OpenAI’s Sora isn’t in the App Store beyond the U.S. and Canada, but clones are rising. Learn to spot fake Sora video generator apps and avoid unwanted fees.
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Riding the wave of buzz around OpenAI’s Sora, the App Store is seeing an influx of clones. Because the official video generator is available only in the United States and Canada, users elsewhere who search for “Sora” or “Sora 2” aren’t finding the long‑awaited app—they’re met with dozens of look‑alikes with splashy names like “Sora 2: AI Video Generator.”
One such clone has already climbed to ninth place in the Top Photo & Video Apps chart. Some barely bother to hide the imitation: they use the OpenAI logo on their icons, mention Google Veo 3 in descriptions, and entice users with weekly subscriptions priced at $5–15.
It’s a familiar pattern: as soon as a hype‑driven AI service appears, the app store fills with copies designed to catch inattentive users. And since many people simply don’t realize the official Sora isn’t available outside the U.S. and Canada yet, there’s a real risk they’ll end up downloading—and paying for—something very different from what they expected.
The simplest safeguard still applies: if the name includes “Sora” but the developer isn’t listed as OpenAI, it isn’t Sora.