Leave a Review Photo Scan App by Photomyne
Beat App I Have Ever Purchased
I have downloaded so many free apps and purchased many as well. I was hesitant to pay for this app but my father-in-law is finishing a book on his life and needed some old pictures scanned for the publisher. Not only is it easy to scan a page of pictures with an old photo album, but the actual quality of the scan is better than the picture in many cases. We only needed 10 pictures but scanned over 100 in a short amount of time. You can scan the back and front and add text to explain who and what is happening in the pictures. It’s an incredible gift later for the grandkids (and there are many) because the photos can also be shared. The whole family was impressed with this app. Amazing job!!Show lessSk472
Developer Response
Dear User, we are so happy to know that you like the app. Please help us by spreading the word amongst your friends. We appreciate you choosing us for your scanning journey. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please write to us at support@photomyne.com. We would love to hear from you!NOT a free app. Require subscription to view your photos
With hundreds of family photos to scan, this app seemed ideal. I downloaded what I thought was a free app, and set to work scanning photos. The description says ‘free with in app purchases’. Photomyne does NOT state up front that after a week, they will force you to purchase their service, which is not inexpensive. If you do not, you can not view ANY of the photos you scanned. I wasted hours and hate that it feels I’m now being blackmailed into purchasing their monthly service. If they’d been upfront with the cost? Might have purchased. The companies response is not sufficient. ‘In-app purchases’ suggest you can use the app for free, and purchase ‘extras’. Not having access to anything you scanned? That just amounts to a huge waste of time, unless you buy a subscription. It is absolutely dishonest. I know of no other apps that play such a deceptive gameShow lessBethsFamProject
Best App for photo capture
I just took pics of my wedding album from 1983… almost 40 years ago!! The photos are absolutely AMAZING!!!! This will allow me to share our precious memories with friends and family!! And I just did a collage on Snapfish for a 20 x 24 size canvas print… I look forward to to seeing the canvas in a few weeks!! I also have lots of albums since the birth of my twins who are 30 years old now!! I am on book #3 and it will take a long time to complete, but I love the results of the quality of the 4x6 pics!! The glare is an issue sometimes, but I will continue to work around that (depends on time of day that I am using the app)!!
UPDATE: the 20 x 24 canvas was FABULOUS… THANK YOU PHOTOMYNE!!Show lessFlute Twins
These are my photos
Photomyne scans the photos really well. Mine ran a little darker than the original, but that’s fixable and probably due to bad lighting on my end. So the service is amazing until you try to back up your photos.
I’m on a quest to get ALL of my photos on one hard drive. From there, I’ll share via USB to family. Photomyne has a SHARE button. This is very easy to use. Select your album or your individual photos and BAM! Sent via email(that’s all I’ve used) very easily. The photos download so that you open them in Photomyne. I don’t want to open them in Photomyne. I want MY pictures downloaded without having to report to the mother ship. So you have to tap on each picture, click on Save Image As and download ONE BY ONE.
Photomyne, these photos are mine.I need you to help me get photos from albums and negatives to a digital form. I thank you for your help, but now you have to let go—of MY photos—and let them go easier and faster than one. photo. at a time. 🤦♀️Show lessscifimom42
Developer Response
Thank you for reaching out. We have various various options available. Please reach out to support@photomyne.com and we will gladly answer any question you might have for us.Time consuming, NOT a free app
The app appears free, but in order to save many photos to your device, you must upgrade to a subscription. The initial price point is just to download the app. To save more than a couple photos to your device, you must subscribe to the app.
It’s a time consuming process to scan your photos due to the abundant amount of pop ups any time you complete a single option. Each time you save a photo and attempt to view or edit it, you must wait through multiple pop ups of “photo successfully saved” and “your album is complete.” You cannot skip these pop ups, and there is no “ok” button to make them go away. You have to wait for each pop up to disappear on its own. Although only a fraction of a second long, the waiting time for the pop ups to disappear will add 10-15 minutes to the process if you’re scanning lots of photos.
Photo quality is better than a few other apps I have tried, but still subpar without very steady hands. If you take a shaky photo, good luck wading through the 5 different panels in order to get to the delete option. Would not recommend for anyone who struggles with hand tremors.
Altogether the app provides a misleading price point as well as a time consuming process. For a quicker, more easily navigated app: try Google Scan.Show lessthelizmercer
I have no Words
All these other reviews may seem like they really are just vouching for this app, trying to make it sound great. But I’ll tell you straight up, this is the best thing since sliced bread. I had an old picture on my wall, it happened to be of my grandfather, great grandfather, great great grandfather, and great great great grandfather. So I scanned it (the picture was in B&W of course) and that was cool enough, to see the picture on my wall transform to digital form perfectly cropped, then it said I could colorize the photo. Initially I expected a cheesy idly colored disaster, ruining the beautiful picture as it was. But as I hit the colorize feature, the picture changed, and much for the better. I saw the colors come to life. All original, whether they were the real colors, well, I can’t tell. And that is just how good this app really is. If you have a prized possession of a picture, where there is only 1 print. Please get this, this was really epic. I also want to thank Photomyne for this. I really appreciate it.Show lessdesert hobo aka obi wan
Developer Response
Dear User, we are happy to know that you like the app. Thank you so much for these kind words. 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!Exactly what I needed!
I have been looking for a way to localize all our family photos from childhood so our entire family can enjoy them, but I was procrastinating on scanning them one by one through the computer, saving them on the computer, uploading them to Shutterfly, etc., etc.. I saw your ad on TikTok and downloaded it immediately and I am obsessed with it!!!! I have several siblings and my parents have about 25 albums of our family when we were all little- and the albums were collecting dust in the basement. We have all gotten a lot of joy out of being able to share the photos so easily. Awesome app.Show lessEcec23
Lost photos
After scanning my childhood photos into Photomyne over a period of time I was unable to see and share my photos with family members. I contacted your customer service and explained that since getting married und changing my last name and email address I was unable to log into my account. Lara was very patient and after several emails back and forth she was able to restore my account and all is well now. I greatly appreciated her help thank her very much. I love scanning old photos from Europe and sharing them with my family. Photomyne is very easy to use and share. Thank you, Ingrid Jeffries.Show lessschwartemagen
My second choice, should have been first
I was put off by the subscription format of this app and decided to buy some thing that was a one time purchase. I don’t regret the previous purchase, because I got to experience what a less interactive program would do. I have been able to scan hundreds of photos, and have been impressed throughout with the ease that this app gives me. There have been a few times that the “correction“ of the coloring has actually not been as good as what the original was, but that has been rare.
Yes, it is pricey, but the money is well worth it if you want to preserve your old photos.Show lessTrekker196
Not buying
I have always thought this app is too expensive but now in the last update you blurred out the few photos you allowed in it without buying I will never buy it. Trying to force someone to buy is unconscionable. You made up my mind for not to buy it.
Update: Developer did not really answer my criticism which was they blurred out the few photos they once allowed in the trial. Read review of another person who decided not to continue buying after having paid for awhile. What did they do? Blurred out all his pictures. Be warned your pictures are not really yours. It is theirs if you don’t keep paying. It is like ransom ware. They own your pictures - not you! Even if you stop paying they should let you still see what pictures you have entered even though you wouldn’t be able to add to them.Show lessjllshaw
