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

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

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

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.

- **Category:** AI Image & Video Generators
- **Made by:** starryai, Inc.
- **Website:** https://starryai.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you want video: it always costs Lumens, even on Unlimited plans.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## 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).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **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.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Daily free images without watermarks, plus 5 Lumens on sign-up. Generation cost depends on the settings chosen. |
| Starter Pro Weekly | $4.99 per week (US App Store in-app price) | The lowest-priced Pro subscription the App Store listing shows. |
| starryai 1 Month Pro | $11.99 per month (US App Store in-app price) | Monthly Pro subscription with an allowance of Lumens for fast generations. |
| 40 Lumens Pack | $15.99 one-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 | $39.99 per month (US App Store in-app price) | Unlimited standard images and 4x upscales in slow mode after the included Lumens are used. |

Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/starryai-ai-image-generator/id1580512844 on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Starryai before buying.

## 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.

## Good for

- Casual creators making art on a phone
- Heavy users who want unlimited standard images at slow speed
- Learning prompts by remixing what others have posted
- Artists who want to train a style on their own work

## 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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.

- **Value for money: C.** $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.
- **Free plan and trial: B.** A free account gets daily free images with no watermark, plus 5 Lumens on sign-up. Anything past the basics spends Lumens.
- **Features: B.** Many styles, reference images, custom styles trained on your own pictures, 10-second video and upscales to 16x. Unlimited plans cover standard images only.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Lumens, styles, slow mode and different costs per setting take a few tries to get the hang of.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with no desktop app and no API on the listing.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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

## Where it stands among AI image and video generators

- Starryai's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 132 of the 168 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 14.
- It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 148 of 168) and worst on ease of use (C, above 12).
- Its paid plans start at $21.62 a month, against a middle price of $11.88 for the category: 101 of the 120 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 17 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-images

## Keep it, 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 132 of the 168 other AI image and video generators we grade. It costs $259.48 a year.

- 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 members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

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, Community, AI features

## Alternatives

- [NightCafe](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nightcafe): Community AI art generator with many models and daily free credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nightcafe-vs-starryai)
- [Dream by Wombo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dream-by-wombo): AI art and video generator with daily free credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dream-by-wombo-vs-starryai)
- [OpenArt](https://toolgpa.com/tools/openart): AI image and video studio with characters and multi-scene stories. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/openart-vs-starryai)
- [Leonardo.Ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/leonardo-ai): Image, video and 3D generator with its own and partner models. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/leonardo-ai-vs-starryai)
- [Imagine Art](https://toolgpa.com/tools/imagine-art): AI creative suite for images, video, audio and design. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/imagine-art-vs-starryai)

## Sources

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

- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/starryai-ai-image-generator/id1580512844
- https://starryai.com/
- https://starryai.com/app/pro
- https://faq.starryai.com/en/articles/13758350-why-am-i-seeing-a-out-of-lumens-message-on-unlimited-pro
- https://faq.starryai.com/en/articles/6960721-what-s-your-refund-policy
- https://faq.starryai.com/en/articles/6482294-how-can-i-get-a-refund
- https://faq.starryai.com/en/articles/6315252-how-do-i-cancel-my-pro-subscription
- https://faq.starryai.com/en/articles/6200333-who-owns-my-creations
- https://faq.starryai.com/en/articles/6200334-how-long-does-starryai-keep-my-creations
- https://faq.starryai.com/en/articles/9794130-quick-start-guide-creating-an-image
- https://faq.starryai.com/en/
- https://faq.starryai.com/en/collections/3457073-ai-art-generation

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