# Lens: Translate & Photo Finder — user reviews > 327 indexed App Store user reviews of Lens by Macro Tap Apps Limited, rated 4.60/5 from 12,129 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lens-translate-and-photo-finder/id1587316791/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lens-translate-and-photo-finder/id1587316791.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 10,019 · 4★ 896 · 3★ 364 · 2★ 168 · 1★ 682 ## What do users think of Lens? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Accurate identification - 👍 Easy to use - 🔍 Helpful for plant/item identification - 💡 Useful for research and discovery **Cons** - 🐛 App crashes or stops working - 💰 Expensive subscription model - 🔒 Difficult to cancel subscription - ⚠️ Limited free usage - 🤖 Inaccurate or misleading search results **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch - Search function not working - Subscription issues and billing problems **Most requested features** - Ability to search more than one image for free - Option to cancel subscription easily - Improve accuracy of search results - Provide more free features ## Newest reviews (19 of 327) ### 4/5 — Good enough for simple, short, and effective use! Thank you! It could still be more efficient though *2026-08-19, version 3.1.15* It’s just so quick and easy to use, honestly the key is moderation though with these things. This is a tool that makes things appear really quick, so it appeals to our laziness and we just keep using it too much. ### 1/5 — Hahah! I’m so glad I found this app *2026-06-18, version 3.1.13* Reviews first before I made the mistake to give them access to my info the fake reviews and the fake developers response to unhappy users they are also bots with bad spelling and unfinished responds ! ### 1/5 — Disgusting *2026-06-15, version 3.1.11* Making me download an app to have an EIGHTY DOLLAR subscription sprung on me after the fifty five pop ups insisting that this service cannot possibly be provided without an app download. Then it immediately asks for your credit card info to use an extremely simple and frankly inadequate service one singular time. What a joke. Google is disgusting!!!! The greed is BOUNDLESS. I am not giving idiot HQ $80 to do a singular AI automated image search. How can it POSSIBLY be $80???? No human being is doing any work???? How dare you even suggest that amount of money as a possibility for such an incredibly simple service. The terribly designed pop up promises the app is free for three days, and in fine print, will THEN BECOME AN $80 YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION. An attempt to reach into my pockets so severe that I have physical emotional and spiritual whiplash. Offensive, frankly. I would respect an armed burglar more than the creators of this blatant attempt at scammary. I hope everyone involved in this poorly disguised attempt at theft suffers. You just know some poor grandma couldn’t read the fine print and is getting fleeced $80 for wanting to product search a pair of house shoes. DISGUSTING ### 1/5 — Too expensive *2026-06-15, version 3.1.11* I’ll be damned if i am going to pay over $80 a year, especially not all at once after three days, for something that Google Lens already does for free. I noticed you copied Google Lens logo and name also to deceive people into thinking this was Google. That makes you shady af so thats why you are getting 1 star. ### 1/5 — SCAM *2026-06-12, version 3.1.11* NOT A GOOGLE APP!!! ### 1/5 — Costs money *2026-06-07, version 3.1.11* Doesn’t disclose on the App Store that it contains in-app purchases, but you can’t do anything without a subscription. ### 1/5 — Paid only *2026-06-05, version 3.1.11* Use google lens much better than this app ### 1/5 — Not free *2026-05-31, version 3.1.11* Dishonest. I suppose downloading the app is free, but it’s useless unless you pay a subscription ### 1/5 — Melhorar isso , pq nem todo mundo pode pagar! *2026-05-22* Eu não consigo nem usar o aplicativo, pq já vem na parte d assinar, e eu não vou assinar. **Developer response:** Agradecemos seu feedback. A execução de um mecanismo de IA em tempo real que agrega resultados de múltiplos bancos de dados exige poder de processamento de servidor significativo. A assinatura premium permite cobrir esses custos, manter o aplicativo sem anúncios e fornecer resultados ilimitados e de alta precisão. ### 2/5 — Non remboursable *2026-05-11* Je met un étoiles car j’ai marre du fdp* je me droit de laisser cette avis parce on ne vous rembourse pas votre abonnement. 