# ACDSee Pro — user reviews

> 227 indexed App Store user reviews of ACDSee Pro by ACD Systems International Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 1,130 ratings.

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- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/acdsee-pro/id968591710.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 965 · 4★ 109 · 3★ 31 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 12

## What do users think of ACDSee Pro?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Powerful editing tools
- ⭐ Great for photographers
- 🎨 Excellent photo enhancement
- 💻 Familiar desktop-like experience

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🔋 Battery draining
- 🚫 Lack of selective editing tools
- 📁 Issues with file management and saving
- 🔍 Missing key features like lens correction

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes when using certain filters
- Inability to export photos in desired format
- Syncing issues with photos from other devices
- Inconsistent behavior after iOS updates

**Most requested features**

- Add lens distortion correction
- Implement non-destructive editing
- Allow saving of original and edited versions
- Improve collage and layout tools
- Add support for more file formats

## Newest reviews (18 of 227)

### 3/5 — Compatibilité

*2026-03-11*

Tout comme votre application Camera Pro n’est pas compatible avec le bouton photo de l’iPhone, je trouve ça. Vraiment dommage pour une pour une application qui se dit pro, j’espère que vous ferez vite un correctif. C’est bien dommage sinon

### 4/5 — Powerful Editor

*2026-02-16, version 4.5.4*

Really worth a try! Many tools and film effects once you dive in. Tone EQ can produce a more natural HDR than lots of apps made specifically for range boosting.

### 2/5 — Stillstand. Exporte nicht mehr korrekt möglich

*2024-12-31*

Ich nutze ACDsee Windows Version seit den 2000er. Langsam schleichen sich Fehler ein, die nicht mehr behoben werden. Ich habe die App gekauft weil einmal alles funktionierte. Wenn ich nun meine Dateien aus meiner Sony A7 aufs ipad importiere und von dort dann zur Bearbeitung nach ACDSee Pro importiere, funktioniert das auch. Wenn ich das nun bearbeite und speichern oder exportieren möchte, stimmen die Bearbeitungen nicht mehr. Beispiel: Maskierung oder farbliche Änderung mit dem Pinsel ist auf einmal verschoben und woanders im Bild. Immer. 
Ich würde mir wünschen, dass der Support sich diese Probleme mal anschaut und das verbessert wird.

### 2/5 — Bracketing merge

*2024-10-07, version 4.5.4*

How come you cannot merge bracketed photos with this app?

### 4/5 — wish functions such as...

*2024-06-12*

it would be better that this app contains functions such as 'auto photo editing' and 'edit EXIF'.   please...

### 5/5 — My go-to app for capturing images

*2024-06-10*

As a photographer, I've long been a user of ACDSee, and no other photo-taking app has ever outshone it. Allows RAW, tiff, bracketing, the ability to adjust the exposure and the ability to set the focus point very quickly, easily and naturally. No deeply hidden sub-menus or need to memorize a bunch of randomly assigned swipe/pinch gestures to do anything. The editing options are also great, and more in-depth than most. For all of my picture-taking on a mobile device that won't need retouching, ACDSee meets all of my needs perfectly.

Thank you, developers, for keeping this app up to date over the many ios changes; I appreciate it! And kudos for staying faithful to the reasonable one-time cost and not selling out your customers by converting it to a subscription model. You have the integrity many other app owners these days do not, and I hope it is rewarded.

### 4/5 — Eigentlich zufrieden..

*2024-05-23*

An sich bin ich mit der App voll und ganz zufrieden bis auf das meine Bilder, nachdem ich sie bearbeitet habe, sehr pixelig sind sobald ich sie irgendwo in Verwendung habe.. Das ist noch nicht lange so, weil ich die App schon länger habe. Muss scheinbar mit dem Letzten Update was war, gekommen sein. Ansonsten alles top genau so eine App habe ich lange gesucht!

### 5/5 — ACDSee Pro

*2024-05-19*

Après l’acquisition de ACDSee Pro le teste sur un iPhone est concluant, le développement photos est recommandé avec cette application. Un prix très attractif voir le moins cher du marché avec toutes ses fonctions et à recommander. On peut comparer cette application pour iPhone à Gemstone 12 .

