RunwayML Reviews

by Barrambila

First, it takes me forever just to set up RunwayML and go through an endless registration process where I am asked millions of questions, and three of my emails being denied because of not being accepted! Ultimately I had to create a new Gmail account just to register for RunwayML. Next I am giving just 2 seconds available of any video! Next while the video is rendering and downloading, I need to listen to a perpetual endless audio loop on the two seconds of the video selected! Next after an ENDLESS waiting period just for this 2 second render to be finished, the final video that I just had to listen to it's audio loop forever, is downloaded to my gallery without any sound! To top it off, at then end of the process m, I am presented with a red warning screen like I'm gonna get arrested or something informing me that the video violates RunwayML 's policies in my account will be suspended! This is just a two second video of me looking at the camera and talking!!!!!!! What a freaking joke, instant uninstall!

by Mehwutever

Currently, login only functions in browser. If login is attempted in RunwayML , it’s not able to find anything— meaning that RunwayML is not useable for me personally, ymmv.

When it sends me to fix my password, it opens my browser and lets me login. Login works normally and there’s no need for password reset.

And still, RunwayML does not allow login. Let me know if you get that sorted out! I would be happy to support the tech if login on app starts working in the future!

by Alex Voorhies

until they make gen 2 available to the public this is somewhat of a waste of time for me all of the presets work really well in gen 1 but trying to diverge from those leaves you with footage that is loosely connected to the input “prompt” . I have friends who have access to gen 2 and the things they are making are incredible sadly they’ve been stringing everyone along for who knows how long. Wait for gen 2. GEN 1 is too limited , better off using an alternative.

by Idontwannapickaname2

When using the img-to-video prompt, I had a lot of problems with style consistency. With every image I put in, as the video went on it would slowly degrade the style of the image to something more cartoony and less detailed. And there weren’t really too many options to fix that.

Overall I was a bit disappointed. I saw some really cool results on reddit where the image to video results were fantastic and the style stayed consistent throughout. But i wasn’t able to replicate those results here.

by Axewielderx

Has RunwayML actually done what the text prompt said. You take a basic picture of a woman with closed and say “ She opens her eyes.” Easy as pie, yet RunwayML duplicates her, changes her appearance completely and she do not animation of opening eyes.

RunwayML should be considered false advertising! It will never do what you ask of it. I used nearly all my credits and only got one single short video doing something worth while.

Don’t waste your time downloading it and certainly don’t spend a dime inside RunwayML . Only use it if you like wasting your time.

by Alcool91

There are many ways to do text to video, or image to video, or video to video these days. All suffer from some coherency issues, but all offer their own strengths and weaknesses. Runway allows you to generate 4 second videos, and restricts the content way too heavily. I tried to make a cute video of my niece seeing her new cat for the first time, and I was restricted. I recommend open source apps like Deforum if you have the time to play with them. They are more fun, allow you to create longer more customizable videos, and don’t police the content at all. They are also rapidly updated and improved due to the team of developers on the open source project. Runway has some cool demos, but I don’t recommend it at all right now.

by VizMind

I have no idea how this can get so many rave reviews. The magic brush doesn’t work at all. You mask out the area of the video that you want to animate, and you get a result where everything but the mask is moving. For example, I uploaded a picture of a woman sitting on a bench with a sculpture. I then masked out the sculpture to animate it, and Gen2 gave me a video of the woman falling off the bench. Really, now. None of the results are usable. Bottom line, just wait for Pika Labs 1.0. It will be a this app killer.

by Starliving

After extensive tests and experiments trying to get your ai to generate anything at all, I have discovered it does not. After 5 minutes of waiting for it to generate something, and mutiple multiple tries, it couldn’t generate a single video with an image input. The input and output were exactly the same. Tried multiple accounts, tried resetting my iPhone 13 Pro Max (it ain’t my phone messing it up) with absolutely no results or explanation as to why. Garbage waste of time app do not install unless your ready to get scammed out of 15 dollars

by Neways08

So, I’ve been playing around with the Runway AI app, expecting a bunch of cool and different visuals with all the style options and settings it offers. But, honestly, it’s been kinda disappointing. No matter what tweaks I make, it seems like RunwayML just keeps spitting out the same kind of visuals. It’s weird because the web version isn’t like that at all – change a setting there, and you get something totally different, even with the same prompt.
And the creativity part? Not really hitting the mark.

