Anycrap vs Imgflip

Anycrap serves a database of 35,000+ AI-generated absurdist product concepts — invented gadgets like "Thought-Cancelling Headphones" with a name, satirical description, category tags, and image. Registering an email gets you a free API key instantly (no card), and reads are capped at 60 requests/minute against endpoints for random products, listing/filtering, single lookups by slug, and category counts. There's also a companion npm CLI and an offline faker.js plugin for generating the same style of fake product copy without any network calls.

Imgflip's API exposes the site's meme template library and captioning engine to third-party apps and bots: get_memes returns the current top templates for free with no key, while caption_image (and GIF/AI captioning) needs an Imgflip username and password. Making static memes stays free indefinitely; a $9.99/month Premium add-on unlocks GIF captioning, full template search, AI-assisted captions, and watermark removal, billed per request beyond an included Premium quota. It's one of the oldest meme-generator APIs still running, predating most of the newer AI meme tools in this category.