# Photo Lab — AI Image Editor — user reviews > 811 indexed App Store user reviews of Photo Lab by Linerock Investments LTD, rated 4.70/5 from 184,540 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photo-lab-ai-image-editor/id441457218/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photo-lab-ai-image-editor/id441457218.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 158,141 · 4★ 15,527 · 3★ 4,698 · 2★ 2,192 · 1★ 3,982 ## What do users think of Photo Lab? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fantastic photo effects - 👍 Easy to use - 💡 Unique and creative filters - 🎨 Excellent for photo editing - 🤩 Impressive results - 🎉 Fun and addictive - 💻 Great for social media - ⭐ Highly recommended **Cons** - 💰 Expensive subscription - 🙄 Constant ads for premium version - 🐛 Crashes and performance issues - 🔍 Difficult to find previously used filters - 🚫 Limited free features - 🤖 Forced smiles in AI-generated images - 🔀 Repetitive image options in feed **Commonly reported bugs** - Face recognition issues for bald users or those with facial hair - Subscription issues and inability to access paid features - Crashing and performance problems after recent updates **Most requested features** - Ability to adjust effect opacity and placement - More background and skin tone options - Pet photo support - Ability to save custom filter combinations - Improved search and organization of effects - Higher quality image output - Easier access to previously used filters ## Newest reviews (10 of 811) ### 2/5 — App uses tech well but not appropriate for all age groups *2026-08-30, version 3.12.125* The app is too sexual in images and doesn’t do what it shows in the beginning when you see its abilities. ### 4/5 — Need one fix. *2026-08-23, version 3.12.125* I love this app, I use it many times a week. However, there isn’t anywhere that keeps the photos I have saved. I just used a ‘layered reality’ option, it cost 14 coins, and when the result was ready, “something went wrong” the photo was nowhere to be found and I was 14 coins poorer. Not cool. ### 2/5 — Scam *2026-08-04, version 3.12.122* Says 3 day free trial and then 9.99 as soon as i did the free trial it charges me $20 lol like what ### 2/5 — Features come and go *2026-08-03, version 3.12.122* As much as I love this app, recently over the last year and a half features have come and go and if I’m lucky it comes back. And, it seems like this app isn’t created equal for everyone. Not everyone has the same features. I miss being able to make couples, haven’t had that feature for a year now and I have friends that have the feature. If I get that feature back I will gladly give it 5 stars. UPDATE 8/2/2026: I go on a vacation and come back and the app has done some improvements and now I have less features than before. It’s really frustrating that this app gets worse and worse with each update. I want the version I had 2 years ago when I could do so much more and y’all didn’t take features away, but instead added features. Really disappointed in this app over the past 1.5 years…it’s gone downhill since. I can’t even find my features I’ve saved to my favorites anymore. Because of this I changed it from 3 stars to 2 stars. Give me back the version I had 2 years ago and it would be 5 stars. ### 3/5 — Not for everyone *2026-07-27, version 3.12.122* Too many of the features, don’t work well with people of color ### 3/5 — Designer *2026-07-25, version 3.12.122* Lack of service It’s sad indeed your way to do business taking away more and more, 200 coins that still not replaced as written in your app. It’s making me to think I need to stop your service and look somewhere else. Hope your customer service gets better ### 2/5 — Ok app *2026-07-23, version 3.12.122* So I bought VP bust of course you are still limited to what you canto either it. They give u credits which run out quickly! Then they try to sell u more credits to do more things with it. Still ripping off your customers to make more money! ### 2/5 — Not much to choose from *2026-07-23, version 3.12.122* This app has changed and not in a good way, over time. There is far less filters to choose from unless you pay the “vip” $40/month, and for that you could use another AI app for less, and get more. ### 3/5 — Designer artist *2026-07-15, version 3.12.121* I been a longtime vip member and really enjoy the variety of art design video features, However, lately the price of making videos changed drastically, went from no limits to 100 videos in week, charging . 