# Gloomlogue — user reviews > 293 indexed App Store user reviews of Gloomlogue by Thomas Tsopanakis, rated 4.71/5 from 1,063 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gloomlogue/id811463472/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gloomlogue/id811463472.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 858 · 4★ 137 · 3★ 46 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 14 ## What do users think of Gloomlogue? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🎨 Lots of creative effects - 💡 Unique filters and adjustments - 🎨 Ability to transform photos - 👍 User-friendly interface - 🎨 Impressive photo editing capabilities - 🎨 Versatile editing options - 👍 Simple and intuitive - 🎨 Stunning results - 👍 Great value for money **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches - 🔒 Privacy concerns with accessing protected photos - 🔍 Limited cropping and straightening options - 🔍 Inability to save in full resolution - 🔍 Overly sensitive adjustment sliders - 🔍 Restricted to square format only - 🔍 Repetitive filter results - 🔍 Lack of layer support **Commonly reported bugs** - Login screen freezes - Incompatible with older devices - Unauthorized access to protected photos - Camera taking blank photos while locked **Most requested features** - Ability to edit in landscape mode - More fine-tuning control for adjustments - Reset button for effects - Support for non-square image formats - Expanded editing tools (cropping, straightening, etc.) - Ability to edit videos - More frame and border options - Customizable filters and presets ## Newest reviews (20 of 293) ### 5/5 — I love it *2022-04-30, version 2.2.1* Honestly, it was my goto for every picture. I love it. ### 5/5 — Really cool! *2022-04-02, version 2.2.1* It’s different, fast and I love the effects! ### 5/5 — Best App to play with your photos *2022-02-03, version 2.2.1* This is a brilliant app; a wide variety of ways to work on your images. Filters that you can control how far you alter them, a full range of the common options to develop you photo and a range of different and fun ways to create unique images in depth. The possibilities are practically limitless. Enjoy. ### 5/5 — Great lighting editor *2021-07-16, version 2.2.1* I can quickly pick a mood. Love it!!! ### 5/5 — First time using this app. *2021-05-03, version 2.2.1* I use a lot of this type of app. This one stands out. I would highly recommend it to any of my friends. ### 5/5 — Incredible *2021-04-21, version 2.2.1* It makes it so easy and makes my photos pop... it has the right filter for everything. ### 5/5 — Happy *2021-04-02, version 2.2.1* This app is amazing. ### 5/5 — Stunning *2021-03-20* I have found similar filters to this they’re always spread out across several apps this is a fantastic and by far the best collection of filters like this I have found they are absolutely beautiful ### 5/5 — Awesome *2020-10-25, version 2.2.1* One of my favourite photo apps. Easy to use and great filters. The paint effect is really cool. I use this app all the time to create interesting effects on my art Love this spp ### 5/5 — Picture taking addict *2020-10-17* Great app. User friendly and can make any picture cool and impressive. Endless ways to tweak color temps and saturations to give your photo any cool look want. This app is a must have for anyone with a twisted dark side to their art. The possibilities are limitless. The mirror effect is simply put.... genius. You move very slowly bringing each and every mirror effect on, so you catch every subtle change that transformed your original pic into a work of art so cool even you can’t believe how talented you are. Here’s the truth. Its the app!! And after the beautifully cool as hell imagery youve been unfolding for the past 5 hours. You will soon convince that your such an amazing artist with such a dark original sensibility that you will convince yourself that you need an art installation at your local art gallery. YES ITS THAT GOOD!!!! -heather ### 5/5 — This app is fantastic for painting-like photo effects *2020-10-13* I’ve been using this app for some time and enjoy it so much. It’s so easy to take a photo and create a vintage or painting like affect. There’s so many different choices and it couldn’t be easier to use. A lot of thought and effort went into making this app one of my favorite photo edits. ### 5/5 — Well worth getting *2020-09-11, version 2.2.1* I love this app. There are a lot of different interesting effects. These go very well with the poetry I write and add to the photo. It is well worth getting. One of my best apps. 2020 update: I still love this app very much. I can get a tremendous amount of effects with it. ### 5/5 — Awesome app! *2020-09-03, version 2.2.1* Nice job! Love this app and I totally found what I was looking for! A good, free, photoshop app! We,, I mean you only have to pay once. But great price!! ### 5/5 — This app is awesome *2020-08-19, version 2.2.1* I enjoy editing my photos and this app has made is really easy to ### 5/5 — Loads of adjustments! *2020-07-20, version 2.2.1* A must for creative photography! ### 5/5 — Simple and Clean *2020-07-01, version 2.2.1* And in moments, your photo is a piece of art. ### 5/5 — Great app...just downloaded it *2020-03-23, version 2.2.1* Highly recommend...good job! ### 5/5 — Love it! *2020-03-20, version 2.2.1* Easy to navigate and great effects! ### 5/5 — Bought the Bundle---Incredible *2020-02-18, version 2.2.1* These are incredible, and I couldn't believe the price! For what these are capable of I would have easily paid 20 times the price! Please keep creating. I would buy your products in a heart beat! I have tried too many to count. Yours are akeer!👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Shammah ### 5/5 — Impressive! *2019-11-07, version 2.2.1* This app can do much more than its name implies with a sizable file export: mirrors, numerous distortion possibilities, curves, color adjustments, crop, text, and draw. There is no option for layers but there is plenty here! Well worth the few dollars, and no crazy in-app purchases. