State of Undress Apps: What Changed This Year
An annual editorial report covering law, pricing, features and privacy in 2026, based on dated tests of the tools in our catalog and public enforcement records.
The state of undress apps in 2026 is a market under active enforcement: federal removal duties began on May 19, two jurisdictions banned the tools, and app stores purged dozens of listings, while per-image prices in our 15-tool catalog spread from about $0.02 to $0.50. Consent rules are in our Responsible AI policy.
What changed in the law this year?
This year turned rules that targeted publication into rules that target tools and platforms. The table lists the 2026 events that matter to anyone comparing services; full context is in our TAKE IT DOWN Act entry.
| Date (2026) | Change | Effect on tools |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 13 | DEFIANCE Act passes the Senate; held at the desk in the House | Civil damages bill still pending |
| Apr 29 | UK Crime and Policing Act receives Royal Assent | Making or supplying nudification tools becomes a crime in the UK |
| May 19 | FTC begins enforcing the TAKE IT DOWN Act platform duty | 48-hour removal, penalties up to $53,088 per violation |
| May 20 | FTC warning letters to 12 websites | Missing removal channels become an enforcement target |
| July 17 | San Francisco cease-and-desist letters to Apple and Google over 13 apps | Apple removes 3, Google suspends 5 |
| Aug 1 | Minnesota access ban takes effect | Civil penalties up to $500,000 per unlawful access |
| Aug 2 | EU AI Act Article 50 transparency duties apply | Synthetic images must carry machine-readable marks |
The practical effect on reviewed tools is visible: geo-blocks for the UK and Minnesota, consent clauses in terms, and abuse mailboxes with stated response times, such as the 48-hour commitment in Ainudez’s complaints policy dated May 6, 2026.
How did pricing move?
Credits replaced subscriptions as the dominant model among documented tools, and per-image cost became the only meaningful comparison. Four of the six partner tools sell one-time packs; Pornworks keeps monthly plans from $2.99 and Deep Undress a $9.99 weekly plan. Among the nine reviews published on September 3, 2026, passes and credit packs dominate as well, with Cling AI and OpenArt as the subscription exceptions. The spread is wide.
| Tool | Score | Cost per image | Billing model | Test date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainudez | 9.3 | About $0.30 to $0.02 by pack | One-time credits | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Pornworks | 9.2 | Plan-based; Lite $2.99 per month | Monthly, 3-month, annual | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Deep Undress | 8.8 | Not derivable publicly | Weekly | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Undresswith AI | 8.6 | About $0.06 plus $0.99 HD unlock | One-time gems | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Wavespeed | 8.5 | $0.12 per run | Pay per run | Aug 16, 2026 |
| UndressHer | 8.3 | About $0.50 to $0.10 by pack | One-time tokens | Aug 17, 2026 |
Payment rails shifted too. Every documented tool accepts a card, five accept crypto, Pornworks adds Google Pay, and Undresswith AI’s card checkout was under maintenance with PayPal and crypto as fallbacks on August 28. The billing traps article explains why the weekly plan is the model to avoid.
Which features arrived this year?
Video is the headline addition. Ainudez prices a 5-second 480p clip at 50 credits and a 7-second 720p clip at 300; Pornworks restricts video and face swap to its Ultimate plan at $14.99 per month; Deep Undress charges 25 stars per video. API access, offered by Wavespeed at $0.10 per second of video and $0.12 per image run, moved the category toward developer pricing. Quality sub-scores rose with it: Ainudez reached 9.5 and Pornworks 9.4. What did not arrive is transparency about models; the how undress apps work article explains the shared pipeline behind the marketing.
Did privacy practices improve?
Unevenly. The only documented retention window for generated media is Wavespeed’s 7-day expiry. Ainudez updated its policy on June 10, 2026 and added a complaints procedure; Undresswith AI’s policy still carried a “[Your Country]” placeholder on August 28; Deep Undress published nothing readable before sign-up and its pages did not respond on September 3. Two providers make deletion claims we could not verify. Privacy is 30 percent of every score under How we rate, which is why the privacy sub-scores range from 8.1 to 9.2 while speed sub-scores cluster near 9. The full table is in the retention comparison.