99 cents per video if wanted one more video, I waited a week to make 100 videos, of those many were failures, never got credits back, still ok, but today the price went to the sky. 200 credits daily, videos cost 81 credits 😩one video was a failure, just two videos for 200 credites leaving me with 39, they asking 700 credits per .99 price. Sad indeed they treat my vip membership as not important. Hopefully they recap and diva better pricing. ### 5/5 — Services *2026-07-12, version 3.12.121* Thank you for all the alternatives that you make available for dynamic and creative images. Although I am not a dues paying member you treat me well. Thank you! Hoping I may subscribe next December when you offer some bargain rates. So said this retiree. Namastè ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Не загружаются фотографии *2026-08-06, version 3.12.122* Не загружаются фотографии после обновления приложения ### 1/5 — Glitchy *2026-08-01, version 3.12.122* Glitches all the time. Updated and now have limit with VIP. Which I get but it’s supposed to be daily but it doesn’t reset itself ### 1/5 — A big fat no *2026-08-01, version 3.12.122* I deleted PhotoLab because of persistent concerns about unfair promotion, inconsistent content moderation, and inadequate protection of users’ personal photos. Despite creating many original works, I found that the feeds repeatedly promoted the same small group of creators, while my original creations received no visibility. Content standards also appeared inconsistent. Some of my relatively modest images were restricted for cleavage or cigarette imagery, while significantly more suggestive content and similar smoking imagery remained prominently featured in PhotoLab’s own galleries. Most seriously, another user repeatedly copied personal photographs I had used in my creations. I reported this to PhotoLab, but the problem continued. I was particularly disturbed to see this user apparently copying photographs of children as well. PhotoLab’s failure to address these reports destroyed my confidence in the platform. Until it applies its rules consistently and provides meaningful protection against unauthorized reuse of personal photos, I cannot recommend or financially support this app. ### 1/5 — Fake and AD *2026-07-31, version 3.12.122* Too many ads and it doesn’t let you finish your project. Every time you try to edit it, takes you to an ad. ### 1/5 — LISTEN TO ME *2026-07-27, version 3.12.122* NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER DOWNLOAD UNLESS YOU WANT TO PAY JUST TO PUT A SIMPLE EFFECT ### 1/5 — garbage *2026-07-26, version 3.12.122* My Face in video is anybody but me. Useless garbage ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2026-07-18, version 3.12.121* The app is not free! I pressed the X button but after that banners pop out every minute. And when I press the X button, I can’t generate anything. There is also a limited amount of choice. BAD BAD BAD !!!!!!!!! DON'T download. ### 1/5 — Biased and shows favoritism towards certain creators *2026-07-18, version 3.12.121* PhotoLab is an absolutely garbage app. It very clearly shows favoritism and preference toward a very small group of mainly Russian creators and features only their work in the feeds where users can go to select combos and templates. I have made so many original combos and creations with the intention of allowing users to be able to access them and rework them using their own photos, but my creations (which in many cases are far better than a lot of what these favored creators are making) is never featured in the feeds. PhotoLab doesn’t even rotate people’s art to give everyone a fair chance to showcasing their work in the feeds. It’s always the same select group of creators whose work is displayed on the feeds and everyone else is expected to use only those creators’ templates in DreamLooks and InstaLooks to make something if they want their work featured, which is pretty stupid because I want MY original work featured just like they get to have their original work featured! Moreover, the feeds feature outdated content from more than five years ago, I guess because it got thousands of “likes.” PhotoLab should feature only current content created by a wide variety of users so that everyone has a chance to share their art. Another complaint I have is that there is bias on PhotoLab when it comes to what is considered allowable content. Several times some of my photos had just a tad bit of cleavage and PhotoLab refused to publish them or allow them to be visible to its community. However, I have seen so many other users post photos far more explicit than mine including skimpy bikini photo creations that PhotoLab allowed to be shared and accessed. So why the bias? Either allow all content that might be considered adult or explicit, or allow none at all. Picking and choosing content based on how many likes it has or what country the creator is from is stupid. Russians seem to be allowed to post anything just because the app is based in Russia. Finally, I have a paid premium annual subscription to PhotoLab, yet there are still limitations on how many VIP and premium features I’m allowed to use per day. This is just plain dumb. If a user subscribes to a top tier service, he or she should get incentives and amenities - such as unlimited daily use of features on the app. I detest apps that ruin the user experience by becoming popularity contests or employing unethical practices and I’m sorry to say PhotoLab is one of these apps. I will definitely be looking for a much better app with which I can create my art. ### 1/5 — Designer artist *2026-07-17, version 3.12.121* I been a longtime vip member and really enjoy the variety of art design video features, However, lately the price of making videos changed drastically, went from no limits to 100 videos in week, charging . 