# Cartoon Sketch Picture Filters — user reviews > 43 indexed App Store user reviews of Cartoon Sketch Picture Filters by dawen huang, rated 4.54/5 from 2,125 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cartoon-sketch-picture-filters/id955253190/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cartoon-sketch-picture-filters/id955253190.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,552 · 4★ 348 · 3★ 124 · 2★ 31 · 1★ 70 ## What do users think of Cartoon Sketch Picture Filters? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🎨 Lots of great filters and effects - 💯 Awesome for turning photos into drawings/sketches - 🎨 Good for editing reference photos for artists - 🎨 Fun and creative photo editing app **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and freezes - 🐛 Slow performance with some filters - 🔍 Difficult to focus/expose camera - 🔍 Limited camera controls - 💰 Ads can be annoying **Commonly reported bugs** - Unexpected images appearing in filters - Losing work due to crashes - Camera issues like focus and exposure problems **Most requested features** - Undo/redo functionality - Save/load work sessions - Higher resolution image export - More customization options for filters - Video editing capabilities ## Newest reviews (13 of 43) ### 5/5 — Best I have found *2016-01-22, version 1.4* I have been looking for a good app that would just take my picture and add cartoon effect in good quality with simple steps. Well my search is over this app is Awesome Easy to use and has many more effects in addition to cartoon and line drawing. Very pleased!!! ### 5/5 — Speechless *2015-12-29, version 1.4* I LOVE THIS APP! I had to go to so many others but they had a lot of mess ups but this app is just amazing how you can turn your pictures into drawings it's really cool I personally recommend this app to people how like drawing or anybody really but it's awesome! ### 5/5 — So far so good *2015-09-06, version 1.4* Have not had a chance to really play around with this app. But it does show a lot of promise in regards to the versatility of "morphing" each photo. I have not yet tried to import or print any photos yet ### 5/5 — Love this! *2015-08-27, version 1.4* This is one of the best apps for your photos. I love all the filters and being able to turn my pictures into sketches. I can spend hours creating! ### 5/5 — Nice easy app for simple photo changes *2015-08-20, version 1.4* Nice filters, particularly the cartoonish ones. I like having multiple apps to adjust and readjust by changing in one app then moving it thru another. Good one for this type of editing. ### 5/5 — Nice *2015-08-17, version 1.4* A pretty decent photo editing app. I've used it several times now with no issues. Would recommend it to others. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2015-08-17, version 1.4* This app is awesome!! I would recommend it to any and everyone! They have all kinds of different types of sketches from black and white to colored ones. Love it! ### 5/5 — Such a great app *2015-08-15, version 1.4* The app works pretty fine, it has a lot of options to customize your pics, totally recommend ;) ### 5/5 — None *2015-08-13, version 1.4* This is a great app and it's fun to play with. I enjoy the different ways you can change your photos. Makes me look awesome 💚 ### 5/5 — Love it!!!! *2015-08-07, version 1.4* Im the kind of person that looks at a picture to draw and now i can see where and how to shade some parts of dragons and other animals! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2015-07-25, version 1.4* I love being able to make cartoon effects. The blemish removal tool is a great option. And the app runs smooth. Great editing all around. ### 5/5 — So fun :) *2015-07-18, version 1.4* Even though I'm a visual artist, I find this app very entertaining... and it also helps my drawing technique by comparing areas of shading, highlight, etc on their more technically accurate version. Still trying to figure out if they allow adjustments to brightness, etc... hopefully they do. Regardless, I highly recommend. ### 5/5 — IT IS GREAT!!!!👍 *2015-07-16, version 1.4* This app does great editing and effects!!! It is an easy and fun app to use!!! I would definitely suggest this app to anyone that loves fun apps,editing,and photo booths!!!👍👍👍 I would give this a full 5 star rating!!!👍👍👍 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — One of the filters brings up a porn image *2019-12-20, version 1.5* I was trying to put a filter on a picture of our dog with my 10 year old. The filter called “ColorPecil” that looks like a colored line drawing pulls up a new image of a woman naked and spread eagled on a bed! Don’t use this app without checking the filters first to make sure the developer fixes it. I couldn’t figure out how to notify them or Apple about the problem from the app or the App Store so I’m hoping they’ll see the review. ### 1/5 — Won’t give me result and keeps crashing *2019-09-03, version 1.5* I choose the photo, then choose the filter and it looks like it’s doing something , but instead...nothing then it crashes. I was pleased with this app, but now I can’t use it anymore. I paid for Pro.....this is what I’m getting. On the last week of August, I was getting a picture done and all of a sudden a picture of an Indian male appeared and the picture I was editing disappeared. Terrible thing to happen. Where did my picture go and why did this happen? ### 2/5 — It’s OK *2018-08-12, version 1.5* This is an OK app that has the same filters as most similar apps. I think that there has to be a platform that most use to make similar apps. Because other apps look similar as well. Some filters take for ever to load up. Seriously, some filters are very slow to load up. And sometimes when you try to use those filters the app crashes. One of the apps I try had the cool feature that you could swipe left or right on the screen to go from one filter to another. With this app you have to tap on the left to have the bar appear, tap on the filters button, and the. Select the next filer. Oo many steps. Another app had the cool feature of having two slide bars at the bottom to change the strength of the effects. Sometimes a little can do the job. Another one had contrast, exposure, and filter strength. Also pretty cool! All that for a similar price. I paid for the pro features not knowing they had a pro version of the app out. Which makes me wonder if it’s more stable. I hope it has the same features. In a nutshell, the app needs to stop crashing, be faster, have the ability to go from one filter to another faster with the image in full screen, add more new filters, and incorporate filter effect settings to better compete against other similar priced apps. ### 2/5 — Here's Your Frickin' Review *2015-07-09, version 1.4* The app's camera needs work. First off, it's very difficult to adjust exposure and get the lens to focus by tapping. When I tap the screen in camera mode, a little green dot comes around my finger. If I double tap, I get a green quickly, then white. I have no idea what this means. Second, I can't even get the flash on and off. It's like tapping the frickin' lighting bolt won't even register. Besides the camera, I'd like a faster way to save to camera roll, you have to tap quite a few things to do that. What can I say? The PS Express app has spoiled me. That was a pretty cheap shot removing the last 15 filters unless you rate the app, guys.