Gencraft review (2026): is the free plan enough?
AI image and video generator with styles and trainable models
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Gencraft report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for AI image app with weekly subscriptions
Gencraft is an image and video app with 20+ models, billed weekly or monthly. Starter is $3.99 a week or $7.99 a month on iOS. The listing states no free allowance, and training your own model is a separate $2.99.
Who Gencraft is for
- Fits if you want an image app on your phone with many models to try
- Works for casual creators who are fine with a subscription
Who Gencraft is not for
- Skip it if you want a clear free allowance, as the listing states none
- Watch out: billing is weekly or monthly, with no yearly option shown
- Watch out: training a custom model is a separate $2.99 purchase
- Pricey if you pay weekly: $3.99 a week for Starter and $9.99 for Pro
- Watch out: web prices were not readable and may differ from App Store prices
Why Gencraft gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money$7.99 a month on iOS Starter is inside the category's cheaper quarter, but the weekly price of $3.99 works out much dearer, and Pro is $19.99 a month.
- DFree plan and trialFree to download, but the listing states no free generation allowance, so what you get without paying is unclear.
- CFeaturesImages, video and emoji, 20+ models, presets and selfie edits. Training your own model is a separate $2.99 in-app purchase.
- CEase of use4.4 from about 2,100 App Store ratings, which is the 3.8 to 4.5 band.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone and Android. No desktop app and no integrations listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Gencraft's App Store listing and pages's own pages on 13 November 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Gencraft's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 63 of the 168 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 42.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 120 of 168) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 41).
Its paid plans start at $17.29 a month, against a middle price of $11.88 for the category: 87 of the 120 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 41 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 169 AI image and video generators we grade, cut by the letter each got. Gencraft’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 120 of 168, level with 28
- DFree plan and trialAbove 41 of 168, level with 11
- CFeaturesAbove 6 of 168, level with 97
- CEase of useAbove 12 of 168, level with 106
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 75 of 168, level with 88
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 123 AI image and video generators. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Gencraft, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Gencraft you would be making an image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $207.48 a year.
What you could make
- Templates: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make.
- A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Gencraft’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Gencraft?
Gencraft turns text prompts into images, videos and emoji, with a choice of styles and a feed of other people's creations. Paid Pro plans add more than 20 models, video, selfie variations and training a model on your own images. It runs on the web and in iOS and Android apps.
Worth knowing
- Prices were read from the iOS App Store listing; web plan prices were not readable and may differ.
- Subscriptions are billed weekly or monthly; the listing shows no yearly option.
- Training a custom model is a separate $2.99 in-app purchase.
Key features
- Text to image
- Enter a prompt, choose from a library of styles and get high-resolution images back.
- Video and emoji
- The listing says the app also generates videos and Genmoji-style emoji from words.
- Train your own model
- Pro users can train a model to generate in their own style; training is also sold separately at $2.99.
- 20+ models
- The Pro tier gives access to more than 20 models, according to the listing.
- Selfie variations and edits
- Upload a selfie to generate variations, or change parts of an image without starting over.
- Generation presets
- Pro users can save and reload favorite generation settings, with prompt prefixes and suffixes.
Gencraft pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Gencraft has a free plan, and paid plans start at $3.99 per week (Starter, App Store price; $7.99 monthly).
- Starts at
- $3.99 per week (Starter, App Store price; $7.99 monthly)
- Free plan
- The app is free to download; the App Store listing does not state a free generation allowance.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter Weekly | $3.99per week, App Store price | Entry subscription as listed in the iOS App Store. |
| Starter Monthly | $7.99per month, App Store price | Entry subscription billed monthly, as listed in the iOS App Store. |
| Pro Weekly | $9.99per week, App Store price | Pro features: 20+ models, video, selfie variations, editing parts of images and model training. |
| Pro Monthly | $19.99per month, App Store price | Same Pro features billed monthly, as listed in the iOS App Store. |
Read from apps.apple.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Gencraft before you buy.
How people rate the Gencraft app
4.4
out of 5 for the iPhone and iPad app
- 5 stars75%
- 4 stars11%
- 3 stars4%
- 2 stars2%
- 1 star8%
2,072 ratings on the App Store in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. It rates the app, not everything the product does. See the listing
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Common questions
Does Gencraft have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Gencraft is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Gencraft have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Gencraft is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Gencraft open source?
Gencraft is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026. What people say is linked where it appears.