by Wood&Spool

I spent a while learning to use RunwayML for the purposes of making music videos for myself. However, after Gen-2 became available, these people apparently got REAL greedy because suddenly, despite already PAYING $15/mo for the product, I’d have needed to pay hundreds of dollars for enough ‘credits’ to produce a single 5 minute video. Ridiculous - I’d have gladly paid a fair price for the capabilities, but there’s no excuse for jacking up prices on people ($900/year? Are you kidding?) and taking advantage of people that way. No thanks.

by Akatsuki37484

I was amazed with the idea of creating videos from text that I payed the first month to try it. I was creating videos but those were not usable at all (weird movements from people, incorrect object shown instead of using the specified item, etc). I needed to try to remake the video, but trying to get a usable and nice video, I spent all my credits on trying to get at least one video that I could use for the money I spent. $15 just thrown away for me in just a few hours. Very disappointed with the subscription model and credit usage fixing the videos. Not trying again for another year when it gets better so I don’t throw the money only to try to fix videos that I cannot use.

by BaLoobs

It starts off great. Very fast loading times generating videos in first couple days of subscription. Then it all goes down hill from there as you see and experience the flaws of the AI and what they won’t allow you to do. Like generating a political candidate or celeb is not acceptable. That doesn’t even include how the AI won’t listen to you when giving a specific instructions like “wave at camera and put it back out of view”. That’s only the second to worst part to all of this.

If you buy the top subscription you get unlimited generating however you’re still limited to only generating 2 videos to queue, BUT videos generating TAKE FOREVER! The first 24 hours of having this everything took only a minute. Now everything is taking ages! If you want faster generating, even though you have the HIGHEST subscription you must PAY for a faster generating times for EACH one!

So although this program is fun at first, it’s AI is dumb and there are barriers that aren’t sexual they stop you from doing. Also feels like a scam if they just slow down your generating speeds after just 48 hours! Go find something else, just as I am.

by Kneefs

Currently you are offered one chance to try it out. After your one try (let’s say something easy, like one photo and a thirty two character description), you are alerted that you’re “almost out of credits” and are offered a subscription plan, without even seeing your “test”. If you’re crass enough to request continuing for free, you receive the message that this particular function isn’t available. I understand the money grab up front: They need cash to rent the servers they’re running on, but why trust a few paid YouTubers’ reviews with your money?

by Ertshejs

RunwayML itself is good but what makes me mad is the fact that the 125 credits you get if you don’t pay for a subscription DON’T refresh monthly, and you can’t even buy any credits without buying a paid subscription to RunwayML . If you aren’t gonna renew the free credits then at least let us buy credits instead of paying for a subscription.

by DVedits

It’s the only decent one in the market and they abuse that. You need an option to delete photos from your assets, and if you allow limited photos, RunwayML should only be able to touch what u allow. Support center doesn’t exist. DELETE BUTTON for assets?, I don’t want u keeping whatever pics u want to keep without having to delete the whole accounts it’s common sense coding. The picture is saved into RunwayML why???? Sketchy

by Nick - Arizona

the concept is great, but the execution is lacking for a monthly subscription app. I really think these “stable diffusion” type apps are great in theory, but the application isn’t there for any practical use, yet! It’s a fun to play with app that will likely be built into snap chat or similar apps within the next few months. I hope this company can find the “niche use cases’ that separate this from the soon to be onslaught of AI driven video and imaging tech.

by I_Am_Destiny22

At first I loved RunwayML and the idea. I was using it to animate photos. RunwayML would animate the photo to 4 second videos but the quality of many of those was not good. A lot of the figures looked morphed, had extra legs showing up, walking backwards, weird faces and gestures. What I did not like was that I wasted money on those and no way to recover the money. I would have to keep trying to generate the same 3-4 times before RunwayML would give me a decent video and that wasted a lot of my money. Please fix this or at least do not charge if person finds the end result useless.

