Dawn AI
Dawn AI generates high-quality, realistic avatars, but recent changes have introduced significant paywalls, limited features, and numerous technical issues, leading to widespread user frustration.
Dawn AI is an application that creates AI-generated avatars from user photos, with many reviewers praising the quality and realism of the output. However, recent updates have shifted the app to a heavily monetized model, removing previously free features and introducing various technical glitches and subscription-related complaints.
What users like
What users complain about
- Most features are now behind a paywall, including basic generation and previously free optionsR7R20R73R76
- Subscription model is expensive, with weekly charges and additional fees for more packsR1R12R43R46
- Users report issues with charges continuing after cancellation or unexpected double chargesR1R13R41R63
- App has removed the custom prompt feature, limiting user creativityR7R161R166R204
- Many generated avatars are cropped poorly, have distorted features, or lack varietyR92R119R163R222
- Technical problems like freezing, crashing, and inability to upload photos are commonR64R170R223R244
- Subscription often limits daily avatar generation to a small number (e.g., 3 packs), despite claims of 'unlimited'R47R94R157R169
- The app's content and features have stagnated, with the same AI generators and limited options available for over a yearR50R59R104R161
- Image resolution is low (e.g., 512x512), making generated images unusable for some purposesR231
Latest update · v3.6.13
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Recurring themes
Who it's for
This app is for users who prioritize high-quality, AI-generated avatars and are willing to pay a premium for them R2R18. It is not for users seeking a free experience, extensive creative control via prompts, or a bug-free application R7R20R264.
Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, focusing on pricing, subscription issues, and technical problems. This contrasts with the high lifetime rating, suggesting a significant negative trajectory in user experience following recent changes and lack of updates. Evidence for technical issues directly contradicts the developer's last update notes.
Frequently asked
Is Dawn AI free to use?
How much does Dawn AI cost?
Can I use my own prompts to generate avatars in Dawn AI?
What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R2] The Best avatars I can find: 5 stars
- [R4] Cute and fun: This app is amazing, absolutely love it.
- [R5] Amazing: So cool how they take photos and create a whole new look and even atmosphere
- [R6] Easy and fun: Glamour Shots on steroids! Really fun to see how ai can take your likeness and make it fresh and new!
- [R18] SUPER AWESOME: Dawn AI is one of the best headshot generating AI apps that I have used. It creates genuinely realistic Headshots along with more of a fantasy type of portraits. Instead of just picking one photo to swap your face onto you pick a category and it generates 20 or something photos for you. I think that’s pretty cool. Overall, the app has a really good user interface, and I love the bra
- [R26] A lot of fun: This app provides some pretty exceptional results if you can come up with three or four good photos. I hope they continue to develop it to allow for more options. The results for merging your photo into a particular historical period, for instance, doesn’t allow you to ask for a specific time period or civilization. But, for the time being, the broad categories built into the app a
- [R37] Strong in varied themes, lacking in facial diversity: I love the variety of different themes and such they have to offer from the first avatar set, but essentially I’ve noticed most of the avatars are essentially just one or two of the facial poses, with slightly changed smiles, added glasses, and cartoonizef in different formats. It feels like it’s basically the same output with different add ons
- [R39] Dawn Al: I absolutely love this app. The graphics and and enhancements are mind blowing. The photo shoots are works of art and it is exciting to see yourself in different ways. I love the emphasis and details directed towards the eyes, neck and hair. The avatars are realistic and poetic. Im not so excited about the fact that facial hair is or may be highlighted in certain photos but the makeover
- [R7] Where's the prompt feature?: Two reasons that this app is now more boring. 1. You got rid of the prompt feature that allowed us to come up with our own prompt of how we want our avatar to appear. You took our creativity away. Now I can't be an anime character from a specific show or be a zombie. Now I just have to pick from a load of generic categories, that are behind a paywall. 2. Everything i
- [R20] Not worth it: There used to be a free pack every day, and although 60% of the time the packs were bad, it was okay because you could try again the next day for a better one. Now that you have to pay for each pack, you’re essentially gambling on the chance of getting a bad pack, which isn’t worth the risk.
- [R73] 0 stars: not free to use
- [R76] Not free to use: I got this so I could use it cause it said free to use buts not it is 4.99 a week or like 99.99 a year. Not right
- [R1] No output: All was well, I enjoyed the app. I tried generating the Professional shooting avatars several times with no output. I was charged 1.99 per try anyway, and I know better than to try getting a refund from Apple.
- [R12] Sneaky: Weekly charges add up quickly, expensive!
- [R43] Don’t buy this app!: So you mean to tell me I paid $100 for this app & im limited to how many times I can use the app? WHAT?!!!!!
