# iStock – Stock Photography — user reviews > 122 indexed App Store user reviews of iStock by Getty Images Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 2,766 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/istock-stock-photography/id377716883/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/istock-stock-photography/id377716883.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,399 · 4★ 156 · 3★ 67 · 2★ 26 · 1★ 118 ## What do users think of iStock? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and efficient - 💡 Valuable resource for stock photos - 👍 Great for browsing and lightboxing - 👍 Sleek and stylish design **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches - ⚠️ Difficult to make purchases - ⚠️ Limited functionality compared to website - ⚠️ Contributor stats/data removed in recent update **Commonly reported bugs** - Login screen issues - Crashes when trying to add images to lightboxes - Slow image loading and search results - Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - Ability to purchase and download images directly in the app - More advanced search and filtering options - Improved performance and stability - Restore contributor stats and data ## Newest reviews (18 of 122) ### 2/5 — Membership Can’t Download Previously “Bought” Pictures! *2024-08-08* I like the iStock service, but the app isn’t done well. I’ve had a subscription for months now, and downloaded the app to make mobile posts on social media. Last week I downloaded previous pictures onto my phone while I had credits. And it didn’t charge me any credits of course. But now, I have no credits, and I can’t download any of the images I already own! Makes no sense, so now I have to wait until my subscription renews to download images I already have? ### 3/5 — bad quality *2023-11-27* the photos are bad quality when I save them on the app ### 1/5 — Constantly crashing. *2023-04-17* Can’t even scroll through pictures without it crashing within seconds. ### 2/5 — How do you purchase pictures? *2023-04-16* Every picture says how many credits to purchase but I cannot did any place to purchase credits makes it frustrating. ### 2/5 — Crashes Often *2023-03-06* It would be great, but I’ve had a half dozen crashes and I just downloaded it today. Hope it gets stabilized soon. ### 1/5 — It crashes a lot *2023-02-28* It constantly crashes out of nowhere. Please fix this issue. ### 1/5 — Greedy company *2023-02-02, version 4.6.9* For the amount of money they want i might as well pay the artist or find the dame photos online. There are much better stock photo apps out there. ### 1/5 — Horrible experience *2023-01-31, version 4.6.9* Very bad glitching app, was unable to buy the subscription I wanted to as the system just wouldn’t let me do it. Tech support first said they would fix it, then asked double the payment just to do it, then stopped replying all together. Horrible service and experience. ### 1/5 — App is unusable *2023-01-16* Just want to purchase an image but it’s impossible to figure out how to do it ### 4/5 — Photo upload search feature isn’t working *2022-07-19* Good besides that ### 1/5 — Cannot download *2022-06-30* Cannot download images from the app for more than 3 years of complain! Wow that some customer care ### 2/5 — The website is better *2022-05-23, version 4.6.6* It drives me nuts when a website is better than the app. This is an example of that. When I search in the app, I get photos and can’t seem to filter for vectors? But I search for the exact same thing on the site and I have tons of options. Also, you can only delete one photo at a time from your board. You select it, but you can’t select any others. It’s ridiculous. ### 1/5 — To hard to checkout *2022-05-11, version 4.6.6* 3 times trying to pay for picture, and don’t take me to anyway, should be more easy; select picture and pay. Am mad mad ### 2/5 — Browse Only *2022-05-06* I see no method of purchasing and downloading a selected image. Disappointed, I am. ### 1/5 — Complications *2022-01-08, version 4.6.5* I can't download videos and photos under subscription ### 4/5 — Photo Search not working under iOS 14.6.1 *2021-08-16, version 4.6.5* Problem: Access to iOS Photos denied to app. Deletion and reinstall actions fail to allow iOS Privacy Photos access setup. ### 1/5 — Can’t log in *2021-08-14, version 4.6.5* I just downloaded the app today for the first time, clicked the “sign in” button, and got this error message: {“error”:”invalid_request”,”error_description”:”The Requested redirect_uri must be registered.”} I have an account, but never got to the point of putting in my credentials. Just the error. The app is useless if I can’t even sign in. ### 1/5 — App Currently Doesn’t Work *2021-08-14, version 4.6.5* I installed the app on my iPhone today, clicked sign in, and received a coding error: {"error":"invalid_request","error_description":"The requested redirect_uri must be registered."} ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — It’s a scam *2024-11-19* They “lock” you into a year subscription without your knowledge. They you have to pay extra to get out of the subscription. It’s just photos, why would you have to pay to get out of it? ### 1/5 — Once iStockPhoto gets your credit card number they’ll never stop charging you *2024-07-30* Whatever you do, DO NOT GIVE THE YOUR CREDIT CARD. Before using iStockPhoto I had a great impression of Getty as being ethical, but no more. You’d think that iSTock would be a lower cost version of Getty suitable for grabbing an image for your website, but its actually a scam to keep charging your credit card no matter what. I downloaded an image for a project figuring I’d cancel the subscription, but iStockPhoto customer service outright says they’ll keep charging my card unless I close my credit card account. I’ve tried reporting the credit card stolen and getting a new card number, but somehow iStock got my new card number from Amex. Disputing the charges also didn’t work. Do yourself a favor and find a reputable supplier of stock images. ### 1/5 — Can’t buy stock photos *2024-05-03* Seems you can download images with the photographers name prominantly displayed on the photo but you can’t buy the image as a stock photo to use. So frustrating after spending hours looking for the right photo to buy. ### 1/5 — STAY AWAY *2024-04-18* I did a free trial with this company. I never ended up using the subscription because the photos on the site were outdated. After my trial ended I went online to unsubscribe along with deleting all my card information. The company continues to charge me and now I have to dispute it with my bank. It’s NOT worth it. ### 1/5 — worst service *2024-04-12* You guys don't mess up unsplash with your bussiness. Extremely would NOT RECOMMEND. customer service never help you. it is 70$ each month just for downloading images???!!! And if you want to cancel the plan, cancellation fee is 70$ as well ))) They want just EARN MONEY EARN MONEY by anyway. And even images are don't worth for the prices. ### 1/5 — Horrible. *2024-04-08* I thought I would be able to use istock on my cellphone but apparently this app is just useless to me. I can't even see my recent searches or search for what I want (it just says they can't find anything, but how??? doesn't make sense) I'm very disappointed. The website is MUCH better. ### 1/5 — Just keeps crashing *2024-03-16* Obviously they’ve not updated it in ages. Should be just pulled from the App Store. ### 1/5 — Outrageous *2024-01-23* Absolutely do NOT get! The subscription is $700 for the year! If you try to cancel it, you have to pay a $70 administrative fee. You can’t talk to anyone over the phone and everything is done via email and the “customer service team” does not provide any helpful service to the customer. What a scam. ### 1/5 — Bad service *2024-01-16* They offer me a free trial then refuses to cancell without a $425 payment. Pick someone else that’s a it more transparent. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2023-06-05* Can’t click into change language, buy credits or anything. Rubbish ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Istockphots *2024-06-15* Might ### 5/5 — Very good app *2021-10-24, version 4.6.5* This app is a best app in the USA but app very very good thanks for app company thanks love you guys ### 5/5 — Keeps crashing *2020-12-11* I love iStock for my business, but the app keeps crashing when I try to download an image. Tried several times. App uninstalled, reinstalled. No change. iPhone XR IOS 14.2 ### 5/5 — A+++ *2020-10-22* Stellar Resource and Exceptionally professional and easy to use, create, consolidate and share. ### 5/5 — Sam *2020-08-30, version 4.6.5* Wow the best app ### 5/5 — Photo App *2020-06-26, version 4.6.4* Love this photo app! Plenty to chose from! ### 5/5 — Fill my space *2019-12-29, version 4.6.3* Whenever I am looking for a specific shot that I myself don’t have or haven’t shot I come here to get inspiration. Purchased a license and downloaded exactly what I wanted for a specific frame I already purchased elsewhere. When and if you print out of house you maybe required to prove you have a digital license to use. Beautiful images from professional photographers. You really can’t go wrong. We can’t all be in all places so it’s nice and refreshing to find exceptional pictures at a reasonable prices. ### 5/5 — The best! *2019-11-01, version 4.6.2* This is the BEST resource for stock photos, whatever your need for them might be. ### 5/5 — IStock *2019-10-08, version 4.6.2* If you’re looking for that perfect photo this is the place to find it! ### 5/5 — The best *2019-10-03, version 4.6.2* I’ve used it for years and have always been able to find exactly what I needed for my projects. --- *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.*