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Relaxing
Thank you guys for the update, even though now is a little bit less accessible for me since are more great arts for coloring but I have to buy...I can wait, not like other reviewers that state that can’t or are picky with things. (For those I recommend to use a great device, I mean good capacity to come and go from one to other task and don’t blame the developers for something that must be run by the type of “smartphone “ or tablet) So, within this weird times in our world, KEEP CALM AND STAY AT HOME coloring or playing or puzzle or well, use whatever app your device can run well. Have fun developers and users and keep safe and healthyShow lessLarizaMassiel
Great coloring app but various new bugs?
I used to use this app all the time, and forgot about it for a few months. I tried a few different coloring apps and this was the only one that stayed on my phone. That being said, I came back to it recently, colored for a while and when I locked my phone to do something else, 90% of the progress I made over ten minutes was gone and the picture was nearly blank. So disappointing! Later on, I was going through pages I started but never finished from a long time ago. I clicked on one I wanted to complete and it turned black. Like every section. I selected hot pink and clicked a random spot and it filled it in, it literally just filled all the spots with black and I took forever layering colors in that particular picture. There was no undo button either when it first turned black, there was no going back from that. Super disheartened that my experience coming back to this app is dusted with disappointment when this used to be one of my favorite apps.Show lessqueenofbagels
Developer Response
Hi! Thanks for the feedback, and sorry to hear about your experience with Lake. We are happy to say this nasty bug was eliminated with our latest update. Please update Lake and let us know if the issue is gone. Thanks!Everything’s great except...
The app is really beautiful. The different tools and coloring books are really gorgeous, I just hate one thing: the in-app purchases that are everywhere. I only have access to a few pages that are free, and with the new update, I can’t even go back and color my other ones that I’ve started before because now they’re locked and cost money. I wish you could just buy one coloring book instead of having to subscribe for a month or a year. In-app purchases is one of the most frustrating things on this earth for me, so if they were gone or even if they just costs less, it would be a more enjoyable experience for me. Other than that, beautiful app.Show lessGotta love oxygen
Why did you have to change?
Lake was a great app. It was recently updated and the for what it’s worth, the interface has changed for the better. However, things they said would not be taken away from you if you subscribed (even for a month) have now been removed and hidden behind their monthly sub fee.
Now, if you do not finish your painting and your sub runs out, the painting now becomes locked until you resubscribe. Same thing with collections that were previously free, such as Spoonflower. The amount of free paintings is now dramatically reduced as well. Overall, I’m disappointed.
If I could buy collections or even artist books that would stay unlocked as long as I purchased them, I would in a heartbeat. As it stands now, paying $8 a month (or $60 a year... what a _steal_) is a ripoff if you’re just going to take away everything from me if I can no longer pay the fee.Show lesslolinfi
Was Worth Every Penny
Edit: There are some bugs and issues with the new version that I hope can be worked out soon. Social media sharing doesn’t interface well, the app frequently clears the active coloring when saved to the gallery, and there’s no way to edit a piece that’s already in the gallery. The new interface is good, but these issues need to be solved to restore it to its previous rating in my mind.
Previous review:
I played around with what I could access for free for a bit (which is quite a lot!) before deciding to subscribe. It may seem like a hefty price tag for an app, but I’ve been following a lot of these artists and illustrators on Instagram, and watching their artistic journeys make it worth every penny of support. I’m all for supporting artists without reward, but when the reward is a really well-made app with intuitive controls and endless possibility, that’s hard to resist.
As a try before you buy person, I did really appreciate the free content and how it felt as representative of the whole product as it could be - it really lets you sink in before you take the subscription plunge and best yet - no ads!
I’ve been using it on my phone and while I might prefer a stylus and a bigger screen (and less skin oil smeared across my screen), the controls don’t feel compromised at the smaller scale, which shows forethought in its design.Show lessJMThomas
Developer Response
Hi! Thanks for your feedback. We are aware of these problems and are already solving it. Some improvements are already coming with the next update due in a few days. We are very sorry for your experience, with some time I am sure we will remove the little buggers that came along with this major update. 🙂There’s availability differences on the new version.
I really enjoy using the Lake app. However, I am a bit disappointed with this update. While it IS aesthetically pleasing, I am a bit disappointed that many of the formerly free designs are now locked. There are an array of new designs available that are free but it’s frustrating that many of the designs that you might have been working on in the precious version are now unavailable on the free version and now locked down and you cannot access them.
