# Hikari Critique — Honest feedback on your photos

> Honest feedback on your photos (iPhone/iPad app by Paolo Farinella.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hikari-critique/id6821579167 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Paolo Farinella](https://appshunter.io/developer/6821579169)
- Category: Photo & Video
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 65 MB
- Languages: American English, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-11-07
- Data updated: 2026-11-13

## What is Hikari Critique?

Hikari gives you an honest critique of your photos, judged at your level.

Pick a photo, add a note about what you were going for (optional) and get feedback on what works, what doesn't and what to try next. Choose Beginner, Advanced or Expert and Hikari reviews the photo at that level.

Put what you have learned into practice: plan a shot before you take it, shoot a weekly exercise chosen from your critiques, and follow step-by-step plans to build a skill.

WHAT YOU GET
- Level-aware critique: Beginner, Advanced or Expert
- Focus mode: let Hikari choose what to look at (Auto) or tell it (Manual)
- Add context: say what you were aiming for
- Scout: plan a shot before you take it, from up to three photos of the scene, with a section on the best conditions
- Prompt: one short exercise to shoot each week, chosen from your critiques
- Challenges: a photo exercise judged as a set (one free to try each month)
- Coach plans: step-by-step plans that build a skill (Plus)
- History: revisit past critiques and Scout plans, swipe to delete
- Progress: see your scores over time in line charts, with a suggestion for what to work on
- Was this useful? Give any result a thumbs up or down
- Share a critique, or delete it whenever you like

COMPARE (PLUS)
Can't choose between two photos? Compare tells you which is stronger for the genre and use you pick.

FREE AND PLUS
Free: 6 critiques a month, 2 Scout plans a month, a weekly Prompt and a free Challenge to try.
Plus: 30 critiques a month, 15 Scout plans, Compare (10 a month), Challenges, Coach plans, more Prompt refreshes and full Progress.

Plus is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple ID settings. The price is shown in the app before you buy.

PRIVACY
Hikari sends your photos and notes to Anthropic, our AI provider, to write your critique, plan or exercise feedback. We don't keep your original photos, except images flagged by our safety checks, which are held privately for up to 30 days. We never use your photos for advertising or sell them. You can delete critiques or your whole account and data in the app, at any time.

Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Terms: https://hikaricritique.com/terms
Privacy: https://hikaricritique.com/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hikari Plus Monthly | $5.99 | per month |
| Hikari Plus Annual | $49.99 | per year |


## Is Hikari Critique safe?

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## Is Hikari Critique legit?

Hikari Critique has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Hikari Critique is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.8.0 — 2026-11-12

- Choose a theme in Settings › Preferences: Hikari and Greyscale are free, and Plus adds eight colour themes in Light and Dark.
- Set an emoji as your profile picture in Settings › Account.
- Your level now has its own page in Preferences, and Hikari opens on a new launch screen.
- If critiques are paused, Hikari now says so instead of showing your monthly limit.

### 3.7.2 — 2026-11-10

New in Challenge: From a scene Take or choose a photo of where you are, and Hikari writes a Challenge for that scene, using your Focus, your difficulty and the light you have right now.

- The camera comes first, so you can shoot the scene straight away.
- A short line under Challenge type explains what each choice does.
- With Keep history on, the scene appears as a small thumbnail on your Challenge and in History.

### 3.6.0 — 2026-11-09

Clearer, more usable critiques.

- Advice now focuses on what you can choose: where you stand, when you shoot, your crop and your edit. It no longer asks you to change things you can’t, like stage lighting or an animal’s behaviour.
- Symmetry and centred framing are judged by whether they suit your subject, not marked down by default.
- Every improvement points to a specific part of your photo, and Hikari avoids repeating the same tip.
- When you reply with Tell me more, Hikari drops advice that depends on something you said you can’t control.

### 3.5.2 — 2026-11-08

• Tell us if a result helped: thumbs up or down on every result.
• "Scout" now fit the light you have, with a new "Best conditions" section.
• Practice exercises are now always doable right now, anywhere, and repeat less.
• Reminders: "Turn on" now opens the day and time sheet.
• A small shutter blink replaces the spinner while results load, and Coach steps not yet open show a lock.

### 3.4.9 — 2026-11-07

No release notes.

## More apps by Paolo Farinella

- [Michi Career](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/michi-career/id6829027412)

All apps by Paolo Farinella: https://appshunter.io/developer/6821579169

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