### 5/5 — Still no update.

*2024-04-08*

If you need this app to add text to your photos don’t bother. Since os17 it’s impossible. Before this it was a brilliant app and as I’ve been a customer years using the photo editing software on my computer I’m disappointed.
Apologies to ACDSee, the text editor is now fixed so I’m now as happy as a pig in poo. Now back from one star to five.

### 3/5 — All the tools you need

*2024-03-05*

This app contains all the tools anyone need to improve their photos, easy and direct. I love this app and I strongly recommend it.

* But there is a problem when adding the font. The font does not appear properly during the addition until it is finished and apply

### 4/5 — Benötigt dringend ein Update

*2024-02-08*

Ich mag die App für schnelle Fotokorrekturen. Vor allem die S/W Filter. 

Leider kann man seit iOS17.4 nicht mehr exportieren. Es wird nur ein schwarzes Bild erstellt.

### 4/5 — テキストを入力すると不具合が発生

*2024-02-01*

写真にテキストを入れと不具合が発生し、表示が乱れます。修正お願いします。

### 4/5 — 请问一下开发者又没有自拍镜像呀？

*2023-12-27*

找了半天没有找到。

### 4/5 — Problems with Saving long video

*2023-12-26*

I like photo editing functions of the App, that are amazing. I also take photos with app, and it is good. But I am afraid of taking Videos with the app. Recently we lost my mother in law, and we had a memorial. it was a concert and speeches. Event went for 1.5 hr. Recording was going well. Unfortunately once I hit Stop recording button, the app couldn’t save the video showing Error. Battery had enough joyce, and iPhone had enough storage. Why this happened?  I was very upset, since it was a unique event, and I relied on this app for video.

### 4/5 — Very good app 👍🏽

*2023-12-23*

It’s always a good experience editing photos with ACDSeePro. I’ve been using it for a few years. There’s one thing will improve the enjoyment using this app, when editing but my choice isn’t visible tapping the element at the right moves to the center. Then continuing to tap the right most element until my choice is visible will greatly enhance the users experience. That would move the ACDSeePro to World Class level.

### 3/5 — Apple v Windows

*2023-12-15*

The Windows version has far more functions than the Apple Mac and iPad versions.
Would like to see all versions with the same functions.

### 4/5 — 汉化不彻底，和电脑版比起来，有些东西没有

*2023-12-10*

汉化不彻底，有些功能没有

### 4/5 — Tolle Photoanwendung

*2023-11-30*

Ist eine der besten Photo bundles und sehr gute Ergänzung zur ACD Windows Suite
Leider funktioniert die Texteingabe nicht, da der eingegebene Text abgeschnitten wird. 
Vielleicht gibt es ein workaround

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Cannot export to ACDSee from other apps

*2026-06-06, version 4.5.5*

I use this app almost every day. Please fix this bug.

### 1/5 — Need update !

*2023-10-12, version 4.5.4*

Many problems after ios 17!
The app need update. 
I sent many emails but nobody care.

### 1/5 — Aucune possibilité de lire des photos ailleurs que dans photo

*2023-08-21*

Pas d’accès aux fichiers sur cartes mémoire ou dans les fichiers perso de l’iPad.
Pour du soit disant pro on est en deçà du minimum attendu.
Je regrette fortement d’avoir payé pour ça , d’autant plus que j’avais payé pour la version standard.
Le saut en matière de fonctionnalité est inexistant.
Je suis client ACDSee sur PC, je m’attendais à pouvoir travailler aussi et de la même manière sur mon iPad. Amère désillusion.
Les fonctionnalités disponibles ne justifient en aucun cas de mettre un centime dans cette application tant qu’elle restera à ce niveau d’indigence.
Respectueusement.
Gildas PORCHERON

### 1/5 — ARW

*2023-08-08*

Add ARW support for Sony ZV-e10

### 1/5 — No image resize..

*2023-04-07, version 4.5.4*

I just wanted to change image size and for that I have to download another app, useless piece of..

### 1/5 — Terrible Update.. no more IPad selective edits.

*2021-01-19, version 4.4*

I love, let me repeat loved this App. But the latest change has made it unusable with a Apple pencil and selective edits on IPad!

