# DiffusionBee review (2026): is it any good? > Free Stable Diffusion app that runs locally on a Mac Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. DiffusionBee is a Mac app that runs Stable Diffusion on your own computer. It covers text-to-image, image-to-image, generative fill, upscaling, image variants, control images, video tools and training custom models. The site says images are generated locally and nothing is sent to the cloud. - **Category:** AI Image & Video Generators - **Made by:** DiffusionBee - **Website:** https://diffusionbee.com - **Runs on:** macOS - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use Windows, Linux or a phone, since only macOS is offered. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, DiffusionBee is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** The site's meta description calls the app completely free of charge; no paid plans are shown. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | The whole app, run locally on your Mac. No paid plans are listed on the site. | Read from https://diffusionbee.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with DiffusionBee before buying. ## Key features - **Text to image and image to image:** Generate images from prompts or transform an existing image with a prompt. - **Generative fill:** Add or remove objects in a selected region of an image. - **Upscaler and variants:** Sharpen and enlarge images, or generate several variants of one image. - **Model training:** Train a custom model on your own images, which the site says happens fully locally. - **Video tools:** A set of tools for generating animations and videos. ## Good for - Mac owners who want image generation with no subscription - Keeping prompts and images on the machine - Trying Stable Diffusion without installing Python tooling ## Worth knowing - Only a macOS download is offered; the FAQ says macOS 13.1 or later is required. - Apple silicon is recommended; the FAQ says Intel Macs work but are very slow without a dedicated graphics chip. - On an 8GB M1 MacBook Air the FAQ puts one image at around 30 seconds. - Use of generated images is tied to the CreativeML Open RAIL-M license, per the FAQ. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. DiffusionBee is a free Mac app that runs Stable Diffusion on your own machine, with image to image, generative fill, an upscaler, local model training and some video tools. It is Mac only and slow on Intel Macs, with about 30 seconds an image on an 8GB M1 Air. - **Value for money: A.** The whole app is free and runs locally on your Mac, which counts as free and substantial. No paid plans are listed on the site. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Free outright, with no paid plan listed and no cap beyond how fast your Mac is. - **Features: C.** Text to image, image to image, generative fill, upscaler, variants, local training and video tools. A local Stable Diffusion app, with output tied to the CreativeML Open RAIL-M license. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record. You download it and start generating, with nothing to set up, though Intel Macs are very slow. - **Platforms and integrations: D.** macOS only, version 13.1 or later. No Windows, Linux, phone, web or API is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from DiffusionBee's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI image and video generators - DiffusionBee's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 74 of the 89 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 86 of 89) and worst on platforms and integrations (D, above 0). - DiffusionBee has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-images ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** DiffusionBee is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 74 of the 89 other AI image and video generators we grade. - You could not: An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. - You could not: A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make. - You could not: A real app for macOS. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Image generation, Video generation, Works offline, Local-first ## Alternatives - [Draw Things](https://toolgpa.com/tools/draw-things): Image generation that runs on your own iPhone, iPad or Mac. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diffusionbee-vs-draw-things) - [ComfyUI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/comfyui): Open-source node editor for image and video AI workflows, plus a cloud. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/comfyui-vs-diffusionbee) - [Dezgo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dezgo): Pay-as-you-go AI image and video generator with many models. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dezgo-vs-diffusionbee) - [Mage Space](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mage-space): Browser-based image, video and audio generator with many models. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diffusionbee-vs-mage-space) - [Stability AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/stability-ai): Stable Diffusion image models to self-host or call through an API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diffusionbee-vs-stability-ai) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://diffusionbee.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/diffusionbee Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).