# Magnifying glass ++ — user reviews > 198 indexed App Store user reviews of Magnifying glass ++ by Tue Nguyen Minh, rated 4.60/5 from 26,147 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/magnifying-glass-plus-plus/id1190017609/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/magnifying-glass-plus-plus/id1190017609.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 20,487 · 4★ 3,069 · 3★ 1,255 · 2★ 420 · 1★ 916 ## What do users think of Magnifying glass ++? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Magnifies well - 👍 Helpful for reading small text - 🔍 Useful for personal experiments **Cons** - ⏱️ Very short usage time before requiring upgrade - 💰 Deceptive as a 'free' app - 🙄 Constant upgrade prompts disrupt usage - 🔍 Limited magnification without upgrade **Commonly reported bugs** - App freezes or becomes unusable after a few seconds - Inconsistent performance and image quality **Most requested features** - Longer free usage time - More magnification options in free version - Ability to save multiple custom filters ## Newest reviews (12 of 198) ### 4/5 — Nice *2025-02-06, version 1.4.1* Handy wee app ### 1/5 — Waste of bandwidth *2024-12-04, version 1.4.1* 1second time limit!?! ### 1/5 — Wtaf? *2024-10-04, version 1.4.1* Literally, every 2 seconds (and that’s being generous) a pop-up telling you the time limit has been reached (1 second time limit??) and to either purchase the “pro” version, or wait 5 seconds to continue looking at whatever object you’re trying to look at. So, you’ll spend n 2.5 times MORE time just waiting for the pop up to go away than you can even spend using the magnifier?! Not cool, not even trying to be a good app. You might as well just charge for the stupid thing, at least it would feel more honest. I won’t be spending a single penny on this app, i uninstalled it seconds after opening it. Pretty outrageous, imo. Don’t even bother downloading it, just a waste of time. ### 1/5 — App Review *2024-07-04* Horrible Planning of App Upgrade ### 1/5 — Terrible app *2024-06-29, version 1.4.1* I was just looking for a simple, magnifying app that I would use every once in a while. A FREE app. Well , this app is SUPPOSED to be free but it is NOT. Every few seconds (literally) an ad pops up wanting you to purchase their full app for $1.29 or whatever. You can’t close out of that till the ad ticks down to zero. Then you think you can use their free ad. Nope! The ad pops back up to purchase again. It’s a constant loop. If you want a paid app that’s fine. Just ask for money. Don’t act like your app has a free version when it doesn’t. That doesn’t make me purchase the app it makes me angry and write a real review and go to another app and possibly purchase theirs. ### 1/5 — Me *2024-05-07, version 1.4.1* No country for old men. ### 1/5 — Are you kidding me? *2024-04-26, version 1.4.1* You just get used to using this and then all the sudden pop up and charge you for it I deleted it ### 4/5 — Magnifying *2024-04-22, version 1.4.1* Good!👍🤗 ### 1/5 — Completely worthless *2024-04-05, version 1.4.1* Period. ### 1/5 — Pictures are blurry *2024-03-14, version 1.4.1* …. And the zoom on my iPhone is actually better. ### 1/5 — Scam *2024-03-08, version 1.4.1* No free view Immediately ask for payment ### 1/5 — This is not a free app & no evidence it works well *2024-01-15, version 1.4.1* You can’t use this app for free for more than a few seconds at a time—so effectively it’s NOT a free app! Also in the seconds it works, the camera doesn’t focus on what it’s pointing at and things look a little dark. I see no reason to think the image quality would be worth paying for! The positive reviews may be fake. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-07-13, version 1.4.3* It does not magnify that well. ### 1/5 — GHASTLY, horrible *2025-12-03, version 1.4.3* a horrible terrible app. From the instant it is installed, They deny you elementary basic features, such as limiting zoom, no photographs, no light. THEN they harass you continuously to upgrade and send them money, WITHOUT even granting a simple trial period. HORRIBLE TERRIBLE ROTTEN, AVOID UNTIL THE END OF TIME AND THE SUN GOES SUPERNOVA. ### 1/5 — Mistake *2025-11-14, version 1.4.1* Never wanted to “upgrade”for a fee. I rarely ever use the free app. Please delete this account thank you Karen Dunne ### 1/5 — Unusable if you dont pay *2025-09-25, version 1.4.1* Bad app ### 1/5 — Just use the zoom on your camera *2025-08-07, version 1.4.1* Downloaded this app just to see if the developer is trying to nickel and dime you like they did on another app I downloaded from them. The answer is yes. Loaded the app and it asked for camera permission so I clicked yes and was immediately met with a time limit reached notice and had to wait 5 seconds. Waited and clicked continue to get 3-4 seconds looking at something before it popped back up. Pulled up my camera and zoomed in just to get ether results. Why would anyone spend $3 on this scam pretending to be an app is beyond me. Positive reviews must be bought is the only thing I can think of. ### 1/5 — Bad, very bad *2025-05-21, version 1.4.1* Many ads ### 1/5 — Worst 1 second app *2025-03-06, version 1.4.1* Regular focus, pay pop up every second ### 1/5 — ITS A TRICK *2025-03-04, version 1.4.1* Asks for review before it allows you to begin, tricking people into good reviews! Then gives u like literally 2 seconds before it says times up and u have to pay. So yeah i never got to use the stupid thing to see how it works and im not about to pay for something that cons from the start!!!!!!!! ### 1/5 — DO NOT waste your time *2025-01-23, version 1.4.1* ⚠️🚫This app is false advertisement. After downloading you can’t use it because a pop up screen pops up every two seconds alerting you’ve reached your time and if you want to continue, guess what?? You have to pay💰don’t bother ⚠️🚫 ### 1/5 — Testing terribly short *2025-01-01, version 1.4.1* Time too short to test if I want this ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — iPhone magnifying icon *2026-07-30, version 1.4.3* Go ahead use a few times . This function comes in handy in a multitude of viewing needs when things are wee little like instructions, grocery labels,etc. along with many other needs. ### 5/5 — Great Utility for your phone! *2025-12-27, version 1.4.3* Try this app! Works great! ### 5/5 — Does its job admirably! *2024-12-31, version 1.4.1* This is a great little app. It does exactly what it says on the tin and does it really well. I use it constantly. I do have a magnifying glass in my home but I usually have my phone to hand so tend to go for the app instead - and the app has variable magnification which makes it perfect for all uses. Highly recommended and thank you 🙏🙂 ### 5/5 — Mag *2024-10-19, version 1.4.1* Mag Rocks! ### 5/5 — Works great!! *2024-10-06, version 1.4.1* Couldn’t be more helpful to these old eyes trying to read med instructions! ### 5/5 — Thank You *2024-09-02, version 1.4.1* There are times I found I needed help in some restaurants and the magnifier on my phone is perfect and handy…. ### 5/5 — Love it *2024-05-15, version 1.4.1* I eventually took it off my phone. When I took pics they would save to photos but only I magnified. ### 5/5 — It Great *2024-02-21, version 1.4.1* It really nice to have when the print is Very Small ### 5/5 — Great help *2023-08-24, version 1.3.8* The magnifying app is such a big help for me since I have need at times to magnify small print. Anyone could benefit from the use of this app. ### 5/5 — Abdul Memon *2023-07-17, version 1.3.7* Very useful. Thanks --- *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.*