We make PhotoPolisher, so keep that in mind as you read. We’ve described Evoto from its own website and public pricing, and we’ve tried to be fair about where it’s the better choice.
What the Evoto AI photo glare remover does
Evoto is AI photo editing software aimed at professional portrait photographers. Its glare remover is one feature inside the portrait retouching tools. According to Evoto’s feature page, you upload a photo, open the Glasses Glare slider in the Eyes section of Portrait Retouching, and drag it until the reflection on the lenses fades. It also handles bright spots from sun, lamps and flash.
- Where it runs: in the browser, and as a desktop app on Windows, macOS and iPadOS.
- Free use: you can preview results without signing up. New users get 3 free HD exports, for web exports only.
- Formats: JPEG, PNG and WebP.
- Paid plans: billed annually, from about $7.42 a month for the Starter plan up to around $100 a month, plus credit packs from $49 for 200 credits (public pricing as of October 2026). Check Evoto’s own pricing page for current numbers.
Evoto’s strength is everything around the glare slider: skin retouching, face and body shaping, background tools and settings you can sync across a whole shoot. For a studio editing a full wedding or a school picture day, that matters more than any single feature.
What PhotoPolisher does differently
PhotoPolisher is a set of single-purpose tools that run in the browser. The glare remover works on any kind of photo, not just portraits. It has two modes:
- Document mode for photos of pages, receipts, whiteboards and screens. It measures how bright the paper is across the page and evens it out, so text under the glare becomes readable again.
- Photo mode for everything else. It finds small, bright, colorless reflections and fills them from the colors around them.
For glasses there is a separate glasses glare remover that finds reflections on lenses automatically and lets you paint over anything it missed. It removes the glare as a layer of light, which keeps the eye detail underneath.
The tools run on your device. Your photo isn’t uploaded, there’s no account and no watermark.
Evoto vs PhotoPolisher side by side
| Evoto | PhotoPolisher | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Portrait and wedding photographers retouching whole shoots | Anyone fixing a single photo, plus online stores |
| Where it runs | Browser, and desktop app on Windows, macOS and iPadOS | Browser on any device |
| Glasses glare | Dedicated Glasses Glare slider under Eyes | Automatic detection plus a paint brush |
| Glare on documents and objects | Not the main focus | Document mode for pages, receipts and screens |
| Other portrait retouching | Full suite: skin, face shaping, backgrounds, batch sync | Face shine and eye bags only |
| Account needed | For HD export | No |
| Price | Free preview, 3 free HD web exports for new users, then paid plans or credit packs | Free tools, paid editing service for businesses |
How to remove light glare from a photo
Light glare is the washed-out patch where a lamp, window or flash reflects off a shiny surface: a framed print, a laminated card, a phone screen, a magazine page. Here is how to remove it with PhotoPolisher:
- Open the glare remover and upload your photo.
- Leave the photo type on Auto, or choose Document for pages and screens.
- Drag the slider across the image to compare, then download.
If the glare covers a face or an eye behind glasses, use the glasses tool instead. If the glare is solid white with no detail inside, no editor can bring back what the camera didn’t record. Retaking the photo at a slight angle is then the only real fix.
How to remove glare from a photo on iPhone
You don’t need an app. In Safari:
- Go to photopolisher.com and tap Upload a photo.
- Choose Photo Library and pick the photo. iPhone converts HEIC photos to JPG automatically.
- When the result appears, tap Download, then save the image to Photos.
On iPhones that support Apple Intelligence, the Photos app’s Clean Up tool can sometimes remove a small reflection if you circle it. It repaints the area rather than removing the glare as a layer, so it works better on small spots than on glare covering text or eyes.
How to remove glare in Photoshop
If you already work in Photoshop, the classic method still works for small reflections:
- Duplicate the background layer so you can compare.
- For glare on skin or flat surfaces, use the Spot Healing Brush or the Clone Stamp at 20 to 40 percent opacity and build it up in several strokes.
- For glare on glasses, select the reflection and try Generative Fill with an empty prompt, then check the eyes closely. It can change their shape.
- In Camera Raw, a brush mask with lower Highlights and Whites and a little Dehaze helps with soft, milky glare.
It gives you full control, but it takes minutes per photo. For a quick fix, run the photo through PhotoPolisher first and finish in Photoshop if needed.
Which one should you choose?
- Choose Evoto if you retouch portraits professionally, need skin and face tools in the same place and edit whole sessions in batches.
- Choose PhotoPolisher if you want to fix one photo now, the glare is on a document or an object, you don’t want an account, or you’d rather your photo didn’t leave your device.
- Use both if you’re a photographer who also needs to clean up the odd scan or product photo between shoots.