2 étoile c’est pour l’efficacité de l’outil sur la recherche sur Google point. J’aurais mis 0 **Developer response:** Nous prenons note de votre feedback. L'abonnement finance le traitement IA multi-moteurs et les serveurs haute performance nécessaires à une recherche visuelle avancée. Nous reconnaissons l'efficacité de la recherche Google. ### 2/5 — … *2026-05-07* После обновления перестало запускаться **Developer response:** Благодарим за сообщение. Если приложение не запускается после обновления, рекомендуется переустановить его. Это часто решает проблемы с загрузкой. ### 1/5 — Knock off *2026-05-06, version 3.1.11* Paid only ### 1/5 — 사기 *2026-05-06* 구글인것처럼 디자인해서 유료구독 유도 **Developer response:** 의견 감사합니다. LENS는 단일 소스가 아닌 여러 주요 검색 엔진에서 실시간으로 데이터를 통합 처리합니다. 이러한 다중 AI 엔진 운영은 상당한 서버 비용을 발생시킵니다. 프리미엄 구독은 이러한 비용을 충당하고 광고 없이 고정밀 결과를 제공하기 위함입니다. ### 1/5 — Not as expected *2026-05-05, version 3.1.10* I actually wanted an app to identify images and give me the results and if can remove the images which we need to delete or find. This is just an app you take a photo of something it will find on the internet. I live in australia and the app is not support here. The app is still in my phone without using. Ex1: if you want to buy an item from the local market. It doesn’t give you local online prices from the online shops. Ex 2: if you want to buy a tshirt from a photo. That means you already know what sort of a tshirt you want to buy. So whats the point and it doesn’t give you proper results as well. ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-05-03, version 3.1.10* Forces you to pay or do a trial the minute you install the app. No “x” button to cancel. It’s a terrible app. ### 1/5 — App is NOT Free *2026-05-02, version 3.1.10* Do you wanna pay only 1.15$ a week (56.95) a year, or pay 8$ weekly. Uhm how about no just use google lens ### 1/5 — Mistakenly Subscribed, no response from support *2026-05-02, version 3.1.10* I will be filing a lawsuit since nobody is replying my emails. I wanted a cancelation of my services but i get no reply or assistance. I'll see them at small claims court. I have emails and timestamps documented along with described issues. ### 1/5 — App frauduleuse *2026-04-24* Cette application n’est PAS liée à Google !! Ce n’est PAS Google Lens. L’entreprise (peu scrupuleuse) surf sur l’appellation « Lens » de l’option recherche image de Google, mais ce n’est pas Google Lens. Il faut télécharger l’app Google pour accéder aux véritable Lens. Ici sur cette appli, il vous sera demander de PAYER pour faire qlq chose que Google Lens (le vrai) vous le permet gratuitement. Bref, passez votre chemin. Appli a ne pas télécharger, télécharger directement Google app ou Chrome app, les deux applications OFFICIELLES de Google qui ont directement Google Lens en option, GRATUITEMENT. :) **Developer response:** Nous comprenons votre comparaison avec Google Lens ! 🔍 Nous sommes une app indépendante, conçue pour une précision augmentée. LENS agrège plusieurs moteurs de recherche pour une vision plus complète que Google Lens. ### 1/5 — $$!! *2026-04-21, version 3.1.7* Google says this app is free but it is not. