Preserve Your History
Before It Fades
Upload your old photos for free. Our AI can restore, enhance, and colorize them. Share with your community to collect memories and context that bring history to life.
How It Works
From dusty photo boxes to living digital archives in four simple steps
Upload Your Photos
Drag and drop or scan your old photos. Unlimited storage, completely free forever.
Enhance with AI
Restore damage, upscale resolution, and add color to black & white photos with one click.
Share & Collect
Share with your community. Others add memories, identify faces, and provide context.
Preserve Forever
AI synthesizes comments into rich descriptions. Your history, preserved for generations.
AI Enhancement Meets Community Memories
Powerful technology combined with human stories creates archives that truly matter
AI Photo Restoration
Repair scratches, tears, and damage. Restore faded photos to their original clarity.
$1 per photoColorization
Bring black & white photos to life with accurate, AI-powered colorization that honors the era.
$1 per photoHD Upscaling
Enhance resolution up to 4x while preserving detail. Perfect for printing or digital displays.
$1 per photoAuto-Tagging
AI identifies subjects, locations, and estimated dates. Search your archive instantly.
$1 per photoCommunity Memories
Share photos publicly. Others identify faces, add stories, and provide invaluable context.
FreeRich Descriptions
AI synthesizes community comments into comprehensive, narrative descriptions for each photo.
$1 per photoSimple, Pay-As-You-Go Pricing
Free to upload and share. Only pay when you want AI enhancements.
Upload, store, organize, and share your photos forever at no cost. No storage limits. No catches.
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Archive
1 credit = 1 AI enhancement, analysis, or description
Perfect For Every Archive
Communities, organizations, and families trust BackThen to preserve their visual history
HOAs & Communities
Document your neighborhood's evolution. The Lincoln Lake HOA used BackThen to digitize 50 years of community photos, collecting stories from long-time residents.
- Community board presentations
- Anniversary celebrations
- New resident welcome packets
Historical Societies
Digitize entire collections and make them accessible online. Let community members help identify unknown subjects and dates.
- Crowdsourced identification
- Searchable archives
- Public exhibition ready
Churches & Faith Communities
Create lasting archives for anniversary celebrations. Members identify founding families and share stories from decades past.
- Anniversary slideshows
- Memorial tributes
- Multi-generation engagement
Schools & Alumni
Build yearbook archives and graduation memories. Alumni reconnect by identifying classmates and sharing school stories.
- Reunion presentations
- Classmate identification
- Sports team history
Family Archives
Finally organize those shoeboxes of old family photos. Share with relatives near and far. Grandma identifies faces while grandkids colorize black & white memories. Create a living family history that grows with each generation.
- Cross-generation collaboration
- Secure family-only sharing
- Heritage gift books
- Memorial slideshows
What Our Users Say
Trusted by communities, historians, and families worldwide
"We uploaded 800 photos from our HOA's first 40 years. Residents started commenting immediately, identifying people we never knew. The AI colorization brought the 1960s photos to life."
"Our 150th anniversary celebration was transformed. Members shared photos we'd never seen, and the AI restoration made damaged prints look brand new. An incredible tool for any church."
"I finally digitized my grandmother's photos. My cousins in three different states added names and stories I never knew. The AI descriptions capture everything beautifully."
Every Photo Has a Story.
Help Yours Be Told.
Start uploading for free today. No credit card required. See your first enhanced photo in minutes.
Join thousands of communities, families, and historians already using BackThen
Questions? Get in Touch
Have questions about archiving your community's history? Need help with a large collection? We're here to help.