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Vow GIF & Meme Maker
Turn any video clip into a GIF or meme, with no watermark
- Free: 10 GIFs a day, up to 10 seconds at 480p, with meme text
- $4.95 once: Any length, HD up to the original size, MP4, WebP and APNG
Vow Video Upscaler
AI video upscaler & enhancer for Windows
Old videos, sharp again. AI upscaling on your own PC.
Drop in camcorder tapes, DVDs and old phone clips and get them back at 2x, 1080p or 4K, cleaned up and smooth. The AI runs on your own graphics card, you see before and after for free, and there are no cloud credits, watermarks or subscriptions.
- No ads
- No malware
- No account
- Light & dark theme
- 5 videos a day, 2x AI upscaling, up to 1 minute each
No ads. Ever.No pop-ups, no banners, no "offers".
No malware or bundlewareThe installer installs one thing: this app.
No account, no uploadIt works on your PC, and your files stay there.
Free daily limits, just $9.95 unlimitedNo subscription. No trial that runs out.
The problem
AI upscaling shouldn't mean renting someone's cloud
The well-known upscalers want an upload, a credit pack or a yearly licence, and the free trials stamp a watermark on the result.
Upload your family videos
Cloud enhancers want your private home movies on their servers, then make you wait in their queue.
Credits by the minute
Pay-per-minute pricing turns a box of old tapes into a very big bill.
Watermarked trials
Free trials of desktop upscalers often stamp a watermark on every export until you buy.
Yearly licences
The best-known tools often come as yearly licences, renewing whether you have videos to fix or not.
Settings for experts only
Free open-source upscalers work, once you've picked models, frame formats and command-line options.
No idea what you'll get
Start a job, wait hours, then find the result looks wrong: no preview first and no estimate of the time.
Vow Video Upscaler fixes all of it.
How it works
Drop. Preview. Upscale.
See the result before you start, then let your own graphics card do the work.
- 01
Add your videos
Drop videos or whole folders on the window, press Ctrl+O or paste them. MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, DVD (VOB), camcorder (MTS) and more, even pictures.
Drop videos, then Add, Look and Upscale - 02
Look before you upscale
The Preview page upscales any moment with your settings and shows it before and after, with the AI's speed on your PC and how long the whole video will take.
See any moment before and after, side by side - 03
Upscale
Pick Real life, Animation or Max detail and a size, then press Upscale. Sound, subtitles and chapters are kept, and nothing is ever overwritten.
Drop videos, then Add, Look and Upscale
Features
Everything the big-name upscalers do, in one clean window
For home movie keepers, DVD collectors, video editors and anime fans: smart defaults up front, every control in Advanced.
Real-ESRGAN AI upscaling
Three models for real life, animation and maximum detail, from 2x and 4x to 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K and up to 8K.
Free before and after preview
Any frame with any setting, Unlimited ones too: a split view with a draggable divider or side by side, fitted or at 100%.
Fast on any graphics card
Runs on any DirectX 12 card from NVIDIA, AMD or Intel, with the processor as a fallback, and encodes with NVENC, Quick Sync or AMF.
AI denoise
From Keep grain to Max, plus an extra temporal denoise for VHS and low light, and deblocking for DVD and web video.
Smooth motion to 60 fps
RIFE frame interpolation to 50, 60 or 120 fps, or half and quarter speed slow motion, with scene-cut detection.
Made for old video
Automatic deinterlacing, one frame per field, anamorphic DVDs to square pixels, rotated phone video upright and HDR mapped to SDR.
Tidy the picture
Stabilise shaky footage, remove black bars, sharpen and adjust brightness, contrast and colour, with film grain if you like it.
A queue that looks after itself
Progress, frames per second and time left for every video; pause, skip or stop, keep the PC awake, then close, sleep or shut down.
Keeps what matters
Sound, subtitles, chapters and dates are kept and nothing is overwritten. H.264, H.265, AV1 or ProRes in MP4, MKV or MOV.
Light and dark theme
A bright light theme for daytime and a dark one for evenings, swapped with a single click on the side bar.
Light & dark theme
Easy on the eyes, day or night.
Video Upscaler comes with a crisp light theme and a calm dark theme. Switch with one click, or let it follow your Windows setting by itself. It remembers your choice.
