Which AI video apps need iOS 18?
5 of the 27 apps on the shelf: Cantina, Krea, Magnific, Storyboard AI and VEED. The other 22 do not, on the day their listings were read. From 5 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
| App | Devices | What the listing says |
|---|---|---|
| Cantina | Also Mac or Vision | Requires iOS 18.0 or later; listed for iPhone, Apple Vision |
| Krea | Also Mac or Vision | Requires iOS 18.0 or later; listed for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Vision |
| Magnific | Also Mac or Vision | Requires iOS 18.6 or later; listed for iPhone, iPad, Apple Vision |
| Storyboard AI | Also Mac or Vision | Requires iOS 18 or later; listed for iPhone, Mac, Apple Vision |
| VEED | iPhone and iPad | Requires iOS 18.0 or later; listed for iPhone, iPad |
Inclusion rule. Apps on the shelf whose listing meets the condition in the question. Order. Alphabetical by app name.
1Why it matters
The minimum iOS version decides which older iPhones can install an app at all. The apps here need iOS 18 or a later point release, the highest requirements on the shelf; Magnific's 18.6 is the highest of all.
2From the listings
Compatibility Requires iOS 18.0 or later. iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later. Apple Vision Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
Cantina, US App Store listing
Compatibility Requires iOS 18.0 or later. iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later. iPad Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Krea, US App Store listing
3The rest of the shelf
Not matching: 7ART, Animaker, Captions, Dreamina, HeyGen, HeyGen Translate, Hypernatural, invideo AI, Kaiber, Kling AI, Leonardo.Ai, Luma Dream Machine, MagicLight, Pika, Pika Trend, PixVerse, Pollo AI, Runway, Topview, Videoleap, Viggle AI and Vivideo.
- InformationRequires iOS 18.0 or later; listed for iPhone, Apple VisionCompatibility
- InformationRequires iOS 18.0 or later; listed for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple VisionCompatibility
- InformationRequires iOS 18.6 or later; listed for iPhone, iPad, Apple VisionCompatibility
- InformationRequires iOS 18 or later; listed for iPhone, Mac, Apple VisionCompatibility
- InformationRequires iOS 18.0 or later; listed for iPhone, iPadCompatibility
4Making the drama, wherever it runs
Away from the store listing in “Which AI video apps need iOS 18”, SceneMixer runs in a browser and describes its pipeline like this:
It is the reference every later segment points at, which is what keeps a character's face and a location consistent across an episode.
SceneMixer, Glossary — “What is a setup image for?” (read 2026-10-13)
SceneMixer turns a novel into a watchable short-drama series in one pipeline: upload the novel (Chinese or English) → AI extracts characters, scenes, and an episode-by-episode structure → generates consistent character and scene art → writes storyboard scripts → renders video segment by segment (16:9 by default, 9:16 in one setting) → composites full episodes.
SceneMixer, Turn a Novel into a Video Series with AI (read 2026-10-13)