ChatGPT requires expensive subscription for image creation
15 posts across 3 communities in the last 60 days; 80% from App Store.
“[ChatGPT] ★★★ 3/5 (v1.2026.244) — Image generation sucks!!! Chat doesn't follow simple instructions and makes deliberate and continuous errors!!!! And I pay $20 a month. Getting one image created the way you want can literally take 20-30 tries, which is annoying and insanely…”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.237) — Why do i have to pay 20 to create a image ??”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.230) — ★☆☆☆☆ — Image editing has become frustrating and unreliable I’ve used ChatGPT extensively for creative work, and lately the experience has become incredibly frustrating. The biggest problem is that image editing frequently ignores very specific…”
Users express frustration that ChatGPT now forces a $20 monthly subscription to create images, and the free version offers fewer services.
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“[ChatGPT] ★★ 2/5 (v1.2026.266) — I know it's limited free but forcing you to pay to finish a project with just a photo opportunity.. it doesn't encourage me to pay”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.266) — I pay for ChatGPT Plus, and I am extremely disappointed that the image-generation capacity I relied on appears to have been cut roughly in half while the subscription price remains the same. This is not just something I use for entertainment. I use ChatGPT image generation to support a very small business and to create materials for a homeschool curriculum. I use it for educational illustrations, worksheets, visual aids, curriculum materials, branding, design co”
“Hello, I'm planning to subscribe to GO package but i don't know if it worth or should i go for PRO version? I only use ChatGPT for writing and seldom create illustration image submitted by /u/KallanKoe [link] [comments]”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.244) — When I’m trying to do my work and I need to take a picture of it to send in I have to get ChatGPT plus or like premium or something which cost way too much money and I just want to like learn for school. It just isn’t working. I’m gonna need you to take that down and I can take a few pictures maybe like three but then I have to like get premium plus and I can’t do that because it’s way too much just yeah. One star”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.244) — I canceled my ChatGPT subscription because of my experience with its image-generation feature. I repeatedly asked ChatGPT to create images for me, including images based on pictures I provided, and my requests were repeatedly rejected or not completed. What made the experience especially frustrating was that I felt like it didn’t matter what I asked for—the image requests simply weren’t being fulfilled. I was paying for a service expecting to be able to use its a”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.244) — Won’t even let me generate one picture or story now without wanting me to pay! I’m good forget this”
“[ChatGPT] ★★★ 3/5 (v1.2026.244) — Image generation sucks!!! Chat doesn't follow simple instructions and makes deliberate and continuous errors!!!! And I pay $20 a month. Getting one image created the way you want can literally take 20-30 tries, which is annoying and insanely inefficient. Even with guided assistance it can't execute simple commands. Once it makes an error in an image getting it back the way it was is impossible. Anyone who pays attention to detail would hate creating under these”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.244) — they charge you for uploading pictures now .. i didn’t even upload any pictures into chatgpt yesterday and it says i have to wait for it to reset before i can use the option again or i have to pay for a subscription which it never said before ..”
“I'm a content creator and I mainly use ai in my content. My content is transformative not fully ai. I generate like 200 images per video.. does anyone recommend me the pro plan for this? submitted by /u/Playful-Insurance-87 [link] [comments]”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.230) — ★☆☆☆☆ — Image editing has become frustrating and unreliable I’ve used ChatGPT extensively for creative work, and lately the experience has become incredibly frustrating. The biggest problem is that image editing frequently ignores very specific instructions. I can ask for one small change while explicitly saying not to alter anything else, yet the result will change the pose, proportions, facial features, hairstyle, colors, clothing details, composition, or other”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.224) — They don’t give enough in the normal version you have to pay to make the app worthwhile”
Feature Request: Pay-as-you-go Image Credits for ChatGPT
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.223) — I actually like using ChatGPT, but the image-generation experience has become incredibly frustrating. The biggest problem isn’t even that an image sometimes comes out wrong — AI makes mistakes. The problem is that failed generations and botched edits still count against the user’s limited generation allowance. If I ask for one specific change and the result changes the face, body, clothing, background, or other details I explicitly told it to preserve, that is no”