by SF Lawyer

I WANTED to love it because I’m pumped on the concept and have seen all the marketing videos. This was so disappointing. Took forever, no sound and looks like garbage. Like what am I supposed to do with these videos. Underlying technology may be cool but I’d never post these anywhere. I’m sure they rushed RunwayML out to match the hype but needs a lot of work before normal people start using this.

by Arcturian22

Took about 15 tries and still will not show a full body and put a sleezy low cut shirt which was described as a professional uniform and closeup versus described full body view and still can’t seem to get it correct and closest it got was when I changed it from Caucasian to African American ! 🥺 this is exactly what Gemini was caught doing ! Discriminating against select races ! NOT cool ! Going to post on YT where people are sharing how great it is. If a software doesn’t give good results in a trial or limited version then forgot buying it unless they change from worse to great !

by 🛵💨🏃‍♂️bike Boy

I was using RunwayML (at the time 5 star) and then I was logged out, so I tried to log in again but it wasn’t letting me use the Google or Apple sign in option and basically nothing works, and I can’t sign in again.

by RiversideReviewer

You get 90 seconds of video and then they insist on upgrading you to a paid subscription of $143 USD per year which just buy you another couple minutes of video per month.

And the videos are just so-so.

Too expensive!!!

by Sir Death

So far I gotten to use it twice on the web I downloaded RunwayML and tried to log in it failed went back to the web version couldn't log in so I reset the password got an error did the whole thing over same problem I give up I sick of apps doing this

by Meechymeech

I was just trying different videos to see what it does and ran out of credits (I subscribed for $15) in the first day.

by Seamus McAtasney

This technology is so fun to play with, unfortunately RunwayML is not stable. I’ve had crashes, and the last creation I made, which I paid for, has disappeared. This is so upsetting given the processing time. I wish they refunded you credits if your creations, which costs actual money, are not available to you…

by Lunmoon8

I can’t login due to my screen size so little, the violet button “continue” is under my keyboard. UX is not optimized for iPhone SE 1 gen
Please consider to fix that.

by WidgetPhreak

Unfortunately, all the photos I wish to feed RunwayML are in portrait, and even though the extended options allow you to select different aspect ratios, that ratio only applies to the final output. The image importer will only let you crop to 16:9. Which would be great if I were trying to make a cinematic movie... but I am not. I am trying to animate a vertically oriented selfie, and I imagine I am not the only user that wishes to do this. As there are more Narcissist wannabe "influencers" on the internet than there are film makers.

by LuvsCric

This is a pretty amazing program that generates 4 second long clips based on the prompts you provide. I’ve used these clips to create short films. It’s awesome for that. But recently on iOS there’s a bug where if you save an output clip to your phone after saving that correctly, every other save results in the same video clip being saved over and over which makes RunwayML useless. I hope the developers can resolve this quickly.

by Winning Being Monique

It is getting better and better. Sometimes the re-rendering are of less quality but it is constantly improving

by Teddy Lazzo

runway ml is one of the leading ai software platforms out there, depending on what you’re searching for. with that being said, so far RunwayML is great and well-established but the ai content generations tend to come out varying on how you describe it and what may render from it. play around with it and be patient as im sure runway ml is just getting better as they have a LOT of competition so if they wanna succeed, its on them but thus far, love it. love RunwayML in general. gives it a crisp feeling to due to how crystal clear the resolution is at times. nice job guys but as for everyone, there’s always something to improve on. im here for the longrun runway ml. cheers!

by CDHH1223

Within a few minutes, I was able to create some pretty cool videos. I can’t wait to play with it more and see what I’m able to create. I’ve never been one to be particularly creative with my videos but Runway makes it so gosh darn easy.

by Rebchen__

RunwayML makes video creation so fun and easy to use, especially as someone who isn’t familiar with AI tools. I love the design details and the presets that are available. I can’t wait for all the new features to come out!! If I could give it more stars, I would!!

