# LD - Photo & Video Finishing — user reviews > 398 indexed App Store user reviews of LD by Lens Distortions, LLC, rated 4.80/5 from 5,133 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ld-photo-and-video-finishing/id938026822/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ld-photo-and-video-finishing/id938026822.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,585 · 4★ 287 · 3★ 111 · 2★ 44 · 1★ 106 ## What do users think of LD? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great color presets - 👍 Intuitive and functional - 💡 Excellent for video editing - 👍 Powerful editing tools - 👍 Cinematic effects - 👍 Simplified and user-friendly **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and glitches - 🔒 Subscription-only model - 🐛 Losing saved projects - 🐛 Limited free version - 🐛 Slow performance - 🐛 Lack of iPad support **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when editing certain images - Unable to start new projects due to storage issues - Exported images losing edits - Saved projects being deleted **Most requested features** - Crop and transform options - Support for slow-motion videos - Batch import and export - Keyframe support for light effects - 24FPS video render - Masking and layering tools ## Newest reviews (14 of 398) ### 4/5 — Rich natural looks *2026-05-14, version 6.10.0* I’ve been a LD subscriber for several years now. I absolutely love the natural and realistic looking over lays for my photography. The UI is simple and intuitive. I only wish they’d offer a lifetime subscription. Some new overlays would be nice too. LD hasn’t had any new overlays in quite some time. I often see new LUTs and audio options, but no new overlays. ### 4/5 — Super Finishing *2026-03-30* Eine wirklich starke App, ich nutze sie schon seit mehreren Jahren und bin sehr zufrieden, allerdings könnten von Zeit zu Zeit ein paar neue Funktionen implementiert werden. Das würde ich mir sehr wünschen. ### 4/5 — Good photo editing *2026-03-17* I used it for editing photos mainly and the filters look gorgeous. The app itself looks polished. I like that there’s an option to add overlays like fog and light effects, and also manage these layers without any difficulties (I had too many other photo editing apps where managing layers was hell). The only downside is that the free version is very limited. Most of the features seem to be paid, which is too bad. But those features that aren’t paid are working beautifully. ### 3/5 — Bien mais… *2025-10-12* Application intéressante, j’avais même acheté quelques packs individuels à l’époque où on pouvait encore le faire, mais désormais totalement hors de prix pour son abonnement (peu d’évolution qui pourraient justifier un paiement mensuel). ### 3/5 — Pls fix *2025-10-11* Hey just got the 17 pro max and i experienced crashes on this single image i’ve been working on. Image is raw and taken with the 1x camera on iPhone 17 pro max. It happens when i’ve already added a color filter and then in adding and editing a light effect. Crashed multiple times. Its a shame LD is one of the best phone editing apps there is with some high quality material. Pls fix ### 4/5 — Great Color Presets *2025-03-28, version 6.9.2* I really enjoy this app! I recently got a Sony a7iv and i needed just something small i can edit photos on the go and i was well pleased with the first impressions. Definitely enjoying, I just wish they had linear and radial grading unless i missed it somehow. Otherwise well worth it. ### 2/5 — Abo-Modell *2025-01-19, version 6.9.1* Viel zu teuer für das was es bietet. Lightroom und Photoshop Kosten kombiniert nur etwas mehr pro Monat. ### 2/5 — LD+ has limits *2024-12-26* I tried the LD+ for a year and all I can say is that the filters are not the very best or impressive; it’s just okayish. The effects like Fog, Light Volume and Principle Light Hits are pretty much 3/5 on a scale of usability and implementation. The price point of subscription is way beyond its value for money. ### 4/5 — 綺麗 *2024-09-28, version 6.8.1* pcと連動できるのか？ ### 4/5 — Slow mo videos *2024-07-19, version 6.7.0* Long time subscriber (4 or 5 years) here. Today I wanted to try a video project for the first time but the video is slow mo and it says it’s not supported. It’s the only video I want to work on it right now. Can we please add support for this. I don’t really use LD as much anymore but if I can try all format videos, I may keep the subscription longer. ### 5/5 — The best app ever *2024-05-27, version 6.6.0* I’ve had lens distortion since the day i picked up a camera, its been my numba1 friend. Amazing at what you can achieve with the possibilities they offer. 5 stars! ### 4/5 — presque parfait *2024-05-27* I like this application on the iPhone but when I switch to my Mac mini with this same application, it is not possible to open a photo from the Apple photo library on the computer, too bad. cyrille ### 5/5 — Great app for easy editing ✨ *2024-05-26* Great app for easy editing ✨ ### 5/5 — Wow *2024-05-25, version 6.6.0* This app makes my photos go from “Nice!” To “WOW!” - even as a first time user I was able to navigate and take a sunrise to great in under a minute. Love this app! