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Perfect game but has a problem
I love this app because I love anything to do with art but I do have a problem a couple months ago I was on this app on my friends iPad and I saw this artist and I colored one of her pictures that where for free because I am not old enough for a credit card and do today I saw her on my page but all her drawing that I saw on my page cost money and when i wanted to search her drawing page up because there wasn’t a search bar or button and I really wanted to draw her free picture but I couldn’t. This is a great app but I think it needs a place where I can search artists that I like up.Show lesslulubeansunicorn
wishing for more
i ended up trying lake because i liked the focus on independent artists and the emphasis on supporting them, not taking advantage of them for profit. additionally, i’ve found that it has the most illustrations/artists that fit my personal style preference. that said, i can’t help but feel that it falls short in a few major ways. it absolutely needs a couple more coloring tools - why there is no crayon/colored pencil type option is beyond me. i find myself using competing apps like Pigment because i just can’t enjoy the limited brush styles offered by Lake - three brushes, limited size adjustment, and no adjustment of opacity? just feels like a let down for the cost of a subscription coloring app. as for the color palette - although the idea of the rainy, cloudy, and sunny palettes is cute and is a very nice way to explore colors, i do long for an option that allows finer tuning, and the creation of custom palettes or the saving of colors beyond the 6-8 colors in the history panel. last, one little annoyance i always find myself frustrated with is the very limited recall of the undo option, especially when there’s no tap-to-undo on ipad and i constantly find myself accidentally placing small marks on the canvas that end up requiring erasing the entire section. anyways, in short - nice illustrations, great artists, cute interface - just lacking quite a bit in terms of real coloring tools.Show lessaprilkacena
Great yet...
Oki so I just got it yesterday and I hate it. H A T E IT. I mean, like it’s cool app, but you can’t COLOR ANYTHING. I’ve finished all the free art and I want to color more! And there’s no way I’m paying TWENTY DOLLORS FOR SOME ART SUPPLIES! I can’t wait one day for like, five pages! I’m not stupid! It’s unfair! Overall the app has no bugs, no glitches, good pages, good tools, good colors, but it’s hard to move without recking your art! I mean seriously? 😒 I’m not deleting this app because maybe after three more days I.l be able to wait for five pages. I wanted to do some of the “girl hero’s powers etc” ones, but noooo... buy all pages for twenty bucks! Nope. Nada. No. Never. Make it ten dollors maybe I will. Not twenty. I mean, thing of little kids?! NO KIDS ONES ARE FREE TODAY! I mean like, the pages are fine overall but still! See my point? Make a “all free test out for two weeks for people who might want to subscribe” thing or something, but please make more pages free? Thanks. 😠Show lessPepper lyugo
Developer Response
Imagine a world where everything is free and everyone still makes a decent living! Wouldn't that just make the most perfect world? But as we are sure you will understand, Lake is a business with 10+ people putting their love and knowledge into it every week of the year. By listening to your feedback and translating it into a better Lake experience, we are constantly striving to create a service that you can enjoy and benefit from fully. Our mission is also to be an active supporter of the artist community, helping them make a living as artists. We do so by sharing a part of your membership fee directly with them. However, if you do not see yourself as a part of our cause, you can of course use Lake for free as well. You can find free art in all sections on the Hey! tab or on the All art tab under the Free tag. On average, a free user gets about 10 drawings per week, maybe even a few more in the beginning, so be sure to come back daily to claim them. We are also adding free and paid content on a regular basis. Our data shows that this should be enough material for free users who want to color occasionally. We have no doubt that you can find the style that ignites that creative spark in you even with the free version of Lake!My favorite coloring app
I never give apps reviews, but this is the only coloring book app I’ve ever been able to actively use and enjoy!
I’m in high-school, and I have been looking for a simple coloring app to relieve stress from a very busy schedule. Usually I end up using one for about a week or a few days, and then I delete it because it becomes stale.
But this app, is seriously awesome.
Firstly, I think this color selection for a free app is quite broad, which I really appreciate. Although the tools seem limited, I think they provide a wide range of textures and shading. I also appreciate that there is no “pencil” tool that other apps have (its pretty useless).
Even though there isn’t a wide variety of pictures for free users at first, I love that there are new selections available everyday. The art styles are beautiful and the suggested color pallets are another plus.
My gallery has grown with more and more pictures I can choose to color, and I’ve found myself loving that the tools enable me to be really creative with the coloring. It’s more than a “filling in the lines” kind of app. You can really change the picture you’re given and make it your own.
Highly suggest this app, awesome free experience. (:Show lessSydneyGrace23
Beautiful app...
I hate to give this app less than a five star rating, but I have a few things that could make this app better. For one thing, almost every piece of art is paywalled. You only get one set of colors, unless you pay, and you can’t draw your own thing unless you pay. See where I’m going? And while you don’t need to pay to use the app, I would honestly prefer a one time purchase up front, as opposed to this. With all the things you have to pay for, it kinda feels like it’s tricking you into getting it then paying a lot. Other then the mass of things to pay for, this app is beautifully made. The graphics are fantastic, and they give a pretty good set of tools.Show lesseBagleface
It’s ok and pretty good?
