Lensa AI

Freemium

AI-powered photo editor and portrait generator. Creates stylized AI avatars and magic portraits from selfies, plus offers professional photo editing with one-tap enhancement and background editing.

3.9
out of 5.0 · 4+ reviews
Category Image & Design
Platform iOSAndroid
Last Updated April 14, 2026

Overview

Lensa AI is a mobile photo editing app that gained viral popularity for its Magic Avatars feature, which generates stylized AI portraits from your selfies in dozens of artistic styles. Beyond avatars, Lensa offers professional photo editing tools including one-tap enhancement, background blur and replacement, face retouching, and object removal.

The Magic Avatars feature uses Stable Diffusion fine-tuned on your uploaded selfies to create unique artistic portraits in styles ranging from anime and fantasy to professional headshots. The app also includes a suite of editing tools that rival dedicated photo editors, with AI-powered adjustments that understand facial features.

Lensa AI is developed by Prisma Labs (makers of the original Prisma app) and is available exclusively on iOS and Android. It's popular for social media profile photos, creative portraits, and quick photo enhancement on mobile.

Pricing

Free
$0 /mo
  • Basic photo editing tools, limited AI enhancements, and ad-supported experience
Pro Subscription
$7 /mo
  • All editing tools, unlimited enhancements, no ads, and new filters
  • Annual at $35.99/year
Magic Avatars
$7 /mo
  • 50 unique AI avatars in 10 styles generated from 10-20 uploaded selfies
  • One-time purchase

Pros & Cons

Pros

Magic Avatars create impressive artistic portraits from just a few selfies
One-tap photo enhancement produces professional-looking results
Background replacement and blur are surprisingly accurate for a mobile app
Affordable Magic Avatar packs at $7.99 for 50 unique images
Intuitive mobile interface requires no photo editing experience

Cons

Mobile-only — no web or desktop version available
Magic Avatars require 10-20 selfie uploads which raises privacy concerns
Avatar quality is inconsistent — some generations look distorted
Subscription model for basic editing tools that many free apps offer
AI-generated images sometimes produce unrealistic body proportions

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