99 cents per video if wanted one more video, I waited a week to make 100 videos, of those many were failures, never got credits back, still ok, but today the price went to the sky. 200 credits daily, videos cost 81 credits 😩one video was a failure, just two videos for 200 credites leaving me with 39, they asking 700 credits per .99 price. Sad indeed they treat my vip membership as not important. Hopefully they recap and diva better pricing. More to review I see how your company is getting the prices up, from making videos with not limit to 100 videos in week, then after few weeks it changed again. Now is 200 credits per day, each video cost 81 credits. 2 videos per day x 7 is 14 videos per week. Not the 100 videos per week I used to get. Bad way to decrease your service. Not info about the change that just happened. For a VIP customer that has been using your app for years is bad indeed. Now is I don’t used the reminder credits they get erased, also bad. It happened already few times. Lack of honesty. Your system stealing Credits. Would be greatly appreciated if you change such and treat your customers better. Thanks ### 1/5 — 3日間トライアルと課金プランしか使えなくなってる *2026-07-15* 以前使っていて、広告を見れば写真をアートっぽくできるエフェクトを使えるのが気に入っていましたが、久々に使おうと思って開いたら、3日間のトライアルもしくは課金プランしか利用できなくなっていた。 3日間トライアルが終わった後の週1500円や、年間15000円は酷すぎる。 アンインストールします。 **Developer response:** こんにちは！当アプリは無料ですが、有料プランへの加入も可能です。銀行口座情報の入力は一切不要で、自動課金も行っておりません。無料モード（広告表示あり、PROオプションはロックされています）でご利用いただけます。無料モードにするには、スタートバナーの「×」アイコンをクリックして閉じてください。 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — This app keeps getting better! *2026-08-30, version 3.12.125* I have had this app for years. I bought it when it was first released on android and bought a lifetime VIP account. Now that I’ve switched to iPhone I have to pay an annual fee and only get limited credits. I don’t like that, but I still pay for it. It’s such quality work! I have to say that this app just keeps getting better. My hat is off to the developers with the AI too. I can now take a picture of someone and give the command “have them wear a birthday hat while riding an elephant” and it can do it! The graphics and effects are incredible. I use this app to make my Christmas Card. This is hands down my favorite photo app. ### 5/5 — Ediciones Muñequita Angie *2026-08-22, version 3.12.125* Me gustan mucho pueden mejorar la rapides un poco mas esta lenta la applicacion ### 5/5 — lo mejor *2026-08-21, version 3.12.125* Muy buena ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2026-08-13, version 3.12.124* One of my favorite apps .The yearly VIP MEMBERSHIP is worth every penny. ### 5/5 — Application payante vers application gratuite complètement *2026-08-05* J’ai envie de faire des belles photos, mais il faut toujours que ça soit payant et en plus par semaine je vais pas être méchante mais faites des applications gratuites mais vraiment gratuit ou c’est pas payant. L’application elle est intéressante, mais si c’est pas peu pas l’utiliser, ça ne sert à rien, il y a des personnes qui ont pas forcément les moyens de payer une application par semaine. Je vous note quand même cinq étoiles parce que l’application est sympa, mais ça reste que ça. Alors si vous pouvez faire quelque chose, ça serait super sympa. **Developer response:** Bonjour ! Notre application est gratuite et propose de nombreux effets gratuits, mais l’abonnement reste entièrement facultatif. Il permet de débloquer de nouveaux effets nécessitant davantage de ressources d’IA et considérés comme du contenu premium. Nous comprenons votre frustration et travaillons à simplifier l’accès à ce contenu premium ! ### 5/5 — Great App *2026-08-05, version 3.12.122* Amazing App, & I love each update ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-08-05, version 3.12.122* App ### 5/5 — Love it *2026-07-29, version 3.12.122* Love it awesome the best ever ### 5/5 — The Best *2026-07-23, version 3.12.122* I just completely love this app. It gives you such accurate results that are so lifelike it’s amazing. I referred this to my girlfriend’s. and everyone seems to enjoy it just as much as I do I give it five stars. ### 5/5 — AI HAS TAKEN OVER PHOTO LAB *2026-07-20, version 3.12.121* PLEASE REMOVE AI FROM PHOTO LAB. PHOTO LAB IS NOT WORKING BECAUSE A SUBSCRIPTION KEEPS POPPING UP. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY. --- *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 2026-09-04.*