Leave a Review Photo Scan App by Photomyne
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I accidentally fell upon this app an early morning on a Sunday because it popped up on my phone. This Photomyne App is the best because i am not tech savy but using my iphone it was so easy and almost like a godsend. It helped me restore a completely damaged picture of my grandmother. Her name was Esperanca De Jesus which means Hope of Jesus and she died at 19 years of age of Tuberculosis when my father was an 11 mth old baby. This was the only black and white severely damaged photocopy of a picture i had of her. This app within seconds restored this picture added color and helped me remember her and honor her as i should. It allowed me to add a beautiful cursive memorial to her by suggesting it. So easy, so fun, so impressive, so important. Thank you Photomyne for helping me restore and preserve my Grandmother’s story, life, and legacy. Even though i never met her she was my first guardian angel around me and my father our entire lives from birth till well you know ….. Love, Love this appShow lessFleurDeScorpio
Developer Response
Dear Fleur, thank you so much for taking the time to share your amazing story with us. We appreciate your kind words, we are so glad you were able to use Photomyne for your scanning journey!Heavy User
It is important that Photomyne incorporate labels with a photo (instead of being in an added field) or provide a choice to the customer as to where the label is placed (current field or with the photo) because when a folder is loaded onto (transferred) a computer, the labels load but as a separate field.
A second complaint is that after a folder is made, photos or slides within that file are not easily manipulated. Memories and events are impossible to scan in perfect order. If they could be easily rearranged, this App would serve a greater service.
In general, Photomyne does a poor job of explaining to the end user the total capacity of the APP. The company is too busy selling rather than making available a simple 1,2 ,3 step tutorial (which can be on an additional App or incorporated early, at the top, of the opening page.
Because no clear explanation is available, users time is lost by trial and error. People no longer display the patience required to redeem every good and bad aspect of the APP by being willing to do a deep dive learning curve. If you make it simpler and give easy complete directions, you will see the paid customer base double!Show lessoutdoorexpert1
Developer Response
Please reach out to support@photomyne.com so we can assist in getting the best results.unbelievably great
Oh my heck, I never expected an app to be so easy and accurate to use. I can do multiple pictures at a time and they come out individually as if I did each one separately. I can color the black and white an they look just like they were taken in color. It is so easy to send the album up to google photos. Just select the photos you want and click on “send to google photos” and “poof” there they are. I tried a couple of other apps and there is too much you have to do with them, like move a circle to each corner rather than just scan and go with Photomyne. Another thing I love about Photomyne is you can just keep scanning until you are finished with the project and then save them all in its own album with just one click. Also , at this time they are gifting me with a phone holder that I can use for steadier scans. This will assist me in taking better pictures in the future. I scanned over 400 pictures by hand in a little over an hour because of the ability to scan more than one picture at a time. Well, as you can see, I am totally impressed with this app. You won’t be disappointed having to pay for the app, because you will be done scanning those old pictures that you have been putting off so quickly that you will say, ”what? I am done all ready, Sandy, go take some more pictures so that I can scan some more”! Richard HollisterShow lessskyhawk II
Developer Response
Dear Richard, we are happy to know that you like the app. Please help us by spreading the word amongst your friends. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please write to us at support@photomyne.com. We would love to hear from you!love it so far
I’m 74 looking to have a knee replacement in January and needed a good none physical activity to keep me occupied . I decided to organize my photos. I just found this app and so far I am impressed. Especially the ability to down load pics from my phone directly to my iPad. Very user friendly. I spent about 30 minutes scanning photos from my childhood album. Within an hour I was able to email a video of 100 photos to all of family. Pretty impressive. The app automatically improves the images and you can still decide on features like sharpening a persons face. My photos are old so they can use all the help they can get. You can name or add a story to a picture. I haven’t figured out how to share or print the added pic stories. But I’m sure it’s there. , My only complaint is the small area the app gives to type in the words. I wish I could expand it to be able to see it better. I work on my IPad Pro. So far I think for the price it’s pretty darn easy and worth the $$
Now 7 months later I don’t know how I lived without. There’s definitely a learning curve. I just wish there was a way to upload photos onto one of the online photo books to print for my family.Show lessZanpris
Developer Response
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review! We really appreciate it. We are so glad to hear you are enjoying our app!I am loving this app!
