Polish - AI Photo Editor

Polish has been quietly iterating since early 2020, and version 2.5.0 shows a tool that genuinely prioritizes restraint over spectacle. The AI object removal and portrait retouch features do the heavy lifting for everyday shooting, and the results lean toward natural rather than plasticized. At 212 MB it stays lean. The free entry point is generous, though in-app purchases lurk. With 13K ratings averaging 4.76, the user base clearly appreciates what it does, and hands-on time largely confirms that confidence.

AI Removal and Enhancement in Practice

The Magic AI Remove tool is the most practically useful feature here. Pointing it at a stray lamppost or a stranger in the background produces clean fills without obvious smearing in typical outdoor shots. The AI Photo Enhancer sharpens and clarifies without pushing contrast into crunchy territory. These two tools alone cover the main reasons most people reach for a mobile editor, and they work without requiring any manual masking or layer management.

Portrait Retouch Keeps a Light Hand

Skin smoothing in Polish resists the urge to melt every pore into a wax finish, which is a real differentiator against apps that default to aggressive beautification. Wrinkle softening and complexion brightening feel tunable rather than binary. That said, the background replacement tool is more hit or miss, struggling with flyaway hair and busy edge detail, which is a known limitation across most one-tap background tools at this price point.

Who Actually Benefits Here

Polish suits someone who shoots casually on an iPhone or Android device and wants fixes done in under a minute without learning a histogram. It is not aimed at photographers who want manual RAW control or layer-based compositing. The filter set covers mood-based presets rather than technical color grading. If your editing goal is a clean, presentable photo for social sharing rather than a technically precise output, Polish lands that target consistently.