In addition, if you put together a gallery in the past of all of your finished work, the gallery is now empty and you must restart again. Many of the items that were in my gallery are now locked down for the paid version and you cannot receive them without subscribing to add them to the gallery.
The spoonflower designs are always fun to do but now they are no longer free. Previously, the entire collection was available on the free version. Now there are a couple available otherwise you have to pay for the paid subscription.Show lessStaywithu1241
Developer Response
This major update brought changes but unfortunately, some bugs too, including locked previously purchased coloring books. We are very sorry for your experience and are already fixing this issue. Also what was in the gallery before has migrated to My studio, so please check there for your missing drawings. For more info reach to info@lakecoloring.com. We'd like to help. Thank you in advance!Some mixed feelings here
Overall, Lake is a great game. I love that you can see other people’s art and support them. But the amount of art you get (for free) is not fair. There are 60 coloring books, which seems like a lot, but you only get 1 coloring page for each book. It makes the number a LOT smaller when you think about preferences; my brother, for example, doesn’t want the ones with flowers or “cute” things. I don’t really want the ones with monsters and such, and sometimes I don’t like the artist’s style, the art itself, or I just don’t like a specific thing about it, which only gives me about 20 things to color— and that is about the size of a 7-year-old’s coloring book. The one-a-day coloring pages are occasionally cool, but they’re usually simple designs that don’t leave much space for creativity. I think it would be better to let you have more pages without having to pay. Maybe you could watch an ad to get a page?? Besides all that, I really do think it’s a good game.Show lessCatLover302
Developer Response
Hi! Thank you for your feedback. Happy to hear you like to color with Lake. Altogether there are more than 150 free drawings you can choose from: "60 in One a Day pack, 25 in Spoonflower pack, 9 in Friendship pack, 14 in the Summer pack (open them each day), and 60 from artists' coloring books". We are adding free and paid content on a regular basis. The subscription unlocks more illustrations but most importantly, you get to support artists from around the world. We'll definitely consider your suggestion. All the best.Needs improvement
I think this app needs improvement I think it is a really good app for like coloring and I am very very picky person about apps but it gives you all the supplies for coloring that you need to like make use of successful but they do they have to make like what I don’t like about it is that they have make you wait till like I could draw something they have to make you wait 25 minutes to wait to draw another thing and it’s very creative app but I wouldn’t recommend getting it because of like a lot of glitches and it’s gotten like whenever I try to zoom out it starts coloring and then it gets really annoying so yeah and that’s why every day of three star so yes if you don’t agree with me it’s OK but this is just my opinion everyone else has other opinions and I respect that but this is just my point of you and yes I certainly do love the app I am as I said in the beginning I am a very picky person about apps and I also love how creative this app is so without other to say everything’s a three star hopefully it gets better with the app and I can read a five star sooner or if not but yes thank you for letting me respond to your app and yes hopefully you respond and fix or you don’t have to fix for me but it’s OKShow lesskimberlin 😬fer
Developer Response
Hi, thanks for your feedback. Happy you like coloring with Lake but not sure what you meant with the 25 minutes of wait time to color the next image. You can color right away in Lake. Perhaps you encountered that in another coloring app? Can you please reach out to info@lakecoloring.com so that we can determine if the zooming issue is from Lake or also from using it in another coloring app. We know sometimes a mix up can happen :) We'll definitely consider your suggestions if it turns out the issue is from our app. Hope to hear from you soon via email. Thank you and all the best.Best coloring app
I swear, I have tried dozens of coloring apps but it truly feels more like hundreds. I’ve found a couple decent ones, most I wasn’t impressed with at all though. That all changed when I found Lake. This is hands down the best coloring app available. I especially love that subscriptions and in-app purchases are an option but not absolutely necessary to enjoy the app.
There is a wonky little thing with the color selector occasionally where I’m trying to zoom in/out or otherwise just move the screen while I have a color selected, and it will somehow switch my color. But other than that, the app is seriously perfect.Show lesskatencheyenne
One of the best apps for iPad ever
Lake is so relaxing. The illustrations provide brilliant creative constraints. You don’t have to draw anything. All you have to do is decide how to bring the images to life.
For me this is a powerful shortcut to creative “flow,” and what’s amazing is how reliable it is. I can pull out Lake on my iPad anywhere and immediately get into a groove. The variety of styles of illustration is fantastic—there’s something for every mood and interest.
The coloring tools are varied enough to get different kinds of results, without being so fiddly and complex you get lost in the details. Just loads of great design decisions all around. Well worth the subscription.Show lessDanilo_
