free planYesBetterNo
CategoryImage GenerationImage Generation
PlansFrom $6/moFrom $5/mo
Key features
  • 21 colour filters as starting points
  • Keyword adjustment of individual colours
  • Batch upload for whole collections
  • Output up to 5000 by 5000 pixels
  • Unlimited free previews before paying
  • Batch detection and cropping of multiple prints at once
  • Perspective correction from a hand-held phone
  • Slide and negative scanning through companion apps
  • Colour restoration and black-and-white colourisation
  • Albums annotated with text, audio, date and location
Pros
  • Unlimited previews let you judge results before paying
  • Keyword control instead of a single fixed output
  • Pay-once option alongside the subscription
  • Batch capture makes a shoebox archive actually finishable
  • Handles slides and negatives, not only prints
  • Ten years of development behind it
Cons
  • Free downloads are watermarked and capped at 500 pixels
  • Colourisation invents plausible colour, it does not restore the real colour
  • Credit-metered, so cost scales with the size of an archive
  • Features are spread across several separate apps
  • Colourisation invents plausible colour rather than recovering the original
  • Phone capture will not match a scanner on a photograph that matters
CompanyPalette FM, Unipessoal LDAPhotomyne Ltd., founded 2015

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FAQ

Questions people ask

Is Palette.fm better than Photomyne?

In our reviews Palette.fm scores 4.1 and Photomyne scores 4.0. The better pick depends on the job. Palette.fm: Colourises black-and-white photographs, with keyword control over the result. Photomyne: Scans printed photos, slides and negatives with a phone camera, then restores and colourises them.

Which is cheaper, Palette.fm or Photomyne?

Photomyne has the lower starting price: from $6/mo for Palette.fm and from $5/mo for Photomyne.

Do Palette.fm and Photomyne have free plans?

Only Palette.fm has a free plan.

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