# Magnifier — user reviews > 532 indexed App Store user reviews of Magnifier by Apple, rated 3.78/5 from 1,410 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/magnifier/id1563316278/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/magnifier/id1563316278.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 710 · 4★ 191 · 3★ 127 · 2★ 69 · 1★ 250 ## What do users think of Magnifier? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent magnification capability - 👍 Useful for low-vision users - 🔍 Helps with reading small text - 💡 Filters and color adjustments - 🔍 Zoom in on distant objects **Cons** - 🐛 Blurry/pixelated images when zoomed in - 🐛 Crashes and freezes on some devices - 🔋 Drains battery quickly - 🔍 Limited use cases for general users - 👎 Doesn't save filtered images **Commonly reported bugs** - Sudden black screen on launch - Microphone activation without user consent - Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions - Inability to switch between front and rear cameras **Most requested features** - Add video recording capability - Improve image quality and focus - Allow saving of filtered images - Optimize for battery life - Integrate with Camera app ## Newest reviews (14 of 532) ### 3/5 — … *2026-08-16, version 1.6* Detection doesn’t tell me how tall something is like it won’t tell me how high my door is so I can see how far away I am from dunking. Also who ready for carnivallllll😃😃😃😃🥹🥹🥹😜🤪🤪🥳🥳 ### 3/5 — Rubbish *2026-05-30, version 1.6* It’s rubbish ### 3/5 — Doesn't zoom enough *2026-05-11, version 1.6* The maximum zoom on this magnifier is not nearly strong enough. The camera zoom is sifnifacnty better. Why can't this app zoom in as far as the camera?! ### 3/5 — not very functional *2026-05-01, version 1.6* when I zoom in it does not save the zoomed aspect (Samsung does this) and I get a zoomed out image saved ### 3/5 — This or that *2026-04-29, version 1.6* When I go to the app it glitches the next day it doesn’t and sometimes it can be helpful. ### 4/5 — Its a good app! *2026-04-03, version 1.6* So i have had this app for many years - no problems also just use it to look closely into like jeans to see the cool texture right. And , there has been a update with the app that has only been letting you do selfies of that part if the camera-its slightly annoying but it is what it is ! Thanks for reading have a nice day/night and byeee!✨ ### 3/5 — Battery usage high *2026-04-03, version 1.6* I used this app for a short time & then switched to other apps on my iPhone 16 Pro. In the evening I was streaming a podcast as I often do & the phone shut down suddenly. I connected it to power and saw that the battery was down to close to 0% charge. Settings, Battery indicated high battery usage by this app. When I use it again I won’t leave it running in the background afterwards. ### 2/5 — Doesn't zoom enough *2026-03-09, version 1.6* The maximum zoom on this magnifier is not nearly strong enough. Using the camera on Snapchat is a better magnifier than this one . If Snapchat can do it why can't Apple? ### 2/5 — Focus lock doesn’t work *2026-02-17, version 1.6* The “focus lock” function doesn’t work. No matter I enable it or not, the focus keeps changing. Can you fix it? ### 1/5 — G *2026-01-29, version 1.6* I’m in a bad mood so I’m rating 1 star ### 1/5 — Useless *2026-01-12, version 1.6* I just happened just like my camera which technically makes it useless. ### 1/5 — It horrible *2026-01-01, version 1.6* 0 ### 1/5 — This is a bad app. 😠 *2025-12-25, version 1.6* I hate this app. It put a random square on my page and it’s super annoying and disturbing. It made me cry. It was on my brand-new iPad that I waited one year to get. I thought I would never have a normal iPad ever ever again 😢 😔 😭 PS this square was so useless. I hate it. It drove me to tears and this is the worst thing in the world cause I just magnifies any random thing. PPS I only gave this one star because I tried to give it zero but it wouldn’t let me so I was stuck with one but trust me I would’ve given it a zero my normal Camera app is better than this. It doesn’t deserve any stars it deserves -100. ### 3/5 — Explain how this works? *2025-12-17, version 1.6* Idk what this app if for😅it does nothing but take up storage on my phone so I never use it hardly ever but when I do u can take a pic of words and it will read the words out to u it is useful for some stuff so yea?