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — inutile *2026-03-27, version 6.10.0* imparate a metterla nella sezione delle app giusta falliti ### 1/5 — Keep losing all save photos. *2025-06-19, version 6.9.2* Absolutely frustrating!!! I keep losing all my saved projects every few months. Waste of time ### 1/5 — Not worth anything dont waste your time *2025-03-30, version 6.9.2* Can only see 2 photos and doesnt give me an option to edit or do anything with my photos. Not worth using or trying.. waste of money and time. thankfully did a one month subscription otherwise i would have been livid. ### 1/5 — Honteux ! *2025-01-05* j’utilise cette application depuis longtemps. du jour au lendemain il faut payer pour accéder a d’autres claques que j’avais déjà utilisé dans pleins de projets. je suis obligé de payer si je veux éditer mes anciens projets que j’avais créé et édité gratuitement avant. LD vient de me faire perdre énormément de temps et d’argent et je compte engagé des poursuite contre ce changement commercial illégal. Une pratique totalement honteuse. **Developer response:** Hello! To be clear: you can absolutely open, edit, and export projects you created with a subscription even after your subscription expires. You will not be able to add more paid effects to them, but any that you already added will remain. Please reach out to support via Main Menu -> Help -> Pencil Icon within the app so that we can help you solve whatever issue you're running into. Thanks! ### 1/5 — Won’t let me start a project *2024-11-16, version 6.9.0* Deleted over 10gb in files and app still won’t let me start a project stating that I have no space ### 1/5 — You have to buy everything *2024-05-29* As a app developer if you want customer will purchase all the features for editing photos so please don’t make any app ### 1/5 — Terrible update!! All features lost! *2023-12-28, version 6.3.0* This new update is abhorrent and absolutely reprehensible. It took away always every aspect that used to make it great. It’s basically now a glorified filters app. You used to be able to add cool effects like “mist” or “fog” or “snow flakes” that looked legitimately like real environmental elements, anything from “water droplet effects” to “lens flares” to things that I’ve never seen before over a photo. But now none of that is there for free but INSTEAD behind “Packs” that you now have to purchase. And it was so difficult to figure out where they’d gone. ### 1/5 — Відшкодування! *2023-12-13, version 6.2.0* Стягнулась плата за підписку без мого підтвердження! Не планувала підтверджувати про версію, хочу скасувати і повернути кошти!!! ### 1/5 — А *2023-11-03, version 6.0.3* Згіршуєтбся качество відео і фото ### 1/5 — Fddu *2023-08-27, version 5.17.0* Fddu. Editing appp ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wow!! Amazing ! *2026-01-20* I am always trying out different apps for creative photo /design editing . This one came up within a search recently . The name caught my eye . The Free version really doesn’t give you an idea of what this app can do ! I use layers and double exposures weekly and love how this one gives you control of each layer - I can overlay as many of my images as I want . It also has some overlays of Rain , Fog , Snow etc . One thing I would love for them to add is more “natural “ overlays . Super easy - learned what I wanted in less than an hour . Super Happily Surprised ! ### 5/5 — Beautiful *2025-09-06* 👍 ### 5/5 — Simply Superb *2025-02-07* Since I started using smart phone, this is my first review for any app. For beginner’s, this should be the best app to use. It gives so many options, without login, no watermark etc. Layering is a hero feature and you can do a lot with it. I would mind purchasing paid features too, I wonder what extra would I get. Kudos ! ### 5/5 — App Rating *2024-12-25, version 6.9.1* This App Is Great!! it helped me edit my photos in a better way! Love it!!! ### 5/5 — Crop *2024-11-02, version 6.9.0* Can you please add the crop option? ### 5/5 — Добавьте HSL *2024-10-04* Буду продлять подписку ещё на год. Приложение очень достойное. Своих денег точно стоит. Одна просьба разработчикам: пожалуйста, добавьте в редактор HSL, для более тонкой работы с цветом. Очень не хватает данной функции. ### 5/5 — 使いやすい *2024-09-25, version 6.8.1* 非常によい ### 5/5 — Call This App “The Finishing Move” *2024-07-05* This is my go-to app as a last step before publishing a photo anywhere. It might be known for it’s amazing lighting effects, but it also has fantastic color layers that just add that chef’s kiss to your image. The addition of text, iconography, and support for video makes this the best last stop on your way to sharing incredible work. I highly recommend this app to any creative working in photography or videography on their mobile devices! If I could ask for anything of the developers, it would be for support for HDR images and an iPad version of this app (and a vignette tool). Outside of that, I love this app for what it does! ### 5/5 — Super *2024-06-11, version 6.6.0* Super ### 5/5 — Excellent professional quality editing !! *2024-06-09, version 6.6.0* This app has come a long way. A new gorgeous intuitive interface and professional editing tools to create top-quality work from anywhere right on iPhone. The quality is in sync with the desktop assets offered by Lens Distortions. --- *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 2026-09-09.*