AI crying filter · works in your phone’s browser
AI Crying Filter for Your Selfie
Not a lens that draws tears on. A real 8-second video where your smile breaks.
This video: 10 credits · 10 videos a month for $29.90, or 40 a year for $100
No subscription needed · Ready in about 8-12 minutes · Failed renders are refunded
8s · 9:16 · 720p · from $9.99 · no subscription needed · works on iPhone, Android and desktop
Real output. Sample people are AI-generated.
What is the AI crying filter?
What people call the AI crying filter on TikTok is not a live camera effect. It is an AI video made from one photo: the model animates your face so a soft smile slowly gives way to tears, in a night scene filmed over someone’s shoulder.
A photo crying filter only paints tears on a still image. To get the trend’s look, the slow break from smile to tears with camera movement, you need image-to-video. That is what this page makes: an 8-second, 9:16 clip in 720p from one selfie.
| Length | 8 seconds |
|---|---|
| Format | 9:16 vertical, 720p |
| You upload | One selfie |
| Scenes | 4, looking at him or her |
| Price | 10 credits, from $9.99 |
| Failed render | Credits refunded |
Which apps have a crying filter?
What each app actually does when people search for a crying filter, checked October 2026.
| App | What you get | Moves like the trend? |
|---|---|---|
| Snapchat | A cartoon sad-face lens over your live camera (2022) | No, it is a lens |
| TikTok | Effects and AI templates that change often | Sometimes, depends on the template |
| CapCut | AI crying templates on free credits, then paid | Yes, if the template has it |
| Face filters, no AI crying video | No | |
| Photo crying filters | Tears painted on a still image | No, it is a photo |
| AI Crying Trend | An 8 s 9:16 video from one selfie, 4 night scenes | Yes, smile to tears |
iPhone or Android
How to use the AI crying filter on your phone
- 1
Open this page in Safari or Chrome
No app to install. Sign in with Google when you press the button.
- 2
Take or pick a selfie
Front camera, face filling the frame, both eyes visible, no beauty filter.
- 3
Choose the scene and him or her
Over the Shoulder is the original look; Crying in the Rain hides the tears best.
- 4
Save the MP4 and add a sound
Download it from My videos, then add a sad piano sound inside TikTok or Instagram before you post.
Real outputs, not mock-ups
Four crying filter looks
I really thought you’d stay.
Over the Shoulder
The original. Night bokeh, filmed over their shoulder.
Don’t look back. Please.
Walk-Away
They turn and leave. You stay, still smiling.
I’m fine. I’m fine.
Close-Up Tears
Tight on your face. One tear, slowly.
At least the rain hides it.
Crying in the Rain
Street-light rain. No one can tell which drops are tears.
Every clip above was made on this site from one photo. The people in them are AI-generated.
Pay once, or subscribe and save
Price per crying filter video
Single
$9.99
10 credits · 1 video · ≈ $9.99 a video
Duo Pack
$29
50 credits · 5 videos · ≈ $5.80 a video
Crew Pack
$99
350 credits · 35 videos · ≈ $2.83 a video
Pack credits never expire. Plans from $29.90 a month (10 videos) or $100 a year (40 videos) refresh every period, cancel anytime. See all packs and plans
Crying filter FAQ: iPhone, CapCut and photos
Is the AI crying filter a TikTok or CapCut effect?
Not a live camera filter. What people call the AI crying filter is an AI video made from one photo: you upload a selfie and the AI generates an 8-second scene where your smile breaks into real tears. On AI Crying Trend it is ready in a few minutes, from $9.99, with no app to install. CapCut’s AI crying template is the main in-app alternative.
Can I add a crying filter to a photo instead of a video?
Yes. Free photo crying filters add tears to a still image, but they don’t animate it. The trend’s look, a smile slowly breaking into tears with camera movement, needs image-to-video. AI Crying Trend makes that as an 8-second 9:16 clip in 720p, and a render that fails on our side is refunded.
Does the AI crying filter work on iPhone and Android?
Yes. AI Crying Trend runs in the mobile browser on iPhone and Android, and on desktop. Sign in with Google, upload one selfie, pick a scene and whether you are looking at him or her, then download the vertical video and post it to TikTok, Reels or Shorts with a trending sound added in the app.
How much does the AI crying filter cost?
One video is 10 credits: $9.99 for one, $29 for 5 or $99 for 35, paid once with credits that never expire. Plans start at $29.90 a month for 10 videos. A render that fails on our side is refunded.