# Annotable: Annotation & Markup — user reviews > 188 indexed App Store user reviews of Annotable by 凌 王, rated 4.65/5 from 894 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/annotable-annotation-and-markup/id1099850421/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/annotable-annotation-and-markup/id1099850421.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 720 · 4★ 92 · 3★ 28 · 2★ 16 · 1★ 29 ## What do users think of Annotable? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Game changer - 🚀 Excellent—the built-in iOS markup features pale in comparison - 👍 Easy to use - 👍 Fantastic! - 👍 Amazing App - 👍 Nice lightweight image editor - 👍 Fantastic! - 👍 Easy simple to use - 👍 Wonderful app - must have - 👍 Great all-in-one app - 👍 Use it all the time - 👍 Top app - 👍 Highly recommend this app!! - 👍 Absolutely Amazing!! - 👍 Really handy little app... - 👍 The best image annotation tool on iOS - 👍 high recommend - 👍 Très bonne application!! - 👍 Great annotation tool - 👍 Best annotation app there is! - 👍 Does what it says on the tin - 👍 A must have - 👍 Easy yet powerful - 👍 Amazing ! - 👍 Best of breed App - 👍 Simple and very functional - 👍 A Really Good Apo - 👍 Wow! - 👍 Great little app - 👍 Brilliant app - 👍 Very useful app **Cons** - 🐛 Blur broken ios26 - 🔒 Can't undo - 💰 Paid app, free version is worthless - 💰 Everything is locked behind a pay wall - 💰 Extremely frustrating to use - 💰 Too many features need $$ - 💰 Too expensive!! - 💰 A little rich - 💰 Pourquoi payer?? - 🐛 Can't cope with a pencil **Commonly reported bugs** - Blur broken ios26 - Can't save edits on iPad Pro, 14.5.1 - In-App Purchases do not work - Loss of work - App freezes occasionally on iPad **Most requested features** - Open the app directly to the camera - Save images to the app, not to my phone or make a specific folder to save Annotated images - Make a Mac version - Add insert photo option - Add flexible pointers lines - Add an eraser - Add undo/redo action buttons - Add crop - Add a way to adjust transparency of fonts for watermarking - Add rotate image - Add a way to draw solid boxes with a color of your choosing - Add a way to adjust text size - Add a way to center the text - Add a way to insert and resize images - Add a way to make shapes a solid color in addition to outline ## Newest reviews (14 of 188) ### 2/5 — Paid features *2026-06-30, version 2.11.1* Excellent quick annotations compared to default photo app in iOS. But how do we get all the features?! ### 4/5 — All that is missing is a Mac app *2026-03-05, version 2.11.1* This is the best, most underrated, useful plugin for the Photos app on iOS. I use it to redact information using aesthetically pleasing methods like pixelation or sometimes just drawing a black box. Either way this app picks up where iOS left off! ### 3/5 — Great, but… *2025-11-10, version 2.11.1* Can there be a way to open the app directly to the camera? Can there be a way to save images to the app, not to my phone or make a specific folder to save Annotated images? Other than that it’s a great app. ### 3/5 — Please make a Mac version !! *2025-11-08, version 2.11.1* I have been using this superb App on iOS devices … and was most disappointed to find that it is totally incompatible with the Macs. My M1 Mac Mini and its 32” monitor are crying-out for this. …. . . . UPDATE I note that both of the text tools are now chargeable … the simple one was perviously free. … This is either an error, or very shabby practice. ### 3/5 — Please make a Mac version !! *2025-10-18, version 2.11.1* I have been using this superb App on iOS devices … and was most disappointed to find that it is totally incompatible with the Macs. My M1 Mac Mini and its 32” monitor are crying-out for this. …. UPDATE I note that both of the text tools are now chargeable … the simple one was perviously free. … This is either an error, or very shabby practice. ### 2/5 — Used to be good *2025-07-07, version 2.10* I use this app everyday and the last week or so it crashes every 4th photo edit now, I’ll be about to save and the app just closes. No updates available? I’m trying to find a new replacement app ### 5/5 — JUNE 2025 Hoping for another update *2025-06-28, version 2.10* The app remains stable across iPhone and iPad. Always maximally useful, a true simple photo mark-em-up. =Peace= ### 5/5 — Amazing App *2025-05-19, version 2.10* Great tools to easily annotate. Very easy-to-use. Intuitive. Really like this app! ### 4/5 — The I’m you *2024-12-13, version 2.10* You ### 5/5 — Purchase *2024-12-02, version 2.10* I like the app , but how I can purchase?? ### 5/5 — Great *2024-11-30, version 2.10* Works great takes a short while to learn but pretty easy even for beginners Apple iPhone will not allow text color adding to photos so this app is perfect Thanks ### 5/5 — Easy simple to use *2024-10-04, version 2.10* Just a good basic app for making notations on pictures. ### 5/5 — Nice lightweight image editor *2024-09-28, version 2.10* This is a very simple image editor and the name "Annotable" sets expectations rather well. "Simple" here is a GOOD thing. I particularly like the loupe (shown in the video on the iTunes Store) and redaction features. The author is also using Trello nicely to point the way to future function. (For example "Cropping" just got moved to "Doing".) This should inspire confidence in users and I would advise them to take the link to Trello from the app and register interest in some of the cards. Also, when I ran into a small misunderstanding as to how redaction worked the developer was very responsive to my query. ### 5/5 — UPDATED 2024😍 love at first pixel obscuration 🤓❤️ *2024-08-30, version 2.10* 2024: STILL REIGNS! (UPDATE 2020) Still using this, INDISPENSABLE MUST HAVE! THIS is THE app to use for your image annotation needs. Worth paying for every option. I can’t tell you how nicely it’s made informative images stand out so that they do their duty! I’ve used Annotable for editing images such as bug report screenshots, highlighting maps and directions, even to annotate screenshots of friends text messages to prove a point to them! With a UI layout that is easy to remember, and functions that are VITAL, this is the cake right here! Thank you Awesome Developer for taking the time to reply to my review. I hope See you on the TestFlight flipside 😉 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Used To Be Great … Now, Not So Much *2026-08-13, version 2.11.1* It’s now fiddly, cumbersome, awkward and most features cost money. And it nags you to pay pay pay! 💰 Bah bye. ### 1/5 — What is this and why does it not allow me to do anything? *2026-07-14, version 2.11.1* I'm Not Sure About for Certain! ### 1/5 — Blur broken ios26 *2025-12-13, version 2.11.1* I love this app but image blur is broken on ios26. I re-applied my purchase and the app still doesn’t work with the blue. Just download the latest version of the app and is still broken. ### 1/5 — Used to be great *2025-03-24, version 2.10* Can’t buy or update after buying ### 1/5 — Are they still around? 🤔 *2024-10-20, version 2.10* 11 months since they did the last update, are they still around? If so, when can we expect an update with new features? ### 1/5 — Clumsy interface *2024-09-22, version 2.10* Extremely clumsy app. Nothing intuitive. Nothing standard. Have tried 38 times to change the markup text color. Does NOT change. Just black. Lol at Apple. Garbage phones. ### 1/5 — Massive text *2024-04-25, version 2.10* I can write text on top of photos with arrows/highlights which is great to annotate, but the problem I am facing is that we cannot make the text smaller, the text is too big and covers the whole photo. Please enable a feature to reduce the sizing of the text, either by selecting font size or by being able to drag it by the thumb and index to enlarge or minimise by pinching in and outwards. ### 1/5 — Disappointing at best. *2024-03-10, version 2.10* This app was usable and good when it was a full app but now you have to pay for every little thing don’t bother other full apps out for a small cost ! That are just as good problem is the owner got greedy me thinks ! Just set a price for a full app ! ### 1/5 — 能不能优化一下内购的验证？ *2023-11-10, version 2.10* 能不能优化一下内购的验证？用外区账号买的，隔两天得重新购买一下，隔两天得重新购买一下，重启得切换账号购买一下，重启得切换账号购买一下？有点格局行不行？又不是没有买用得着验证的这么频繁吗？简直大无语。 ### 1/5 — Used to be great. No longer updated *2023-10-16, version 2.9* This was an awesome app until the developer stopped updating it. Now it won’t work properly on my iPhone. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Incredible App *2026-07-13, version 2.11.1* I use this for work almost daily and it works perfectly. The simple aspect to this app whilst still having many options for annotations is awesome! ### 5/5 — Perfect for quick markups! *2026-05-18, version 2.11.1* Quickly mark up and send a photo when collaborating or wishing to provide clear detail of something with visual cues and labels. Great for tradies! I use this a lot for both work and personal tasks. ### 5/5 — Hope this app never dies *2026-05-14, version 2.11.1* 100% the perfect annotation app for pix. Used it for years. As other reviewers have stated, it outshines Apples’s annotation tools. =Peace= ### 5/5 — Wish I bought the unlock for this years ago! ⬅️⬆️➡️⬇️ *2026-03-15, version 2.11.1* I used the free version so many times and now I just unlocked the whole thing and wish I had done it years ago. It’s a solid tool. ### 5/5 — Game changer *2026-01-03, version 2.11.1* I use the app daily, if not hourly. There are full apps that allow soooooo many elements to be applied from gallery extension which means saved over original and holds config so you can change the elements when you wish and from photo gallery Elements are quiet a few ### 5/5 — Excellent—the built-in iOS markup features pale in comparison *2025-12-24, version 2.11.1* Love this app—it has everything you need in a tool like this & nothing you don't. It's very simple to use yet highly functional with a clean UI. It also supports Photos app integration as an extension which is handy. A handful of the tools are premium & require purchase, however you are given the option to purchase each individually or all tools (current & future) for a one-time charge of $9.99—no subscription required for those wondering. ### 5/5 — Game changer *2025-09-28, version 2.11* I use the app daily, if not hourly. There are full apps that allow soooooo many elements to be applied from gallery extension which means saved over original and holds config so you can change the elements when you wish and from photo gallery Elements are quiet a few ### 5/5 — Wish I bought the unlock for this years ago! ⬅️⬆️➡️⬇️ *2025-09-12, version 2.10* I used the free version so many times and now I just unlocked the whole thing and wish I had done it years ago. It’s a solid tool. ### 5/5 — fggc *2025-08-29, version 2.10* hbkx ### 5/5 — Please make a Mac version !! *2025-08-12, version 2.10* I have been using this superb App on iOS devices … and was most disappointed to find that it is totally incompatible with the Macs. My M1 Mac Mini and its 32” monitor are crying-out for this. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-01.*