# Annotate - Text, Emoji, Stickers and Shapes on Photos and Screenshots — user reviews > 161 indexed App Store user reviews of Annotate by Linebreak, rated 4.40/5 from 478 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/annotate-text-emoji-stickers-and-shapes-on-photos-and-screenshots/id994933038/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/annotate-text-emoji-stickers-and-shapes-on-photos-and-screenshots/id994933038.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 318 · 4★ 98 · 3★ 25 · 2★ 15 · 1★ 22 ## What do users think of Annotate? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🚀 Simple and efficient - 💡 Helpful for educators and professionals - ✨ Great app experience **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and freezes - 🔀 Forced cropping of images - 📚 Limited annotation tools (no circles, squares, etc.) - 🎨 Lack of color options **Commonly reported bugs** - Camera access issues on newer iPhones - Inability to save annotated images to camera roll - App freezing when trying to save annotated images **Most requested features** - Undo/redo functionality - More annotation tools (circles, squares, etc.) - Expanded color palette - Landscape mode support - Ability to annotate videos ## Newest reviews (16 of 161) ### 3/5 — Still works but needs an update *2024-12-09, version 1.5* Please update this app. It wants you to crop all your images to phone screen size. Most images I have are not set to that format and I don’t want to change them. Please allow us to annotate on the existing image size and give us the option of cropping if we want to. Thanks. I love how simple it is to add arrows and text to photos. Still Much easier than the built in Apple tool in photos. ### 4/5 — Good experience *2024-02-15, version 1.5* Helpful app ### 4/5 — Easy tool! *2024-02-14, version 1.5* As an educator, this tool just made annotating on photos, documents so much easier. I can easily use it to label and write directly on the page straight from my phone, thats my favorite part. However, I wish there was an eraser feature on the side tool bar that would allow me to change or clear any mistakes without deleting the whole product. Overall, amazing product that such makes life of an educator much easier to display and customize materials. ### 4/5 — Annotate *2023-05-12, version 1.5* Brilliant app, Ease of use Would have been the best with Highlight and circle, ### 2/5 — 1-minute to dislike. *2022-03-08, version 1.5* Portrait only? Wow. Color pallet is limited to 5 colors, no black, no white. ### 4/5 — Useful *2021-06-25, version 1.5* Useful ### 3/5 — Bon outil mais app bogue *2021-03-06, version 1.5* Une fois image envoyée app plante sur iOS 14 (pas de mise à jour depuis 5 ans) ### 2/5 — Keeps on crashing *2020-11-25, version 1.5* Freezes when I try to save/send an annotated image. It is completely useless. ### 2/5 — Love it but it freezes *2020-11-16, version 1.5* I want to love this app. It’s exactly what I need but it freezes every time I try to save a pic. ### 4/5 — Colors *2020-08-13, version 1.5* It would be nice if words can be changed to more than just a couple colors. ### 3/5 — Erase? *2020-07-06, version 1.5* I would love this app if I could erase or undo, but I can’t figure out a way to do that. Maybe I’m missing something? ### 3/5 — Saving image loads too long! *2020-06-29, version 1.5* Overall, great app. The loading after saving the picture just loads really long. Almost feels like it froze the app. ### 2/5 — Annotate *2020-06-05, version 1.5* Bad the last time i used this app when i press allow camera access it takes me to settings ### 3/5 — App Freezing *2020-03-06, version 1.5* Once app is opened. Once you select a pic from the Library, the pic is then edited after completion, trying to save it and it freezes. ### 3/5 — Good app *2020-03-01, version 1.5* This app is great super easy to use, but I wish it was i could edit a photo in landscape not Portrate i cant seem to find out how to change that ### 4/5 — Delete *2020-02-19, version 1.5* This is more of a question than a review but how do you delete an arrow ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Crop before annotate *2025-07-09, version 1.5* Must to crop (compulsory portrait orientation) image before annotate it. Once text tool selected － no keyboard comes up. No use. Buggy. ### 1/5 — Deleted immediately - cryptic user interface *2024-08-27, version 1.5* I used annotate to open a photo in my photo album. All I wanted to do was add text to the photo. The only option it offered