# Giveaway Picker for Instagram — user reviews > 36 indexed App Store user reviews of Giveaway Picker for Instagram by Marco Rosa, rated 4.77/5 from 1,890 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/giveaway-picker-for-instagram/id1519560066/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/giveaway-picker-for-instagram/id1519560066.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,742 · 4★ 41 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 84 ## What do users think of Giveaway Picker for Instagram? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Easy and excellent - 👍 Amazing - 👍 Simple and effective **Cons** - 🐛 Not random, an absolute SCAM - 🐛 Doesn't work - 🐛 Scam - 🐛 Errors on everything, won't register posts - 🐛 Continuously shows the same profiles, not fair - 🐛 Doesn't generate properly, not truly random - 🐛 Unusable after paying, only worked once - 🐛 Keeps failing even after paying - 🐛 Doesn't work, keeps saying 'FAIL' **Commonly reported bugs** - Stops working after payment - Doesn't register purchases, takes money but no tokens - Incompatible with some giveaways, says comments are off when they're not **Most requested features** - Provide clear directions on how to use the app - Improve randomization algorithm to account for all entries ## Newest reviews (13 of 36) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2021-04-06, version 1.5* Bought a coin and got an error message. Error message 5 times in a row. Can I get a refund please. Buyer beware ### 1/5 — Fail error msg *2021-04-05, version 1.5* Conveniently stops working after you pay for tokens. ### 1/5 — Not worth paying a second round *2021-03-29, version 1.5* Paid for a second round and it didn’t work. Ripped me off $2 ### 1/5 — Don’t bother! *2021-03-11, version 1.5* Paid for more coins and I still ended up with zero and money out of my account! Sent a message and haven’t heard anything back ### 1/5 — Worst app *2021-03-06, version 1.5* You have to pay for it and once it takes your money it gives you an error message. Do not use this app ### 1/5 — Cancel my monthly subscription please *2021-03-02, version 1.5* Been trying to get ahold of anyone to handle a charge for “coins” that I keep getting per month. I did not sign up for reoccurring payments with anyone and i have the invoices. I would appreciate some help which is also hard to find within the app. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t generate properly *2021-02-21, version 1.5* I generated a winner from my contest three times to see how random it would be since the photos of the that were rotating during the pick roll were only of the latest comments/entries. I had over 3500 entries and all three times it pulled one that was consistent as the winner or 2 substitutes and the others were all within the last 20 or so entries. It didn’t generate at least 3500 of the other entries and isn’t truly random while accounting for all entries. ### 1/5 — Unusable after paying *2021-02-21, version 1.5* Only worked once. After I paid for additional uses all I get are error messages. Tried copying link from browser and app, still did not work. Basically flushed my money down the toilet. ### 1/5 — horrible *2021-02-10, version 1.5* horrible app waste of money ### 1/5 — Hard work *2021-02-07, version 1.5* Couldnt find recording ### 1/5 — DO NOT BUY THIS *2021-01-31, version 1.5* If I could give zero stars I would. Purchased 3 tokens yet can’t use them!!! The picker says the link cannot work and to copy from safari, which I did, and it still doesn’t work. SCAM!! Takes your money & doesn’t even work. ### 1/5 — Wanted me to pay. *2021-01-30, version 1.5* The first time I tried to use this it wouldn’t let me continue without paying. Misleading. ### 1/5 — Horrible app *2021-01-19, version 1.5* Went on Instagram live and did not work for over an hour embarrassing ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not random *2025-06-20, version 1.9.1* Just chooses 3 from the most recent comments, out of almost 2000 comments it picked the 3 that were right in the “newest comments” section so it’s not even fair, absolute waste of money ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2023-03-06, version 1.9* Garbage app. Do not waste your time. Errors on everything I’ve done, won’t register my post as being active. Guess who gets to count her comments. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Do not download this! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2022-09-30, version 1.9* I just wanted a simple random giveaway picker and this seemed to be that. Unfortunately it doesn’t work. Put in the URL and it just spins forever. I’m happy at least that there was a free trial so at least it didn’t cost me anything. ### 1/5 — Scam!!!!!! *2022-07-14, version 1.9* This app took my money and didn’t do the giveaway. It kept loading and loading. Very disappointed!!!!!! ### 1/5 — Scam *2021-12-17, version 1.9* Bought 3 giveaway coins and then just got error messages ### 1/5 — Horrible! *2021-12-01, version 1.8* I purchased 3 tokens to test this out. I tried it MULTIPLE times with different settings and it continuously showed the same 2 or 3 profiles and picked the same one every time. Worthless. This is definitely not a fair way to run a giveaway. ### 1/5 — Shady *2021-10-19, version 1.8* It’s only FREE FOR THE FIRST TIME, but they won’t tell you that right away - They want you to give them a 5 star so rating comes right after your first free giveaway. ### 1/5 — NOT Random, an absolute SCAM *2021-09-22, version 1.8* I’m not one to normally write reviews but this app is an absolute scam. I tested this app for one of my giveaways with over 5,000 entires. The “random” selection is not random at all. I paid $2.99 for 3 coins and ALL 3 times generated the same 4 names. This is by far the most unprofessional app I have ever used. It should be taken off of the App Store immediately ### 1/5 — No Directions- AT ALL! *2021-09-14, version 1.7* How are we supposed to know how to use this app?! There are no directions on what to do, where to do what, how to do it, nothing. This app is a joke. No thanks. Deleting. ### 1/5 — Chose the last 2 comments *2021-08-28, version 1.7* It was not random at all. The picker chose the last 2 people that commented on the giveaway. That’s statistically highly unlikely. I even paid the $1.99!!! So annoying. And I’m not one to write reviews. ## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Buena app *2025-11-25, version 1.9.1* Fácil y excelente ### 5/5 — Amazing *2024-01-03, version 1.9.1* Amazing ### 5/5 — Muy fácil de usar!! *2022-02-08, version 1.9* Es sencillo y efectivo ### 5/5 — Awesome *2021-06-10, version 1.6* Did exactly what I needed, for free. ### 5/5 — Fancy giveaways ‍ ‍ *2021-04-26, version 1.6* When the time comes you understand what is needed for a successful giveaway. There are many of them but if you need a professional one this is it and it is free to use        ‌ ### 5/5 — Super update ​​‍ ​ ‍ *2021-04-26, version 1.6* I was not able to use the giveaway picker but with the latest version everything works smoothly wihtout any problem. It is time for amazing giveaways. ‌ ### 5/5 — RUBBISH DO NOT WASTE TIME *2021-02-13, version 1.5* I was doing a live giveaway and then the app crashed. I paid for credits still never worked. Wish i used another app! ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work! *2020-12-31, version 1.5* It keeps telling me “FAIL” and to copy the link from a browser and try again but I do that and it still doesn’t work. And this is after I paid for coins/tokens. Disappointed!! --- *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 2026-09-14.*