Is Frostbatch a subscription?
The Mac app is $0.99 once through the Mac App Store, with nothing to renew.
What happens after the trial?
You get five days of the full app. After that, starting a new batch asks you to unlock it for $0.99. Nothing you have already exported is touched, and there are no prompts before the five days are up.
Do my images get uploaded anywhere?
The Mac app processes everything locally, including AI upscaling, with no image uploads.
What does AI upscaling actually do?
It runs Real-ESRGAN over each image at 4× before the resize, which rebuilds detail rather than stretching pixels. Choose Photo or Illustration. Upscaling takes longer than resizing and works best on small images.
Will it run on my Mac?
It needs macOS 13 (Ventura) or newer and a Mac with Apple silicon. Upscaling uses the GPU where there is one and falls back to the CPU otherwise.
Can I get it outside the App Store?
Not at the moment. The Mac App Store is the only place to buy it.
Which formats can it read and write?
It reads JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, TIFF and HEIC, and writes the first five. Pick Original to keep each file's own type; HEIC is the exception and comes out as JPEG, because there is no HEIC encoder to write back to.
Where do the resized files go?
Either into a zip you choose the location for, or over the originals in place if you pick Rewrite. The zip is named batch- plus a timestamp by default, and you can change that prefix.