Comparison

Picasso AI vs On This Day

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

Head to head
About

Picasso AI

Transform your photos and videos with AI-powered styles and effects. Create realistic, high-resolution images and short cinematic videos from your selfies or descriptions. Offers trendy presets and the ability to generate custom scenes and styles.

Highlights
  • AI-generated photos and videos
  • Trendy style presets
  • Custom scene descriptions
  • Reference photo style transfer
  • Avatar creation
  • High-resolution output
  • Quick editing
Features
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Turn your selfie into a trendy, high-quality photo or video of you. Pick a style, add your photo, and the latest AI models create a realistic picture with sharp detail. NEW: AVATARS Scan your face from 3 angles once, or choose 3 photos. Then use your avatar in any preset instead of uploading a selfie every time. WHY PICASSO - High resolution: results up to 2K that look crisp on any screen. - Modern, trendy styles: Old Money, Red Carpet, Magazine, Hyper Fashion, Yearbook, Toon Me and dozens more packs. New packs are added regularly. - Photos and videos: turn your picture into a short cinematic video with video presets. - Your idea in your words: describe any scene and get a photo of you in it. - Any look you like: add a reference photo and get its style on your photo. - Two people in one shot: add two photos to put both of you in one picture. - Quick edits: type what to change and get an updated result. - Fast: photos are ready in seconds, videos in a few minutes. - Ready to share: save to Photos or post to Instagram Stories. CREDITS Each photo or video costs credits. A subscription includes credits that renew every period. Extra credit packs never expire. If a generation fails, no credits are used. SUBSCRIPTION Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://picasso-ai.quanta-apps.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://picasso-ai.quanta-apps.com/terms

About

On This Day

Rediscover cherished memories with a daily widget showcasing photos from this date in past years. Customize your widget's appearance and hide unwanted content. The free version offers one photo daily, while a one-time purchase unlocks up to five photos and additional features.

Highlights
  • Daily photo widget
  • Photo selection based on date
  • On-device photo analysis
  • Hide photos, dates, and albums
  • Multiple widget sizes
  • Customizable widget themes
  • Pin photos to widget
Features
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On This Day finds photos you took on today's date in earlier years and puts one in a widget on your Home Screen. One photo a day is free. Full Version is a single purchase and unlocks a gallery of up to five photos a day. PHOTO SELECTION On This Day looks through every earlier year in your library for today's date. It scores what it finds using Apple's Vision framework, entirely on your device, and picks the best photo from each year, so the day's set reaches back across the years. Years with your Favourites come first, and screenshots are excluded. HIDE WHAT YOU'D RATHER NOT SEE Hide a photo from the photo viewer, or hide whole dates and albums in Settings. Hidden photos stay hidden in the app and on your widgets, and photos in your Hidden album never appear. Hiding is free. WIDGET SIZES Small and large Home Screen widgets, plus a Lock Screen widget. The large widget shows how many years ago the photo was taken. THEMES Four looks for the widget, from a vintage TV to a plain frame. Tap any theme to preview it with today's photo before you choose. FREE • One photo from this day in an earlier year • Small and large Home Screen widgets, and a Lock Screen widget • Two themes, the vintage TV and a plain frame • Hide photos, dates and albums • Tap through to see the photo full-screen FULL VERSION — A ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Up to five photos a day, rotating from midday into the evening • Page through the day's whole set in the app • Pin a photo to hold it on the widget until midnight • Two more themes, Mixtape and Pocket PRIVACY Everything happens on your device. On This Day needs no account and uses no cloud. Your photos never leave your device. No tracking, analytics or cloud-based algorithms are ever used. If today's date has no photos, the previous set stays on the widget.

Screenshots

Picasso AI4 screens
On This Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: On This Day at 5.0 against Picasso AI's 4.1. Picasso AI's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, 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. Picasso AI sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and On This Day 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

On This Day holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Picasso AI has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Picasso AI ships an update weekly, On This Day every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Picasso AI versus On This Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicasso AIOn This Day
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (25 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB4 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperQUANTA APPS LLCHamish Tennent

Customer experience

Picasso AI

All ratings25 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

On This Day

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

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Picasso AI

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Premium Access$9.997 Days
  • Annual Premium Access1 Year trial$49.991 Year
  • Annual Premium Access$99.991 Year
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  • Annual Premium Access Trial3 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time6
  • 5 Photo Generations$4.99
  • Small Credits Pack$6.99
  • Additional avatar$9.99
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  • 25 Photo Generations$12.99
  • 50 Photo Generations$19.99
  • Large Credits Pack$39.99
1 purchases

On This Day

One-time1
  • Full Version$1.99

Questions

Is Picasso AI free?
Picasso AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is On This Day free?
On This Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Picasso AI or On This Day?
On This Day is rated higher. Picasso AI averages 4.1 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while On This Day averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Picasso AI or On This Day have ads?
Neither Picasso AI nor On This Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Picasso AI or On This Day?
Picasso AI ships an update weekly, and On This Day every 3 weeks. Most recently, Picasso AI was updated on November 5, 2026 and On This Day on October 31, 2026.

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