was CROP. I want an app that has a menu system and not a bunch of cryptic user controls that I have to spend hours figuring out on my own. ### 1/5 — Not for videos *2021-12-29, version 1.5* Says videos, not so much. Another line says photos & screenshots doesn’t mention videos. That’s the truth. Free isn’t always best. Support shows cool windows and features. Must be from another app. ### 1/5 — Crashes and freezes *2021-07-08, version 1.5* This app is constantly crashing/freezing…causing edits to be lost. ### 1/5 — Broken and useless now *2020-10-10, version 1.5* Welcome to the giddy world of apps not updating with iOS. Using iOS 13.6 on iPhone6S, it’s still possible to use the primitive annotation tools, but impossible to save the annotated image. There are two options: Export (pop-up which doesn’t fully pop-up; then freezes nothing is now possible except pressing the Home Button and reloading Annotate, ad infinitum) Back (option pop-up: Discard or Cancel) which freezes and doesn’t respond to touching either option. This App was always extremely basic. It is now just a memory squatter. Actually should get no stars, since it actually is non-functional, unless you count pressing HOME+POWER to obtain a screenshot of the annotated image cropped to iPhone screen size and res, with the Annotate Toolbar obscuring part of the annotated image. Apple should remove this App from their store if the Developers have no intention of keeping up with phone and iOS increments. ### 1/5 — Almost a great app *2020-06-23, version 1.5* Annotations work fine but overall could stand additional development. App never really progressed. Installed on multiple iPhones with same result. App locks up and freezes when you try to save an annotated photo. The save to photos happens, but the collateral damage is the app has crashed and you need to force quit out of it. ### 1/5 — Thumbs down *2020-02-18, version 1.5* Soo Ridiculous ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore *2019-08-21, version 1.5* I updated to an iPhone 7 and it now suggests giving permission to access the camera but this permission is not listed in the preferences. App seems to be abandoned. ### 1/5 — Account charged for purchase not made! *2019-05-27, version 1.5* I did not order this app I DO NOT WANT THIS APP! DO NOT CHARGE ME FOR IT ### 1/5 — Please FIX!!! *2019-04-05, version 1.5* Works fine but I can’t save the image to my Library. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun and Easy *2024-02-15, version 1.5* This app was very friendly for a first time user. I appreciate the different features for adding notes and/or marking up text in an image. As a classroom teacher, I think this app would be an engaging tool for teaching annotating text to elementary aged students. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2024-02-12, version 1.5* This app is really easy to use. It’s very intuitive and can aid students in taking notes for class or doing classwork completely online without having to print out graphic organizers or worksheets. I would recommend this app to students and teachers of any grade level. ### 5/5 — Very Handy *2022-04-06, version 1.5* I work as an inspector and this app is invaluable! Easy to use. Quick. And effective! ### 5/5 — Great class resource !! *2021-11-16, version 1.5* This is a great tool to mark up work and use it in your classroom. You can easily screen shot student work and label model qualities to share with the class. This is also great for labeling parts for a social studies or a science exam easily!! ### 5/5 — Quick and easy *2020-11-25, version 1.5* Quick and easy app to mark up photos for electronic repair. Makes it easy to ensure all screws get back in order. ### 5/5 — Loved this *2020-11-14, version 1.5* I loved this app! It was great to be able to annotate from my phone. I loved leaving little reminders for myself too! I would use this when reviewing articles or long stories, maybe even specific directions! ### 5/5 — Super to annotate photos and images *2020-05-20, version 1.5* Great in any modern iPhone .. but it even works on my iPhone 4s! ### 5/5 — Hello What Happened to the Development *2019-10-15, version 1.5* App is working again which ios13 ### 5/5 — Easy, clean, free! What’s not to like? *2019-07-09, version 1.5* Very good ### 5/5 — Brilliant app *2019-01-10, version 1.5* It’s great fun and gives a lot of freedom too customise photos highly recommended app. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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