VectorAI 2 vs Layer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VectorAI 2
Transform text descriptions into unique vector-based and pixel-based artwork, including logos, illustrations, and realistic images. Offers precise control over generated visuals through detailed prompts and supports various export formats for further editing.
- Text-to-image generation
- Vector and pixel artwork creation
- Logo, icon, and illustration generation
- Detailed prompt control
- Multiple export formats (PDF, SVG, PNG, JPG)
- Wide range of styles
- Customizable aspect ratios
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Just say what VectorAI 2 should create for you Do you need high-quality graphics quickly, such as an icon for a presentation, a muffin for a party invitation, a stack of gifts and balloons for a birthday card, or a landscape image for your next video project? With VectorAI 2, you simply describe what you want to see — and the app turns your text into impressive artwork. VectorAI 2 uses a completely new AI model for creating both vector-based and pixel-based images. It can generate logos, clipart, illustrations, icons, scenes, and even realistic artwork. The more precisely you describe the result you want, the more control you have over the final image. A different approach to image generation VectorAI 2 is designed to follow your description as closely as possible. Instead of freely adding extra ideas or replacing missing information with guesses, it focuses on the details you provide. This gives you more control, but it also means that precise prompts lead to the best results. For example, a prompt such as “A flag on a flagpole with a green background, a blue dot, and a yellow decoration along the edges” will usually produce a more accurate result than a vague request such as “the flag of country XY” or “the football jersey of club YZ”. Features • Create vector-based and pixel-based artwork from text descriptions • No subscription, unlimited usage • Generate logos, icons, clipart, illustrations, scenes, and realistic images • Choose from a wide range of styles • Create images in different aspect ratios • Use detailed prompts, including visible text or labels within the image • Export your results in common vector and image formats, including PDF, SVG, PNG, and JPG • Continue editing vector artwork in Logoist 6 or another compatible vector design app VectorAI or Logoist 6? VectorAI is also included in Logoist 6, our full vector and graphic design app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. If you already own Logoist 6, you do not need to purchase VectorAI separately. The standalone VectorAI app is ideal if you mainly want to create images and vector artwork from text prompts without using the full Logoist design environment. If you want to edit paths, apply advanced styles and effects, build full design projects, or work with 3D features, Logoist 6 is the better choice. Of course, you can also export VectorAI results for use in other apps, but VectorAI artwork is especially well optimised for further editing in Logoist.
Layer
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Layer Art- is a studio for layered paper art. Choose a colour, place a shape, and watch a shadow fall exactly where it should. Every piece you place is remembered. When you're finished, play the whole build back as a stop-motion film — pieces springing into place, sliding into position, the artwork assembling from a blank page. It isn't a screen recording. Nothing is captured while you work, so there's no quality loss and no wasted space. The film is drawn fresh from your artwork, which means it's razor sharp at any size and you choose the pace afterwards. Save it, share it, or just watch it. Pick a piece up again next week and the film keeps growing with it. REAL DEPTH, NOT A DROP SHADOW Layer Art works because of light. Every shape you place sits at its own height above the page — measured in millimetres, like foam tape behind real card. • One light source for the whole piece, so nothing ever looks pasted on • A soft depth shadow and a tight contact shadow, the way paper actually behaves • Move the sun and every shadow in the artwork turns to follow it • Three depth styles: Soft, Crisp and Flat • Fine control over shadow size, distance and opacity when you want it HUNDREDS OF SHAPES Nearly 400 pieces to cut from, all vector, all recolourable, all sharp at any size. Ferns, leaves, split leaves, grass, tendrils, branches • Trunks, sticks, logs, driftwood • Flowers, clover, mushrooms • Mountains, hills, pebbles • Clouds, suns, moons • Waves, fish, whales • Birds, butterflies, cats, owls, bunnies • Arches, frames, rings • Stars, blobs, hearts, sparkles WORDS, CARDS AND MESSAGES The full alphabet and numbers, cut from paper in two styles. Not typed text — real letterforms you colour, rotate, layer and lift like any other piece. Which makes something rather good possible: build a card, spell a message, and the timelapse becomes the reveal. The words appear one letter at a time. BUILD FROM A PHOTO Bring in a photo two ways. Trace mode sits it faintly underneath as a guide and never appears in the export. Frame mode makes it part of the artwork, so you can build a paper frame around a photo you love. A GALLERY WORTH SCROLLING Your work lives on a wall, not in a list. Cards keep each piece's real proportions and carry the same paper shadow the artwork does. Tap one and it grows into full screen, where the background takes on that artwork's own colour. THE WALL, USER SHOWCASE Users can submit there artwork for display on the wall, All artwork submitted is moderated for approval before going on the wall, all images uploaded, are kept 100% private and never shared anywhere besides inside the App. Users can report images, all reports are moderated as well, and reviewed. Then action taken. Users can also add there social media link, if maybe they are doing creative tutorials, any form of art channels. Users may wish have a look. Artwork in the Showcase, can be tapped and then watched how that user put it all together. Showcase is designed for showing of created artwork and also a great way for other users to see how it was made. PRIVACY All artwork images , created in the App stay on your device, only exception is if you choose to have your work displayed in the show case then that is submitted to a secure database as a file not an image, all images are sent by file and encrypted. For privacy. MADE FOR MAKING • Curated tonal palettes, because five greens beat five hundred • Merge pieces into one and move them together • Layers you can drag, lock, reorder and unlock • Snapping to centre lines and angles, switchable • Full undo and redo • Autosaves constantly — nothing is ever lost • Send an artwork to a friend as a file they can open and keep building • Export a picture or a film straight to your photos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Layer at $1.99 against VectorAI 2's $9.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
VectorAI 2 costs $9.99 and Layer $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | VectorAI 2 | Layer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Synium Software GmbH | adam rogan |
In-app purchases
VectorAI 2
No in-app purchases
Layer
No in-app purchases







