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Meta AI vs Krea

Meta AI: Meta's free AI assistant, which also creates and edits images and turns them into short videos. Krea: Creative AI suite with real-time generation and dozens of image and video models in one place.

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Updated October 16, 2026

Meta AI and Krea details as published on meta.ai and krea.ai (and their official app store listings), checked October 16, 2026. Luren AI shown for reference.
	Meta AI	Krea	Luren AI
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Web, iOS	iPhone and Android app
Mobile app	Yes	Yes	Yes, iPhone and Android
Free plan	Free to download and use; Meta's Vibes page describes its AI videos as free.	Yes: 100 compute units a day with full access to its real-time models, no credit card required	Free to download and try
Pricing	Free app. Its App Store and Google Play listings note in-app purchases but do not describe a paid plan.	Compute-unit subscriptions: Basic $9, Pro $35 and Max $105 a month, or $5, $21 and $63 a month billed yearly, plus Business plans for teams (as listed on its pricing page)	Pay per creation with coins, or a weekly or yearly Pro subscription
What you need to start	None to start: describe an image in a prompt, or upload a photo to edit or animate.	Nothing: text prompts; reference images optional	One photo, or just a prompt; no training
AI models	Meta's own models: its store listing says Meta AI is built with Muse Spark from Meta Superintelligence Labs. The image and video models are not named.	Its own Krea 2 and Krea Realtime, plus partner models such as Nano Banana, Flux, Imagen and Ideogram for images and Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance, Runway, MiniMax, Wan and Gemini Omni for video	Nano Banana Pro, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, Seedream, Qwen-Image 3.0, Grok Imagine; Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance
Images	Images from a prompt, with presets inspired by trending styles and your saved photos as references	Text-to-image with many models, real-time generation as you type or draw, and custom LoRA styles	300+ styles, your own prompt with a model picker, and an AI agent
Video	Vibes: animate a generated or uploaded image into a short video, with an optional motion prompt or music	Text-to-video, image-to-video, motion transfer and video style transfer with Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance and more	Image to video, text to video, UGC videos and 40+ AI dances
Editing	Ask for changes in a conversation, or sketch and write directly on the image	AI image editor, background remover, image upscaling (up to 22K on paid plans) and video upscaling	Restore, upscale, change clothes, backgrounds, pose and expression

Choose Meta AI if…

Quick, free images and short videos inside apps you already use
Playful edits to your own photos with trend-inspired presets
People who want one assistant for everyday tasks and creative fun

Meta AI is Meta's personal AI assistant, available in its own iPhone and Android app, on meta.ai and inside WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram and Facebook. Alongside chat, research and everyday tasks, it creates and edits images from a prompt, with presets inspired by trending styles, and its Vibes feature turns an image into a short AI video. The app is also the companion app for Meta's AI glasses.

Strengths

Free, and built into apps many people already use: WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram and Facebook
Image presets inspired by trending styles let you create without writing a prompt
Edit a picture by sketching or writing on it, or by refining it over several messages
One assistant for chat, research, everyday tasks and creative play

Limits to know

Its store listings say some features are only available in select countries and languages
Meta's help center says the Meta AI and Vibes apps and websites are not yet available everywhere
Creating images and videos is one feature of a general assistant, and its listings do not describe a choice of image or video models

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Choose Krea if…

Designers comparing many models side by side
Fast visual exploration with real-time generation
Teams building repeatable AI workflows

Krea is a creative AI suite that brings many image and video models into one interface, from its own Krea 2 image model and real-time generation to Nano Banana, Flux, Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance and Runway. It also offers an AI image editor, upscaling up to 22K on paid plans, LoRA training on your own images and node-based workflows, with free daily compute units to start.

Strengths

A very wide catalogue of image and video models in one place
Real-time generation that updates as you type or draw
LoRA training on your own characters, styles or products
Node workflows and an app builder for repeatable pipelines

Limits to know

Its pricing page lists all image models, video models and a commercial license on paid plans only; the free plan centres on real-time models
Pro unlocks every video model; Basic includes selected video models
Its mobile app is for iPhone and iPad; no Android app is linked from its site
Compute-unit costs vary widely between models, so allowances stretch differently
Its App Store listing is in English only

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Key differences

Free plans: Meta AI: Free to download and use; Meta's Vibes page describes its AI videos as free. Krea: Yes: 100 compute units a day with full access to its real-time models, no credit card required.

A third option

Both kinds of model, in one phone app

Luren AI puts Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2.5, Seedream, Veo 3.1 and Kling side by side on iPhone and Android, with 300+ ready-made styles, UGC ads, AI dances and an AI agent that makes the picture for you. Start from one photo, no training.

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FAQ

Meta AI vs Krea: questions

Is Meta AI better than Krea?

It depends on the job. Meta AI suits quick, free images and short videos inside apps you already use; playful edits to your own photos with trend-inspired presets; people who want one assistant for everyday tasks and creative fun. Krea suits designers comparing many models side by side; fast visual exploration with real-time generation; teams building repeatable AI workflows.

Is Meta AI free?

Free to download and use; Meta's Vibes page describes its AI videos as free.

Is Krea free?

Yes: 100 compute units a day with full access to its real-time models, no credit card required.

Which is better for video, Meta AI or Krea?

Meta AI: Vibes: animate a generated or uploaded image into a short video, with an optional motion prompt or music. Krea: Text-to-video, image-to-video, motion transfer and video style transfer with Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance and more.

Is Meta AI image generation free?

Meta AI is free to download and use on iPhone, Android and meta.ai, and creating and editing images is one of the features its store listings describe. Meta's Vibes page is titled "Generate free AI videos". The listings mention in-app purchases but do not describe a paid plan, and some features are only available in select countries and languages.

Is there an alternative to Meta AI and Krea on my phone?

Luren AI is an iPhone and Android app with image models like Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 2.5 and Seedream, video models like Veo 3.1 and Kling, 300+ ready-made styles and an AI agent. It is free to download and try.

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Meta AI and Krea are trademarks of their owners. Luren AI is not affiliated with either. Details are as each company publishes them on its own site and store listings on the date above; plans and prices change, so check their sites before you buy.