LumTale is built on a two-door model: keep everything on your own device for free, or step through the cloud door for a premium Lumling Studio render. No dark patterns, no hidden training on your photo, no "free trial" that quietly bills you later.
Door 1 processes your photo entirely in your browser with on-device WebGPU inference. Your image never leaves your machine — so there's nothing to upload, nothing to bill, and nothing to store.
Door 2 sends your photo to a vetted GPU partner for a higher-quality, illustration-grade Lumling portrait. We're honest that it leaves your device, and we never store or train on it.
Most avatar apps hide a simple truth: to look good, your photo has to leave your device and get processed somewhere you can't see. LumTale makes that choice visible. Door 1 is genuinely free because it costs us nothing to run — your phone or laptop does the work, and your photo never travels. We'd rather earn your trust than your data.
Door 2 costs real money because it uses a GPU partner's compute to deliver a more refined Lumling portrait. We price it fairly and à la carte: buy one render, a small pack, or a monthly club — no forced subscription, no auto-renewal traps. And whichever door you pick, your face stays faithfully your face: no whitening, no warping, and never used for training.
Yes. Door 1 is free and always will be. It runs entirely on your device with no account, no upload, and no expiry. We offer it because privacy shouldn't be a paid feature — and because it costs us nothing to let you keep your photo on your own machine.
Every Door 2 purchase includes a high-resolution Lumling render in the style you choose (Lumling Dream or Lumling Toon), a downloadable file, and identity-preserving generation so your features stay yours. Single renders and 5-packs are for personal, non-commercial use. The Lumling Club monthly plan adds a commercial-use license and 30 renders per month.
We want you to love your portrait. If a render fails or isn't delivered, contact hello@lumtale.com within 14 days and we'll re-run it or refund you — no questions asked. Because renders are personalized digital output, we handle refunds case by case rather than as an automatic "one-click" button, which keeps the price fair for everyone.
Never. With Door 1 your photo never leaves your device. With Door 2 it goes to a vetted GPU partner strictly to generate your portrait on demand; neither LumTale nor the partner stores or trains on it. That honesty is the whole point of LumTale.