We analyzed 31 negative reviews from the top 5 Photo To Painting apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
45% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"The ads are made with the x so far in the top left corner that you can't click them away, therefore I can't even use the app."
"You can't even close ads once they open making the app unusable."
16% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I am on trial period and hoped to subscribe. Still get ads that are totally disruptive-if ads still appear when subscribed it is a deal breaker"
"Purchased on my iPad and then installed it on my iPhone and I'm still unable to get rid of the commercials"
19% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"all the photos of faces got their eyes looking like they melted. Don't use this if you want to be a pretty renaissance person"
"Fun but not happy that it completely changes the face of a person to someone else entirely different"
13% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Not nearly enough resolution."
"It's not worth a subscription though, its max output isn't even HD."
10% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"first, there is a painful amount of ads and a watermark that stays there constantly."
"Second give us the ability to make a larger picture without a watermark."
13% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Every time I try to use this app I see an error " Oops! We are having a lot of traffic at the moment. Please try again later.""
"All this app can do is TAE YOUR MONEY… and say OOPS, TRY AGAIN."
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
Ad close buttons are positioned so far in corners that users physically cannot tap them, rendering the app completely unusable
"The ads are so large that there's no way to close them."
App auto-processes photos with unwanted styles before users can choose their preferred effect
"Unable to pick a photo before processing by non chosen art style starts"
Users cannot cancel subscriptions within the app, creating trust issues
"You can't cancel the subscription in the app. This is very shady"
Purchases don't sync across devices, forcing users to see ads even after paying
"Purchased on my iPad and then installed it on my iPhone and I'm still unable to get rid of the commercials and when I attempt to go through the buying process on my iPhone again it says I've already purchased it (because I have) but still I have comm"
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