# Narrative — user reviews > 46 indexed App Store user reviews of Narrative by Third Dot AB, rated 3.80/5 from 4 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/narrative/id722804868/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/narrative/id722804868.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (10 of 46) ### 4/5 — wish 2 fire the camera right from the app *2016-12-24, version 2.5.2* latest update showed me some new features, thank u for that. what I still miss: I would like to trigger the camera right from the app (eg start a video by touching a record button in the narrative app). ### 3/5 — Good but slow... *2016-06-02, version 2.3.0* I am really enjoying the fun things that can happen with this camera and app. The jury is still out on "was it worth the 14 month wait". My only real beef with the app is that it is slow to load photos. Flipping through the photos is fun but a little awkward. In future updates, connectivity and speed would be areas to focus on. ### 4/5 — Great Concept But... *2016-05-17, version 2.3.0* I just got my clip 2 today and while I love the concept, I think there are ways it can be improved. Here is one idea: make it so you can review what you are shooting. Also you could use the phones native proximity sensor to make the narrative take a pic or start a video. Thirdly, why not give a option to be able to save video right to your camera roll without needing wifi to upload it? This could be done over Bluetooth similar to airdrop. Just some ideas. I waited 8 months for this so I am initially skeptical but will keep playing with it. Thanks ### 4/5 — Very nice *2016-04-23, version 2.3.0* Very nice Thank you ### 4/5 — Works reasonably well *2016-04-15, version 2.3.0* You can connect to the narrative device and review uploaded photos. ### 4/5 — Getting better *2016-02-17, version 2.2.0* As a new user of a Narrative Clip 2 I was initially disappointed with a number of features namely upload speed and battery life (I realise not directly related to the iOS app) but over the last few app updates and clip firmware updates things have improved greatly. Keep up the good work. ### 4/5 — Great way to sort photos *2015-12-05, version 1.11.1* This is a great way to go over the 100's of photos taken with a naritive. ### 2/5 — keeps crashing *2015-04-28, version 1.8.0* i just downloaded the app cuz i bought it over the weekend and it keeps crashing! as soon as i opened it too, not worth your money if the mobile app doesn't work >:(( ### 1/5 — Crash and burn *2015-04-27, version 1.7.0* Keeps crashing and I have to uninstall then reinstall every freakin' time. Fix this S**T😡 ### 1/5 — Pretty terrible: it even gets the date wrong *2015-04-19, version 1.7.0* I backed this device and asp on kickstarter, what seems like a long time ago. I've now owned it and been using it for the last year or two and, much as I want to love it, there are just so many fundamental bugs that it's hard to do so. It takes photos ok (although good photos are a rare thing with such a random approach add this) but that's where things go wrong. Main main gripe is that it always gets the date of the photos wrong. I took it out this morning (the 19th), but the resulting 'moment is traded as being taken on the 13th. Pretty hopeless. And most things about the software are this frustrating.. I can't really recommend, despite having funded it in the first place ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Create an account = hard pass *2023-07-15, version 2.7.2* The app requires the user to create an account in order to take pictures, I don’t want to give up any more personal data than I have to, and I don’t want my pictures to become some public thing. ### 1/5 — Has this been discontinued? *2019-11-03, version 2.7.2* I sign up and then login and login fails. Try to contact support and cannot connect to support click narrative care and its blank ### 1/5 — Company is no longer in business *2016-10-02, version 2.5.2* Future ability to use app and device unclear ### 1/5 — Don't upgrade *2016-07-04, version 2.4.0* The upgrade is not working for me on my iPad Pro. Be careful. ### 1/5 — Bad app and broken video player *2016-06-05, version 2.3.0* This app horrible. I hate that if you touch the screen it starts playing through he pics tooquick. Add a button for that instead. I hate accidentally rushing through my pics. Also the video player is broken. It doesn't properly cache the video. So I can't even watch it. I have to download it to watch it. But they is a big pain because the app doesn't support marking which videos and pics have been downloaded. Please add that too. I just hate this app. It is just super frustrating. Love my narrative. :) ### 1/5 — Such a slow and clunky app *2016-04-23, version 2.3.0* I have so little faith that my photos will appear from the Narrative app. It takes EONS of time to upload and then multiple days for the photos to appear on the app and website. This camera is a cool idea in theory, but in practice I've been utterly disappointed with its clunkiness. There needs to be major software updates to this dud. ### 1/5 — Preserve EXIF Data *2015-12-18, version 2.0.0* Unfortunately Narrative still doesn't write the proper date / location / EXIF into the photos for sharing to external apps. Metadata. Exif. It's what this needs. ### 1/5 — Crashed app *2015-05-30, version 1.9.0* App won't load on my phone (iPhone 4S, IOS up to date), continuously crashes. Tried deleting the app and re-downloading but makes no difference. Please fix so I can view my moments! ### 1/5 — Doesn't work anymore *2015-05-12, version 1.8.1* UPDATE May 12, 2015 I still can't see my OWN timeline, but I can see strangers' images just fine. NO, this update did not fix the issue. Unbelievable that they can't enable users to see their own photos. And they want to start charging for this service, too? Previous: Since the last update I can't see my own timeline; however, I can see total strangers' timelines in public view. Narrative, please, for the love of all that is holy, fix this dang app so I can see MY OWN PHOTOS. Yeah, I'm sure you're excited about the public view, but it's coming at a loss to your user base when we can't even view our own pics. Why would you even roll out an update like this without testing it and seeing the issues? Please fix it ASAP. ### 1/5 — App crashes on iPad with iOS 8 *2015-05-01, version 1.8.0* Just installed the application, signed in and it crashed. Now when I attempt to launch it, the app pops up then closes. It is so fast that I can't see anything. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Still alive and unique product so have to give 5 stars *2019-02-28, version 2.7.2* I’m just happy the service is still alive in some form. ### 5/5 — Greatly improved *2017-07-27, version 2.7.2* Practical, works well and a great interface ### 5/5 — love this app love this product *2017-05-31, version 2.7.2* im don't like taking photos and putting them on traditional social media. this product is brilliant I am so lucky I scored one before they stopped manufacturing again ### 5/5 — Narrative app as great as Narrative Clip2. *2017-04-08, version 2.7.1* When you have hundreds if pix a day, you need as robust an app as this. Just enough features. Not so many that would burden this nimble app. ### 5/5 — Update broke the app *2016-09-26, version 2.5.2* It is no longer connecting and uploading despite the clip status is green, its not connecting at all. Update: its working again ### 5/5 — Great App *2016-06-30, version 2.4.0* So far so good, love this app! ### 5/5 — Wow! *2016-06-19, version 2.3.0* Vraiment bien! À pris du temps à l avoir,mais fonctionne bien. Bien consu, Le logiciel ### 5/5 — awesome! *2016-05-30, version 2.3.0* love this product, if only it was around when my kids were little! ### 5/5 — So much fun *2016-04-08, version 2.3.0* Narrative Clip 2 makes life so much fun. Moments are created almost instantly now. With video the app is even better than before. ### 5/5 — Great way to capture fun times *2015-08-20, version 1.10.0* The best part is that the photos goes straight to my private timeline in this app - that way I can look at them whenever I have time and it's always the best looking back! --- *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 2026-06-11.*