PicSpeak is an AI photo critique tool that scores your photos across composition, lighting, color, impact, and technique, and provides actionable improvement suggestions to help you improve your photography.

Guests can critique 3 photos per day (30/month) for free with no sign-up. Free accounts get 60/month, and Pro accounts have unlimited critiques with permanent history and priority processing.

What image formats does PicSpeak support?

PicSpeak supports JPG, PNG, and WebP formats, up to 20 MB per file. Images are automatically compressed on upload — no manual resizing needed.

How does AI photo critique work?

Upload a photo and PicSpeak's AI evaluates five dimensions: composition, lighting, color, impact, and technique. Each dimension receives an individual score along with written analysis and concrete improvement suggestions.

Are my uploaded photos kept private?

Uploaded photos are used only for AI analysis and are never shared publicly with other users. Guest analysis results are not retained long-term, and all storage is encrypted.

Update Log

Latest Release Detail and Update List

The newest release is shown in full at the top, followed by a list of recent product updates.

Latest Release

2026-06-04

Latest

Blog-specific OG images and public page caching

PicSpeak blog posts now generate 1200x630 social images from each article title and category. Public home, blog, updates, Prompt Library, legal, and affiliate pages also get CDN cache headers, while workspace is removed from the public sitemap.

Blog sharing images

Added opengraph-image routes for the default English blog and zh / en / ja localized blog posts

Vendored Cormorant Garamond and DM Sans WOFF fonts and included them in Next output tracing

BlogPosting structured data and Twitter cards now point to article-specific OG images

Public page cache and indexing

Public pages now send public s-maxage=3600 and stale-while-revalidate=86400 cache headers

The cache header covers home, blog, updates, Prompt Library, legal, and affiliate pages

Removed /workspace from the sitemap so the private workspace is not exposed as a public index URL

Recent Releases

2026-06-04

Latest

Blog-specific OG images and public page caching

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-06-04-blog-og-image-cache

2026-06-02

Homepage H1 SSR fallback

PicSpeak now renders the homepage H1, description, and three core feature cards in server HTML, so search engines and AI crawlers can read the core product meaning without waiting for client hydration.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-06-02-home-h1-ssr-fallback

2026-05-23

Security hardening, CI gates, and accessibility polish

PicSpeak now enforces scoped upload and photo-proxy tokens, atomic rate limits, safer request-audit boundaries, pooled outbound HTTP calls, and new database indexes. The frontend also improves generated-image rendering, SEO defaults, keyboard menus, modal focus behavior, and GitHub Actions CI.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-05-23-hardening-ci-accessibility

2026-05-14

Privacy and terms pages, plus static asset recovery

PicSpeak now has public Privacy and Terms pages linked from the footer, and the local production preview no longer lets Clerk intercept Next static CSS and JavaScript assets. The homepage loads with styles again on localhost.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-05-14-legal-pages-static-assets

2026-05-11

Prompt Library expansion, example retakes, and operational health

The AI Create prompt library now has 50 examples, detail pages can carry an example target into the workspace for retake practice, the trilingual Blog adds a prompt workflow article, and the backend now exports a daily operational health snapshot for tasks, costs, payments, and public-content checks.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-05-11-prompt-library-retake-health

2026-05-06

AI Create example handoff, credit recovery, and analytics splits

Prompt Library examples can now carry their prompt and recommended settings into AI Create. When credits run out, users can start a credit pack or Pro checkout in context, return to the original task after payment, and analytics now breaks down example usage, reuse, credit recovery, and generation unit economics.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-05-06-ai-create-checkout-analytics

2026-05-04

Analytics weekly report, retake practice loop, and in-task reading

PicSpeak now connects critique suggestions back to the workspace as concrete next-shoot targets, lets users read full Lens Notes articles inside review and generation waiting pages, and expands product analytics with AI Create, Prompt Library, retake, locale, and data-health reporting.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-05-04-analytics-retake-waiting-reader

2026-05-01

Full SEO pass, real product OG image, and crawlable prompt examples

Completed a full PicSpeak SEO / GEO audit and aligned AI critique, AI Create, and the public gallery across metadata, sitemap, llms.txt, a real product Open Graph image, and crawlable GPT Image 2 prompt example pages.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-05-01-seo-og-gallery-prompt-library

2026-04-28

Runtime migrations, API stability, and homepage language cleanup

Runtime schema management now runs through Alembic baseline and incremental migrations. Guest creation, audit logging, blog view counts, gallery recommendations, and AI generation downloads gained stability guards, while the frontend now has tighter API URL, default locale, html lang, demo critique, and image-processing behavior.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-28-runtime-migrations-and-stability

2026-04-27

Curated GPT-Image-2 prompt library

The AI Create page now includes 30 curated GPT-Image-2 prompt examples with output images, author/source attribution, and localized title/prompt fields. Users can tune quality, ratio, and style below the prompt box, then apply an example as a draft.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-27-gpt-image2-prompt-gallery

2026-04-26

Content bundles, homepage SSR translations, and task stability

Homepage, blog, updates, and review copy now sit behind clearer component and JSON bundle boundaries. Root and locale homepages render with initial translations, header controls are shared, and generation task status reads no longer commit the database session.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-26-content-bundles-and-home-ssr

2026-04-25

AI Create, image credits, and retake references

PicSpeak now includes a standalone AI Create page, review-linked retake reference generation, generation history, downloads, and reuse. Image generation credits, a 30-credit redeem code, and a 300-credit checkout pack are wired into billing and usage.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-25-ai-image-generation-and-credits

