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Recuva vs TestDisk & PhotoRec: catalog facts
Recuva	TestDisk & PhotoRec
Freemium Free version available, with a paid Recuva Pro upgrade.	Free Free and open source under the GNU General Public Licence.
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Recovers from memory cards, USB sticks and external drives Works on damaged or newly formatted drives	Recovers deleted partitions and fixes partition tables, which restores everything at once Rebuilds FAT and NTFS boot sectors and repairs the MFT from its mirror
Windows only Some features reserved for the paid Pro edition	A text menu interface that is genuinely intimidating under pressure Easy to make things worse if you do not understand what you are confirming
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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