PortraitAI - AI Portrait

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4.6of 5 · store
7,792ratings on the App Store
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An editorial reading of the saved reviews

Converts photos into the style of historical Renaissance portraits. For light-skinned users the result genuinely looks like an 18th-19th century painting with recognizable features. For everyone else: skin whitening, narrowed nose, changed eye shape and iris color. The app was trained exclusively on Western European portrait painting and cannot handle non-white appearances.

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What people use it for

Only for light-skinned users with European features who are interested in a classical painting style.

What reviews praise

For light-skinned users, facial features are transferred recognizably and the classic portrait painting style is convincing.

What reviews complain about

Systematically whitens dark skin and changes nose shape, eye shape, and iris color.
For most users who are not of Asian or European background, the result is unrecognizable.

What users experience

2 excerpts from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

I was super excited when I saw this app and how it changed my photos, but then my friend and I realized when we used POC celebrities it white washed them, especially Brown and Black faces, though some Asian faces were also given only Caucas

I used to use the web version, on which they were very clear that the AI is trained on portraits of caucasians so unfortunately doesn't work great on photos of POC (although sometimes I get results that are darker-skinned). It seems like th