Voi - AI Avatar Portrait Maker

Holypic's Voi - AI Avatar Portrait Maker belongs to the wave of apps that turn a handful of selfies into stylised AI portraits. The pitch is that a person supplies some photos of themselves and the app generates new images of them in all sorts of roles and settings.

The workflow is short: upload several pictures of your face, then ask Voi for a theme. The examples the developer gives include being shown as an astronaut, as a character from a favourite film or video game, or as an older version of yourself at 60, and users can describe other ideas of their own. The finished avatars are meant for sharing, whether as a new profile picture, a post for social media, a present for someone close, or even a painted-style image on canvas. There is little else described beyond this generate-and-share loop.

This is where the picture turns less rosy. The app averages just 2.1 from around 10,500 ratings, and the histogram is harsh: 62% of ratings are one star, while only 18% are five stars. Even so, it has reached 1,000,000+ installs. It is free to download but shows ads and sells in-app purchases from $2.99 to $29.99 per item. The last update was on 2024-07-25, it requires Android 7.0 or newer, and it is rated Everyone. We list 27 versions, the latest being 2.0.6 at 128.8 MB.

People who want to experiment with themed AI selfies may still find it worth a look, particularly given the archive of older versions. Anyone wary of paid extras or put off by a majority of one-star ratings should compare alternatives first.