# DNArt for DeviantArt — user reviews > 31 indexed App Store user reviews of DNArt for DeviantArt by aboudoulaye yatera, rated 4.16/5 from 166 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dnart-for-deviantart/id1241416179/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dnart-for-deviantart/id1241416179.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 108 · 4★ 20 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 19 ## Newest reviews (10 of 31) ### 2/5 — Long time user *2023-05-26* I’ve been a long time user of this app. Several years now. At first there were no ads. It was great. Then ads started appearing here and there when you’d click on an art piece. It wasn’t too bad. Lately though the ad drops have increased to a point where I actually hesitate to even use the app. Sometimes I do avoid it to spare myself the frustration. I miss the old days. Even the days when the ads were much less frequent than they are today were still better than now. If not for the uptick in ad frequency, I’d have given this app a solid 4 or 5 stars. I miss the earlier DNArt. **Developer response:** Thanks for you detailed feedback, Update is live, feel free to send me further remarks. ### 3/5 — Started faltering *2023-03-05* When i started using the app it was great, but currently the search function is broken and ads pop sometimes back to back **Developer response:** Hi, long overdue update has been publish to adapt to DA server changes. ### 4/5 — Dark mode not working, breaks UI *2021-08-06, version 3.6.0* Currently using iPad Pro. Dark mode is switched for the system, but it doesn’t result in making the UI darker like android version, just a bunch of the text being white and difficult to read. Please fix! ### 3/5 — Good, but could use some improvements *2021-06-20* I like this app a lot, and I use it over the DeviantArt app. But while using this app, I’ve noticed some issues that impact the experience. Somewhat frequently I’ve experienced media posts refusing to load, failing to load, and even crashing the app. Also, none of the text posts load anything more than probably the first paragraph. About once every couple of minutes, the app gives a network error when loading a page or loading posts when scrolling, prompting to retry. While the ads aren’t nearly as in my face as other apps, the remove ads option doesn’t seem to work. When I select remove ads, it doesn’t show a price, only Loading. And the option to subscribe doesn’t work, only gives an error. And one feature that would be great to have, and maybe even necessary for some, is the option to clear the cache. After a while of using this app, I noticed that the size of the documents and data had reached 1.5GB. The only way I’ve found to reduce it was to delete the app and reinstall it. ### 3/5 — Buttons not working *2021-01-12* On my version of the app after the latest update some of the buttons stopped working and now I can search and I can see the people I follow's creations. Please fix sooner than later. I love the app before except for the constant crashing. ### 3/5 — Category searching doesn’t work *2021-01-12* I just downloaded the app and one of the search features touted doesn’t work. There are no content categories listed. The only one is “all”. Also trying to favorite something doesn’t let me select which folder to put it in. It looks like it’s asking for a group, but the choice isn’t visible. Other than that it seems okay. I’d like to see a slideshow option though. ### 3/5 — Uh, something is happening *2021-01-01* I’ve been using this app for a while and I thought it was awesome, but since the last update, I can no longer see the titles of things and can barely read the information about pieces. Idk, all of the words have turned white, like there’s some kind of dark mode happening, but the backgrounds are also white. It’d be one thing if it was just hard to read, but it also hurts my eyes to look at ### 4/5 — Easily the best DA browsing option for iPad *2020-04-22* For reasons unknown, the official DA app would instantly crash on launch, leading me to search for a more stable option. DNArt is the perfect solution. It’s snappy, responsive, and intuitive once you get the hang of it’s interface. My sole complaint (and the thing that keeps me from using it more than I do) is the lack of a Dark mode theme. I’m an insomniac, and most commonly use my iPad in bed. Dark mode apps insure I can browse without disturbing the missus with a bright white background. **Developer response:** Thank you BadServo for the feedback. Well... a dark mode is not a bad idea, i'll take a look at that ! ### 3/5 — Very nice and simple *2020-03-08* Really nice app! Much better than the official app, or trying to use DA's buggy mobile site. The only thing I was disappointed with was being unable to search for collections. Also, it has crashed a few times for me. Idk what causes it. Edit: I have actually found that browsing gifs causes the app to crash often :/ **Developer response:** Hi fullmoon119, thank you i'll take a look ### 4/5 — Buona Alternativa a Deviantart *2019-10-06* Ottima alternativa all'app ufficiale, sarebbe da 5 stelle se ci fosse la Dark Mode e la possibilita di tenere i Watch in home page appena apri l'app e non ogni volta andare ad aprirli manualmente. **Developer response:** Hi thank's, The dark mode is a good idea, i take note. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work well at all. *2025-01-13* This is super buggy. Using on a brand new Max pro The menu selector disappears after the first login. The first login didn’t give me the correct autofill (my fault) but now I can’t get rid of that login to access the correct account. It’s disappointing because DA native app doesn’t work at all. Also, I have no problem with ads but they are far too frequent. ### 1/5 — No navigation??? *2024-12-17* There is literally no navigation menu anywhere on the screen, as in the screenshots here. No way to browse categories or view any saved items. Search bar only shows up sometimes. Incredibly terrible UX. ### 1/5 — Fix Search Option *2024-09-21* Hello, I really enjoyed this app and it’s ability to search for art that was popular in the span of thirty days, a week, newest, and all time. Now that function is not present and I would appreciate if it made a return as it was the feature I liked most about it. **Developer response:** Hi Firegirl, Unfortunately DeviantArt has removed this functionality for third party apps. Was not removed intentionally. Thanks. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work! *2023-09-16* I can’t even search for anything, and the text blends in with its background (white text on white background)! Please fix this!!!! ### 1/5 — mit Reklame VERSEUCHT, und wie... *2023-08-18* ... ### 1/5 — Nonfunctional *2023-06-21* Cannot navigate through app. Cannot search! Deleted in less than 5 minutes. ### 1/5 — Non functional *2023-03-14* Doesn’t let you search ### 1/5 — Search Function Busted *2022-12-16* The app worked great up until the latest update, and now I can only search by newest, with all of the other sort options not working at all. When the app gets fixed, I’ll change my review, but until then, you’re better off sticking with the official DeviantArt app. **Developer response:** Update is live, don't hesitate to send me your feedbacks ! ### 1/5 — Can’t read a thing *2022-04-06, version 4.0.1* This app needs to be fixed. The background is white and so are letters, and I can’t read titles or anything. It’s very hard to see things in this app. **Developer response:** Update is live, don't hesitate to send me your feedbacks ! ### 1/5 — What happened *2021-03-13* I paid for yearly subscription with no ads now I have ads again. Everything is now white on white for text and no way to change and can’t read anything. No way to contact customer service. **Developer response:** Hi ! please can you tell what device you are using. I'll check that. My email : yatera.dev@outlook.com ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I can’t see the pictures *2024-07-29* I went to the app and I can’t see the pictures. **Developer response:** Hi ! Thanks for you feedback, DA made some changes on their server. It's now working with the latest DNArt version ! ### 5/5 — Pretty Cool *2024-01-13* This app was a lot better then I though and will be useful in the future. Thanks 👍 **Developer response:** Thanks for the support, New version is now here. ### 5/5 — Beautiful Art *2022-01-22, version 3.6.0* So many independent talented artists on this platform. ### 5/5 — Goot. *2021-12-21* Excellent if I say so myself. Brings art for viewing and anyone can contribute. It’s a sign of the good in modern times. I see it as a map of possible human futures not just angel as it’s the nameless ones worst nightmare. Getting bored. So if everyone got their pencil out. Now we all have a place to show how good we all are at something. Well done everyone. Psionic art for next. ### 5/5 — Question *2020-10-04, version 3.5.0* How do you publish post or art **Developer response:** Hi therhj, the app is typically an explorer. To publish you'll need to go to DeviantArt official website. Hope this will help. ### 5/5 — Favorites/fix *2019-12-01* This app is honestly very great the only complaint I have is that when looking at my favorites it only shows the featured, but there is no all portion for favorites so I’m unable to see all of my favorites. Edit: this problem appears to have been fixed and it was very quickly after I made the review 10/10 developer response. **Developer response:** Thank you thejrg4 ! I really appreciate. ### 5/5 — Fantastic App *2019-08-11* Works very well, makes browsing DA a breeze on mobile. Recently made the switch from browser and it’s great One thing id would like to see implemented would be proper support for literature. Currently it cuts off all literature at a point so if this could be changed that would be stellar. **Developer response:** Hi Jubbly_, thank you very much. You should be able to scroll the text.... I'll take a look ! ### 5/5 — Good Dev Support *2019-05-11* When I first used this app, there was not yet the ability to zoom on images, which was a feature essential to my user experience. After mentioning it in a review, I had one of the fastest responses and feature updates that I've seen. Nicest feature: In-App mature content setting. Apple's TOS means you need to change the desktop website setting to see mature content at all, but it's really nice after that to be able to switch it off and back on again from within the app. A+ implementation. Current worst issue: The browsing focus when scrolling through thumbnails and swiping through images is not synced. If you click on a thumbnail, swipe through 20 pictures, and then go back to the thumbnail view, you'll be back where you started. I believe that image load times are better on DNArt than with the official DeviantArt App, and I don't know how much of that has to do with loading the thumbnails in the background. I still think the user experience would be better with synced browsing, though. **Developer response:** Hi DGP-G ! Your request was very relevant. as I rarely have to scroll in images myself using the app, I didn't encounter this problem. That's why I listen carefuly to feedbacks. I'll take a look at the other issues when I have some time. Thank's ! ### 4/5 — Really good *2022-02-07* It’s a better way of using DeviantArt than the app My only complaint is that dark mode doesn’t work in it ### 4/5 — Dark mode would be nice *2021-11-11* It’s an ok app it’d be nice if it had a dark mode and things were easier to read for sure --- *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.*