Oct 05, 2025 14:00:00

Clones of OpenAI's video generation AI 'Sora 2' are popping up in large numbers on the App Store

Sora 2, a video-generating AI announced by OpenAI on September 30, 2025 (local time), is currently only available to some users in the United States and Canada. The popularity of Sora 2 has led to a proliferation of clone apps on the App Store, attempting to cash in on the app's popularity.

Sora 2 clones start flooding the App Store worldwide - 9to5Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/04/sora-2-clones-start-flooding-the-app-store-worldwide/

If you search for 'Sora 2' in the App Store, you'll find several apps with the word 'Sora 2' in their name or description, a reference to OpenAI's Sora 2.

It could be 'Sora 2' or 'Sorra 2'.

The app name or description contains the words 'Sora 2.'

Some even had

the logo of OpenAI, the developer of the original Sora 2, as their app icon.

However, the developer is a different company from OpenAI, called 'Decent Softwares.'

There was even an app that was so ambitious it included not only Sora 2 but also Veo 3, Google's video generation AI .

This is also a video generation AI app called 'Sora 2.'

Some of these apps include in-app purchases, and some even offer expensive payment plans, 9to5Mac points out.

Additionally,

Daring Fireball 's John Gruber shared the existence of 'Sora 2: AI Video Generator,' a Sora 2 clone app available on the App Store, with the caption 'App Store Scam of the Week ?' The Japanese title is 'Sora 2 AI Video Generator Video Photo to Video App.' It was listed alongside ChatGPT, a chat AI app from OpenAI, the developer of Sora 2, but it's not developed by OpenAI.

9to5Mac reports that 'Sora 2: AI Video Generator' is ranked 9th in the 'Photo & Video' category on the App Store, but in the Japanese App Store it was ranked 4th in the 'Photo & Video' category.

In addition, Sora 2 has been criticized on the Internet for copying copyrighted content such as Pokemon and Mario, and there are reports that OpenAI is preparing an option to exclude copyrighted content.

OpenAI's video generation AI, Sora 2, is generating a large number of users who create videos of Pokemon, Mario, etc., and it is reported that OpenAI is preparing an option to exclude copyrighted content - GIGAZINE