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GuideI built an app to bring my family's photos back to life. Here's why.
Nostalgia started with a memorial slideshow, a wedding album falling apart in a drawer, and a simple thought: the restoration that used to take a film lab now fits in a phone. The founder's story, in his own words.
Scanning your parents' albums on your next trip home
If your family's albums live in another country, the trip home is the moment. A simple plan for scanning your parents' old photos with your phone while you're in the room, and capturing the names while someone still knows them.
GuideBefore they're gone: writing down the names while someone still remembers
Damage to an old photo is the obvious problem. The quieter one is the name nobody can place. A gentle guide to sitting down with the family and capturing who, where, and when, while the person who knows is still here to ask.
NewsWhat's new: scan help that actually helps, and batch scanning you can trust
The 2.2.4 update ends the 'rescan first' dead-end with reason-specific guidance, lets you restore anyway when a rescan won't help, and adds a per-shot quality check so a batch never hides a soft scan. Here is what changed.
GuidePut a name to every face, and let the right memory find you
Nostalgia groups the same person across the decades so you can name every face once, then resurfaces the right photo with 'on this day.' Here is how People and Memories work, privately.
GuideFamily Vaults: a private shared space for a living branch
Memorial vaults honor someone who is gone. A Family Vault is the everyday version: an invite-only space where a living branch browses, adds, and shares restored photos together.
NewsWhat's new: a calmer Home, hands-free scanning, and a faster way to make it better
The 2.2.3 update reshapes the app around a Home base, adds hands-free auto-capture for ripping through a stack of prints, and puts 'improve it' right on the result. Here is what changed and why.
GuideScanning prints with your phone, done right
Glare, skew, blur, and album pages are what make phone scans bad. Here is how the Nostalgia scanner handles each one at capture time, the honest handling tips that still matter, and when a flatbed is the better call.
NewsA fresh look, and the features families love most: People, Memories, and Colorize
Our biggest update yet brings a warmer redesign across the whole app and surfaces the features families love most: find your people by face, relive “on this day” memories, and add color to black-and-white prints.
GuideHow to share a restored family photo so everyone actually sees it
Restoring an old family photo is only half the moment. Sharing it is the other half. Here is how to send a before-and-after that lands, while keeping the original private.
NewsWhat changed in Nostalgia 2.1.13
Nostalgia 2.1.13 brings faster local scan review, one clear Photo Insight next action, and stronger Progress & Review follow-through.
GuideHow a typical family ends up archiving 1,500 photos together
The work of building a family photo archive isn't a solo photo effort. Here's how the load tends to distribute across three generations, and why the result is richer when nobody tries to do it alone.
GuideWhy we will never sell your family photos
Most photo apps' terms of service quietly grant the right to use your uploads for product improvement, AI training, or marketing. We chose a different stance, and made it the default. Here's why, and what it costs us.
NewsMemorial Vaults: A Way to Share a Relative's Photos That Survives Them
When a relative dies, their photos usually get scattered, to a Dropbox link, a Facebook album, or nowhere. Memorial vaults are a different approach: a private, auto-populated tribute the family can hold onto.
GuideImport a Family Tree and Nostalgia Will Help Name the People in Your Photos
If you already keep a family tree in FamilyEcho, Ancestry, MyHeritage, RootsMagic, Family Tree Maker, Gramps, or FamilySearch, your archive can organize itself in an afternoon. Drop the export into Nostalgia and per-person photo suggestions appear by name, era, and birth/death window.
NewsPhoto Story Reveals: Share a Restored Photo the Right Way
Photo Story turns any restored photo into a private before-after reveal, whether square, story, or short video. Send a link, family watches the restoration unfold, no account needed.
NewsWhat's New in the Nostalgia Editor (April 2026)
A quick tour of the refreshed Nostalgia editor: one unified screen for viewing and editing, a Photo Health banner, five tool tabs (Fix, Enhance, Create, Adjust, Crop), and background processing that doesn't block you.
GuideThe Family Historian's Guide to AI Photo Restoration
If you're building a family archive alongside your tree on Ancestry or MyHeritage, here's how to use AI photo restoration without compromising archival integrity.
GuideWhat Is Photo Insight? The AI Report That Checks Your Photo Before You Restore
Every upload gets a Photo Insight report covering damage labels, era estimate, next best actions, and conservation guidance, all before you use a single restore.
TipsHow to Find and Merge Duplicate Photos in Your Family Archive
Scanned the same photo twice? Nostalgia finds visual duplicates, compares quality, recommends a Keeper, and lets you confirm the merge.
ComparisonNostalgia vs Remini: Which Photo Restoration App Is Better?
An honest comparison of Nostalgia and Remini for restoring old family photos. Features, pricing, privacy, and real results compared.
TipsWhat AI Photo Restoration Can (and Cannot) Do in 2026
An honest look at what AI restoration is great at, where it struggles, and how to get the best results from your old photos.