😅😜tysm for reading this far HAVE A BLESSED DAY!😇🕊️ ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Takes control of settings *2026-07-13, version 1.6* Iit would be great if you could remove this app as utility as it changinh Magnification without my consent ### 1/5 — Update ruined it *2026-07-13, version 1.6* Image is no longer clear. Screen shows one thing, the app uses different camera image to save it ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-05-25, version 1.6* It so hard to ### 1/5 — Focus options are bad *2026-04-27, version 1.6* Tap to focus does nothing, there is no way to manually focus. In hiding this functionality Apple made the tool impossible to use in some cases. ### 1/5 — No!!!!!!!! *2026-04-25, version 1.6* Just no there is no clear meage on what your looking at so n o no also worst grafics i have ever seen 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 ### 1/5 — Fake app *2026-04-13, version 1.6* Fake ### 1/5 — Throws away capture (photos) unless you press 3 buttons between each capture. Awful design for work. *2026-04-10, version 1.6* Read title. I am trying to quickly snap lots of precise photos in one hand and I wonder where all the photos went. Not even in the trash, they are unrecoverable, unless you click send button for each photo. Imagine trying to snap hundreds of photos using magnifiers filters to precisely capture text or part numbers or any fine detail, you know for a MAGNIFIER. Trash, 0 out of 5. ### 1/5 — Very scary app *2026-04-06, version 1.6* When I was trying this app it put on like a really scary filter and then text appeared on the screen that says I can see you ### 1/5 — Control panel is STUCK ON SCREEN *2026-03-31, version 1.6* Whose bright idea was it to NOT allow the control panel to be HIDDEN?? IT COVERS TEXT!!! ☹️ This is ridiculously STUPID. I can’t find ANYTHING in this app that lets me GET RID of it. Hire someone with a REAL vision impairment so you guys can understand what works and what doesn’t, please. And, PLEASE FIX THIS IMMEDIATELY!! This is a literal pain in the REAR!! Thank you for taking the time to read my review. Please respond right away. ### 1/5 — Subscription *2026-02-26, version 1.6* Seriously pay for a magnifying glass That is Ridiculous when it says free ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — It is an app *2026-07-22, version 1.6* I like apps ### 5/5 — It is cool *2026-06-16, version 1.6* I have 5 stars for apple only this application is good ### 5/5 — game changer *2026-04-25, version 1.6* i use this app a lot and it helps me so much being legally blind and it’s so easy to use i have recommended it to so many people because they see me using it, it helps me a lot with school and it doesn’t fill up your camera roll with photos that you do not need and to the people that say this app sucks think about this it was free and accessible tech for blind people is overpriced like something similar with cost a stupid amount of money like probably 200 bucks ### 5/5 — This app is the W of the century *2026-03-10, version 1.6* This app is so amazing can’t put it down to much fun! I love zooming in on small detail things and stuff total W my dude! ### 5/5 — :o *2026-02-18, version 1.6* :o ### 5/5 — security *2026-02-10, version 1.6* Title: Security Improvement Needed Review: I would like to see better security features in this app. I do not want any automatic actions, typing prediction, or voice dictation running without my consent. Sensors should not provide incorrect or misleading information. These areas could be improved to ensure privacy and accurate performance. ### 5/5 — Полезно *2025-12-01, version 1.5* Очень полезное приложение, рекомендую. ### 5/5 — 很不错（无用）的应用 *2025-11-25, version 1.5* 很无用，刚好用来给我装trollstore ### 5/5 — 전면 카메라 확대 *2025-11-07, version 1.5* 카메라 앱에서는 후면 카메라 확대 밖에 안 되는데 이 앱에서는 전면 카메라 확대도 돼서 좋습니다ㅋㅎㅋㅎ 리뷰에 갑자기 깔려 있다고 이상하다고 하시는 분들 계시던데 기본 앱이니 신경쓰지 마세요 여러분. 해킹이라고 생각하다니 신기하네요.. ### 5/5 — 😘 *2025-11-06, version 1.5* ❤️❤️ --- *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 2026-08-26.*