Overall, this color app is ACTUALLY very good! At first when I downloaded this app, it gave me a few free pages to color while the rest are locked. I almost deleted this app when I thought I would only get a few free pages to color on the first day. But after a day, new free pages popped up for you to color and keep them, which is why I kept this app.
There are only four tools/brushes for you to use for coloring, which is pretty simple. But it’s not. After playing with the tools, I found a lot of ways to create textures and gradients for my colors, and this is what makes this app special. Because this app gives you a color wheel where you can switch from dark to light colors, it’s really easy to choose the colors that you want.
Though the only concern that I have is saving your works for multiple devices. I usually use my phone for coloring but I also want to color on my iPad. This app only allows you to save your progress in your iCloud, which is not very convenient since it does not work for me. So I’m hoping that the app would have connection to my account for some sort of social media like Facebook or connect my account to email.Show lessHoal.
Developer Response
Thank you very much for such detailed feedback! We are happy to hear how much you enjoy our cool features! As to your suggestion, I will forward it to our developers. To us, it is very important to know what our users want! Lots of love from the Lake team!HIGHLY recommend!❤️
This app is such a life changer! And it’s very cheap. Unlike other apps it only 15$ for I’m pretty sure a year❤️ I’d highly recommend if you wanna unwind and relax. It’s helped me cope with my Anxiety and Depression. And there is a variety of different color sheets so you’ll never get bored of it! I’ve been looking for a good coloring app for years but this one takes the cake! Though I have a recommendation, can you make it so you have more options to choose from if you don’t have premium? It was a problem but when i saw how cheap it was to get it I got it since it’s INCOMPARABLE to ANY other coloring app! Again, highly recommend!Show lessCloudi Coffee
Always evolving, never gets old!
I love this app, for so many reasons. It is very user friendly, and easy to figure out. The artwork is amazing! It’s all so different, and I think that makes it very well rounded. There’s something for everyone, and they’re constantly adding new artists, which keeps you from running out of things to color. I’ve used both the paid version, and the free version, both are great. I do enjoy getting a bigger variety of colors and access to MORE artwork in the paid version, but this is not at app that loses its appeal if you don’t pay for it. And both versions are gloriously ad free! The creators are awesome if you ever need to contact them for support, but also just in encouraging you to share your creations on social media, and I’ve even had a few of the artists reach out and leave comments as well that they liked my pictures, etc. Its just a really well made app that runs smoothly, and has become an essential part of my “unwind routine”.Show lesscarolinarain
Developer Response
Wow! Thank you for such kind feedback! We put a lot of love into Lake and we are happy to see how much you enjoy it!At first, nice
At first, it is a nice app with very interesting and unique features, but it is a very glitchy app. I found a lot of the images were only for premium. I also didn’t like that whenever you wanted to save an image to color the next day, it lost all of your colors that you created on the color wheel. It was also a little disappointing that some of the brushes didn’t show a lot of texture. My biggest problem with this app is that after a couple of days from downloading, it kicked you out after a couple of seconds no matter how many times you try. I would be so happy to try this app again if you fixed this bug/error, but until then, I feel as if I have no use to spend my time on this app, or at least trying to get it to load. Don’t feel bad about this review, I am just very picky about apps and all of their details. I notice a lot of things about them, so again, don’t feel bad. Again, I would be so happy if you fixed the bug. In the beginning it is a lovely app and it might just be my device, but my phone is brand new.Show lessArtsyDisneyGirl1239
Developer Response
We are happy to hear you find Lake interesting and we take your feedback very seriously. We would like to help you with these technical difficulties you've had. Could you, please, send us an email on info@lakecoloring.com giving more details about the errors, the device you use, and your iOS version?Interesting, but can be improved
The interface and art in the app are two very unique and fun things about it. However, it seems this app is more “freemium” (leaning more on the “premium” side of that word) as you only have access to a small handful of drawings at a time. It doesn’t help that a lot of the free drawings are fairly simple and don’t take much time to complete, while the payed drawings are the more intricate ones. As someone who doesn’t have much money, this makes me a little sad. I have such limited options and no way to fix that.
Another problem I’ve encountered is that while you CAN adjust colors to your liking, there’s no way to up the saturation on colors. You’re stuck with pastels or muddy, darker versions of colors. If I wanted a nice rich orange or red I’d be out of luck!
So, some suggestions:
1) I’m not saying get rid of the pay wall, but maybe make it so that people can watch a certain amount of ads to either unlock a specific drawing or unlock certain collections.
2) Make it so that people can finally adjust the saturation on colors.
I will say, if anyone reading this review has the money for a membership and is willing to spend that money: PLEASE DO! It’s a beautiful app with gorgeous art and the artists who drew all this art deserve so much love!Show less🎀Cupid🎀
