# Photo Sketch - Doodle Effects — user reviews > 1,350 indexed App Store user reviews of Photo Sketch by 惠英 印, rated 4.40/5 from 9,303 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photo-sketch-doodle-effects/id600380311/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photo-sketch-doodle-effects/id600380311.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6,617 · 4★ 1,343 · 3★ 566 · 2★ 171 · 1★ 606 ## What do users think of Photo Sketch? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to use - 💡 Interesting sketch effects - 👍 Helpful for artists and non-artists - 👍 Good quality sketches - 👍 Fun to play with photos **Cons** - 🐛 App stops working after upgrading - 🐛 Top buttons become unresponsive after upgrade - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🔋 Excessive ads in free version - 🔋 Ads still present even after paid upgrade **Commonly reported bugs** - Can't load photos after paid upgrade - Top menu buttons stop working after upgrade - App freezes and becomes unusable **Most requested features** - More sketch filter options - Ability to adjust sketch settings - Improved photo import/export functionality - Better customer support and bug fixes ## Newest reviews (12 of 1,350) ### 1/5 — Развод *2025-04-02, version 4.8* Развод, приложение создано для рекламы, функции фиктивны ### 1/5 — Older version worked better *2025-03-22, version 4.8* App now unusable. Impossible as screen after screen of stupid games with loud audio groaning perpetually pop up with no way to kill them. ### 1/5 — Complete garbage. *2025-01-28, version 4.8* If you can manage to even begin using this app, you got farther than I did. The immediate ads lock your phone into an unusable mess. Forced to delete. Pathetic app for mediocre results. ### 1/5 — I can’t use pictures *2025-01-23, version 4.8* I tried using the pictures, but I can’t because it didn’t load this game had to get an update ### 1/5 — Helpful and fun *2025-01-17, version 4.8* It doesn’t work and just repeatedly shows adds without loading a picture. ### 1/5 — Does not work *2025-01-16, version 4.8* Waste of money ### 1/5 — No longer works *2025-01-04, version 4.8* App no longer works at all. ### 1/5 — Unusable *2024-12-24, version 4.8* So many ads it is unusable. ### 1/5 — Excellent results. Can look bitmapped. *2024-10-06, version 4.8* As of 10/2024, garbage that rams as down your throat, really obnoxious ads that you cannot avoid with fake close window buttons. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore *2024-09-25, version 4.8* App doesn’t work anymore, free or upgraded version ### 1/5 — Ad only *2024-09-05, version 4.8* This is the worst app I’ve ever purchased or used in my whole life. You get interruption of ads that you can close that you’re supposed to download and things that you don’t need. This is the worst app ever.. just clean up your ad. You have one but not every time when you open it. ### 1/5 — Отстой. *2024-08-20, version 4.8* Программа отстой. После выбора фото для обработки, крутится рекламный ролик и вуаля фото скидывается надо выбирать заново. Пробовал загружать фото из коллекции и ради любопытства селфи, но ничего не поменялось крутится ролик и фото сбрасывается. Приобрету ли за денежки? Это под вопросом. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Major issues with your app *2026-05-29, version 5.0* I have never been able to get past the royal kingdom app. I add pic, then the add comes up royal kingdom and it’s a never ending add. So I am deleting your app as have tried many times, same thing. Good bye. ### 1/5 — utter fail *2026-04-17, version 5.0* I upload a photo and then I get endless ads with no picture, just as the other more recent review reviewers state. It’s from China is probably just state mining everything on your computer.. delete it. ### 1/5 — Annoying ads. *2025-12-06, version 5.0* Impossible to use. Annoying ads. Did not work. ### 1/5 — Ad machine *2025-10-23, version 5.0* I don’t know why anybody would use this. It launches and then goes into an endless ad … no timer and no exit. I never even got a chance to try it before buying. Seriously …. Why would anybody give this a positive rating at all? ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2025-09-13, version 4.8* This used to be a nice utility app. It actually did what it was supposed to do, turn a photo into a sketch. I didn’t use it much but when I needed it, it as there. Now it’s so full of ads you can’t even find the app and when you do it’s a blank screen. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore *2025-08-13, version 4.8* Doesn’t work uploaded a picture & either shows ads and after it doesn’t allow you to see the different effects ### 1/5 — So far so good *2025-06-05, version 4.8* I used to love this app but now it is almost useless. An ad every time I upload a photo and by the time i watch the ad the photo has disappeared - an endless loop of ads. ### 1/5 — Скетч *2025-06-04, version 4.8* Издевательство ### 1/5 — Not working *2025-05-30, version 4.8* Only plays adds now? This app used to be great now for some reason your photo doesn’t show and it only plays add very disappointing ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore! *2025-05-01, version 4.8* Used to be a good app but now it’s not working! You can’t import photos to work on. All it does is feed you ads. The photos never appear so you can work on them. This is just a program to feed you ads. Usually Mah Jong ads! Sometimes you can’t even X out of an ad and it runs non-stop. I’m deleting it! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Dissatisfied *2025-08-17, version 4.8* Paid for add free the stopped working ### 5/5 — Yesssss *2025-07-10, version 4.8* I really love this app. It is so creative and fun. I love the different options you can chose from. I have printed out the pictures hung them on my hallway and showed them to everyone at my house!! This is the perfect app to make older looking pictures or sketches. I prefer this app! Also my kids love it 💖 ### 5/5 — Great easy to use app. *2025-03-20, version 4.7* So far this has been very useful to me. It is easy to use and is very fast. ### 5/5 — Advertisement packed *2025-02-18, version 4.8* The is barely usable because of the advertisements. It constantly throws adverts into the sketching process. Don’t waste your time or money. ### 5/5 — Free tourguide *2024-11-22, version 4.8* Good app ### 5/5 — Picture review *2024-11-15, version 4.7* This app is excellent highly recommended ### 5/5 — Very cool and easy to use *2024-10-14, version 4.8* I'm not a professional just an average guy, but found this app helpful for some fun picture filters ### 5/5 — So much fun!!! *2024-08-05, version 4.8* I love playing with this - and have made several gifts from the resulting images. ### 5/5 — Love this!!!! *2024-07-09, version 4.7* Love how this app is so easy to use and quickly convert your everyday photos into something. ### 5/5 — Top notch *2024-07-04, version 4.7* Great fun. Turns photos into drawing-like pictures --- *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.*