- [R46] Trash and theft: Used the free trial. During the free trial you can only generate 20 from one or two “packs” a day. If you do more than than you have to pay $1.99. I wanted to create a better avatar set (essential for creating all the rest), so when I uploaded 12 more photos, it told me to do so I would have to pay $1.99 to get a new essential avatar set. After paying it told me I had insufficient
- [R13] Scam: Scam subscription there is no app just a scam subscription
- [R41] THEY WILL CONTINUE TO CHARGE YOUR CARD EVEN IF YOU CANCEL: Beware. This app will keep charging any cards you have added to Apple even after you’ve long unsubscribed. 0/10 SCAM
- [R63] Why’d it charge me twice the subscription???: It said 3 day free trial and then $4.99 per week, and I started it, and it charged my card $10.54!!! Thank God I had my card locked. This app is an instant delete, thinkyuuuuuuu! 💋
- [R161] The bast days are behind us.: I acquired this app before all this nonsense, before this undeniable betrayal. It was one of the greatest ai image generation apps I had seen, it was truly brilliant, but I watched and saw it slowly devolve into a sad and strange app which I could barely recognise, gone where the days of simple fun and enjoyable times with this app, I didn’t even need to pay a god dam
- [R166] Disappointed: Don’t like the updated version. Limited options and a complete waste of money
- [R204] Was good, now not so: As far as I can see they’ve taken away the ability to use your own prompts. Also, cancelling your subscription now revokes access immediately instead of giving you the rest of the duration you paid for. Had to request a refund from apple which I don’t like doing as I assume it damages developers reputation, but if I paid for a period of time I want that full period of time.
- [R92] Not worth it: Tried multiple packs and they generated the same or nearly the same image for different “packs”, which shouldn’t really happen in an AI generator. There also aren’t enough packs to justify the cost.
- [R119] Half are cutoff at top and bottom: The avatars are pretty good looking (teeth are scary in a few) but about half of each batch has the heads cropped at the top and bottom, making those avatars useless for a profile. The variety of options is not as good as some others. Eg no fantasy characters like rogue, wizard, etc (the “wizard” in the “magic” set doesn’t look like a wizard.)
- [R163] Mediocre: Too many black & white shots; cropped heads, & unusable pictures to justify the cost.
- [R222] Looks absolutely nothing like me: Beautiful avatars but they have absolutely nothing to do with the photos uploaded (well, managed to get hair and eye colour correct at least)
- [R64] Great Avatars: They did a good job generating these avatars. The only thing Is that it failed to ever upload the couples avatars. Just kept loading and loading.
- [R170] Keeps freezing won’t upload: Just downloaded this, it’s freezing everytime I need to press the button to select photos! I haven’t got passed the first page yet. Keep closing the app and restating it, no luck yet.
- [R223] Cris: Rubbish app, installed it on my phone and not able to upload any images 👎🏻
- [R244] It was okay just not for me: It was difficult for me to work out what to do and took a long time to load😢but it’s okay 👍
- [R47] Don't get a subscription, you will regret it: The subscription service offered by Dawn AI is quite disappointing. You are limited to creating only 3 packs of avatars a day🙄,even though you can only use 2or 3 photos from each as the results are really bad. And the quality of the generated photos is horrible and cropped intentionally wrong, making it difficult to use them for professional or persona
- [R94] Not “Unlimited”, Don’t get what you pay for…: …i don’t like that fact that i only get 3 per day. I paid for 3 weeks now, but wasn’t using it because I for busy. I expected to come back and be able to generate at least 3 x days Ive not been using it. That’s why I gave it three stars. The verbiage is misleading with “unlimited”. Actually, I’ll give it 2 stars for this. Neat what it generates most
- [R157] BEWARE - scamming schemes!: Purchasing a Pro Subscription gives you 3 ‘credits’ a day, there is nothing to tell you that when you make the purchase, the message only pops up when the app decides the 3 ‘credits’ are over, neither is there any indication that a Pro Subscription gives access to limited edits/capabilities. Apple, please check for false advertisement! It then gives you an option to t
- [R169] Premium only lets you generate AI every three days: Very strange you’d make us pay and then limit computing power for specific tasks.
- [R50] Slow doesn’t let me add more pictures above 50: This app is very slow and used to be better
- [R59] Weak tbh: I’ve used this app and it’s cool, but y’all gotta step yall game up. Y’all have had the same ai generators forever. These other apps passing y’all. There’s potential but it’s hard to see it in full when it’s the same stuff for over a year now.
- [R104] Could be amazing: So the AI avatars generated in this app are really quite good. My biggest problems with the app are the subscription fee ($5/week for 10 credits which then charges you for additional AI packs you want made before your next allotment of credits) Secondly the selection of AI never changed. After a while you’ve run though all the packs and then you’re like “okay, now what?” Da
- [R231] Genuine review..: The app is now awful. It used to be great. Even with pro there is no text input and the images are 512x512 so so small, they’re unusable!!
- [R22] Make new styles: I have been using this app for over a year and I think it’s just out of ideas for pictures of me lol it also tends to make me look a bit Asian for some reason when I am not I see in the preview that there is a style called social media which I do not see thatAm I missing something?
- [R24] They ruined a good thing: The app was at its peak when it first launched, since then someone decided to overhaul it into the limited mess that it is now. It’s literally an entirely different app
- [R264] This app is ruined.: You used to be able to type prompts into this app, and even draw what you wanted. Now it’s a selfie avatar app WHICH you have to get a subscription for to use.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store