Canva AI Photo & Video Editor

Canva Review: Free to Design, Metered the Moment You Reach for AI

1.6 Million Free Templates, and Where the Watermark Starts

The Free plan is wide rather than shallow: 1.6 million templates across more than 1,000 design types, 4.7 million photos, videos, graphics and audio files, 5 GB of cloud storage and one Brand Kit limited to three colors. The line is drawn element by element: anything marked premium sits on the canvas under a criss-cross watermark until you pay for it or upgrade, and a single purchase licenses that element for one design only — reuse it elsewhere and you pay again. Pro opens 3.6 million templates and 141 million premium assets with 100 GB of storage, for one person per account. By count, the free stock library is roughly 3% of what Pro unlocks, which is why a critical Google Play review saying most of the app sits behind the paywall has more than 2,000 helpful votes.

Magic Layers and the 20-Use Monthly AI Allowance

Magic Layers is the tool that best shows where the app is heading. It takes a flat image, including one generated inside the app, and separates people, objects and background into movable layers while turning baked-in lettering back into editable text. It entered public beta on March 11, 2026, in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, and accepts single-page PNG or JPG files. Every run draws from a pooled monthly AI allowance: up to 20 uses on Free, up to 200 Premium uses on Pro, and Ultra tools such as video-clip generation capped at 20 a month on Pro and absent from Free. A Pro trial runs on the Free allowance, not the paid one. A recurring complaint in recent Google Play reviews is the meter itself: usage appears as a percentage, and failed generations still consume it.

Offline on Android Only, and Two Different Privacy Labels

Offline editing works in the Android app and in desktop and mobile browsers, but not in the iPhone or iPad apps. Even on Android it is narrow: designs must be marked for offline use while connected, edits hold for up to 14 days, image uploads must stay under 50 MB, and exporting, templates, AI tools and video editing all wait for a connection. Google Play's data safety section declares no sharing with third parties, while Apple's privacy label lists identifiers that may be used to track you across other companies' apps and websites. Free and Pro accounts get a Privacy controls toggle deciding whether uploaded content can improve the AI features; Business and Enterprise content is excluded and cannot be opted in. Account data is stored in the United States.