# Camera Lucida - Tracing App — user reviews > 45 indexed App Store user reviews of Camera Lucida by Ilya Koryakin, rated 1.00/5 from 3 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/camera-lucida-tracing-app/id1546453560/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/camera-lucida-tracing-app/id1546453560.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 0 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 3 ## Newest reviews (17 of 45) ### 1/5 — Useless *2022-12-11* When you start to trace, it asks you for a subscription and it’s sooooooo annoying. I definitely WOULDNT recommend ### 1/5 — Te obliga a pagar *2022-10-16, version 2.7* Pésima aplicación, es gratuita pero cada 5 segundos te saca para ofrecerte la opción pagada y al volver tienes que configurar todo de nuevo. Esto ya es acoso. ### 1/5 — Do not bother *2022-09-05* This is a paid app. It’s like $20 a year. You can’t even try it out- after 15 seconds the ad for the paid version comes up. I deleted it after 2 minutes of “use.” ### 1/5 — A copy of the original app *2022-08-03* The name of this app is a copy of the original Camera Lucid app with a dot added at the end. It’s immoral that both the developer and Apple allowed this name. The developer is trying to benefit from the original developer’s hard work. And bad reviews from this app reflect on the brilliant original Camera Lucida. ### 1/5 — Terrible! *2022-08-03* Don’t bother to get it. ### 1/5 — Camera Lucida Tracing Projector??? *2022-07-03* It’s NOT a projector. I bought the yearly subscription, and now going to cancel, because it’s NOT a projector, meaning that it doesn’t shine the image onto your paper, so then why is it called a “projector” when it’s NOT. ### 1/5 — Basura *2022-01-21, version 2.7* No la descarguen ### 1/5 — Unusable *2021-12-28* I just downloaded it to try out. Four times in a row, the image from my camera vanished just as I was about to begin sketching and a popup asking me to try the free version deletes my image. This is useless. I’m deleting the app. ### 1/5 — Why? *2021-12-15, version 2.7* Trying to trace but always resets so bad please remove that ### 1/5 — 1 stars. *2021-10-20* First, this premium thing always pops up on my screen and I say for free and then I have to get my photo back and sometimes it’s all the way at the bottom. This app is so bad. Do not download this app. At all. ### 1/5 — Es una basura *2021-08-31, version 2.5* Te hacen mil preguntas para que al final te salgan con que si… pero que la compres o no avanzas. Basura… es basura. ### 1/5 — La app es mala *2021-07-27, version 2.2* No sirve de nada que sea gratis ya que después de exige pagar para poder dibujar, me siento totalmente engañado y estafado. ### 1/5 — Don’t confuse with Camera Lucida 13.0 *2021-07-01* Not the same app as Camera Lucida. Does not work as well. Camera Lucida 13.0 Works much better for me and actually has stages of training as you go. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2021-06-07* I tried customer service they were no help I updated it to the newest version it still doesn’t work for me still no refund yet **Developer response:** Please update your app to the latest version. You can always email us to get a personal support ### 1/5 — Can’t make it work. Confusing. *2021-06-07, version 2.0* I’ve just £4:99 and I cannot get it to work the way it’s intended. Rubbish. Confusing. Would like my money back please. Nickname is taken therefore can’t post review. ### 1/5 — Trying to trace but images keep on moving *2021-05-07* I paid for this app but it so annoying because you are trying to trace the pictures but it’s keep on moving images. They don’t have option to lock the screen images. **Developer response:** We're sorry to hear that. Please contact us by email to get a customer support ### 1/5 — Doesn’t do what it says on the tin! *2021-04-21, version 1.2* Very disappointed as I purchased this as it says it’s a projector. You can only trace from your phone - it doesn’t project the image from your phone onto paper or object like I believed it would ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — WAY too much ads *2026-02-24, version 6.2* whenever i try to use the trace feature it ALWAYS resets because of the ads every few seconds it’s so stupid it pmo ### 1/5 — Fake imitation *2025-07-23* Attention C’est une pâle imitation de l’autre App camera lucida C’est une arnaque ### 1/5 — Used to be free and doesn’t work unless you pay *2025-03-20* Not free anymore!!!! A pop up exits you out of your drawing every minute and you lose where you were. This app used to be free but now it is a scam to get you to pay for the other version. So stupid!!! ### 1/5 — Very disappointed. *2024-07-19* There is very little there, there. ### 1/5 — Don’t buy this rubbish *2024-06-29, version 6.2* I would have given this a - 0 value They should not be allowed to put Camera Lucida's name on this RUBBISH. It’s not worth the money and it doesn’t work. Tested and BUSTED………………………………………………………………………………………. ### 1/5 — Horrible don’t get it *2024-02-10* Is App is horrible you’re better off getting tracing paper, nothing is described. First thing you see is three different price ranges, you don’t have an opportunity to experience a free trial like most apps it only gives you 10 seconds max to start drawing and when you look. The drawing is very small I would say Imgur negative unless it was free for kids. ### 1/5 — Not same app as Camera Lucida *2023-12-07* Do not buy, Not the same app as seen on You Tube videos advertised by “Peter” the developer of Camera Lucida . Does not have functions like it and when trying to use it, everything has to be done in reverse ( tracing image is done from right- left- impossible, positioning paper is backwards -front is back, back is front, etc. ### 1/5 — Won’t let you even try without paying *2023-03-06* Gave me 10 seconds between resets if I didn’t pay. I have no idea how or if it would work. ### 1/5 — It’s terrible *2023-01-03, version 2.91* It barely works, every 30 seconds it tells you to buy premium and if you click the X it erases all of your progress and you have to do it again. Very disappointed 👎☹️ ### 1/5 — Can’t do anything *2023-01-02* I tried to draw a photo I picked but once I set it up the add to buy it immediately, than it exited out ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this app it has made me become a top notch artist! *2023-09-25* Best app ever ### 5/5 — Parfait! *2023-07-24* C’est ce que je recherchais alors merci 🤭 ### 2/5 — Horrible *2022-12-07* La versión gratuita apenas te unos pocos segundos para dibujar, y la de paga no ofrese casi nada ### 2/5 — Good in theory *2021-03-22* But the reference image moves when I adjust the opacity slider (v annoying) and the phone screen turns off if I don’t touch it for 30 seconds (would be nice if it didn’t) **Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback! We're fix it asap ### 2/5 — Good concept, not free *2021-03-20, version 1.2* Concept is great; works well. Can change opacity to low and use the phone screen to see where the lines are to draw. This only works for 10 seconds before changing to a screen asking you to buy the full version; cross of this screen and you have to choose the image, set the opacity and re-size it all over again. Impossible to use without buying it. ### 2/5 — Rotation *2021-01-17* I need to be able to rotate a picture....it would help with scale **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! We'll implement it with a next release --- *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 2026-08-25.*