# PhotoLayers — user reviews > 279 indexed App Store user reviews of PhotoLayers by handyCloset Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 19,764 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photolayers/id501882698/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photolayers/id501882698.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 17,316 · 4★ 1,342 · 3★ 533 · 2★ 190 · 1★ 383 ## What do users think of PhotoLayers? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Powerful editing tools - 👍 User-friendly interface - 💡 Versatile layering options - 🎨 Excellent for photo manipulation - 🆓 Fully functional free version **Cons** - 🐛 Quality loss when saving images - 📢 Intrusive ads - 🔒 Concerns about data privacy - 📐 Lack of zoom/pan for precise positioning **Commonly reported bugs** - Eraser tool issues after recent update - Crashes and freezes on some devices - Inability to access photo library in certain cases **Most requested features** - Undo/redo functionality - Horizontal/landscape mode support - Increased layer limit - Ability to save edited images in higher quality ## Newest reviews (19 of 279) ### 3/5 — Has its issues, but not bad for a free app *2026-06-10* It would be nice if it was more like the old Photoshop Mix that’s no longer available. Show size of each layer when sizing, when duplicating a layer, it be placed in the same location, and a back button on the main screen (if you alter the cutting of a layer, you can’t undo it once back to the main screen. It also wipes everything at times, when you temporarily leave the app and return. Also, I wish it did not reduce image resolution. No matter how high the resolution your image is, it only saves at 0.9MP max. It can be a little frustrating to use at times, but not too bad for a free app. ### 4/5 — Don’t buy *2026-05-25, version 26.0.0* I bought the add free version only to have the same add problems. Don’t puchase!!! ### 5/5 — Супер Мега супер *2026-04-14, version 26.0.0* Отлично ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2026-04-12, version 26.0.0* I love the ease of this app ### 5/5 — Adorei! *2026-04-10* Ótimo, fácil e grátis para tirar fundo ### 5/5 — Perfect to overlay or combine photos *2026-03-28, version 26.0.0* Just what I've been looking for ### 5/5 — The best *2026-03-20* Thanks so much! ### 5/5 — The Best *2026-02-17, version 26.0.0* Cant get enough ### 5/5 — Best picture editing app *2026-02-06, version 26.0.0* This app is actually really really good. Makes it really easy to edit pictures! Wish i had known about it sooner! 10/10! ### 5/5 — Good *2026-02-01, version 26.0.0* It’s very good and fun to use and it’s a good photo for editing game images and my go to ### 5/5 — Been using it for years *2026-01-31, version 26.0.0* This app just works so well. Easy and intuitive ### 5/5 — 10/10 app *2026-01-24, version 26.0.0* it’s free with reasonable ads (one ad after you download the finished image) and has great features ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-01-14, version 17.0.0* Best app ever ### 5/5 — Great *2026-01-06, version 17.0.0* Easy to use great free app ### 5/5 — Work perfec *2025-12-12, version 17.0.0* Love it ### 5/5 — Отличное приложение! *2025-12-01* Спасибо большое разработчикам! Желаю вам дальнейших успехов! ### 5/5 — Melhor editor q tem *2025-11-29, version 17.0.0* Melhor precisão rápido prático direto cria imagens e cola imagens PNG FACILMENTE ### 5/5 — the best *2025-11-04, version 17.0.0* and i love you ### 5/5 — excelente aplicación! *2025-09-12, version 17.0.0* excelente aplicación, muy buenas herramientas ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Awful *2025-12-22* It keeps freezing when it loads an ad and there’s no timer to force it to expire and even clicking it and going to the app store doesn’t get rid of the ad. Stupid programmer. It also doesn’t let you autocenter an element or stretch it perfectly automatically to each side instead must play games hoping the image is centered. Most annoying too is no built in ability to add text or watermark using text. It also doesn’t let you crop the background images after setting it. It’s too simple. ### 1/5 — ⚠️They Sell Your Data and Track You 🚨 *2025-08-08, version 17.0.0* The reason it’s not more popular is because the developers sell your data. They track you across other apps and websites. Nothing is for free 🧿🙅‍♀️🆓 ### 1/5 — Confusing garbage *2025-07-29, version 17.0.0* This app is straight up garbage. It’s so confusing to use and the quality is horrible. ### 1/5 — 5 star app has left the building *2025-06-28, version 17.0.0* At one time this was my favorite app. This app went from no ads to smother you with ads. Once you complete your task and hit done, a commercial or ad comes on, but it does not allow you to exit out at any point. You have to restart your iPad… every single time. I have sent emails but no reply. ### 1/5 — Worthless *2025-06-23, version 17.0.0* Lots of ads, barely does anything ### 1/5 — Constantly crashing *2025-02-24, version 17.0.0* Can’t load in a single photo ### 1/5 — Trash App *2025-02-11, version 17.0.0* Want to try to edit a photo? Good luck because you’ll be getting an ad after every click. Steer clear of this app. ### 1/5 — Does not work *2024-09-06, version 17.0.0* Hard to use, doesn’t work, makes you pay money ### 1/5 — Awful app *2024-08-20, version 17.0.0* Just buy procreate it’s way easiest to use ### 1/5 — Can’t upload saved art *2024-04-13, version 17.0.0* I can’t upload my saved pic to my YouTube banner. Am I doing something wrong?. 🤷🏻‍♀️ ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Bestie *2026-07-27* This is my bestie app like my fast friend i love it i live all feature of photo layers ### 5/5 — Perfect app *2026-07-23, version 26.0.0* I find that this app works really good I’m well satisfied! ### 5/5 — swag *2026-06-04, version 26.0.0* ez to use, awesome time over all. lobe to edit my cat pics on it ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-06-03, version 26.0.0* Easy to use and works great!! ### 5/5 — I never write app reviews *2026-05-25, version 26.0.0* But this one deserves it. I use this thing ALL the time. And have done so for years. It’s simple; it layers photos. But it layers photos more in depth than a universal photo editing app. They really said “photo layers” and went 10000%. And it’s free. I love this app. Thank you so much for creating this bad boi. ### 5/5 — Best Photo Editing Tool *2026-05-23, version 26.0.0* I have Photoshop, Lightroom, Snapseed, and VSCO. I always come back to this app because of its ease of use and features that foster maximum creativity. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-05-23, version 26.0.0* Awesome ### 5/5 — Rare app that simply does what you need. *2026-05-13, version 26.0.0* I just want to layer pics, easily, and this does it. Maybe the second app ever that I've bought the paid version of. ### 5/5 — love it *2026-04-25, version 26.0.0* ive been using this app for forever, so glad to see they have updated it recently! i’ve never ever had an issue with it, and it’s very easy to use and understand. if other, more popular apps confuse you, i 100% recommend photolayers. this app honestly needs to be more popular and i don’t understand any bad reviews… i know it doesn’t look like much but it’s great ### 5/5 — Zoom *2026-04-24* Ver. 26.0.0: Is it possible to implement zoom in on the background image and maintain the same photo resolution when saving? --- *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 2026-08-29.*