Try it on AI

Overview

Try it on AI is an AI headshot generator launched in late 2022 by a Hong Kong startup team (CEO Adriana Lica, a former photographer; CTO Nathan Landman, MIT master's in AI), one of the earliest teams to commercialize the category. Core pitch: upload selfies and the AI produces 100–200 "studio-grade" professional headshots in 20+ industry styles, delivered in roughly 10–60 minutes. The official "1 selfie, results in 2 minutes" claim does not match hands-on testing and should be treated as marketing; the Trustpilot score of 4.7/5 (406 reviews) has a solid base, but blind similarity testing ranked it last among six competitors and there is no refund guarantee — a tool to try, not to bet on.

Core features

• Express AI headshots: upload 1–10+ selfies to generate 100–200 professional headshots across 20+ industry styles such as business formal, business casual, creative, and Hollywood; one-time purchases from $17–35.
• AI image editing: upscaling, background swap, cutout repaint, and text-prompt editing for further work on generated results (credit-based editing).
• Creative Studio subscription: $19/month (about 125 images) with custom clothing, backgrounds, lighting, and poses, aimed at content creators and brands.
• Teams & Enterprise: admin panel, per-department style customization, and bulk employee invites; officially serving 500+ teams, quote-based (third parties record about $21/person).
• Human retouching add-on: about $10/image, hand-retouched by contracted freelance editors.
• Pink AI Headshots: a charity headshot series with Breastcancer.org, with part of the profits donated.

Pricing

No free tier. Individual one-time packs: Express $17–35, Advanced $49, Pro $61 (100 images + editing credits); Creative Studio $19/month; teams by quote. There is no standalone pricing page — prices vary by channel/discount code (e.g., WEB50), so defer to the official checkout page. Note: the official terms of service explicitly state "no refunds after payment; no refund requests accepted".

Who it's for

• Early-career professionals, students, and freelancers on a budget who want to quickly refresh LinkedIn/resume/social headshots;
• HR teams at SMBs needing batch-consistent team headshots (accepting quote-based pricing and no-refund terms);
• Individual users with high tolerance for likeness variance who enjoy the "high volume, pick your favorites" model.
• Not for: enterprise users demanding strict likeness, refund guarantees, or API/compliance certifications, or professional photographers needing fine retouching control.

Caveats

• Refund risk (high): the official ToS is explicit — no refunds after payment and no satisfaction guarantee; purchases are final. On Trustpilot, "unusable results with no refund possible" is the most common criticism;
• Marketing claims (high): "ranked #1 by WSJ", "3 million users", and "featured by BBC/BI" cannot be independently verified; do not cite them as fact;
• Quality variance (medium): the hands-on usable rate is about 15–30%, reputation on darker skin tones and detail handling is inconsistent, and its Magic Studio blind-test similarity ranked lowest of the six;
• Privacy compliance (medium): no disclosed SOC 2/ISO 27001/GDPR certifications, no published data deletion timeline, and selfies are biometric-sensitive data;
• Name confusion (high): tryiton.now (clothing try-on), tryiton.app (UK collectibles valuation), and the App Store's "Try On AI" (Turkey's Nanbis) are all unrelated; there is no official native app — for listing and use, go by tryitonai.com only.