# Photoleap review (2026): is it worth it? > iPhone photo editor with AI image generation and layered edits Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Photoleap is a mobile photo editor from Lightricks that combines layered editing, masking and filters with AI tools: text-to-image, background swaps, object removal, headshots and photo animation. It is distributed as a free download with in-app purchases and a 7-day free trial. - **Category:** AI Image & Video Generators - **Made by:** Lightricks Ltd. - **Website:** https://www.photoleapapp.com - **Runs on:** iOS - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use Android or a computer, because it is iOS only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing Photoleap's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Layers and masking:** Combine photos on layers with blending modes, transparency and transforms, with masking built into most tools. - **AI image generator:** Generate images from a typed idea, then keep editing the result with the app's regular tools. - **One-tap AI edits:** Enhance image quality, remove unwanted objects, replace or generate backgrounds, and extend an image. - **Photo animation:** Add motion to a still photo, including 3D effects, and turn an image into a short video. - **Pro editing support:** The App Store listing names RAW support and 16-bit image depth for tonal adjustments. ## Good for - iPhone and iPad users who want AI tools inside a full photo editor - Social creators making memes, collages and thumbnails on a phone - People who want to blend and layer photos rather than only generate them ## Worth knowing - Prices for the in-app subscription were not readable from the vendor's pages, so none is listed here. - The vendor's site says it is available for iOS only; no Android or desktop version is listed. - The App Store listing shows a free download with in-app purchases; AI tools and some editing features sit behind a paid subscription. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Photoleap is a Lightricks phone editor with layers, masks, filters and AI tools such as text-to-image and object removal. It is free to download, the AI sits behind a subscription whose price we couldn't read, and it is iPhone only. - **Value for money: C.** The in-app subscription price wasn't readable on the vendor's pages, so none is on record. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A 7-day trial is offered, but the AI tools sit behind the paid subscription. - **Features: C.** Layers and masking, an AI image generator, one-tap edits and photo animation. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record, and layers and masking mean a learning curve. - **Platforms and integrations: D.** iOS only, per the vendor's site: no Android, web or desktop. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Lightricks's own pages on 12 November 2026. Its site would not load here, so the grades follow the listing. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI image and video generators - Photoleap's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 2 of the 89 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on ease of use (C, above 7 of 89) and worst on platforms and integrations (D, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-images ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Photoleap 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. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 86 of the 89 other AI image and video generators grade higher. - 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 iOS. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. 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, AI features, Video generation ## Alternatives - [Pixlr](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pixlr): Browser photo editors with AI image, video and audio tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/photoleap-vs-pixlr) - [Fotor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fotor): Photo editor and AI image and video generator with credit plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fotor-vs-photoleap) - [Picsart](https://toolgpa.com/tools/picsart): Photo and video editor with AI generation and design tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/photoleap-vs-picsart) - [Lensa](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lensa): Phone photo editor with AI effects, retouching and an eraser. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lensa-vs-photoleap) - [Remini](https://toolgpa.com/tools/remini): AI photo enhancer that sharpens old and blurry pictures. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/photoleap-vs-remini) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.photoleapapp.com - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photoleap-ai-art-photo-editor/id1191337894 Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/photoleap Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).