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UPDATED 23 October 2026 216 REPORTS · 172 COMPANIES

Tools & services

Zapters

Key facts

Operator / parent
Independent; a one-person studio, per its developer site
Origin
Germany
Headquarters
Germany
Launched
Released on the Apple App Store on 10 September 2026, version 1.0.
Category
Tools & services

Zapters: AI Microdrama Studio is an iOS application for making microdramas with AI, rather than for watching them. Apple dates the first release, version 1.0, to 10 September 2026. The store description offers creation of animated microdramas, episodes and original series from a phone, with recurring characters and locations, animated scene generation and vertical video export. The developer site describes a one-person studio, an invite-only beta with waves of invitations, and access to what it lists as more than 30 models across 10 labs. Its privacy policy, effective 25 August 2026, states that the service is run by an individual based in Germany and names fal.ai, Replicate, ElevenLabs and Google as model providers. It sits in the production-tool layer alongside AI video services, not among consumer microdrama platforms.

Profile

Markets
iOS only, listed on App Store storefronts in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland and several continental European countries.
Content
A creation tool. Users generate animated microdrama scenes, episodes and series with recurring characters and locations, and export vertical video.
Genres
Not applicable; the product is a production tool rather than a catalogue.
Monetisation
The app is free to download and in invite-only beta. No pricing for a full version has been published, and in-app purchase tiers are not listed in the store metadata.

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