- LightClear and bright for daytime and busy offices
- DarkGentle on tired eyes late at night
- Follow WindowsChanges by itself when your PC does
Screenshots
See Vow Video Upscaler in action
Real screenshots of the real app, in both of its themes: 5 light, 5 dark. Click any picture to see it full size.
Light theme
Dark theme
Who it's for
Made for videos worth a second look
Home movies
Bring camcorder tapes and early digital camera clips up to a size that looks good on today's TVs.
DVD collections
Upscale DVD video with automatic deinterlacing and anamorphic correction.
Old phone videos
Sharpen low-resolution clips from early smartphones and messaging apps.
Anime and cartoons
A dedicated Animation model keeps lines clean and colours flat.
Video editors
Bring low-res archive footage up to match an HD or 4K timeline, with ProRes output.
Photos and scans
Pictures work too: upscale old photos 2x to 4x with the same AI.
Compare
Vow Video Upscaler vs the usual AI upscalers
What you actually get when you look for a way to enhance an old video, side by side.
| Feature | Vow Video Upscaler | Typical AI upscaling apps & cloud services |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free every day, or $9.95 once | Yearly licences or per-minute credits |
| Your video is uploaded | Never: 100% on your PC | Yes, for cloud enhancers |
| Watermark on the result | Never | Common on free trials |
| Free before and after preview | Every setting, Unlimited ones too | Limited, or only after paying |
| Time estimate for your PC | Yes, measured on your card | Rarely |
| Graphics cards | Any DirectX 12 card, or the CPU | Often one brand first, or the cloud |
| Frame interpolation to 60 fps | Yes (Unlimited) | Some tools, often extra |
| Sound, subtitles and chapters kept | Yes | Often just the sound |
| Works without internet | Yes | No, for cloud services |
"Typical" describes what we found across the most-downloaded alternatives when we built Video Upscaler. Your mileage with any one of them may vary; ours won't.
Pricing
Free every day. Just $9.95 once for the lot.
That is not a typo. Software this powerful usually means a monthly subscription; Video Upscaler is $9.95, once, for life: it's almost a giveaway. Use it free for as long as you like, and unlock Unlimited only if you need more.
Free
$0forever
5 videos a day, 2x AI upscaling, up to 1 minute each.
- 5 videos every day (resets at midnight)
- 2x AI upscaling with all three models
- Up to 1 minute of each video
- Before and after previews of every setting
- Deinterlace, stabilise, sharpen and colour
- No watermarks, no sign-up, nothing uploaded
Best valueUnlimited
$9.95USD, once. Yours for life.
Almost a giveaway. Less than a takeaway lunch for software this powerful: no subscription, no renewals, yours for life on 2 PCs.
Full length, up to 4K and 8K, AI denoise and 60 fps.
- Any number of videos, at full length
- 3x, 4x, 1440p, 4K and up to 8K
- AI denoise levels, deblocking and extra denoise
- Smooth motion: 50, 60 and 120 fps, slow motion
- One payment, yours for life on 2 PCs
- Every future update included
How unlocking works
- 1Use it free first Install Vow Video Upscaler and use it on your own files. No card, no account, no time limit.
- 2Click "Unlimited" in the app Pay $9.95 USD once by card, securely through Stripe in your browser.
- 3It unlocks itself Within seconds, for life, on up to 2 of your PCs. Your license key is emailed to you, and every future update is included.
Payments by Stripe: we never see or store your card. Questions? Ask a real person.
Clean software
Safe to install. Nothing else comes with it.
Most "free" Windows downloads pay for themselves with ads, bundled extras or your data. Vow Video Upscaler doesn't need to: it's paid for honestly, once, by the people who find it useful.
Download Video Upscaler free- No ads, toolbars or "offers"The installer installs one thing: Vow Video Upscaler. No pre-ticked boxes to watch out for.
- No administrator rights neededIt installs just for you, in your own user folder, and leaves the rest of Windows alone.
- Nothing running in the backgroundNo startup programs, no tray nags, no services. When you close it, it's closed.
- Everything includedAll it needs is inside the installer, so you never have to fetch a "required component" from somewhere else.
- Uninstalls cleanlyOne click in Windows Settings > Apps. Your own files are never touched.
- A real company behind itMade, published and supported by XTO Pty Ltd, an Australian company, with real people answering every message.
