# Brushstroke — user reviews > 426 indexed App Store user reviews of Brushstroke by Code Organa, rated 4.80/5 from 13,957 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brushstroke/id824421012/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brushstroke/id824421012.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 12,056 · 4★ 1,356 · 3★ 319 · 2★ 99 · 1★ 127 ## What do users think of Brushstroke? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🎨 Versatile painting effects - 💡 Helpful for planning paintings - 🖼️ Turns photos into paintings - 🎨 Excellent for creating art **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs with saving/exporting images - 🔍 Difficult to find/select photos - 💰 Expensive for some features - 🖼️ Printed results not always accurate **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when importing certain photos - Saved images disappear from camera roll - Slider controls not working as expected **Most requested features** - More painting/filter styles - Ability to adjust brush size/strokes - Better photo organization/search - Improved printing quality/options ## Newest reviews (10 of 426) ### 4/5 — Good, but some bugs need to be resolved *2025-11-08, version 4.2.4* This is a good little app but there are a few little bugs that need to be looked at. I am using an iPhone 8+ with iOS16. Sometimes, I don’t want to add any paint effects. I just want to frame a photo. When I turn the paint slider to 0, it just stays at 50%? Instead of having to go to the paint effect panel, how about, just allowing us to bypass this section and go straight to the frame section. Essentially, the slider function on all the paint effects, is broken. It only seems to understand the 50% value. This is a bug and needs to be fixed. And the other feature that would be nice, is to allow us to add a signature image. Writing a signature with one’s finger, is quite difficult, but it would be great, if we could browse our photo album and choose an image signature. Maybe allow us to crop & resize it, inside the app, as well. I did send a report to the technical support team, but they advised me to use the iPad Pro version. I don’t have an iPad, so this is a pointless reply. Please fix and update the iPhone version. UPDATE 2025: Can you implement the bug fix at least please. It’s been a couple of years and when you set the slider to 0%, it doesn’t remove the effect. This is a bug. It really should be fixed. THANK YOU UPDATE 2025: My apologies. I see that you have applied both the bugfix and the signature enhancement to Brushstroke Pro. Is there any chance that Brushstroke Pro will be coming to the iPhone? It’s great that it’s on the iPad, but I always carry my iPhone around, rather than my iPad. ### 5/5 — First Try ………works well👍 *2025-10-28, version 4.2.4* Just what I was looking for .. Concise and easy to use. ### 5/5 — First try *2025-10-25, version 4.2.4* Like it turtle ### 5/5 — Great photo app! *2025-08-24, version 4.2.2* Super easy to use and to make one of a kind pictures! ### 1/5 — Не соответствует заявленному. *2025-06-22* На стартовой странице есть только кнопка «Купить платную подписку» и больше ничего. То есть приложение полностью платное, но как таковое не указано. ### 1/5 — Con *2025-06-06, version 4.2.2* Appears to have a free version - does not. You cannot use it without paying up front first. Since they started with this con trick, I decided not to go any further and deleted it. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2025-06-03, version 4.2.2* Is there a trick to this? All it does is make a mess of my photos. I’ve used Oilbrush and others and bought this because on sale and thought it might have something different but was a total waste of my money ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work for me *2025-05-14, version 4.2.2* Waste of money ### 2/5 — What in the world *2025-04-23, version 4.2.2* Trying to use it, the picture I used is unrecognizable when I applied the app. ### 1/5 — $ *2025-04-07, version 4.2.2* Why don’t they tell you the price upfront? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Upset *2026-06-11, version 4.3.1* Do not do the “free try” they charge you $10.83 dollars right away. Do not do the free try. This app does not have really good filters. ### 1/5 — Too bad *2026-06-09, version 4.3.1* It’s like a joke. ### 1/5 — it just looks bad *2026-02-23, version 4.2.6* no ### 1/5 — Dont bother *2025-11-10, version 4.2.4* Advertised as free so you assume it was free to use with potential to purchase add ons etc but doesn’t let you do literally ANYTHING with out a subscription ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2025-11-05, version 4.2.4* Not very many options, all options distort the image that they look unrecognizable ### 1/5 — Can’t even try it without paying *2025-09-17, version 4.2.2* If it’s a paid app, just charge the $10 before download so one knows what the situation is Feel tricked! ### 1/5 — Terrible *2025-09-15, version 4.2.2* This app is awful. I want my money back! By tomorrow! ### 1/5 — Not having a great time with it *2025-09-13, version 4.2.2* Kinda doesn't work at all. Just makes everything look smudgy and low-res. Photos and videos, same results. Not worth the $7 they charge you just to try it out, but I guess that's the whole scam. ### 1/5 — Не рекомендую! *2025-08-02* Нет пробной версии , сразу кнопка купить. Кот в мешке. ### 1/5 — Yes it's a con *2025-07-01, version 4.2.2* Can't use it unless you pay. Needs to be reported to apple. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-08-01, version 4.3.2* I’ve enjoyed manipulating some of my photos with this app. The interface is intuitive. I have successfully transformed some mediocre photos into frame worthy pieces. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-05-18, version 4.3.0* AI in Brushstroke is amazing. Such a great idea to remaster beautiful photos into something I could have only dreamed about in the past. ### 5/5 — newby *2026-04-25, version 4.2.8* Seems easy to navigate and liked first try. ### 5/5 — Best artistry app! *2026-04-20, version 4.2.8* This app is so amazing for all the editing you could possibly want to do as far as making your own pictures into one of a kind art. I consider it to be the BEST! ### 5/5 — Pic to painting *2026-04-06, version 4.2.8* Very cool app! ### 5/5 — Easy to begin and use *2026-03-12, version 4.2.6* I jumped right in and began using. So SO very easy! ### 5/5 — Increíble *2026-03-07, version 4.2.6* Bello ### 5/5 — My favorite app! *2026-02-05, version 4.2.6* Brushstroke is one of the most useful apps. I’m an artist and love using this app to get a feel for the composition and colors of a painting with just a press of a button. So helpful! ### 5/5 — Best app *2025-12-15, version 4.2.5* I love this app because the possibilities are endless. Between the dozens of options for style and then color, the only thing you need to add is a picture and your own creativity. ### 5/5 — Enchanting artistry *2025-12-13, version 4.2.5* Best overall for painted effects for those of us lacking talent --- *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 2026-09-09.*