* It's always a bad idea to use negative punishment on customers. Now gimme back my frickin' filters (*The app lets you use the last 15 filters next to the locked ones at first. Then the inevitable "rate us" popup comes along. If you say "no" or "later" they'll make those 15 unavailable till you rate.) ### 3/5 — Please Add High Resolution Save Option *2015-10-16, version 1.4* Oct 2015: We still love this app and all the beautiful effects it can add to pictures. However, we have been very frustrated many times that it can't save at a high resolution. It doesn't even have size saving options like many other good photo apps. We've made awesome pictures we wanted to print and hang up but the resolution of the saved images is too small. Sept 2015: I love that you can edit pictures already taken unlike some other apps. In no time our pictures were going from cute to wow and the tablet was being passed around for the whole family to see. Ads are annoying but we are already ready to upgrade and get rid of those. After using and loving this app my two girls,10 and 7, both were excited about what they can do using this app for the PTA Reflections art contest. Fun to see kids excited about photography!! ### 4/5 — Resolution and video *2017-03-13, version 1.4* A video option would make this the best app ever. The resolution could be better and it does not completely sync with my iPhone. The sketch option needs some improvement for those with a fairer complexion. Overall it's a great app. ### 4/5 — Cool, could be better. *2015-09-18, version 1.4* I was recommended this app by a friend. Coming from an artist, this app is great. However, the shading in several of the more traditional filters seems to be left out. Shading makes the drawings more lifelike and should definitely be included. Aside from that small little recommendation, this app is very nice! ### 4/5 — Great app *2015-08-13, version 1.4* As a visual artist and teacher I like this app because it has more realistic features that are true to form. It's great for students to compare their drawing to in order to see what parts of their work need improvements . ### 4/5 — Great fun *2015-06-29, version 1.4* This puts a fun spin on your pics. I like to use the pencil drawings for friends and family members. As most "free" apps, this has content to unlock and possibly purchase, so be aware. There is some good free content and filters though. I haven't tried the other similar apps yet, but this one seems pretty good. ### 4/5 — Great app *2015-06-15, version 1.4* The filters are great and there are quite a few but the adds get very annoying as it pops up all the time. Would be nice to see some examples and give some instruction. All in all a good app ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — pretty neat; i just need some things put in *2019-11-17, version 1.5* this is pretty much the only app i found that was like this-- i really like it. the thing is, i just need an undo-redo button. i make a lot of mistakes, and i cant undo it. and another thing, i want it to have either save slots or just save what i did recently. the first time i got on i expected my work to be saved and just automatically show up the second time i got on; but nope. i just need these things, and thats it. i do like this app, though! its pretty cool. ♡♡♡ ### 5/5 — Update needed *2018-02-19, version 1.4* Please update the app. This has been the perfect app for all my photo needs and I can’t be happy without it! Again please update ### 5/5 — Nice app *2017-10-28, version 1.4* Very good app. Does what it claims. I needed to go from an animated drawing of a still to a moving (video) image and this works beautifully. Nice job. Plus it's great for reimagining all kinds of everyday shots. ### 5/5 — great app for sketching *2017-09-12, version 1.4* I use this app to edit my reference pictures to be easier to draw. I love the 'high-def' feature, I use that a ton. Overall a good app ### 5/5 — CartoonSketch *2017-08-03, version 1.4* Nice work but some of the pictures look the same or get stuck on the last picture Cartoon ### 5/5 — Very nice tool *2017-03-22, version 1.4* I really like this tool, very easy to use and it has lots of good filters--just wish I could pay to get rid of the ads... ### 5/5 — Easy to use with existing photos *2016-11-24, version 1.4* The results and options you have to choose from make this one of the best photo editors I have used ### 5/5 — Great effects! *2016-10-06, version 1.4* This is a fabulous app for digital artists. Is there an equivalent desktop version that I can use to work on very large images. If not, there needs to be. ### 5/5 — I actually really liked this one. *2016-05-25, version 1.4* Good editing options. Lots of fun effect filters. I just wanted something to cartoon a picture and this one was the best one I found. Haven't had any problems with it so far. ### 5/5 — Repeat Quits *2016-03-17, version 1.4* Horrid experience. This app repeatedly quit on my 2nd time using it. After 10mins, 20mins, 5mins & an hour of work on 1 pic I lost everything I had done, including the orig photo. It does not have an "undo" feature so if you make a mistake (even in 1 drawing line if you err) you have to cancel all your work and start over, which is rarely a problem cuz it quits on you and you loose it all anyway and have to completely start over!! This is a problem in the draw feature. Haven't had a chance to get to any of the others yet. Too busy loosing all my work and time. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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