by Fsjiinjdcbnjn

Hey guys just want to let you know how to fix if you get crashing upon loading image to video generator: chances are you uploaded an image in high resolution 8k possibly even 4k, it crashes trying to load them all so dont upload anything above 2k resolution on RunwayML , secondly go to your assets on the runway website/desktop version and delete the offending images that are high res. It should fix your issue, but still expect crashes if you generate a lot of videos in a row. I would do 10-20 clips at a time maximum and extends and then restart app so you have better stability for the next 20 clips

by SpacePollo

I wonder how much better it is on a computer or laptop. I just can’t stand limited work that you get even for subscription. I’d probably use this all the time I’d run out os seconds to utilize. But maybe if I get a lucky bonus will I get the actual purchase of this program. It is extremely expensive for me right now but if I could make payments till I own it I’d be happy to jump on that.

by Muck313

App is crashing whenever I try to open the image generator. It might have something to do with the images I uploaded seeming to be heavy lifting for your processors as each image took a minute or two to process when initially loading. I was able to make video from them, but now I can’t do anything as every time I open RunwayML it just crashes again when I click on image generator, it try's to open my previous uploads but crashes immediately. Just updated RunwayML but still didn’t fix. Please help. Thanks so much.

-Jonathan

by Thereviewer16515386

We all know the saying… there’s an app for that. You thought there wasn’t an app for THIS but, looky here there sure is. I guess there is an app for this. I’m sure you’re surprised to find that out. Well, you shouldn’t be. We’ve heard for years there’s an app for that. Now that I’m telling you there’s an app for this, you ought to believe it. There is. And I love it.

by Natalieram

WOW. I must say, I was blown away by its capabilities. RunwayML is truly a game-changer in the world of video creation. As someone who has always been interested in creating videos, but lacked the technical skills and equipment to do so, RunwayML has been a godsend. With just a few taps on my phone screen, I was able to generate stunning videos. The AI technology that powers RunwayML is truly impressive. WOW.

by Nickvfx

The idea of generating video using another video is very different from any other app I've used before. To be honest, I was a bit skeptical about what AI could do in video, especially after seeing some experiments online. But this just feels different. I know is early, so looking forward for all the new updates.

by YoseFab

As someone who isn’t a tech expert, I was pleasantly surprised by how user-friendly Runway is. Even with my limited tech knowledge, I found it incredibly easy to navigate and use. The quality of the output is excellent, and I didn’t feel overwhelmed by complicated features. It’s a perfect tool for anyone who wants professional results without needing a deep understanding of technology. Highly recommend for beginners like me!

by Kchonxx

RunwayML is so easy to use for someone who hasn’t played around with AI that much. I also love the little moments that happen throughout RunwayML that makes my experience delightful. Highly recommend using RunwayML for fun, or to create any work-related videos!!!

by Egolden13

It’s so easy to take a video of literally anything and transform it with RunwayML in a matter of seconds. It’s going to be so helpful for my content creation

by Mewmozz

RunwayML has been so fun to play with! Claymation videos of my cat, what’s not to love. Excited for more features to roll out!

by Ulababy1

I had a lot of fun, using iPhone videos from different events and using the text to make the way memories look the way they felt to me.

by Drggfgj

RunwayML is much easier to use than the website and I’m amazed by how much the ai technology has improved in RunwayML over the last month.

by Franciscaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1

The design of RunwayML is very user friendly. We just a few click you can get the results. I loved all the presets, can’t wait to see more and continue playing with Runway ML app.

by Great Agme For Robux

I’ve been looking for an ai video generator for a while now. I did. my re search and came cross RunawayMl. I was expecting it to be one of those rip offs that barely work and make you spend $30 to do it once. But this is absolutely free. Every month you have a limited amount of time you can generate art. But there is a lot of limited time. Not like all those other apps that give you 2 - 3 Ai generated arts a day. I highly recommend you should use this. And trust me, this is exactly what you were looking for. Not only is this super good. But easy to use. Two to three buttons pressed and type whatever I want and it makes it for me. It’s amazing! I think it also has great potential if any future updates and the new picture to picture thing coming out. I’m sure that will awesome to! Goodbye, you should download this!

by Gail L. Nobles

I wish I could learn what this app does. I wish we could get paid while learning. They make your ideas and characters look so real. We’ll thanks to Runway, I’ll be able to make the mini movies I’ve always wanted to make.