Leave a Review Utiful Photo Organizer
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1 star to Utiful for their decision not to grandfather in the initial one-time purchasers of their fledgling app.
5 stars to Utiful for developing a versatile photo app that is lightyears ahead of anything Apple has ever produced.
1000 stars to Utiful for their business model change and fee hike which forced me to ask myself, "Why do I need thousands of photos -- organized or otherwise -- on my phone in the first place?"
Hoarding comes in many guises. That includes phone photos. So I finally did what I should have done a very long time ago: transferred the photos I truly wanted to keep to my computer, and only kept a handful on my phone. The rest, about 95%, got deleted. It was liberating.
Since there are never more than 25 photos on my phone at any given time now (I sort/delete/transfer regularly), there is nothing to organize. Free yourself from the phone camera tyranny. I did. And I owe it all to Utiful, which helped me realize why I no longer need their app.Show lessNoBroJim
Developer Response
Dear NoBroJim, thank you for the 5-stars rating, for your feedback, and for sharing your thoughts and approach! Mobile phones have definitely changed our lives and have replaced other tools we were using before that. The phone camera is now always with us and is indeed such an easy and precise tool that all of us use it often and in versatile ways, for more and more different purposes. Whether and how people manage their images depends on their needs, views and their approach to organization. We are more than happy that we helped you find your approach! The Utiful Support TeamMilking more money
As others have stated I paid for this app when it wasn’t subscription. I get that the apps are licensed not bought. But still hard not to feel screwed when they change the terms. It’s like playing monopoly with a kid. Change the rules as they go for what suits them. The customers that gave the app recognition and paid for it when the agreement was $20 and we won’t ask for more money should have been grandfathered. Glad you didn’t lock and erase my photos. But saying I can still see them just can’t use the features I had paid for isn’t much of a consolation prize.Show less750111
Having Major Issues
Please work out whatever bugs are now plaguing this app. I have been a paid subscriber for years and previously have had zero issues and recommend the app all the time. Now I constantly get error msgs when uploading identical to what similar recent reviewers have said, blaming it on my cloud or internet connection which is not the issue. Now if I even can get lucky enough to get photos to import it takes 10x as long for just a few photos. Please fix…wonderful app going way downhill. ThanksShow lessB088766
Used to work - now “Import failed...”
“The import was aborted due to an error while downloading the items from iCloud. No items were imported to the target folder. Please check your internet connection and try selecting fewer items to be moved in one batch.”
• Wifi is running 355 mbps down and 22 up.
• Cannot make selection smaller than one pic that still doesn’t work.
• No support ?? I would have asked this as a question to the developer, only that wasn’t an option. Looks like someone getting $20/yr from me could have a way to let me ask a question. App support link took me to 2 video tutorials and an FAQ - in which I did not see my answer. Have used the app for over a year, so I know how to use it. This is the second time this has happened in a short period of time.
Worth the $20 to me when it works.Show lessMiklHestr
I love it
It’s really useful and easy to use. The iPhone camera roll is annoying cause you don’t know if you put a picture in a folder unless you check then you have to find it again and it’s just a hassle, this solves all those problems and it’s only $20 a yearZappymoose
Doesn’t do as it says?
I got this app solely so that I could make photo albums on my photos app and not have them in my camera roll. However, when I export my folder to photos, those pictures then show up in my camera roll and if I delete them, they also delete off my album. In other words, it is not helpful at all. I even got the free trial to see if that made a difference but it did not. Am I missing something? ThanksShow lessLilyPotter13
An organizational dream!
This app is so easy to use and should be on the iPad of everyone whose workflow involves images, whether posting to web sites and blogs, managing a collection of photographs, or organizing scrapbooks.
One of the features I like best is that you can easily share an image to a page on a browser, such as adding media to a Wordpress site or to a comment hosted by Disqus. I use Ulysses a lot and it likewise allows me to easily add an image to a page.
The support is helpful and responsive: I had a few questions and they provided detailed solutions.
I've been looking for an easy and comprehensive tool for organizing my image collection on both my Mac and iPad. There are a number of excellent choices for the Mac (which I'm trying to winnow down to a single app) but there are just a few for the iPad, and, except for Utiful, the apps are pretty lousy. Thank you for developing this very useful app for the iPad.Show lessScruffy_Dog
Developer Response
Dear Scruffy_Dog, thank you so much for your 5-stars rating and for this detailed awesome feedback! We are looking forward to delivering you an even better service with the upcoming versions! Kind regards, The Utiful Support TeamWhere have you been all my iPhone owning life....
This app is changing my life.... I use my phone a lot --- I mean ALOT for work, and I WAS ALWAYS OVERWHELMED by organizing and referencing my photos (let alone personal photos). The problem w creating "an album" on the iPhone camera roll is it STILL has to stay in main camera roll - clogging it and making it difficult to find photos when you need them.... thank you, thank you, thank you.... I'd give it 10 stars if I could...😉Show lessFlorida6200
Disappointed
I agree with the many other reviewers voicing disappointment over the change to subscription pricing. We have already paid for this app. Now to “require” your current customers to pay a monthly/annual fee to continue being able to add photos and “use the app as we have been and paid for” is not right.
Make subscription the requirement for new users but Grandfather us in for “the access we had” with the option to upgrade/subscribe for access to new features.Show lessMWLuigi
The Program I’ve always wished for!
The camera roll was good, but I needed a program to organize all the great photos I’ve taken with my fantastic iPhone.
Then I came across this program and it was the answer to my wishes. It works great and is intuitive.
What more could I wish for!
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