Filmic Firstlight User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience37.0% of reviews
Neutral14.0% of reviews
Negative experience49.0% of reviews

~ Based on 243 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Filmic Firstlight Safe?

Filmic Firstlight - Photo App appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Filmic Firstlight is 90/100.

This assessment is based on 910 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

86.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
9.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 910 App Store ratings for Filmic Firstlight.

Is Filmic Firstlight Legit?

Filmic Firstlight - Photo App appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Filmic Firstlight is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Vom Einmalkauf zum Abo!!!

Ich habe diese App damals zum Einmalkauf erworben. Nach dem Verkauf an Bending Spoons ist sie zum Abomodell gewechselt.

Nicht mehr zu empfehlen!!!

Canceled at 5 days into trial.

Charged me anyway- app is bad

Awful

Shameless cash grab with no features added since this was killed off.

Agora ficou excelente.

Eu uso como o aplicativo oficial para fotografar em todos os lugares.

Not recommended

I have as of yet not been able to find a decent photography app for IOS that doesn't charge a subscription, that's important because 99% of features like manual mode do NOT require a backend server and because a phone camera is the camera most people have with them and thus will learn with, this not only makes it economical to learn with a real camera that doesn't cost per month to use but also many photogs may accidentally keep paying for this even after switching to a real camera.

These apps are a faux pas, buy a real camera and save the subscription for Adobe or a decent cloud storage plan, which is one of the most important things a photographer should pay for.
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How about an update??

Almost a year has passed since the last update. I hoping for better image quality (especially with the 5x camera) and ProRAW files by themselves instead of being paired with HEIF or JPEG.

Terribly frustrating

Works ok but could use more features especially if it’s a subscription. However, I won’t be paying for it simply because the app is worthless if you have limited cell or WiFi service. Weak signals resulted in the app taking several minutes in some cases to open/switch to and resulted in too many missed shots. Maybe this was the app trying to verify my subscription status
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Can app remember settings

Is it possible to make the app recall settings that were used last time, including the colour profile? Now, when I close the app, it always starts with the basic profile. Otherwise, it's a good app.

Chato

Sempre que abre o app ele tem que validar o acesso, precisa de internet pra isso, muito chato! Nem sempre estou on-line pra isso, já comprou, baixou, deixar usar!

App won’t open without internet service

Seriously?

Why cannot I use Filmic Pro Legacy?

Can’t believe that after updating Firstlight it won’t open the Legacy version - take me straight to the App Store to download v7 WHY? I paid a premium for Firstlight and then you remove the feature down the road? What else do you plan taking away- been a loyal user, paid for all the upgrades along the way, every app in the Filmic line up-
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Goodbye

Go try Halide or Fjorden.

Last used settings

Last settings isn’t stored.
Every launch needs to setup filters again

Garbage app

Greedy developer, crap app. Way to go and screw all your customers and supporters in your quest to further exploit your users via a subscription model. App deleted, will NEVER support your crap company again.

Rubbish

Using tele on my Iphone 14 pro just provides crop of 9mm lens of very poor quality.

Reviewing the reviews.

I would not buy any app where the developer is not consistently responding to reviews.
The developer should ask why, when someone says something is wrong.
Developers can’t just grab cash and not maintain their apps and their customers.
This is another app I will say no to.
Thank you.

Fantastisch … aber !!

Die App ist wirklich fantastisch. Vorallem die Stock Film Simulation finde ich sehr überzeugend. Ich habe nur einen für mich sehr wichtigen Kritikpunkt… warum kann man um Himmels Willen keine Persers speichern oder zumindest sollte die letzte Einstellung inkl. Der Filter gespeichert werden. Vignette und grauen werden gespeichert und beim öffnen der automatisch geladen so wie beim schließen der App eingestellt. Nur halt die Filter selbst nicht. Schnell nen Foto mit eingestelltem Filter geht also nicht. Immer erst Filter einstellen vorm Foto ist echt umständlich. Wenn dort irgendwie Abhilfe geschaffen werden könnte wäre die App in meinen Augen perfekt !!!
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2 Red Flags

A very big “NO” to tracking apps. Why does a photo app need to track its users. Looks like dishonest activity to me.
A very big “NO” to subscriptions. That is the whole reason I abandoned all Adobe apps. I won’t buy it.

Won’t Let You Try Without Subscribing

App won’t let you demo anything unless you subscribe to automatically pay once the trial period is complete.

Anamorphic Disaster

This software is supposed to wok with an anamorphic lens and it does…sometimes. But it has a glitch that changes the settings and you have to check every picture to make sure it isn’t squeezed. So many pictures have to be manually desqueezed. The app is unreliable, unfortunately.