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — WOW! Can't even use this without a review! *2017-09-12* Ok I get the app creator is a college student, but let me give some advice as a photographer and someone who GREATLY VALUES OTHERS REVIEWS. PLEASE LET OTHERS ACTUALLY USE YOUR APP IF YOU WANT AN HONEST REVIEW! I will not NOT GIVE YOU an honest review if I can't use your app, and I don't appreciate trying to edit my pictures and every 10-30 seconds a message pops up telling me a college student is a creator and to please rate the if I like it. Yes I would be happy to, WHEN I USE IT! But not when I haven't even used it! This makes me want to delete it! This angers me more than anything when app creators constantly pester people before they even use an app. Apple needs to crack down on this. It's getting out of control! Also your app would be more "user friendly" if you could use it in landscape mode. This is enough to make me want to delete it. But because I like the features I thought I might overlook that. But now, I'm thinking twice since I can't seem to DO ANYTHING WITHOUT BEING PESTERED FOR A REVIEW. IF I get asked for an update before I find out how I like this app, it will be deleted. Please be aware everyone, you will be constantly bugged until you give a review! ### 1/5 — Not impressed *2017-07-27, version 2.1* Just blurs the pic with different colours. Could do better with photoshop ### 1/5 — REALLY! *2017-07-27* I just open this app for the first time three minutes ago and have already had 3 requests by the developer for a review. One of the interruptions/requests even stated - College student made this App...PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE rate App now... is the begging request of the developer! So you want the Review ASAP. Need a Review ASAP. Well you got it, here you go.!.!.! - if I could give less than 1 star I would. - focus is on how many installations app receives, not user experience. - seems to only have 3 filters. Maybe there are more features in app but it won't allow me to use them because I have to respond to review and comment requests every 30 seconds. ** If your that desperate for positive feedback then maybe you should give users a chance to use the app first. I WOULD NOT recommend to anyone unless they like photo editing APPS that interrupt your creative flow. Hopefully I will be able to get several hundred people to download this app and promptly give a 1 star rating ASAP so you all can meet your goals ### 1/5 — Nag, nag, nag... *2017-06-20, version 2.1* An interesting app but the incessant begging for a review guarantees it's deletion. You want a review? Fine. Minus ten stars... just not worth the aggravation. ### 1/5 — Yeah, i like it...but *2016-03-31, version 2.0.1* The social infrastructure is a lot to be desired... Want to integrate visualisation as I work so ca re-track my own data! ### 1/5 — Reasonable app ruined by review nag *2015-10-11, version 1.0* If I like your app I'll write a good review. If you nag me to write one, I'll write a bad review. Nagging every five seconds ruins the user experience ### 1/5 — Awful *2015-01-16, version 1.0* Incessantly nags for a review. "Later" apparently means 7 seconds later. Oh, and you can't avoid having a border on your image. ### 1/5 — Deleted due to security concern *2014-05-30* Downloaded this app this morning to try it out. Had to give it access to my photos to experiment. The filters looked okay, set it aside to test more later. I have just noticed that photos from my "protected" folder have been accessed, and my camera has been taking photos (which are blank) while the phone was locked. This is the only new app I have, and I am sure that it is responsible. Deleted. ### 2/5 — Not very useful *2019-07-08* 8 July 2019 I did not find this photo editor very useful. Having to select filters before doing anything else in a photo is not convenient and just did not click with a normal workflow. The filters tend to degrade the photo too much and there tends to be a lot of unwanted artifacts when applying a filter. This issue is exacerbated by further post-filter application especially when trying to sharpen an image. There are much better photo editor apps availavle and I would personally recommend looking at those before possibly settling on this one. ### 2/5 — Annoying review prompt *2014-11-23, version 1.0* Seriously! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — So awesome *2025-02-26, version 2.2.1* Best effects for photos ### 5/5 — I love this app it’s so authentic *2024-11-14, version 2.2.1* I have used this app for years, it’s a firm favourite. ### 5/5 — Very simple. Very effective. *2024-08-06, version 2.2.1* Recommended. In use for many years now. Thanks to all involved. ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-05-29, version 2.2.1* Interesting effects ### 5/5 — Nice *2024-03-24, version 2.2.1* Nice work ### 5/5 — Great little app *2024-01-24, version 2.2.1* If you want to add mood or other filters that you don’t see a lot elsewhere, this is the app for you! ### 5/5 — I’ve been using this *every* day lately *2023-12-07* I’ve had Gloomlogue forever- even before they changed the icon and the hue and cry brought it back. I use it in fits and starts, often in very different ways each time. Fairly recently I was creating mandalas and altering them with combinations of the torus lens, adding a vortex or whirl, sometimes both. Occasionally I’ve used the bump and often used the various kaleidoscope manipulations. I believe the kaleidoscope doesn’t always save the same image I thought I’d saved. I’d make some changes, if it were up to me but they’re mainly to keep it fresh and make it a little more versatile. The textures like bokeh are static and I *really* wish I could rotate and resize them because they’re often not quite where they should be. It’s hard to stay interested in them if they’re always the same. I used the borders a lot when I’d just gotten it but lately they’ve seemed too stiff. I love the faded light, somewhat smudged borders I get with some of the initial filters like “detailed” and “illustrate” and sometimes wish I could get that look on it’s own without modifying the entire image. I know I reviewed Gloomlogue prior to this but Apple used to wipe out reviews when an app was updated to an entirely new version. I review most of my apps, mostly for my own benefit since I can’t possibly remember all of them. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2023-05-06, version 2.2.1* I love this app, it’s fun to use and can create beautiful images ### 5/5 — Great app ! *2023-02-28, version 2.2.1* Have enjoyed this little app for several years now . Adds subtle and lovely painterly and dreamy effects to my edits . No pop up ads to deal with . Love it ! ### 5/5 — Great app *2022-08-05, version 2.2.1* This app improves an average picture into something you want to share with your friends. --- *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.*