LooksAI
Lensa's Magic Avatars feature launched the mainstream AI portrait category in 2022 and was downloaded by tens of millions. The novelty was real — but quality and consistency have stayed relatively flat since.
LooksAI
$11/mo
Subscription · Web app
Where we win
Lensa
$8/mo
Subscription · Web app
Where they win
“Building” = actively in development
| Feature | LooksAI | Lensa |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $11/mo | $8/mo |
| Free plan or trial | No | Yes |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Subscription |
| Train on your real photos | Yes | Yes |
| Consistent character | Yes | Limited |
| High photorealism | Yes | Partial |
| High resolution output | Yes | Yes |
| 100+ photo packs & templates | Yes | No |
| Custom prompts | Yes | No |
| Batch generation | Yes | Yes |
| Batch remix | Building | No |
| Batch video generation | Building | No |
| Video from photo | Yes | No |
| Text to video | Building | No |
| Talking head videos | Building | No |
| Motion capture videos | No | No |
| img2img / Remix | Yes | No |
| Magic edit (inpainting) | Yes | No |
| Zoom out / extend | Yes | No |
| Background removal | Yes | No |
| Upscale photos | Yes | No |
| Add photo grain | No | No |
| Crop | Yes | No |
| 3D model generation | No | No |
| Try on clothes | Yes | No |
| UGC product placement | Building | No |
| Create AI influencers | Building | No |
| No queue / fast generation | Yes | Yes |
| API access | Building | No |
| Mobile app | Building | Yes |
| Web app | Yes | No |
The verdict
Lensa's AI avatars were groundbreaking in 2022. The category has moved far beyond that level of quality, and LooksAI represents where it is today. If you tried Lensa and felt underwhelmed by how little the results looked like you — this is the upgrade you were looking for.
Train your personal AI model and see what great photos actually look like.