This app, from at least personal experience, has always been very kind and supportive, the moderation have been great, and the fact that it goes against AI art is astounding and fantastic. For a BETA app, it’s honestly well developed and I’m hoping to see what the final release will look like. If there’s anything I would want from this app, is just adding videos instead of just gifs, so then animation and such would have audio, but I know that some people may abuse this power, so it may be hard to monitor.
Either way, Cara is an artist-friendly app that who has one of the best communities around. And if you ever wanted to share your art on there, you’ll definitely get recommended by others and perhaps get to see full time professionals at their work! Keep on working hard to make the app the best it could be!
Cara is a great platform for not just your stereotypical artists but for anyone who creates! I love how Anti-AI this platform is because it makes me not just feel, but know, that my work is safer posted on here than on other popular apps. It’s also really inspiring to see all the art posted on here! It’s very easy to get around, and I love seeing it grow day by day since more people are moving to Cara. The implemented Glaze feature is really exciting to see. As i’m typing it’s not available, but just the knowledge that the team is working on it is super encouraging.
The negative reviews all say the same thing: that it’s slow or there’s some details missing. What they forget is that this isn’t your typical app like Instagram or Twitter where there’s a huge corporation and mass amount of support behind the app and their team. This app is made BY artists, FOR artists! This is more authentic than a lot of apps you have. And its improving every single day! I hope Cara will grow even bigger and one day surpass a lot of other social media because we need to be reminded that real art is made by humans and not by computers. I’m also very proud of the creator since she is actively working against AI and has been in a lawsuit and won over it. If any of the team is reading this, you’re amazing and your hard work is very appreciated🩷
At a time when generative AI content is drowning out human creators on every platform, is nice to have an platform dedicated to human artists. In its present state, genAI images would not exist if not trained on the theft of intellectual property from human artists and photographers. Cara does not allow artificial imagery on its platform and provides tools to help human artists protect their work. Amazing!
While the site has had some growing pains due to the mass influx of artists, it’s being very actively developed and updated. Many of us are tired of platforms that manipulate algorithms and train generative AI on our work without consent. Cara has been a breath of fresh air for the art community and it will only continue to improve. I’m happy to have found a home here.
Was looking for another place to post my procreate art and found Cara! Unfortunately I joined during the max exodus from Instagram so things have been slowish and buggy but cant blame the app and they’re very transparent. The app is very easy to use and set up but would be better with some a couple of things. 1. Fix the homepage 2. Fix the portfolio reordering 3. Include ways to change views when seeing posts (continuous scroll). Otherwise I am having a great time meeting new artists and sharing my drawings. My partner uses it for Photography too which is also a great addition!
(Thank you for the NSFW filter. Im sick of “sex sells” being used and repeated to get more attention than other artists. That includes the female nippl which someone was complaining about, but even if artists are showing them “tastefully” they will still be looked at lustfully by idiots, therefore it is still NSFW. After all NSFW means “not safe for work” and if your boss walks around the corner and there are female nipples on your screen… it wouldnt be good.)
That being said, i came to write a review saying that my bio keeps duplicating? I keep going in and deleting the second line of it bc its duplicated and it just comes back next time i open the app…
I’m giving this app 5 stars because of it’s potential and it’s motives. I LOVE that it is anti ai and that it’s trying to be a platform that supports real artists and creators. People that create things deserve respect.
I love that the app recommends art that has just been posted though I wish it showed more then a few in my feed.
The app does have some issues it is very clearly in beta slow and often needs to be reloaded. It’s a bit buggy and definitely needs work but it it’s worth supporting. I truly hope they will work out the bugs and kinks this app has and make it a great place for artist.
Currently the app doesn’t allow nsfw art but by the sounds of it that is just an issue that will be around while it’s in beta and will eventually be worked out.
I know a lot of ppl will be negative and compare this with platforms like artfol, but I do genuinely believe that this app is different for many reasons; their stance on AI along with the recent news in Meta and letdown for authentic artists on literal art focused platforms (Deviantart, artstation, tumblr), Cara really feels like the last standing alternative that actually cares about creatives.
Yeah the app has some issues, but it’s inevitable when thousands of artists are moving there fast. I also want to suggest a longer ‘Lastest’ tab bc I would love to see more amazing works. Would also love a more expanded search bar so we can look at categories. Hoping that their Glaze page gets back up soon, as well. Keep it up!
Okay so the app is in its beta stage for obvious reasons, but I can see that Cara has a lot of potential to become a top contender as artists’ main platform. It has become increasingly difficult to reach out to larger audiences on insta, and to not get bombarded with spam accounts. I used to love Twitter back then bc I could easily follow and discover new artists on my timeline, but those days are pretty much gone too. Cara gives me nostalgia for both, and while it’s still in its early phases, being a bit slow, clunky, and not properly filtering different artworks into correct categories, it has so much potential to become an iconic app for artists! I’m excited for new features to get added over time - great work so far to the developers!
I waited a bit before writing anything but honestly, I am loving Cara. Keep in mind, this app is in BETA, so it is not perfect but each step along the way the team has been transparent and each update is an improvement. As of writing this review you may notice a few things such as slow load times when uploading a post or the occasional error but nothing crazy, especially for something in beta still.
The app is a mix of Instagram/Twitter in the way it functions and your profile will have a portfolio/timeline and about me section. The categories when making a portfolio addition are a bit lacking as of right now but each update seems to bring more options.
When you get a notification about a comment and click on it, unfortunately it only takes you to the post and not the comment so it is a bit difficult to respond to comments as of right now but I am confident a future update will resolve this as well.
Overall, Cara is a breath of fresh air thus far and if you are looking for somewhere to display your art, I highly recommend giving it a try and being patient. I have not only experienced more engagement but seeing nothing but art has been so much better for my mental health. I feel inspired again and it is just so dang nice. I am excited to see where Cara goes as it develops.
Magnifying pieces doesn’t feel very responsive, it takes a lot of effort to zoom in all the way and panning across an image.
User-interface stroke size for the like, repost, comment etc.
Tagging media seems under encouraged which means that it’s difficult to find art in certain categories.
I do hope some of the more major issues get resolved but most of the ones I list here are moreso low-priority.
The largest problem I’ve encountered is through the discover tab though. On an art piece, clicking a thumbnail may only show the text in the post and I have to exit and leave the post 1-2 times for the actual art to show up. This could be a fault of either something internal or the site not having a proper buffering screen since I know my WiFi is rather unreliable at times.
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