Aftershoot Editing vs Retouch4me Apex

In short

• Both: Edits images
• Only Aftershoot Editing states: Private generation

Aftershoot Editing

AI photo editing software that learns a photographer’s style, applies edits in batches, and supports RAW refinement and retouching.

Plans

Select

• $10 /m Billed Yearly

• AI-driven image selections, duplicate grouping, & key face detection

Edit

• $30 /m Billed Yearly

• AI Marketplace Styles, AI-driven cropping, straightening, and masking

Retouch

• $20 /m Billed Yearly

• Portrait Retouching, Retouching Presets, and Batch Sync

Complete

• $45 /m Billed Yearly

• All-in-One
• Select
• Edit
• Retouch

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Edits images — “You can also paint a mask by hand, or invert it to edit areas around your subject while they stay untouched.” source
• Private generation — “Images are always stored and processed locally on your computer, never on Aftershoot’s servers.” source

Retouch4me Apex

Retouch4me Apex is a desktop AI retouching app that processes photos in the cloud and combines multiple retouching tools.

Plans

Start

• $14.08 / month
• $169 Billed Yearly

• 2,400 Retouching Credits/year
• 108,000 Culling Credits/year
• 4,800 Generative credits/year
• 20 GB of cloud storage in MyShot
• Unlimited AI Color Correction with batch processing
• Full suite of AI plugins with updates and new releases

Pro

• $24.92 / month
• $299 Billed Yearly

• 6,000 Retouching Credits/year
• 300,000 Culling Credits/year
• 12,000 Generative credits/year
• 40 GB of cloud storage in MyShot
• Unlimited AI Color Correction with batch processing
• Full suite of AI plugins with updates and new releases

Business

• $63.25 / month
• $759 Billed Yearly

• 18,000 Retouching Credits/year
• 1,200,000 Culling Credits/year
• 43,200 Generative credits/year
• 100 GB of cloud storage in MyShot
• Unlimited AI Color Correction with batch processing
• Full suite of AI plugins with updates and new releases

Free

Free

• 2 free plugins: Frequency Separation and Color Match Free
• Frequency Separation for non-destructive editing
• Color Match Free with hundreds of LUTs

Photo Plugins

• from $145

• Collection of 15 AI plugins for portrait, events and product photography
• Heal
• Dodge&Burn
• Portrait Volumes
• Face Make
• Skin Tone

Video Plugins

• from $124

• 5 AI plugins for color matching and skin retouching on videos
• Heal Video
• Dodge&Burn Video
• Dust Video
• Color Match Video
• 3D LUT Creator Plugin

Prices checked 2026-09-26 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Edits images — “Apex combines the core Retouch4me retouching tools in one application with cloud processing and layer support” source