# Instashare Air Drop — user reviews > 194 indexed App Store user reviews of Instashare Air Drop by Lukas Foldyna, rated 4.20/5 from 827 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/instashare-air-drop/id576220851/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/instashare-air-drop/id576220851.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 566 · 4★ 82 · 3★ 45 · 2★ 24 · 1★ 103 ## What do users think of Instashare Air Drop? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Lightning-fast file transfers - 👍 Intuitive and easy to use - 💡 Useful alternative to AirDrop - 🚀 Seamless cross-device connectivity - 👍 Supports older devices **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🔒 Unclear licensing and costs - 🐛 Unreliable device detection - 🐛 Issues with larger file transfers - 🐛 Lack of support and updates **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes on iOS 6 and older devices - Inability to save transferred files - Disappearing UI elements after transfers - Compatibility issues with Windows and macOS **Most requested features** - Bulk file transfer and management - Passcode/security lock option - Web-based access and sharing - Better integration with other apps ## Newest reviews (10 of 194) ### 2/5 — Not Bluetooth discoverable since ios17 release *2024-01-14, version 2.5.0* Please fix ! ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2020-12-05, version 2.5.0* This app couldn’t find any of my Bluetooth devices. Total rubbish. That’s why it free bloat ware! ### 1/5 — No man show? *2020-12-03, version 2.5.0* What used to be one of my favorite app apparently is no longer supported. My PC says trial expired (its a paid copy) then goes to an error message so I can’t even try to fix it. Repeated emails to support have gone unanswered ### 1/5 — Rip off *2020-10-30, version 2.5.0* I paid for the ad-free version of the app but it's still showing ads - no response from the makers 👎👎👎 ### 1/5 — Rip-off product do not buy *2020-10-30, version 2.5.0* The Mac OS X side app does not run, it is a scam. I want my money back you liars. ### 1/5 — “File transfer stopped from the other side” *2020-10-26, version 2.5.0* Broken. ### 1/5 — Crashes instantly on PC *2020-09-25, version 2.5.0* The iPhone app works, but the pc version crashes as soon as I open it, and the error reporter can't find an address to send the error to, meaning this is my only way of contacting the developers. ### 1/5 — It doesn’t work 🤔👎 *2020-08-24, version 2.5.0* I can’t get it work ### 5/5 — G *2020-07-28, version 2.5.0* If nvm. Ughjflh ### 1/5 — Not supported *2020-07-17, version 2.5.0* Paid for the windows software, it does not work and crashes on startup. The “send error report” functionality did not work. Contacted support with the error report file multiple times and no response. Don’t go near this app, they will happily take your money for the windows/macOS clients but provide absolutely no support ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — How did this app get on my phone? *2025-10-24, version 2.5.0* Having a little difficulty getting rid of it. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work. Unclear to what to do *2022-03-10, version 2.5.0* So you selected images in this app and then there is no way to interact with them. There is no send share download or do anything with the images. Basically a dead app. Windows app repeatedly crashes instantly. Im glad i chose to install demo instead of buying it. This looks very outdated they demonstrate iphone 5s in the demo…. Either remove this junk or update apps. ### 1/5 — Used to be … *2022-01-21* InstaShare (had a different name at the time) used to be a phenomenal app. It circumvented so many of the issues that popped-up when attempting to get anything off your PC or even Mac (and other Apple devices). Now it’s just stuck. It freezes, crashes, has ads (yea, that’s correct: pay again for something you already paid for just so you aren’t harassed by poop-up ads. I digress. What was once a fantastic app, an app I was thrilled to see available again, is a buffering nightmare that crashes, doesn’t open, can’t connect and ultimately just ‘spins’ at you. Can’t recommend, unless you’re going for torture by app. In that case, this might be a good option for you. Cheers! ### 1/5 — Not good *2021-09-28, version 2.5.0* Transferring photos from android to iPhone puts the photos in the Instashare app, you have to download the photos from the app to your camera roll one by one. There’s an option to save photos to camera roll in settings, but it doesn’t work! ### 1/5 — Refund plz *2021-08-21, version 2.5.0* I will never buy this app again. Problems!!! ### 1/5 — Potentially useful app but fails with unhelpful error *2021-03-11, version 2.5.0* Trying to transfer between 9.3.6 5s and newer iPhone. Transfer fails with unhelpful, cryptic “Item transfer error Broken pipe Transfer state: 3”. With last update 2 years ago, seems to be abandonware. (:-( Transferred images have transfer date - no apparent option for (expected, preferable) original date. ### 1/5 — Really? *2021-03-10, version 2.5.0* Absolutely did not work ### 1/5 — I font now *2021-02-12, version 2.5.0* I dont no how to message ### 1/5 — Not good *2021-02-05, version 2.5.0* Instructions are not accurate or comprehensive. Just wasted a bunch of time. Deleting ### 1/5 — Horrible *2021-01-10, version 2.5.0* I downloaded it and saw the reviews before I downloaded this app but when I wanted to send something, all it found was deleted stuff. I have a YouTube channel and need to post this today, January 10,2021,and I use the app iMovie, so for any of my fellow YouTubers and bloggers/vloggers, do not use this app. Use this app at YOUR OWN RISK. Totally wasted my time and space on my iPhone. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazingly great! *2025-07-31, version 2.5.0* I’ve used this app for many years, since it first came out. I can still even in 2025, transfer files between my iOS 4 devices to my current iOS 15 device with no issue. Love it, and love the fact it has amazinggggg old OS support, in a time when other devs don’t care about anyone with an older device. Instashare is here to the rescue! Thank you, you helped me transfer my long lost photos :) much love from USA 💚 ### 5/5 — A better Air Drop! *2024-02-26, version 2.5.0* This is a better Air Drop than Apple’s! My default Downloads folder isn’t the default and in Air Drop that’s normally a problem. Instashare is rock solid and very configurable! Great utility. ### 5/5 — Get it. *2022-11-02, version 2.5.0* Officially the best app I haven’t figured out. ### 5/5 — Photo share *2022-07-12, version 2.5.0* First time try Seems excellent ### 5/5 — Thank you! *2022-06-30, version 2.5.0* Google and Apple no longer support my iPad 4 love this app thank you for allowing me to share my photos between my devices! ### 5/5 — BEST APP TO TRANSFER CONTENTS *2021-02-11, version 2.5.0* BEST APP TO TRANSFER CONTENTS Between iPhones, Macs, iPods, iPads! Better than AirDrop! Will give 10 Stars! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Using it daily for over 2 years now. Great app by developer! (Suggestion to developer: Next build an app that will allow turning iOS camera as a USB Webcam! You can do it!) ### 5/5 — Does exactly what it says *2021-02-04, version 2.5.0* Thumbs up here. Great app that does what it says it does. No messing about with trial versions. Needed a way to transfer videos to big for email for my sons home schooling this did it perfectly. Just have to ignore the google ads bottom of screen. Recommend ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2021-01-06, version 2.5.0* Quality. Works. Good demonstration at the beginning ### 5/5 — Htoo *2020-11-14, version 2.5.0* 2100 ### 5/5 — I like *2020-11-08, version 2.5.0* Wow --- *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 2026-08-31.*