Anime4K AlternativesImage Upscaling Apps like Anime4K

Anime4K is described as 'Set of open-source, high-quality real-time anime upscaling/denoising algorithms that can be implemented in any programming language' and is a Image Upscaling app in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Anime4K for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Linux, Mac and Flathub apps. The best Anime4K alternative is Upscayl. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try waifu2x or REAL Video Enhancer. Other great apps like Anime4K are Magnific AI, RealScaler, final2x and MadVR.

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Anime4K is a set of open-source, high-quality real-time anime upscaling/denoising algorithms that can be implemented in any...

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Anime4K alternatives page was last updated Apr 19, 2025
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  1. Upscayl icon
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    Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler for Linux, MacOS and Windows built with Linux-First philosophy.

    63 Upscayl alternatives

    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Image Upscaling
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Batch Editing
    7.  Electron based

    Upscayl VS Anime4K

     
    • Upscayl is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Anime4K.

    • Upscayl is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Anime4K.

    • Upscayl is Free Personal and Open SourceAnime4K is Free and Open Source
    • Upscayl is LightweightAnime4K is not according to our users
  2. waifu2x icon
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    Image Super-Resolution [upscaling] for Anime-style [low detail] art or images using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks.

    64 waifu2x alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Online

    waifu2x Features

    1.  Change resolution
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Batch Editing
    5.  Works Offline

    waifu2x VS Anime4K

     
    • waifu2x is the most popular Web-based alternative to Anime4K.

    • waifu2x is Free and Open SourceAnime4K is also Free and Open Source
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    REAL Video Enhancer is a redesigned and enhanced version of the original Rife ESRGAN App for Linux. This program offers convenient access to frame interpolation and upscaling functionalities on Linux, comparable to Flowframes or enhancr on Windows.

    61 REAL Video Enhancer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    REAL Video Enhancer Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Frame interpolation

    REAL Video Enhancer VS Anime4K

     
  4. Magnific AI icon
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    The most advanced AI upscaler & enhancer. Magnific can hallucinate and reimagine as many details as you wish guided by your own prompt and parameters!.

    75 Magnific AI alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Adobe Photoshop

    Magnific AI Features

    1.  AI-Powered

    Magnific AI VS Anime4K

     
    • Magnific AI is the most popular commercial alternative to Anime4K.

    • Magnific AI is Paid and ProprietaryAnime4K is Free and Open Source
  5. RealScaler icon
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    RealScaler is a Windows app based on Real-ESRGAN AI to enhance, enlarge and reduce noise in photographs and videos.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Support for 4K
    4.  Hardware Accelerated
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  No Coding Required
    8.  No Tracking
    9.  Batch Editing
    10.  Non Destructive Editing
    11.  Noise Reduction
    12.  AMD

    RealScaler VS Anime4K

     
  6. final2x icon
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    2^x Image Super-Resolution ??.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    final2x Features

    1.  Image Processing
    2.  Cross-Platform
    3.  Support for i18n

    final2x VS Anime4K

     
  7. MadVR icon
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    MadVR uses your GPU to perform resolution upscaling, chroma upscaling, and all kinds of other video rendering enhancements that can significantly improve video quality. It can be used with a few different video players such as MPC-HC and PotPlayer.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    MadVR Features

    1.  Video rendering

    MadVR VS Anime4K

     
  8. magickimg icon
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    Elevate your images with cutting-edge AI technology and a suite of tools for restoration, upscaling, and more.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    magickimg Features

    1.  Remove Image Background
    2.  Colorize Photo
    3.  AI-Powered
    4.  Image Restoration Tools

    magickimg VS Anime4K

     
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    An Android application for super-resolution & interpolation. Contains RealSR-NCNN, SRMD-NCNN, RealCUGAN-NCNN, Real-ESRGAN-NCNN, Waifu2x-NCNN, Anime4kcpp, nearest, bilinear, bicubic, AVIR...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Android

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Image Processing

    RealSR-NCNN-Android VS Anime4K

     
    • RealSR-NCNN-Android is the most popular Android alternative to Anime4K.

    • RealSR-NCNN-Android is Free and Open SourceAnime4K is also Free and Open Source
    • RealSR-NCNN-Android is Privacy focusedAnime4K is not according to our users
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    jdPixelUpscaler upscales images by simply replacing one pixel with several of the same color. For example, if you set the scaling factor to 2, one pixel becomes 2x2 pixels of the same color. No attention is paid to the surrounding pixels or to transitions.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Flatpak

    jdPixelUpscaler VS Anime4K

     
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    Recent state-of-the-art super-resolution methods have achieved impressive performance on ideal datasets regardless of blur and noise. However, these methods always fail in real-world image super-resolution, since most of them adopt simple bicubic downsampling from high-quality...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Vulkan
    • PyTorch

    RealSR Features

    1.  Image Restoration Tools
    2.  Image Processing
    3.  AI-Powered

    RealSR VS Anime4K

     
  12. ESRGAN icon
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    ESRGAN VS Anime4K

     
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