Using the brush now brings up a edit window that moves as you brush on filter/effects.. useless. How can you selective edit if your canvas is moving. Please, please fix this !!  The selective edit ability of this App was it’s most powerful feature imo.

### 1/5 — Confused

*2020-01-22, version 4.3.1*

Is there a tutorial for this?

### 1/5 — NOT for serious photographers

*2020-01-10*

This app lacks a lot of the features that makes an app a useful tool to real photographers. This is nothing more than another filter and effects app that lets you add effects to pictures and do minor adjustments. Nothing more and nothing less. Nothing out of the ordinary. 

Select the effect you and and adjust the slighting bar. The effect is applied to the entire photograph. 

For those of us who are serious about our work, we need more creative control. We need an app that lets us apply the effect we want to the areas of the picture that we want to adjust. Dodging and burning, increasing or decreasing saturation, and so on, to different parts of the photograph using a stylus pen or the finger. 

Having other features like cloning would also be nice. This app is for those who don't know what they are doing or want the app to do the work for them.

Sadly to say this apps leave a lot to be desire. Specially for the price. There goes another few bucks thrown down the toilet in a worthless app.

Something else that is missing, is the ability to save the image your edited as a new/copy image, not just modify the original. I always like to keep the original copy the it was and have a new modified copy to work with.

Too bad, I had high hopes for this app.,

### 1/5 — Add grain, please.

*2019-12-29*

When purchasing ACDSee Pro I was sure that there is the tool for adding film grain similar to that accessed in the desktop version of ACDSee. I was Very disappointed when found no this option option in the iOS version. Add a film grain tool, please. Without it a pro-grade image editing is impossible. I would like to have the same professional tool as the desktop version used by professional photographers, not a toy for Instagram.

I hope your understanding of me, the person moving to “iPad only” technology as many pro-grade fine art photographers today. 

— Dmitri

### 1/5 — Русский ...

*2019-12-07*

Продаёте ваш продукт в России, так проявите порядочность и добавьте Русский язык.
Не пойму, 9 языков добавили уже очень давно, а Русский  считаете не нужным ???

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Best app ever created

*2026-08-15*

To you and your team, this is one of the best apps I ever downloaded, everything is so simple to use and alway the best results. I keep using this every time  I need to make corrections to my pictures. Always my go to app when I have to edit some of the shots I taken .

### 5/5 — Best app ever created

*2026-06-16, version 4.5.5*

To you and your team, this is one of the best apps I ever downloaded, everything is so simple to use and alway the best results. I keep using this every time  I need to make corrections to my pictures.

### 5/5 — Acdsee

*2026-06-10*

The best app for photos for iPhone, please add Russian language

### 5/5 — Test der Version 4.5.5

*2026-06-07*

Konnte bis jetzt keine nennenswerten Probleme feststellen weiter so!!
Noch eine Bitte an euch lasst diese Bewertung nicht im Nirvana verschwinden! Danke

### 5/5 — 自由缩放图像

*2026-06-03, version 4.5.4*

能更新自由缩放图像吗 现在是只能放大一点

### 5/5 — Mobile Motivation

*2026-05-23*

My mobile ACDSee app gives me the ability to use my phone to photograph and process my images on the fly and send them in finished framed form to friends and family. It is simple to operate and has great flexibility! I particularly like the framing adjustments giving a finished look!

### 5/5 — Très bonne application

*2026-05-11*

Application très complète et facile d'utilisation. Bravo

### 5/5 — ipad pro

*2025-02-13*

ごめん、解決しました。

### 5/5 — Holt aus dem iPhone alles raus

*2024-10-17*

Selbst mit einem etwas älteren iPhone kann man mit den Kamera-Voreinstellungen richtig gute Fotos mit natürlichen und intensiven Farben machen. 
Einmaliger Kaufpreis hat sich echt gelohnt.

### 5/5 — Just what I needed!!!

*2024-08-24*

I realize I’m not using this to it’s full potential, but it’s perfect for what I need.

I’m a painter, and I often find it difficult to see where I need to add more detail or whether or not my colors are dark enough when I’m looking at my painting and my reference photo.

The Collage option is perfect because I always take photos of my painting progress. Now, I can put the photo of my painting next to my reference photo, and immediately see where I’m at!

Thank you!

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