# Art Explorer for deviantART — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Art Explorer for deviantART by Yunhe Shi, rated 4.58/5 from 907 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/art-explorer-for-deviantart/id657212778/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/art-explorer-for-deviantart/id657212778.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 682 · 4★ 124 · 3★ 52 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 30 ## What do users think of Art Explorer for deviantART? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and simple to use - 👍 Better than official app - 💡 Convenient for accessing DeviantArt on mobile **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy and glitchy - 🔍 Search and filtering issues - 🔒 Unable to access mature content **Commonly reported bugs** - Usernames showing as 'www' - Inability to view artist profiles - Scrolling issues when viewing favorites **Most requested features** - Add night mode - Improve profile viewing and navigation - Allow rearranging of favorited artwork ## Newest reviews (13 of 50) ### 3/5 — Low Quality Images? *2022-10-17, version 3.18* Why are the images in the app in low quality? Do I have to buy the update or something? ### 3/5 — Search Feature has Stopped Working *2022-09-17, version 3.18* I doubt it will be fixed, seeing as this app hasn’t been updated in years, but if you are the Dev reading this review, please fix the search feature. It’s stopped working. ### 4/5 — Ok app part’s broken *2022-06-14, version 3.18* Works well, needs the pay version to access nsfw art. Also the watch feed does work. Just takes you to the same place as posting a status. ### 3/5 — Very useful *2022-01-11, version 3.18* I bought the paid pro version and it doesn’t give me the feature of being able to view owners other photos. I would hope that this gets fixed ### 4/5 — So much better than the official app! *2021-12-17, version 3.18* The official deviantART app is as everyone here knows is just absolutely awful, in a recent update you can’t go full screen on some pictures this is what made me use deviantART Explorer app this app is better than the official app in more ways than one. You do have to pay a dollar to have no ads on this app but it’s totally worth it for having a way better user experience than the official app. I do have one problem for some reason almost every artist is listed as “WWW” and I don’t know why I don’t think it’s because the artist isn’t on da anymore as the ones listed as “WWW” still upload more art, but when I try to go to their profile it shows up as nothing, I hope they fix this soon. Overall a great app! ### 3/5 — Category option stopped working *2021-08-27, version 3.18* Worked great. Until the category option stopped working. It’d also be nice if it had a search by oldest function. ### 4/5 — it works *2020-10-10, version 3.18* with my outdated phone the official deviantart app doesn't work, but with this I'm able to access it. ### 3/5 — Can’t block *2020-04-14, version 3.18* I’m really liking the app in almost all areas except for the fact that when I block someone it takes away all content whatsoever? Is this a big? ### 4/5 — Night mode *2020-04-02, version 3.18* I used this app for years and it’s way better than the official deviant art a-location. Now the fifth star will be added if a night mode is integrated into the next versions. ### 4/5 — Glitch *2019-08-02, version 3.18* There is a glitch where all usernames show up as “ www “ Also when you click on them there page doesn’t show up. ### 4/5 — All artists www *2019-03-27, version 3.18* The app is great, but please fix the problem where all the profiles are named www. I can't view any profiles because of it. ### 3/5 — Can’t view deviant arts profiles *2019-03-21, version 3.18* All the deviant art profiles I go to just say WWW ### 2/5 — Glitchy *2018-07-18, version 3.18* Good idea, but frustrating. Can’t scroll down while viewing “favorite deviations”...it just keeps popping back to the top as if I’d tapped the “go to top” button. Effectively, I cannot view half of my favorited works, which is the main reason I wanted this app. Also, the ads are irritating. No one likes ads, but the is banner at the bottom of the screen combined with the scrolling issue means I accidentally tap on ads ALL THE TIME. I love DeviantArt, but I no longer use this app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Terrible beyond words *2023-02-06, version 3.18* The search engine is by far the worst. I type in the image WORD FOR WORD and the artist’s name AND I STILL CANNOT FIND THE IMAGE!! ### 1/5 — Looks like there is no developer left *2022-09-16, version 3.18* I was getting quite excited to download and use this app. But reading through the reviews I see there hasn't been a update or response for several years. So beware. I'm not gonna download it. ### 1/5 — Until another Update Happens, it won’t work (?) *2022-02-14, version 3.18* For now, I am unable to use it as the artist names no longer appear and no longer syncs