Pro Camera & Filters by Phlow User Reviews

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Glitchy and slow

Biggest issue for me is video (iPhone 15 Pro Max) - shooting in 60fps the footage is glitchy!! The app d your phone names when recording stars is also captured in the footage and you can’t zoom in or out while recording.

Price is also high. For $9+ a month the app should be stable with basic video recording functions above working.

The quality of filters/effects is overall good.

2 stars for a slow app, broken video functionality and high cost. Pros - if used for images where you’re not in rush the output is top notch.
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Response from developer

Hey Tre! Thanks for bringing this to our attention! Phlow is a complex app and we overlooked 60fps while working on the other million things we were working on, but we are working on a fix for this as we speak! Shouldn't be long now. Feel free to email us with any other questions or concerns. support@phlowapp.com

Love Phlow!

Phlow has been a staple in my phone photography/videography game since it came out. I had purchased Zack and Helen’s Lightroom presets and love them and still use them to this day. When I heard they were making an app, I knew I would be trying it out. Now, whenever I’m with people, I’m always asked to use my “special app” to take photos and videos for people. The content comes out in better quality and the presets are just awesome. I also love how you can go back and change them after you take the photos as well. Looking forward to future updates and seeing where they take this!
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Response from developer

Thanks for the kind words Lauren! We have a lot more coming!

Amazing presets

Love the presets. Love how you can click high quality pictures with preset setting on. Love love love!

Lag

I just got the app, currently using the 7 day trial. Love the preset filters but the app is soooo laggy. I have the press the icons multiple times to save or delete. Especially for the icons at the top of the
screen, sometimes it doesn’t even work. It is a little pricey for me so not sure if I will keep the app. Would be cool if
everything worked seamlessly!
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Response from developer

Hi friend, First off, thanks for downloading Phlow! We're glad you're here. Let's get to the bottom of these lags. You shouldn't be experiencing any lags at all. We fixed a ton of bugs in the latest update. You may have a corrupt file which is causing a lag. Can you email us or DM us on Instagram and let us know what kind of iPhone you're using? support@phlowapp.com or @phlowapp on instagram.

Best Tool for Small Businesses

As a small business owner who single-handedly handles the product creation and website development, this tool has sped up my process for taking and editing consistent and beautiful photography that tells a story. The team behind the app is incredibly responsive with any questions and bugs that come up and consistently update the application to fix any issues. Because they use the application on their own projects, they know how the tool should best function. I could not recommend this app more for people who need a smart work flow for their photography/videography!
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There’s no other way but PHLOW for creating content.

What Helen and Zach have created is beyond incredible. It’s literally like having a Canon DSLR in my pocket and being able to create content whenever and wherever. As a creator and smm this app has changed the game for iPhone content and once you go Phlow there’s no going back. Everyone always asks HOW when I upload photos I’ve taken in Phlow or they want IN immediately when seeing I’m shooting with it. It’s the best!!
Alex 🤍🤍
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I like this better than my normal iPhone camera!

This app has so many amazing features and it adds depth and color to my photos that I was never able to achieve with my normal iPhone camera app. The timed photo with options on how many pictures are taken at once and the timed photo limit between is amazing, not to mention the customization options!

The only thing that could make it better would be an option to detail edit specific areas of photos ( blurr, brighten, sharpen, etc.) but overall it is my favorite photo app!
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Timer feature needs adjustment

Edit: reducing the rating to 2 starts. App has a ton of potential, but right now it’s too glitchy to be reliable. Shot a video which the app was not able to “develop”, so I lost a perfect moment for a great video shot. Not worth the paid subscription at the moment as it’s basically in the test/trial phase.

Old review: Filter apps are a dime a dozen, but this particular app has the interval timer, which is super useful if you’re trying to take quality pictures by yourself. The problem is, whenever the timer is activated, there is a yellow timer circle that blocks the screen, so you can’t actually see what the picture is going to look like and make small adjustments – which is the whole purpose of having a timer. Hopefully the developer modifies this feature, and it will be a five star app.
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Response from developer

Hey Inga! Ugh... We hate to see a user having issues with the app. We aren't experiencing these issues on our end but that doesn't mean it's ok. After we put out v1.41 we solved an issue where the app would bring up corrupt files. If you see any of these files glitching while saying "developing" you will need to delete them. We are working overtime to figure out why these files aren't responding. We can walk you through it if you DM us on Instagram @phlowapp. As for the self timer... we have made it smaller and that will drop in the next update :) support@phlowapp.com

Love must have for current trends!

I am bad at taking picture but I been interested in digital camera 🫣 and this is such a life saver and make it easier to use as someone who is bad with camera and settings.

Although app react to touch is abit delay I feel like, sometimes it won’t react and I will need to close the app and come back again.
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Response from developer

Hey Jewels! Sounds like you are loving Phlow :) But it also sounds like you are having some issues with glitching. You definitely should not be experiencing the glitches. Can you DM us on Instagram (@phlowapp) or email us at support@phlowapp.com? It sounds like you might have a corrupt file. You may just need to delete those files (they might say "developing" with a glitching yellow progress bar). Once you do the app should be back to normal! Let's get this figured out for you.

Use it all the time

When I first downloaded and paid for the app I thought I’d maybe try it out and delete it. Full disclosure I downloaded it bc I’m a Helen Owen fan. Turns out, I started using it daily and added the shortcut to my phone so I use their camera instead of the iPhone one. The shortcut brings you right to their camera, and you can take photos with the filter already picked too. It makes my photos look way better and there’s just great editing features to really curate the exact look you’re going for.

I’m a photographer as a hobby, so I’m used to using Lightroom and that’s why I thought I wouldn’t use this, but for how easy and quick this is I’ve been using it way more than I thought I would. I mainly take landscape photos and wish I did more portrait stuff bc I think it would be even better for that. I love this app and I’m so excited that they made it. Didn’t know I needed it, but definitely never deleting it. Thank you Helen and Zack!!!

Also, if you guys happen to see this, I think it would be incredible if you guys shared the process that went into building your app and how you did it from day 0 to launch and executed your idea. So many people have ideas and don’t know how to do what you guys did. I would watch every single bit of content about how you guys brought this to life and I’m sure many others would find it valuable too! No small thing to launch an app and make it successful!! You guys must be so psyched!!!
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