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Starryai review (2026): is the free plan enough?

AI art and video app with styles, a community feed and Lumen credits

Free plan · from $4.99AI Images & VideoChecked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
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2.6GPA

Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026

Best for phone-first AI art with daily free images

Starryai makes images and 10-second videos from a prompt in hundreds of styles, on web, iPhone and Android. Free accounts get daily images, but edits, video and bigger upscales always cost Lumens, and the Pro prices are in-app prices.

Who Starryai is for

  • Fits if you make art on your phone and want daily free images
  • Works for people who like a community feed with each image's prompt, to recreate

Who Starryai is not for

  • Tight if you want video: it always costs Lumens, even on Unlimited plans
  • Watch out: upscaled and enhanced images are deleted after 7 days, and edited images aren't saved
  • Pricey if you pay weekly, at $4.99 a week against $11.99 a month
  • Watch out: web plan prices show only after sign-in, so these are the US App Store prices
  • Skip it if you need a desktop app or an API, as neither is listed
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Why Starryai gets a 2.6

Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.

  • CValue for money$11.99 a month for Pro, in the middle of the $8 to $15 range. The cheapest entry is $4.99 a week, about $21 a month, and Unlimited Pro is $39.99.
  • BFree plan and trialA free account gets daily free images with no watermark, plus 5 Lumens on sign-up. Anything past the basics spends Lumens.
  • BFeaturesMany styles, reference images, custom styles trained on your own pictures, 10-second video and upscales to 16x. Unlimited plans cover standard images only.
  • CEase of useNo store rating on record. Lumens, styles, slow mode and different costs per setting take a few tries to get the hang of.
  • BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone and Android, with no desktop app and no API on the listing.

What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from starryai's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. starryai How we review and grade.

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Where Starryai stands among AI image and video generators

Starryai's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 66 of the 89 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 7.

It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 75 of 89) and worst on value for money (C, above 6).

Its paid plans start at $21.62 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 59 of the 65 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 13 tools score higher and cost less.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 90 AI image and video generators we grade, cut by the letter each got. Starryai’s own letter is outlined.

  • CValue for moneyAbove 6 of 89, level with 56
  • BFree plan and trialAbove 75 of 89, level with 10
  • BFeaturesAbove 42 of 89, level with 45
  • CEase of useAbove 7 of 89, level with 50
  • BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 39 of 89, level with 50

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 67 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

C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$1$2$5$10$20$50$100More for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessStarryai

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

  • The best score at each price
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The full chart, and the best AI image and video generators at every price

Keep Starryai, or make your own?

Keep it

To replace Starryai 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 is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 66 of the 89 other AI image and video generators we grade. It costs $259.48 a year.

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 members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to.
  • 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.
  • The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

What this rests on. Starryai’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 Starryai?

Starryai is an AI image generator on the web, iPhone, iPad and Android that turns a prompt into art, anime or photoreal images in hundreds of styles, and makes short videos. Images are paid for with Lumens, and Unlimited Pro plans keep generating at slow speed once the Lumens run out. A public feed shows each image with its prompt and style so others can recreate it.

Worth knowing

  • Web plan prices are shown only after signing in; the plans here are the US App Store's in-app prices.
  • Unlimited plans cover standard generation only; edits, transformations, video and 8x or 16x upscales always use Lumens.
  • Upscaled and enhanced images are deleted after 7 days, and edited images are not saved, so they must be downloaded at once.
  • Web purchases can be refunded within 7 days if under 5% of the Lumens were used; app purchases go through Apple or Google.

Key features

Prompt to image in many styles
Type a prompt, pick a style or none, and add reference images to guide style, face or composition. Photoreal images and edits use Nano Banana.
Short video generation
Make 10-second videos with the Nova Ultra model. Video always costs Lumens, including on Unlimited plans.
Custom styles
Train a style on your own set of images, then use it privately or publish it to your profile for others.
Upscale and enhance
Upscale images 4x, 8x or 16x, or use Enhance to add detail. Unlimited plans include 4x upscaling in slow mode.
Unlimited slow mode
On Unlimited Pro and Unlimited Pro Max, standard generation carries on at slow speed after the included Lumens are spent.
Community feed and challenges
Browse trending images with their prompts and styles, tap Recreate to make your own version, and enter the weekly challenge.

Starryai pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Starryai has a free plan, and paid plans start at $4.99 per week (Starter Pro Weekly, US App Store in-app price).

Starts at
$4.99 per week (Starter Pro Weekly, US App Store in-app price)
Free plan
A free account with daily free images and no watermark; new accounts are topped up with 5 Lumens, and 1 Lumen makes 4 images at base settings.
Free trial
None listed
Free$0Daily free images without watermarks, plus 5 Lumens on sign-up. Generation cost depends on the settings chosen.
Starter Pro Weekly$4.99per week (US App Store in-app price)The lowest-priced Pro subscription the App Store listing shows.
starryai 1 Month Pro$11.99per month (US App Store in-app price)Monthly Pro subscription with an allowance of Lumens for fast generations.
40 Lumens Pack$15.99one-time, for 40 Lumens (US App Store in-app price)Extra Lumens for fast generations, edits, video and higher upscales; Unlimited Pro members pay half price for packs.
starryai 1 Month Unlimited Pro$39.99per month (US App Store in-app price)Unlimited standard images and 4x upscales in slow mode after the included Lumens are used.

Read from apps.apple.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Starryai before you buy.

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Common questions

Does Starryai have a Windows app?

No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Starryai is listed for Web, iOS and Android.

Does Starryai have a macOS app?

No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Starryai is listed for Web, iOS and Android.

Is Starryai open source?

Starryai is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.

Sources for this page

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.