2026-04-24

Content-to-workspace conversion paths

Blog, Gallery, and Home now send readers back to the workspace with intent-specific CTAs, while the analytics snapshot can track content views through clicks, uploads, and first critique completion.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-24-stage-d-content-conversion

2026-04-22

Pro value repositioning and FAQPage duplicate fix

Pro is now framed as next-shoot guidance, complete review, and progress tracking instead of just deeper analysis. Locale home pages also no longer emit duplicate FAQPage structured data.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-22-pro-conversion-and-faq-schema

2026-04-20

Growth loop, replay guidance, and next-shot checklists

History now surfaces a recent-vs-previous growth loop, review detail separates same-photo verification from new-photo retakes, and Flash suggestions are shaped into cleaner next-shot checklist actions.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-20-review-growth-loop-and-replay-guidance

2026-04-19

Auth hardening, safer task retries, and more stable requests

Tightened CORS and cookie behavior, corrected webhook error codes, added activation-code rate limiting, locked JWKS cache refreshes, and made frontend requests cancellable.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-19-auth-hardening-and-request-stability

2026-04-19

Backend & frontend modular refactor

Split oversized backend routers and the review detail page into single-responsibility modules. No user-facing changes — this is a code organization update that improves maintainability.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-19-backend-frontend-module-split

2026-04-13

Blog post view counts are now visible

Added public view counts for blog posts and wired article detail visits to increment the count automatically.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-13-blog-view-counts

2026-04-12

llms.txt, Enhanced Schema.org, and Localized Updates Pages

Added llms.txt for AI search visibility, expanded Person and SoftwareSourceCode structured data, and launched locale-pinned /zh/updates, /en/updates, and /ja/updates routes.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-12-llms-seo-schema

2026-04-11

Blog Module, Gallery Sort, and Dark Theme Refinement

Launched a trilingual blog with 6 SEO articles, added gallery sorting (recommended, latest, top score, most likes), and recalibrated the dark theme to a warmer tone.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-11-blog-gallery-sort-theme

2026-04-10

Locale-Pinned Home Routes, SEO Signals, and Gallery UI Refactor

Added /zh, /en, and /ja locale-pinned home pages, wired hreflang and JSON-LD signals across public routes, and moved scattered home, gallery, review, and workspace copy into shared i18n keys while splitting the gallery UI into focused components.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-10-locale-seo-and-gallery-refactor

2026-04-09

Gallery Ranking, Image Rendering, and Lint Gates Updated

The public gallery now ranks work with score-weighted freshness, uses stable paging cursors for that combined order, restores reliable gallery card image rendering, and ships a real frontend lint baseline.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-09-gallery-ranking-and-quality-gates

2026-04-07

Activation Codes and China Purchase Flow Added

Added an Afdian plus activation-code path for Chinese Pro purchases, tightened expiry-aware billing sync, and exposed redeem entry points across the home, review, promo, and account surfaces.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-07-activation-code-billing

2026-04-01

Moderation, Score Labels, and Gallery Cards Refined

Relaxed public-gallery moderation for clearly allowed borderline content, expanded review score labels to 10 localized tiers, and stabilized gallery cards for landscape images.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-04-01-audit-score-gallery-polish

2026-03-28

Home, Review, and Gallery Experience Refresh

Unified the home header with the app shell, added a sign-up entry, fixed review-detail display issues, and improved public gallery paging and thumbnail delivery.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-03-28-home-review-gallery-refresh

2026-03-27

Public Gallery Navigation and Filters Updated

The public gallery now supports history-style filters, URL-synced state, reliable return-position restoration, and thumbnail-only card loading.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-03-27-gallery-navigation-and-filters

2026-03-25

Pro Launch Offer and Direct Checkout Updated

Standardized the launch-offer messaging, expanded Pro entry points, and sent purchase buttons straight to checkout.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-03-25-pro-launch-checkout

2026-03-24

Scoring Upgrade and Gallery Recommendation Logic

Unified scoring behavior across modes and added score-version-aware recommendation logic to the public gallery.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-03-24-score-upgrade

2026-03-22

Public Gallery Likes and SEO Improvements

Added persistent gallery likes for signed-in users and tightened SEO metadata for public-facing pages.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-03-22-gallery-likes

2026-03-21

Stricter Scoring Prompt and Correct Gallery Count

Tightened the AI scoring prompt and fixed the gallery header so the total count is correct from page one.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-03-21-strict-scoring

2026-03-20

Public Gallery Browsing, Moderation, and Paging

Rolled out the public gallery workflow with moderation, guest browsing, gallery cards, and stable paging behavior.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-03-20-gallery

2026-03-20

History, Sharing, Replay, and Favorites Connected

Connected history filtering, sharing, export, replay analysis, and favorites across the frontend and backend.

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docs/changelog/CHANGELOG.md#2026-03-20

Blog-specific OG images and public page caching

Blog sharing images

Added opengraph-image routes for the default English blog and zh / en / ja localized blog posts

Vendored Cormorant Garamond and DM Sans WOFF fonts and included them in Next output tracing

BlogPosting structured data and Twitter cards now point to article-specific OG images

Public page cache and indexing

Public pages now send public s-maxage=3600 and stale-while-revalidate=86400 cache headers

The cache header covers home, blog, updates, Prompt Library, legal, and affiliate pages

Removed /workspace from the sitemap so the private workspace is not exposed as a public index URL