Tokkingheads, from Rosebud AI, Inc., turns a still portrait into an animated, talking avatar from a single image, available as a free iOS app and on the web. It sits inside Rosebud’s wider creative platform, which also covers no-code game creation, AI characters and web app building, and the App Store lists the product as TokkingHeads AI Magic Avatars, rated 4.69 from more than 26,000 US ratings. The tool is pitched as a way to bring a portrait, whether a photo, a drawing or a game character, to life for a short clip rather than a full video production.
Animating a face from a photo raises the same question any face-based AI tool does: only animate a photo of yourself or of someone who has agreed to it, since a convincing talking clip of a real person’s face saying words they never said is exactly the kind of content that can be mistaken for genuine footage if shared without context. The landing page reviewed states no consent policy or content rules directly, so read Rosebud’s own terms of service and code of ethics before animating a photo of someone else. The App Store listing’s most recent update was dated August 2024, which is worth checking against the current listing for how actively the app is maintained today.
The app is free to download and use, with no separate pricing page found for Tokkingheads specifically; any paid features are shown inside the app or website itself.