I just downloaded it. I ran across it when I was planning on posting a picture of my dad on Facebook for Father’s Day. He has been gone since 1978 so all of my pictures of him are very old. I was able to import pictures I had already scanned to my phone a few years ago. I love that because I didn’t have to go find them and rescan them. One thing that really touched me, brought tears to my eyes and caused emotions of joy, sadness and other feelings that I’m not quite sure how to handle, was when I ran the live animation on him. I saw him move, smile, blink his eyes. You can only imagine how that made me feel! I haven’t seen him since I was 13 years old, I will be 60 this year! I highly recommend this app but be cautious if you run the live animation, because it can bring a lot of feelings that you may not be sure of.Show lessLam115
Developer Response
That is incredible! Thank you so much for your amazing review and for your kind words. We are honored you chose our app for your scanning journey :)Pics are poor quality
The clarity of the pictures is poor. You take a pic with the app and then you can use an AI edit. To be clear, pun intended, you must use an edit as the clarity is poor. Somehow it appears as if the pixels are reduced. For the majority of pics, it looks like just that. Fake. I took a pic from my phone and found it much clearer. On the plus side, a few pics from the 1940s, 50s, and 60s came out cool colorized. Most were not good. You can’t change the colors. So blue eyes were brown. Also on the plus side, it’s easy to organize into folders. Multiple pics may be taken, but there is always one or two off center. You have to delete and take again individually. In the end, I love the concept, but most pics will be deleted. They get you with the 3 day trial on the annual. They must have charged me at midnight day 3. So I am hoping that they invest in their app. It is unique and would be great with clearer pics and better editing functionality. This app is a hard pass.Show lessBudgetJoan
Developer Response
We are so sorry to hear you feel this way. We offer many solutions to sharpen ad improve your scans. Please reach out to us at support@photomyne.com and we will gladly assist.Learning curve, support lag
Honestly, I did not want to rate the app right now until I have had some chance to use it extensively. But the dialogue box kept popping up so I’ve decided to put up a review even though it’s likely premature. There is a learning curve on Photomyne if you want to create a slideshow. It is not straightforward. I ran into many obstacles. It is not possible to create a slide show on a desktop Mac as far as I can tell. You’ll need to use either an iPhone, or an iPad, which is less convenient in my opinion. Support is available via texting, but the answers, likely due to time change, is not back-and-forth. There’s a several hour lag in responses.
The scanning of albums is very straightforward and is really great and the beauty of this app. I decided to sign up for the Life Time unlimited, which, in reality is 10 years not lifetime. They're pricing plans seem to change frequently. Overall, I’m happy but it’s been quite a learning curve. There are multiple steps involved if you want to create a slideshow from photos that have already been uploaded into albums.Show lessbeen-there99
Developer Response
Thank you for contacting us. It might take a few tries to perfect your scanning project- but it is worth it! There is an option to create a slideshow on your PC, regardless of the brand. We answer each and every email and do our best to assist each request. If you need assistance you can connect with us through live chat on the website or through email at support@photomyne.com. We'll do our best to assist.Perfect archive app for Boomer generation
Photomyne is an amazing app that allows you to scan multiple photos per scan saving valuable time. Place 4 or 5 photos together, the scan will recognize, crop and save them for you…oh…and it also includes ai to IMPROVE the quality of your photos! Get out that box of your grandparents turn of the century images and have at it! There are lots of extra goodies included too. An ai feature that allows you to take a portrait and bring it to life. I tried it with a baby picture. It looks like a short vintage video but spooky real. But bottom line, if you have boxes or trunks full of photos that are collecting dust, don’t have friends or family clamoring to inherit them, you can save them digitally while you are downsizing and purging.
OH, and another thing. If you are really getting your geek on, there is a NEGATIVES setting. Got old negatives from God knows where? This feature (with a light board and careful framing with your phone) will capture the image and recover something you thought you would have to spend more $$ on at a photo processing store.
Can’t wait to see what features they add. There is more, but these are the things I use the most.. Thanks, Photomyne for helping me organize my overwhelming pile of memories.Show lessTodd Waddington
Developer Response
Hi Todd, thank you so much for taking the time to write this incredible review! We are so glad to hear that you tried multiple features and scanning modes to understand the full extent of the apps' capabilities :)love it so far
I’m 74 looking to have a knee replacement in January and needed a good none physical activity to keep me occupied . I decided to organize my photos. I just found this app and so far I am impressed. Especially the ability to down load pics from my phone directly to my iPad. Very user friendly. I spent about 30 minutes scanning photos from my childhood album. Within an hour I was able to email a video of 100 photos to all of family. Pretty impressive.
The app automatically improves the images and you can still decide on features like sharpening a persons face. My photos are old so they can use all the help they can get.
You can name or add a story to a picture. I haven’t figured out how to share or print the added pic stories. But I’m sure it’s there. , My only complaint is the small area the app gives to type in the words. I wish I could expand it to be able to see it better. I work on my IPad Pro.
So far I think for the price it’s pretty darn easy and worth the $$Show lessDeveloper Response
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review! We really appreciate it. We are so glad to hear you are enjoying our app!Very well thought-out app!
Photomyne developers have really knocked it out of the park with the user-selected sharpening levels and accurate colorizing features. I’ve been using the app since about when it came out. It was good then - even better than Google’s version (which takes forever to use and isn’t as good as Photomyne in other ways) but since then they have improved it to a level that even the staunchest photo nerd will like. I scanned a tiny wallet photo I recently found of my father. The paper was old and it had creases across it from being folded - even though it was only 2.5 inches by 1.75 inches. It was taken when my Dad was about twelve years old - 1937. I can now expand the digital Photomyne version and see amazingly clear and sharp details of my Dad’s young face!! Five stars!!!Show lessAlert-cbrown
Developer Response
Thank you so much for your kind reviews- we really appreciate you taking the time to write this. We will certainly forward it to our team! We do our best to add new features, improve them and always keep the app user friendly :)
