# Effects Studio — user reviews > 65 indexed App Store user reviews of Effects Studio by Claude Bezeaud, rated 4.70/5 from 786 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/effects-studio/id780467456/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/effects-studio/id780467456.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 638 · 4★ 107 · 3★ 25 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of Effects Studio? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Lots of editing options - 💡 Powerful and easy-to-use interface - 🎨 Great variety of filters and effects - 🖼️ Simple and intuitive photo editing **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and stability issues - 🔍 Missing key features like undo and zoom - 🤖 Not optimized for latest iOS versions - 💤 Lack of updates and support **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when trying to access certain features - UI elements become obscured or inaccessible - Editing mode gets stuck with no way to exit **Most requested features** - Add undo/redo functionality - Improve photo extension capabilities - Implement more advanced editing tools - Add support for higher resolution images ## Newest reviews (15 of 65) ### 2/5 — 闪退 *2025-12-05, version 4.4.5* 26.1系统17pro，选择相机就闪退 ### 2/5 — IOS 16 bug *2022-09-25, version 4.4.5* Currently, you can access all the menus, but are stuck in the editing mode with no way to get back to the main program. The ‘Done’ and ‘Back’ buttons are obscured. I’m sure this is about to be fixed. Until then a normaly excellent app is useless. ### 3/5 — Needs update! *2021-02-27* Loved this app!!! But no updates mean it’s now crashing. I hope they fix it ### 2/5 — Needs an “undo” option *2019-02-02* I just tried to paint a simple drawing. Needed to undo one small segment of it. I hit the Back button and it canceled my project so I had to start from square one. Very frustrating. ### 3/5 — Lack of extension power *2018-03-30* I purchased this for support of the iOS photos extension. I wanted to start my workflow from photos and edit with this extension. That power is not here, only a few presets. I don’t blame the developer as a photos extension store or store photos extension category in the App Store are either non existent or unsurfaced by Apple. I refuse to rate the app because this isn’t really the developers fault. I’m going to go search for something else in the mean time. **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for your comment which is very fair. We have a lot of work to do on the extensions and we hope to do it for one of our next updates ! ### 3/5 — Photos extension issue. *2017-07-22, version 4.3.7* This app has a lot of editing features but the photos extension seems broken in that if you use the extension, you can select an effect but not tweak the strength of the effect like you can in the main app. ### 4/5 — Would Be 5bStar with a few improvements. *2017-05-27* This is a fantastic photo editing app. But I have a couple issues #1 I wish the extension offered more than just the photo filters from the application. It just seems wasteful to place a tool as multi-purpose as this into the extensions then only offer the filters. #2 When moving items you have placed on your photograph this app offers only a corner adjustment tool in the form of an arrow. Many photo editing applications offer alternative means to move items. It seems quite sensible to me due to the fact that we are talking about moving items around on a screen the size of a deck of playing cards. And the items themselves are often smaller than a quarter of the size of a postage stamp. However, All Things Considered ... Highly Recommended **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your review, your comments are very interesting and are already being studied. We strive to make Effects Studio as simple and accessible as possible for our users to make it even better. ### 5/5 — Love *2016-06-07, version 4.3.1* I love this! ### 4/5 — Nice *2016-04-27, version 4.2.3* A little hard to get bearings at first, but then it's smooth sailing. ### 4/5 — Thanks for Updating *2016-04-27, version 4.2.4* One of my primary finishing apps; thanks for the quick fix! ### 5/5 — Great photo editing app! *2016-04-09* I've found myself using this app a lot lately to gently touch up my photos. To be honest, I use this app along with other photo editing apps to get the most out of my iPhone's camera. Now, if you're like me, you're not a professional photographer. If you are, I'm sure at some point this app will disappoint you but that being said, this is still a wonderful app to touch up your photos. I would recommend this app to anyone who is looking to take their photography up a notch without being completely overwhelmed by most apps of the same nature. ### 5/5 — Great App *2016-03-24, version 4.2.0* This is a really Great App !! All in one app ### 5/5 — One of the best *2016-03-07* This photo editing app is one of the easiest apps to use and has quickly become one of my favorites next to camera+. I have several worthless photo editing apps on my phone but this is definitely not one of them! ### 5/5 — Love it! *2016-03-03, version 4.2.0* Easy to use and I was able to put in my own pictures and wording. No problems whatsoever. ### 3/5 — Missing feature *2016-03-03, version 4.2.0* Great app but there is a feature that's missing: patch (or clone). Would be great if it could be included. Grab an area of the image and clone it somewhere else in the image. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not optimised *2021-12-29, version 4.4.5* Writing from an iPhone 13 pro max. At the time of review, this app is not optimised and therefore UI elements such as the back button and other options are not accessible. ### 1/5 — CANT EVEN OPEN IT NOW *2020-12-13* CRASHES INSTANTLY CANT MESSAGE DEVELOPER 😡 **Developer response:** Sorry for this inconvenience you can get a refund from Apple ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2016-10-22, version 4.3.5* They did not fix any crashing problems. Scam ### 1/5 — meh. nothing special *2016-07-08, version 4.3.3* never used. no special effects. I can use another app for the same effects. not worth downloading. ### 1/5 — Can't use your app. *2016-06-06, version 4.3.0* It would have been useful knowing a head of time that iOS 8 is needed. I just threw away $1.99 to find out iOS 9 doesn't work with your app. ### 1/5 — Confused *2016-02-17, version 4.1.2* I open the app, open a photo and attempt to use effects...and the app closes. I updated the app, thinking that would fix the issue but it did not. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2016-02-07, version 4.1.1* Does not work... Tried drawing on a picture but nothing happens. Don't waste your time with this app, there are better ones out there. ### 1/5 — Crash *2015-12-09, version 4.1.0* Couldn't even use it. Just kept crashing. Glad I got it for free from Starbucks. Deleted. ### 1/5 — Icons are WAY too small to read *2015-07-14* I am retracting my earlier negative review. The developer has been very responsive and is addressing the issue of the small icons. Other than that detail, this is a powerful little app that offers a great deal poked flexibility and HIGH RESOLUTION export, which is what makes it so great. And no, I am not a paid reviewer. I was pretty critical of this when I bought it, but the fact that the developer wants feedback from users and is willing to improve his app made me a believer. ### 1/5 — Very disappointed *2014-12-15, version 3.3* Had high hopes for this as the description looked very good. There are plenty of filters and such like to choose from, but every time I try to apply some blur to a photo the app crashes. An unfortunate fundamental flaw in an otherwise potentially good app. Hope there is a fix released soon. Will happily revisit my review should that be necessary. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love it *2022-05-23* It’s a really funny app I send pic to my friends and they laugh so I love it ### 5/5 — Excellent all-purpose photo editing app! *2020-01-25* Although it’s had no updates in several years, everything seems to be working fine. A multitude of filters and effects are included. Plus, it’s in landscape mode! Recommended! **Developer response:** Thank you for your comment this helps us to progress. the correction will be available within a next update :) ### 5/5 — Easy. *2017-09-13* Fun ### 5/5 — Powerful and easy to use *2017-04-01, version 4.3.6* Good variety of non-destructive editing possibilities. I've downloaded and deleted loads of photo editing apps, but this one's a keeper. Versatile, powerful and easy to use. ### 5/5 — Great effects *2017-02-27* There are plenty of options in this photo app, especially effects and filters. I was pleasantly surprised. I had gotten rid of pretty much all my photo editing apps, but this app has a great variety. ### 5/5 — Simple and intuitive interface *2017-02-06, version 4.3.6* This is very good for someone looking to have a simple solution to your picture woes. Really nice and straightforward interface. ### 5/5 — An unsolicited rave review *2016-10-13* I am a retired women who started playing with digital art for fun. I was surprised that I sold some of my work. I own an embarrassingly amount of apps but this one is the best. Range of effects is amazing, ease of creating, resizing, printing, and saving each effort, commendable. I am going to see if the developers have an app for posting and selling, since that would be easy, also for using the images on phone cases, textiles and who knows what else. A must have app that leaves all the others in the dust. I would pay a lot of money for this app. It's great. ### 5/5 — Amazing photo editor *2016-09-17, version 4.3.5* I love the options for effects, filters & textures ### 5/5 — Effects Studio ~ Love it! *2016-08-08, version 4.3.5* Best photo app I've ever used. Just wish it was available for use on a Mac. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2016-06-15* I have been looking for an app like this for a long time. It has great editors and makes even my worst pics look amazing. I really recommend this app to anyone who is looking to improve their photos. I found this really helpful for editing titles photos for YouTube and other sources. I was a bit concerned about prices because I like my apps to be under $1 but I got it anyway and it is definitely worth the price. Overall I think this is a great app and a great way to extend your photography. --- *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.*