favorites to the account. While the search function does still work as intended, without the ability to sync my actions to my account, the app is more useful as a rough search function over a replacement. Honestly, if you want a replacement for the DA app, use the safari browser. It works, and has better functions than their own app. ### 1/5 — No longer a useful app anymore *2022-02-07, version 3.18* Since all categories have been eliminated there is no way to eliminate the 95% of the art I am not interested in. No longer use deviant art anymore like I did 5 years ago. ### 1/5 — Oof *2021-08-27, version 3.18* You know, when I try to search for specifically literature. I should get literature, not 98% images. If you can’t filter that out then why have a filter at all? ### 1/5 — It’s the most infuriating app *2020-12-03, version 3.18* When scrolling down with either of my phones it “sticks”. I don’t know how it’s doing it but it makes it impossible to look at anything. I never scroll through everything like I used to. It’s the most infuriating thing. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2017-08-02, version 3.11* Wouldn't let me sign in and i could barely navigate the app because of all the ads. ### 1/5 — Censors search keywords *2017-02-26, version 3.11* Has a lovely interface with smooth flow, deserving of a higher rating, but even with mature filter turned off, this app censors a list of keywords so that they always return zero results regardless of the context in which they're used. This happens to make the app mostly useless for me. Please just fix this. I didn't pay for an indiscriminate nanny. ### 2/5 — Did the developer die? *2020-10-17, version 3.18* It's been two years or more. The app is quite buggy. Wished it was open source so someone else could of taken over. ### 2/5 — Needs some recent attention *2019-11-25, version 3.18* I’ve really liked this app. Had it as a 5-Star rating at one time. Reference it on most days, browsing the "Daily Deviations" and such. But the creator hasn’t touched it in a long while, even though bug emails have been sent. And there are definitely some bugs. Yes it’s usable, but you have to figure a number of work-arounds. Different views will have working links (good: ”Daily Deviations +"), while other views the links are broken (bad: "Daily Deviations", "Browse"), ...can’t link to the artist’s page. And yes, I paid for the "Pro" version. Please make it the excellent app it once ways. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great App *2022-06-30, version 3.18* Amazing Love this site, love the app, love the artists ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2022-06-06, version 3.18* This app is great! I do kinda wish there is a commenting and chat update so I could talk to my friends. (DA is blocked on my phone right now) and I wish you can let users log in through the app as well. Otherwise this is a really good app :) ### 5/5 — Update *2020-07-24, version 3.18* I love this app, I think it’s the most convenient app to surf Art on this community, both fast and simple Though I believe it needs an update not cause the users profiles stopped showing ### 5/5 — Better than eclipse on mobile *2020-06-02, version 3.18* Pros: •search by category •navigate your watch without the ui resizing •actually select deviations to manage them •this hasn't been updated in a year, so its probably not stealing your data Cons: •no night mode •view is more zoomed in than id like, especially on landscape ### 5/5 — Very good app needs improvement though *2019-09-03, version 3.18* The app is very very good and it's a Lots better then The official app but it's need a bit of a improvement for start the app should have a "night mode" ( so it's easier on the eyes) and I just found a bug that cuts the screen in half and the Image/ GIF will not load but I don't know that it's my iPad or it's happening to everyone but I still think that it still needs a good bug cleaning. ### 5/5 — Groups *2018-09-27, version 3.18* Love the site I just wish you could delete group photos without going to the site itself ### 5/5 — MixTapeFan2016 *2018-08-23, version 3.18* This is a Fresh thing ever, like a Clear Screen or a Clean Screen a Phone. ### 5/5 — Superior to Official App *2018-04-18, version 3.17* This app is far more intuitive, useful, detailed, and responsive than Deviant Art’s official app. This developer has done something wonderful. ### 5/5 — Great App *2018-04-01, version 3.17* This is a good app. I think it’s funny how it has more stars than the official one by DeviantArt. I have a request though. In your next update, do you think you can add a feature where you can rearrange the order of the pictures you favorited? Also you should fix this problem where you can’t see a transparent drawing that’s colorless and only back lines. If you can do this, thanks. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2018-03-30, version 3.17* This is what the official app should’ve been like --- *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 2026-06-10.*