도비캔버스
Founded 2023 · 2 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Dobby Canvas is an interactive entertainment company that builds a generative-AI platform where users create their own stories and content rather than only consuming them. It aims to enable anyone to become a creator through AI-driven interactive experiences.
Also known as Dobby Canvas · Dobby Canvas, Inc.
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026도비캔버스 (Dobby Canvas) operates a generative-AI creation service, distributed as iOS and Android apps and a companion web product, that turns text prompts into character illustrations, animations and short videos. The app bundles more than 50 image-generation models spanning cute anime, fantasy background and realistic avatar styles, and supports Korean-language prompts as well as a built-in ChatGPT-assisted prompt-writing feature. Users can generate multiple images per request, convert a single image or a text prompt into video, create speech-bubble comics ("컷툰") from generated images, and use advanced options including LoRA training, upscaling, ControlNet, image-to-image, inpainting (LaMa/MAT models) and person/face replacement. LoRA model uploads are handled on the web, with the resulting models usable in the mobile apps under the same account.
The product also functions as a social community: creations can be posted to the Dobby Canvas feed, users can follow and favorite other users, take part in feed events, and build their own "Universe" spaces. Recent releases added features such as model favorites, a user-favorites list, new video models (Wan 2.1), ACE-Step-based background music generation for videos, SDXL-based LoRA training and SDXL LCM support. Company app listings identify the developer as Dobby Canvas, Inc., based in Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. The company also publishes other apps, including Dobby AI Notes, 도비뉴스 (an AI news summary app), The Irregular Empress and God of a Ruined World [0][2].
Business model
Consumer freemium: the apps are free to download and include advertising alongside in-app purchases. Users obtain generation capacity through daily login bonuses and by watching ads, or by paying for point packs ("도비"/dobbies) or subscriptions [0][2].
Revenue comes from in-app purchases and subscriptions plus advertising. Listed Korean-store price points include point subscriptions (300 dobbies daily at ₩15,000; 900 dobbies daily at ₩49,000), cloud GPU time bundles (5 minutes ₩1,100 up to 6 hours ₩77,000), cloud storage (50GB ₩1,100; 200GB ₩3,300) and a feed-translation add-on (₩1,100) [2][0].
Traction
Google Play reports over 100,000 downloads for the Android app, and the Korean App Store listing shows 38 ratings averaging 4.8 out of 5 [0][2].
Latest developments
App releases through 2025 and into 2026 added SDXL-based LoRA training, LaMa/MAT inpainting, the Wan 2.1 short-video model, ACE-Step background music, model and user favorites, and a customizable speech-bubble cartoon editor; version 8.8.6 removed the DepthFlow model from the short-clip video menu, and the Google Play listing was updated on 2026-08-01 [0][2].
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
The Google Play listing for the app appears alongside other consumer AI art generators including PixAI (Mewtant Inc.), CreArt, Fluer, PicWish and Jasper AI [0].
The service combines a consumer-friendly interface and Korean-language prompt input with advanced diffusion controls (LoRA training, ControlNet, inpainting, upscaling), multi-format output (images, animations, short videos, comics) and an integrated social feed and user-created "Universe" communities within one app [0][2].
Technology
The service is built on open image-generation and video models and techniques, including Stable Diffusion, LoRA training (upgraded to an SDXL base), SDXL LCM, ControlNet, image-to-image, upscaling, inpainting with LaMa/MAT models, the Wan 2.1 video model and ACE-Step for background music generation; ChatGPT is used to help expand user prompts. The mobile clients are built with Flutter, and the website runs on Amazon infrastructure [0][2][1].
Go-to-market
Distribution is direct-to-consumer through the Apple App Store and Google Play plus a web version, with retention driven by daily login rewards, ad-supported free generation and an in-app social feed and community events; the developer responds publicly to user reviews [0][2].
Individual consumers interested in AI creation tools — people who want original characters, illustrations or animations but do not draw well, users wanting to learn current AI generation techniques, and creators seeking advanced controls and a community to publish to. The app carries a Teen rating on Google Play and a 19+ rating on the Korean App Store [0][2].
Geography
Headquartered in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, with Korean-language service and a Korean App Store listing; a developer reply to a review states that a large share of current users are Japanese, and English-language store listings are also published [0][2].
Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsApp update moved LoRA training onto an SDXL model base, and image inpainting was extended with LaMa/MAT models.
A new generation model, Wan 2.1, was added to the short video creation menu; a later update introduced ACE-Step-based background music generation.
WHOIS registration date for the dobby-canvas.com domain, registered through Amazon Registrar with the registrant identity behind a privacy service.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 6
primary sources listed
- Dobby Canvas - Apps on Google Playplay.google.com · web
6 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does 도비캔버스 do?
- Dobby Canvas is a Korean generative-AI studio whose app lets users create AI illustrations, animations and comics and share them socially.
- Who are 도비캔버스's investors?
- 도비캔버스's investors include Laguna Investment.