Comparison

Pro Avatar vs Curvly

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pro Avatar

Effortlessly create professional-looking profile images for social media. Apply diverse themes and color backgrounds with a single click, eliminating the need for complex editing software. Enhance your online presence instantly.

Highlights
  • Professional profile image creation
  • Apply themes and color backgrounds
  • One-click editing
  • Background removal
  • Social media enhancement
Features
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Apply various themes and color backgrounds. Make yourself a professional look without any photoshop effort. Just one click and everything is done. Make your Social Media Account Look like a pro !! The background removal feature is base on U^2-Net by Xuebin Qin & his team. github.com/xuebinqin/U-2-Net Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://backfire-2d80c.web.app/privacy.html

About

Curvly

Create unique designs by flowing text along custom paths on your photos. Draw any shape, style your text with various fonts and effects, and export high-quality creations. AI can generate backdrops based on your descriptions.

Highlights
  • Freehand path drawing
  • AI-generated image backdrops
  • Multiple text layers
  • Rich text styling and effects
  • Canvas ratio cropping
  • High-resolution export
Features
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Turn your photos into eye-catching designs with curved, flowing text. Curvly lets you draw any freehand path on your photo and instantly places your text along it — creating unique, professional-looking results in seconds. HOW IT WORKS • Choose a photo from your gallery, camera, or search millions of free photos from Unsplash — or describe one and let Curvly AI create it • Pick your canvas: keep the original, or crop to story, post or square before you start • Draw a path with your finger — any shape, any curve, or take a Smart Placement suggestion • Type your text and watch it flow along the path • Style it: one-tap effects, fonts, colors, letter shape and spacing • Export and share your creation FEATURES • Freehand path drawing — complete creative freedom • Smart Placement: on-device suggestions for where your text fits best — arches, waves, lines and badges that steer clear of faces • Canvas ratios: original, 4:5, 9:16, 1:1, 3:4 and 1.91:1 — crop first so your design fits where you'll post it • True typography: real kerning, ligatures, and OpenType shaping • Full Arabic & Urdu support with connected letterforms • Multiple text layers on a single photo • Rotate and resize a layer with two fingers — the path turns with the text • Duplicate a layer with its style: same font, color and effects • Set where the text starts along the path • Rich text styling: fonts, colors, stroke outlines, shadows • Text effects: neon glow, 3D depth, long shadow and outline • Stretch letters taller or wider, open letter spacing, lift text off the path • Drag or pinch right on the preview to fine-tune • Auto-fit text to path length • Wide color (P3) exports that keep your photo's original quality • Pinch-to-zoom export preview • Save and reopen your projects anytime • Built-in Unsplash photo search CURVLY AI • Describe the backdrop you have in mind and get an image in seconds • Add the words you want on it — Curvly AI sets them on curved paths as editable layers, never baked into the image • Choose where the text goes and its style, or start from a ready-made template • Story, post and square sizes, ready to keep designing • Optional weekly or monthly subscription; AI credits renew every period and every Pro feature is included • Only your description and text are sent to create the image — your photos never leave your device CURVLY PRO • Export without watermark • High-resolution export, up to 4K • Premium font collection • 10 Curvly AI credits included • One-time purchase Perfect for social media posts, stories, greeting cards, invitations, quotes, and any creative project where flat text just isn't enough. Terms of Use: https://definetelyhuman.com/apps/curvly/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://definetelyhuman.com/apps/curvly/privacy.html

Screenshots

Pro Avatar4 screens
Curvly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Curvly at none against Pro Avatar's shown. Curvly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Pro Avatar's advantage is ratings volume (85 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pro Avatar sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Curvly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Curvly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pro Avatar has 85 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pro Avatar ships an update fortnightly, Curvly weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pro Avatar versus Curvly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPro AvatarCurvly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (85 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings85 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTuan HuynhAlper Albayrak

Customer experience

Pro Avatar

All ratings86 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Curvly

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pro Avatar

Subscriptions1
  • BackArt Unlimited14 Days trial$0.991 Month
1 purchases

Curvly

One-time1
  • PRO$9.99

Questions

Is Pro Avatar free?
Pro Avatar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Curvly free?
Curvly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pro Avatar or Curvly?
Curvly is rated higher. Pro Avatar averages 4.7 out of 5 from 85 ratings, while Curvly averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pro Avatar or Curvly have ads?
Pro Avatar shows ads; Curvly does not.
Which is updated more often, Pro Avatar or Curvly?
Pro Avatar ships an update fortnightly, and Curvly weekly. Most recently, Pro Avatar was updated on October 24, 2026 and Curvly on October 24, 2026.

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