Step-by-step guide
How to upscale a video with AI on Windows
Turn an old, blurry clip into a sharp HD video in a few minutes, without uploading it.
Step 1: get it freeDownload and install it free
Get Vow Video Upscaler from this page and run the installer. It needs no administrator rights and no account, and the AI models and engines are already inside, so nothing downloads on first start.
Add your videos
Drag them onto the window or press Ctrl+O. Each video shows its size, frame rate and length, and the size it will be once upscaled.
Choose what's in the video
Real life for camcorder, phone and TV video, Animation for cartoons, Max detail for short clips. Leave the size on 2x, or pick 4x, 1080p or 4K with Unlimited.
Preview a moment
Open Preview and drag the divider across the picture to compare before and after. It also shows how long the whole video will take on your graphics card.
Press Upscale
Press Upscale or Ctrl+Enter. Each row shows progress, frames per second and time left, and the result is saved as name (upscaled 2x).mp4 without touching the original.
Technical details
Video Upscaler at a glance
- Works on
- Windows 10 (1809+) and Windows 11, 64-bit
- AI models
- Real-ESRGAN (3 models) and RIFE 4.6
- Runs on
- DirectX 12 GPU (NVIDIA, AMD, Intel) or CPU
- Sizes
- 2x (free) · 3x, 4x, 1440p, 4K, up to 8K (Unlimited)
- Opens
- MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WMV, WebM, VOB, MTS, 3GP, DV, FLV, pictures
- Saves
- H.264, H.265, AV1, ProRes 422 · MP4, MKV, MOV
- Internet
- Not needed: works fully offline
- Install
- Per-user, no administrator rights, no account
- Theme
- Light, dark or follow Windows: one click to switch
- Version
- 1.0.0, released 7 November 2026
- Publisher
- XTO Pty Ltd (Australia)
FAQ
Questions about Video Upscaler
Is Vow Video Upscaler really free?
Yes. You can upscale 5 videos every day for free: 2x with all three AI models, up to the first minute of each video, with deinterlacing, stabilising, sharpening, colour and every output format. Before and after previews are free with every setting. Unlimited, a one-time $9.95 USD payment, adds full length, 3x, 4x, 4K and 8K, the AI denoise levels and smooth motion up to 120 fps.
Does it upload my videos?
No. The AI runs on your own PC, on your graphics card through DirectML or on the processor, and FFmpeg and the models are inside the installer. Your videos never leave your computer and it works with no internet connection at all.
Which graphics cards does it work with?
Any DirectX 12 graphics card from NVIDIA, AMD or Intel, with the processor as a fallback. On an RTX 5090 a 640x480 clip upscales 2x at about 94 frames per second, and mid-range cards are still faster than real time for SD video. The Preview page measures the speed on your own card.
How is it different from Topaz Video, HitPaw VikPea or Video2X?
It covers the same core in one window: AI upscaling to 4K and 8K, denoise, deinterlacing, frame interpolation, stabilising, batches and hardware encoding. It adds a free before and after preview of every setting, a time estimate measured on your own card, a trim per video and sound, subtitles and chapters kept. And there's no subscription, no watermarked trial and no cloud: Unlimited is $9.95 once.
Can it fix interlaced DVD and camcorder video?
Yes. Deinterlacing is automatic when the file says it is interlaced, with an option for one frame per field for smooth 50 or 60 fps. Anamorphic DVDs come out with square pixels, and with Unlimited the extra temporal denoise and deblocking help with VHS and DVD noise.
Can it make video smoother?
Yes, with Unlimited: RIFE frame interpolation doubles the frames or converts to 50, 60 or 120 fps, or makes half and quarter speed slow motion, with scene-cut detection. You can try it on the Preview page for free first.
Will my original video be changed?
Never. Results are saved with a new name such as name (upscaled 4K 60fps).mp4, in Videos\Vow Video Upscaler or next to the original if you prefer. A stopped job leaves no half-written file behind.
Is it safe to install?
Yes. It is made and published by XTO Pty Ltd, an Australian company. The installer contains no ads, no toolbars and no bundled software, needs no administrator rights, and uninstalls cleanly from Windows Settings.
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Make old and low-res videos sharp with AI, on your own PC. Free to use every day, $9.95 once if you ever want Unlimited.
- No ads
- No malware
- No account
- No subscription