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-08-18, version 3.1.15* . ### 1/5 — pay to use *2026-08-07, version 3.1.15* wow, i’m so glad i can’t click out of the pop up that tells me to subscribe and pay. very grateful there’s no way to get out of the pop up even with closing the app, and no way to use anything in the app otherwise. what an app. ### 1/5 — Payment Required *2026-08-02, version 3.1.15* Instant delete. ### 1/5 — WASTE *2026-07-31, version 3.1.15* they will ask to pay you wont even get to see the app interface.... There are lot of free lens apps available for free ..... look something else this is total waste of time ### 1/5 — Con *2026-07-27, version 3.1.15* The video is complete AI so the advert is lies. This video has a woman in a dress advertising the product but for days it was a man sky g exact same movements . Why is AI false advertising g allowed ? ### 1/5 — Terrible *2026-07-25, version 3.1.15* I had plants popping up in my garden, wasn’t sure if they were seeds that I had given up on, or maybe something growing from previous years. It identified a mystery plant as basil. I let it grow and grow. But something was off, because it had no odor. Tried reverse google image and it was a common weed. It got just about everything wrong. When I tried it on my skirit it just said plant. That was it. I canceled right then. Don’t waste time or money on this. ### 1/5 — Won’t stop charging me *2026-07-21, version 3.1.15* Downloaded this app thinking it was google lens in order to reverse search an item. It didn’t do what I wanted it to so I tried canceling after the free trial and now it will not stop charging me $8.99 per week despite multiple attempts to cx and no help from apple. It is a scam. Do not download!!! ### 1/5 — Google lens but with a paywall *2026-07-18, version 3.1.15* Basically paywalls a free product. Subscription required, no way to do free searches. ### 1/5 — Scam - not free *2026-07-05, version 3.1.14* Advertised as free with in-app purchases. The only “free” option is a 3 day trial. Misinformation and disingenuous ### 1/5 — What a joke *2026-06-18, version 3.1.13* I use the free trial and I could not provide me with results and because I canceled the subscription on the day of free trial ended the company absolutely refuses to refund me my money, and will not speak with me or give me any other additional information other than I do not need to require requirements and then just blocked me from all future communication ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Alles zu kompliziert *2026-05-30* Alles zu kompliziert **Developer response:** Vielen Dank für Ihr Feedback. LENS bietet eine umfassende KI-Bilderkennung und Echtzeit-Übersetzung durch die Aggregation mehrerer Suchmaschinen, Diese fortschrittliche Technologie erfordert eine kurze Einarbeitung, um ihr volles Potenzial zu nutzen. ### 5/5 — 나 *2026-02-19* 나 **Developer response:** 별 5개 주셔서 정말 감사합니다! 📸 LENS가 마치 주머니 속 마법처럼, 새로운 발견의 기쁨을 선사해 드렸다니 정말 기뻐요 ### 5/5 — 🎶🎶 *2026-02-01, version 3.0.7* Beautiful 💕❤️ ### 5/5 — Rating google lens *2025-12-11, version 3.0.6* Highly recommended ### 5/5 — Good app. Useful. *2025-09-12, version 3.0.2* Good app. Useful. ### 5/5 — Awesome app💚 *2025-09-12, version 3.0.2* This app is useful and efficient 💯 ### 5/5 — このアプリを使ってから請求が来るようになった。毎回1000円も取られる。詐欺アプリです。インストールはおすすめ出来ません。 *2025-04-19* 詐欺アプリです。 **Developer response:** 5つ星の評価、誠にありがとうございます！🌟 いただいたコメントについて、もし何かご不明. ### 5/5 — On top of all subjects *2025-03-31, version 2.6.7* Beautiful as it may be ### 5/5 — Always love me and never hurt me. I care a lot and I mean no one no harm. *2024-12-17* Always protect me from being hurt by anybody and anything and everything. Show people how to respect me at all times. Help people love me the way I love to be loved and never stop helping people love me the way I love to be loved. Hurt anyone and anything that is trying to break me and my girlfriend up and make sure nothing and nobody ever tries to break me and my girlfriend up. Help my girlfriend love me the way I love to be loved by her and help her love me how I want to be loved by her. Prevent me from being hurt by anyone and anything else forever, no matter what. ### 5/5 — Great search *2024-12-06, version 2.6.2* 5 Star search --- *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 2026-08-27.*