The FTC enforces Section 3 of the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which set a May 19, 2026, deadline for covered platforms to give people a way to request the removal of intimate photos or videos shared online without their consent.
— FTC press release, May 19, 2026, accessed Sep 3, 2026
What does the catalog look like at the end of the year?
Fifteen tools are listed and all fifteen carry a published review with dated Editorial Test Notes: the six partner tools score from 8.3 to 9.3, and the nine reviews published on September 3, 2026 range from 6.5 for Pixaryai to 8.1 for Dreemy AI. No closed service appears in the rankings; closures and de-listings are logged in the transparency report. Editorial changes this year include the five-criteria weighting, the requirement that every review record whether the tool states a consent rule, and a rule against ranking messaging-app bots. Next year’s report will re-test all fifteen tools and track whether the pending federal civil-damages bill becomes law.
Sources and verification
Primary sources checked for this article. Service facts come from the linked editorial reviews and their dated test notes.
- FTC — FTC Begins Enforcing Take It Down Act (May 19, 2026) — accessed Sep 3, 2026
- Congress.gov — S.1837 DEFIANCE Act, all actions — accessed Sep 3, 2026
- GOV.UK — Crime and Policing Act 2026 collection — accessed Sep 3, 2026
- Minnesota House — New law bans access to nudification technology — accessed Sep 3, 2026
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), Article 50 — accessed Sep 3, 2026
Consent and reporting
Related reading
Clothoff AI: reviews of undress-AI tools
The publisher home page with the current top-rated tools and method summary.
Go to the home page →Undress apps we tested
Rankings from dated tests, updated as reviews publish.
See the rankings →Transparency report
Closures, de-listings, corrections and sponsored-link changes.
Read the report →Undress apps that shut down
Timeline of closures, lawsuits and bans from 2019 to 2026.
Read the article →Frequently asked questions
What was the biggest change for undress apps this year?
Federal enforcement. On May 19, 2026 the FTC began enforcing the TAKE IT DOWN Act’s 48-hour removal duty, with civil penalties up to $53,088 per violation, and sent warning letters to 12 websites the next day. Two outright bans, in the UK from April 29 and Minnesota from August 1, followed within months.
How much does an undress app cost in 2026?
Between about $0.02 and $0.50 per image among documented tools, depending on pack size. Entry prices run from $2.99 per month at Pornworks to $19.99 for a starter pack at Undresswith AI, with a $9.99 weekly plan at Deep Undress. Pay-per-run pricing at Wavespeed is $0.12 per image.
Which undress app scored highest this year?
Ainudez, at 9.3, on the strength of a 9.5 quality score, a dated privacy policy and one-time credit packs with no renewal. Pornworks followed at 9.2 with the strongest price score, 9.6. Scores come from tests dated August 12 to 28, 2026 and are weighted privacy 30, quality 25, price 20, speed 15, support 10.
Did any reviewed tool shut down this year?
None of the 15 catalog tools closed by September 3, 2026, although Deep Undress’s pages did not respond on that date. Enforcement elsewhere removed 11 websites in the San Francisco lawsuit and 8 app-store listings after the July letters. Closures affecting catalog tools are logged in the transparency report.
Is the DEFIANCE Act law yet?
No. The bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent on January 13, 2026 and was held at the desk in the House the same day, with no further action recorded as of September 3, 2026. It would create a federal civil claim for victims of sexual deepfakes; the TAKE IT DOWN Act already provides criminal penalties and removal duties.
How will next year’s report differ?
It will re-test all 15 documented tools against their 2026 baselines, and record whether the pending federal civil-damages bill passed. Retention windows and removal-channel response times will be measured rather than read from policies, using the notice process now enforced by the FTC.