Imagino vs Yay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Imagino
Transform your ideas into vibrant artwork with AI-powered image generation. Choose from various artistic styles, customize your creations with intuitive editing tools, and print your masterpieces directly from the app. Optimized for tablets and kid-friendly, it offers a safe and engaging creative experience.
- AI-powered image generation
- Multiple artistic styles
- Intuitive editing tools
- Print artwork directly
- Tablet and landscape optimization
- Kid-friendly environment
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Imagino turns your child's imagination into coloring pages. Describe anything — a friendly dragon, a rocket, a unicorn on the beach — and Imagino draws it as clean line art, ready to colour in. Made for ages 4+ in a calm, ad-free, kid-safe space. • Say it or type it: describe a picture (or use your voice) and make it in seconds • Colour in: big friendly brushes, a paint bucket, textures, pinch to zoom • A gallery of fresh pictures to colour every day • Print any creation to colour offline • No ads, no links out — a safe space to make Free to start with 10 pictures. Need more? A one-off Picture Pack adds 100 more — credits never expire. Grown-ups can also bring their own AI key with a one-time unlock. Imagino has no subscriptions and no auto-renewing purchases. Every purchase is a one-time purchase. Privacy: your child's creations stay yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://imagino.app/privacy
Yay
Easily transform your photos with a variety of creative AI filters. Apply whimsical animations, caricatures, vintage styles, or comic book effects with a single tap. Perfect for social media or just having fun with your pictures.
- AI-powered photo transformations
- Animated scenes
- Caricature effects
- Vintage photo styles
- Comic book filters
- Printable coloring pages
- New styles added regularly
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Transform your everyday photos with our collection of fun AI filters! Our photo app gives you the power to reimagine your pictures in all kinds of creative styles with just a tap. Play with these cool transformations: • Whimsical animated scenes with dreamy watercolor skies and charming details • Fun caricatures that playfully exaggerate what makes you unique • Cool vintage photos that make it look like your pic was taken decades ago • Comic book style that gives your everyday moments superhero energy • Coloring book pages you can actually print and color in! • ...and we're adding new styles all the time! Our AI does all the hard work, so you just snap a photo, pick a style, and watch the magic happen! Each filter preserves what's special about your original pic while adding that creative wow-factor. Perfect for spicing up your social media, surprising friends with stylized versions of your group photos, or just having fun seeing your world through different creative lenses. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Yay at weekly against Imagino's every 6 weeks. On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Imagino sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Yay sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Imagino ships an update every 6 weeks, Yay weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Imagino | Yay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Expert Systems BV | Killbridge Ventures |
Customer experience
Imagino
Yay
In-app purchases
Imagino
- Imagino7 Days trial$1.997 Days
Yay
- Yay Pro Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Yay Pro Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- 25 Credits$3.99
- 100 Credits$12.99
- 500 Credits$59.99
