What's new in Character App
What changed in Character App for the people who use it, newest first. Each entry is the day it reached the web app; iPhone changes reach you with the next App Store update. Prices on this page were current on the day of each entry, and /pricing is always current.
October 2026
October 15, 2026
- Stories fail less often, and the Story you get stays built around the idea you typed.
- Episodes in nine genres now open with a scene that sets up the whole premise, and each Character speaks in their own voice.
October 14, 2026
- The app's Home has three doors to start making something, each with your newest Clips, Characters or Worlds beside it.
- Members with a plan now draw Images on the Standard tier by default (6 Credits each). The settings name the model.
- One Upgrade sheet behind every plan door, with each plan shown in seconds of Clips.
- The Activity sheet on phones opens at full height.
October 13, 2026
- New web accounts can get their first Clip free, once, while the offer is open.
- The pricing page and Checkout now say what each plan buys in seconds of video.
- Fixed: a member can no longer end up with two subscriptions at once.
October 12, 2026
- In a Clip, the idea you type is turned into a shot the video model can film.
- Star in a clip refuses a clip it can't use when you pick it, before any price.
October 10, 2026
- Episodes on the web: the AI Director writes and films whole Episodes of your show with the same Cast, and Set up Episodes builds the show around your idea. Filming needs a plan.
- Price change: Clips on the default model, H3 Turbo, are now 5 Credits per second, so a 5-second Clip is 25 Credits. Plan prices did not change.
- Star in a clip: the free second take is retired. Every take shows its price before you press.
- iPhone: version 1.2.5 is on the App Store, with the same Star in a clip on any clip up to 30 seconds.
October 9, 2026
- A new character.app home: create your Character, then their series.
- Character and Standard Images move to a newer image model, Nano Banana 2.1.
October 8, 2026
- Star in a clip works on any clip up to 30 seconds, vertical, square or wide, and Customize prompt changes the outfit, the place or the props in plain words as a new take.
October 7, 2026
- iPhone and web: a new app icon, Edit prompt on a take, and the iPhone's own clip picker for Star in a clip.
October 6, 2026
- The AI Director's Story card has a one-line Auto-film switch.
- Activity keeps a history of what you made and what it cost.
- Cancel plan sits at the foot of the Account page.
October 5, 2026
- Every Character has its own page in the app, with Star in a clip and Make a Clip one tap away.
October 2, 2026
- Star in a clip launches on the web: pick a dance or upload your own clip, tap who your Character replaces, and it takes the lead.
- A new first run: make your first Character in a few taps.
September 2026
September 30, 2026
- A new Character creator: start from a photo, a few words or both, then pick the art style.
- H3 Turbo is the default model for every new Clip.
- The AI Director asks for your approval before it films.
September 29, 2026
- Finished Stories and Films have their own place in the Library.
- Characters can be drawn in different art styles and keep the same face.
September 24, 2026
- A new look for the app on the web and iPhone.
- 23 new pages about making AI characters, each with real Clips.
September 23, 2026
- A new character.app home page, an About page and 18 new genre pages with real Clips.
- AI agents can make Characters, Images and Clips through the MCP connector, with your approval before any spend.
September 21, 2026
- H3 Turbo is used by default for new Clips and Stories that start from a Character picture.
September 2, 2026
- Set a World's narrator once and every narrated Story in that World uses it.
- One Activity sheet shows what needs you, what is running and what finished today.