# Coinoscope: visual coin search — user reviews > 68 indexed App Store user reviews of Coinoscope by Miccron, rated 3.30/5 from 133 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/coinoscope-visual-coin-search/id1329237590/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/coinoscope-visual-coin-search/id1329237590.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 57 · 4★ 17 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 41 ## What do users think of Coinoscope? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Good for identifying common coins - 👍 Helpful for newbies - 👍 Identifies foreign coins - 👍 Great recognition - 👍 Useful for sorting collections - 👍 Accurate identification - 👍 Good for beginners - 👍 Identifies old/foreign coins - 👍 Free app **Cons** - 👎 Inaccurate identification - 👎 Frequent intrusive ads - 👎 Daily scan limit restrictive - 👎 Does not grade coins - 👎 Misidentifies coins - 👎 Ads cover buttons - 👎 Valuations in dollars only - 👎 Slow/not a time saver - 👎 Ads too frequent - 👎 Camera focus issues - 👎 No support - 👎 Useless for older coins - 👎 Doesn't read year - 👎 Privacy concerns - 👎 Crashes frequently - 👎 Paid version not available - 👎 Requires in-person visit - 👎 Blurry pictures - 👎 Expensive app - 👎 Scans barcodes, not coins **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes - App freezes/initializes constantly - Camera says 'invalid argument' - Ads cover camera button - Constant pop-up ads - Ads with music cannot be backed out of - App switches to Google ad - App sends coin pics to data brokers - Security concern: login attempt after download - Bad URL **Most requested features** - Allow photo import from library - Add flash for camera - Add landscape mode for iPad - Option to remove ads (paid version) - Sort catalog alphabetically or by date - Improve camera focus/macro control - Add grading feature - Allow typing in coin details/errors - Support UK currency for valuations - Allow scanning from camera roll ## Newest reviews (18 of 68) ### 3/5 — Coin identified *2026-04-12* Only identifies and shows what coin could be worth. Does not grade, yet, if you just need identification, it identified. I really do not need to identify; I would prefer a grading. A few scans misidentified but my thought is if not a clear enough pic, could do this. Identified my Madison dollar coin as a George Washington dollar. ### 3/5 — Average *2025-09-09* Tells me what I already know , what the coin is and then a generic description the same as Google lens . Doesn’t pick up errors I’ve tried double stamped coins I’ve tried many things and doesn’t pick it up just tells me eg 1999 $2 coin with Queen Elizabeth 11 on it these are face value but if it had errors could be worth more , so ok I have eyes I can see that already lol ### 3/5 — I don’t know *2025-04-18* The app is ok but when I take a picture for example a 1990 US penny, it shows everything but a value for the 1990 US penny I wanted to know the value. Btw I know the 1990 US penny is basically worth $0.10 maximum but I just used it for a test. ### 2/5 — Valuations are in dollars! *2025-04-13* The app works well identifying coins but all the valuations are in dollars, I want UK currency - £s. ### 2/5 — No works *2025-02-21, version 1.7.0* Never worked accurately ### 4/5 — It was good *2025-01-08* It was okay, the ads were a little bit annoying and the constant “hey do you want to get pro?!” ### 1/5 — Ads cover the button *2023-11-23, version 1.5.3* The advertisements cover more than half of the camera button and make it very difficult to take pictures of your coins, would recommend using on android instead. ### 2/5 — Not the time saver I thought it would be *2023-11-09* It does a good job of recognizing the type of coin, but then you have to choose from a list to narrow down the date, etc. then, when you click on the button to determine the value, you’re presented with another long list of possible choices. You can do this quickly with a regular coin book. Maybe I expected too much. I was thinking that perhaps the technology had progressed enough to where it would detect the date and even the condition of the coin and give you a value based on that. Maybe that’s in the future with the current state of how AI is progressing. ### 4/5 — Good *2023-10-14* It has lots of ads but it is great ### 1/5 — Plumbob66 *2023-10-05* Absolutely crap system absolutely terrible app don’t even bother, I have scanned 14 coins from Europe, Cuba and America, and every single one of them has come back on this app as being either Chinese, Indian or of an African origin, even though the coins I have scanned obviously come from Cuba, America, France, and the Uk ### 1/5 — Waste of time. *2023-08-26, version 1.5.3* This app isn’t accurate at all, don’t waste your time on ts. ### 1/5 — Not accurate *2023-08-19* None of my coins registered and none of the options listed were even close. I had 1955 &1959 Pennie’s to scan and nothing popped up close to it. 1915, 1981, 1945. Then no option to type it in. It should have options to type in info/errors etc. wouldn’t recommend. ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2023-08-06* I love the app it is amazing and is really underrated but the only things that are bugging me is that it sometimes dosnt show the coin even though it’s clear but still bussin app ### 1/5 — Self serving app that is a waste of time *2023-07-02, version 1.5.3* I set the app up and took a photo of a coin, and the app provided links to buy the coin. I don’t know what MCM, eBay, et Al are paying for this advertisement, but I am not interested ### 1/5 — Weak very weak *2023-06-17* They have a website and it only does photos from your saved photos as in no camera shots, this does the oposite. Take the shot and scroll through endless coins with no way to link it to your online account when completed. ### 1/5 — Not working *2023-03-24* Worked only once, now frozen just says ‘initialising’ constantly. So removed the App totally useless!!!! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work? *2023-03-07* Not saying I expected amazing things, but this app didn’t recognize basic coins and the older they got the worse it got… hoping for an update/bug fix for better results. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t even read year! *2023-02-23, version 1.5.3* Great that it knows the coin but won’t tell you the actual year even if easily ledgable ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Nothing what I expected *2026-06-14* I didn’t like the app. I have a good camera on my phone and pictures were very blurry, there was no definite answer. Rather go to someone in person. ### 1/5 — Don’t get this app *2025-12-21* I found this app to be lacking in professionalism and overall usability. The daily limit of only 15 coin scans is extremely restrictive, especially for anyone trying to value a collection properly. In addition, the constant pop‑up ads promoting more expensive valuation apps make the experience feel intrusive and frustrating. Unfortunately, the app does not offer the value or functionality it promises, and I do not believe it is worth customers’ time. I am very disappointed and will be requesting a refund. ### 1/5 — useless *2025-10-07, version 1.7.0* app can only scan barcodes, not coins — after 15 seconds, app switches to a Google ad ### 1/5 — Lohnt nicht *2025-08-11* In der free Version Werbung ohne Ende. Nach zwei Scanns eine Werbung, wirklich Nervtötend. Von 10 Münzen 3 falsch erkannt. Hab’s gleich wieder deinstalliert ### 1/5 — Ads every few seconds *2025-07-15* I could barely use the app because a stupid ad with music (that cannot be backed out of) starts playing every few seconds. I’d have to restart the app to use it only to be hit with another add. It worth the time downloading it. ### 1/5 — Terrible this deserves 0 stars *2025-07-04, version 1.7.0* I was snapping some photos of a 1993-S quarter just to see value, but when it popped up similar coins it was showing penny’s ranging from 1952-1978. I decided to try some others and it was very inaccurate I recommend coin facts for a free accurate and easy to use identifier that shows accurate price ranges. I am disappointed. ### 1/5 — useless *2025-02-17, version 1.7.0* it couldn't even recognize multiple 1940’s mercury head dimes. this app is useless ### 1/5 — Misidentified coins *2025-02-15, version 1.7.0* I downloaded the app. I tested 4 different coins. It identified the type of coin but all had the wrong date and mint mark. I deleted it. ### 1/5 — Installation *2025-02-12, version 1.7.0* I downloaded coinoscope and it was charging $34.99. I was under the impression this was a FREE app what do i do ?Thanks dano ### 1/5 — Cathy *2025-01-05* Can’t use this app. Bad url ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing *2023-07-14, version 1.5.3* I found a Norway 1999-2003 coin in the ballpark for 500$ and a italy two cents Euro for 94€ Would use again love it 5-5 ### 5/5 — SO BUSSIN *2023-02-01* An actual buzzy bussin app oh my ratotoille ritz crackers this app made my toes tingle 😌 ### 5/5 — Bravo *2022-07-25* Cette application est superbe ### 5/5 — YEY! Perfect Coin AppFor a Newbie *2022-05-07, version 1.5.2* So excited, all info in one spot. Perfect for newbies like myself! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2021-12-21* By far one of the best coin identifiers out there. Has great recognition and fantastic layout. Extremely helpful for identifying coins that are old or in another language. I would definitely recommend this to anybody who needs help with coins. ### 5/5 — Absolutely perfect *2021-10-28* Very useful for me when I find a coin in a whole other language and can’t identify the country and it’s really fun to estimate how much it’s worth too helped way more then I thought it would and I couldn’t recommend it more. Really great if your like me and started coin collecting recently and don’t know too much about coins. Overall perfect. ### 5/5 — Good choice *2021-08-27* Best choice to scan the coin and get to know which country is that from. Thanks so much and highly recommend it if you are stuck with some old coin and don’t know where is it from. ### 5/5 — Good App *2020-11-11, version 1.4.2* There really getting this app better keep this app plz ### 5/5 — SO Helpful *2020-10-18, version 1.4.2* Going through a world coin bag today and this app is so very helpful. I’m highly impressed. Not only does it tell you where the coin is from but it also provides so much information on the side. I will definitely be giving them a shoutout in my next YouTube video! #CoinHuntingWithEmily ### 5/5 — GREAT APP! *2020-10-17* Thanks to who ever made it. Works great! And is wonderful for anyone who has a bunch of world coins, and doesn’t know about them. I would recommend to anyone. Thanks! --- *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 2026-08-27.*