# Lightleap by Lightricks — user reviews > 642 indexed App Store user reviews of Lightleap by Lightricks by Lightricks Ltd., rated 4.70/5 from 98,674 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lightleap-by-lightricks/id1254875992/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lightleap-by-lightricks/id1254875992.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 84,725 · 4★ 7,210 · 3★ 2,949 · 2★ 1,019 · 1★ 2,771 ## What do users think of Lightleap by Lightricks? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Consistently good app - 🎨 Great photo editing - 👍 Worth to buy - 🌟 Amazing app **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes frequently - 🔒 Locked behind paywall - 💰 Expensive subscription - 🤖 Misleading advertising - 🔍 Limited free features - 🙄 Annoying pop-ups - 🐢 Slow performance **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to access photos after update - Freezing and crashing during editing - Distortion and artifacts when removing objects **Most requested features** - Ability to save edited photos without subscription - More free editing tools and features - Improved object removal/healing tool - Ability to add text to photos - Preset saving and applying - Sky eraser tool - RAW image support ## Newest reviews (11 of 642) ### 4/5 — AWESOME!! *2026-06-27, version 1.21.2* This app is so fun and helpful for example,it lets you do so much fun stuff,Adds?Please,there are none of those. You have to get this app.👏 ### 4/5 — Amazing filters/Not meant for editing *2026-06-15, version 1.21.2* I’ve used this app for years now, the filters are amazing. The abilities you can do with the sky are awesome. However, I’ve noticed the app crashes quite a bit. If you clear the cache in the settings, it helps. I would recommend this app for beginners and experts alike! ### 3/5 — Slow and currently won’t open *2026-04-06, version 1.21* I like it when it agrees to work! ### 2/5 — The apps is not working *2026-03-15, version 1.20.0* Your company just charged me again for yearly. However this app cannot even open on my phone device. I request for full refund. Thanks for your understanding. ### 3/5 — App is getting very slow *2026-02-20, version 1.19.25* I’ve been a subscriber for a few years now. It use to work fast and flawlessly… but for a while back it has been painfully slow. My phone is not old and up to date. Now it takes a few minutes to launch, and every time I finish and edit on any of the modules, it freezes for a couple minutes before it releases its functionality again. Maybe time to find a new app… though I had enjoyed this for a long time. ### 2/5 — Slow and currently won’t open *2026-02-07, version 1.19.25* I like it when it agrees to work! ### 3/5 — Current Review 11/25/25 *2025-11-26, version 1.9.21* I used to love this app for editing photos on the fly. It has great tools and presets, I have several presets I’ve made within the app. Over the last few months, I’ve tried several times to open and use this app. Every time I click on it, it opens and then just closes and goes to my home screen. I’ve made sure it’s up to date, made sure my phone was up to date, etc. The app just will not work. If they’re able to get it fixed, I will continue to use it. ### 4/5 — Almost everything at your fingertip! *2025-11-22, version 1.9.21* I love using Lightleap. It’s easy to utilize and gives me the best enhanced pictures. The only thing I wish it had was a clone tool! ### 3/5 — Bugs *2025-11-01, version 1.9.21* Cette application est géniale, mais bug souvent ### 2/5 — Slow *2025-10-02, version 1.9.21* I’ve enjoyed this app for years but it’s been running really slow for a few months 🤔 ### 2/5 — Too glitchy *2025-10-02, version 1.9.21* I like this app when it works but it crashes about 20xs before I can successfully use it and then it freezes after each action. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — They take money from your account and then only respond with AI *2026-09-01, version 1.22.0* DO NOT USE! This company are a scam ### 1/5 — DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP!! The company and users can use your pics forever!! *2026-05-09, version 1.21* Hopefully they let this show up in the reviews but idk if they will! What happens to content you create You still “own” your creations — but they get huge rights to use them This is one of the most important sections. When you upload prompts, images, voice clips, or AI artwork, you give Lightricks an extremely broad license to: * use your content * copy it * modify it * share it * display it publicly * promote it * create new works from it * allow partners and other users to reuse it And they can do this worldwide, forever, without paying you. That includes: * text prompts * uploaded images * voice/sound uploads * generated artwork * comments/posts They also say other users may be allowed to generate new images from your prompts or cues. So while they say you may own your artwork “to the extent allowed by law,” you’re also giving them very broad permanent usage rights. ### 1/5 — Love hate relationship *2026-04-28, version 1.21* I love this app but recently all it does is crash and freeze :( ### 1/5 — No longer worth using!!! *2026-04-22, version 1.21* When I first got this app yearsssss ago it was free and I had access to everything. I recently decided to start back using it and now I have to sign up to pay if I want to use all the features. I guess it’s time for me to delete it! ### 1/5 — Disappointed ! *2026-01-27, version 1.19.25* In the high-stakes world of iOS development, a massive company that operates with a "profit-only" lens and skips charitable outreach. But the real danger for a "money-minded" iOS giant isn't a lack of charity; it's Short-Termism. If they ignore the community to squeeze every dollar today, they destroy the ecosystem they rely on for tomorrow. ### 1/5 — Such a scam *2026-01-24, version 1.19.25* This app is such a scam as soon as I went onto it and got signed in it wouldn’t let me save anything. It asks me to pay money before I can even save the photo. I tried to screenshot it but it came up with a picture of an owl which is not what I had edited at all. Warning do not get this app. ### 1/5 — Shuts down *2025-12-18, version 1.9.21* The app shuts down every time I try to do something. It used to be good and I loved it. Now I can’t use it. I’ve tried to contact support but I haven’t had any response. ### 1/5 — Not free *2025-12-15, version 1.9.21* I’m sick & tired of developers tricking people into thinking an app is free by saying it’s "free to download". Free to download means nothing! I wish Apple would disallow this dishonest marketing bs. 😡 I hate subscriptions. I will NEVER rent software. ### 1/5 — Hasn’t opened in months *2025-11-19, version 1.9.21* This app has not opened in MONTHS!!!! I still have months left in my paid premium subscription! Reported multiple yikes with no action. So disappointed!!!! ### 1/5 — İts not working at iphone after update to 26 *2025-09-23, version 1.9.21* They changed very very bad now why you keep playing now wasting money ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Grey up the line pro updates *2026-07-28, version 1.21.2* But I love the app please reply and goodbye and please don’t update it and we need more visual effects in it ### 5/5 — 💙💙💙💙💙 *2026-07-23, version 1.21.2* Amazing Exelente ### 5/5 — M Creator *2026-06-10, version 1.21* Awesome we need to update the background for the sky For the past couple of years it been the same sky. Please add more options ### 5/5 — 💙💙💙💙💙 *2026-05-09, version 1.21* Amazing ### 5/5 — All things beautiful *2025-11-18, version 1.9.21* Thank you for helping us correct And make all things beautiful ### 5/5 — Loading issues *2025-11-14, version 1.9.21* I am still experiencing loading issues with this app??? I wrote a review about it before. Some days it loads other days it just don’t. Fix the issue please . Thanks ### 5/5 — Lightleap *2025-10-02, version 1.9.21* Superb app…. ### 5/5 — iOS26 *2025-09-21, version 1.9.21* Iʼve upgraded my iPhone and iPad to iOS26 and itʼs not functioning any more. Try to reinstall and it’s still not functionning. 21 September 2025: GREAT, after your last update everything works out PERFECTLY . I strongly recommend this application. ### 5/5 — Working Again With the Update *2025-09-21, version 1.9.21* The app wasn’t opening using IOS 26. The new update for the app fixed it. Working fine now. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Everything you need ! *2025-08-20, version 1.9.20* This App is fantastic and easy to use. Lots of great looks and filters, with a great “healing” tool. Probably my most-used photo app to edit/rework photos. Highly recommend ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ --- *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 2026-09-08.*