# PhotoToaster - Photo Editor, Filters, Effects and Borders — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of PhotoToaster by East Coast Pixels, Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 935 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/phototoaster-photo-editor-filters-effects-and-borders/id433671262/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/phototoaster-photo-editor-filters-effects-and-borders/id433671262.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 774 · 4★ 104 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 23 ## What do users think of PhotoToaster? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - ⭐ Excellent photo editing capabilities - 🎨 Wide variety of filters and effects - 🔧 Highly customizable and powerful editing tools - 👍 User-friendly and intuitive interface - 💯 Consistently high-quality results - 🤳 Great for both beginners and professionals - 📱 Seamless integration with mobile photography **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes or stability issues - 🔍 Limited access to cloud-based images - 🖌️ Difficulty adjusting some editing tools (e.g., frames, markup color) - 🔍 Room for improvement in certain editing features (e.g., lighting brush) **Commonly reported bugs** - Permissions issues causing problems with photo sharing - Compatibility concerns with newer iOS versions **Most requested features** - Ability to adjust frame size and position - More advanced retouching tools (e.g., blemish removal, teeth whitening) - Integration with cloud storage services for easier access to photos - Expanded selection of fonts and typography options ## Newest reviews (14 of 50) ### 5/5 — spectacular. *2019-10-26, version 6.7.5* I’ve been using this editor for over 5 years. It’s pleasantly simple with an easy to use interface and it’s good for refinements after editing a picture with another app. I also use it for a simple mirror flip because Apple, for some reason, still hasn’t made that an option. ### 5/5 — No secret costs! *2019-10-07, version 6.7.5* I’ve been using PhotoToaster for the past 7 years and it is a handy tool for quickly adding and editing photos. It enables you to add borders and special effects and do basic photoshopping quickly. The only thing I would add to the program is more fonts. ### 5/5 — You Won’t Be Disappointed! *2019-05-13, version 6.7.5* I’ve been a ‘PhotoToaster Snob’ for 3 or 4 years now and it’s still my favorite and go-to photo editing app! It’s always been very user-friendly and gives the user way more control of the final look of their photo. I love that. You’re not locked down to a single ‘generic’ filter... you have personal control of just about everything, down to toning filters up or down, blurring effects with focal points, and vignettes. I use this app for editing all of my Etsy shop photos and I get compliments on my photos all of the time! I highly recommended buying the full version of this app! :) ### 5/5 — Excellent App Tool *2019-02-19, version 6.7.5* Great for editing photos, many assorted filters, layouts, boarders and effects/or affects to choose from. Nicely complemented with other apps to help assist with a more high depth performance in photo editing. (I.e)Title FX. I personally have a few of them, maybe all. I’m greatly appreciative of the makers and All who contribute help make this a success. More Power! Influence! and Blessings to you and All in everybody’s Loved Ones. 🙏🙏🙏💯💯💯‼️‼️‼️ ### 5/5 — My favorite phot editing app! *2017-11-24, version 6.7.5* This is my go to app for all my photo editing needs. It has every aspect I look for when editing photos and has never let me down! I've used it daily for well over a year now and recommend it to anyone and everyone! ### 5/5 — One of my favorite go to apps *2017-02-13, version 6.7.5* This is my go to app for editing. I just wish it had more pre-sets for b/w. I use this app 95% of the time for editing my photos. It is very easy to use. I highly recommend this app for your editing needs. I would give this app a 10 star if I could. I love this app. ### 5/5 — My "go to" *2017-01-20, version 6.7.5* If you love to give photo gifts you will love this app! They have so many different effects and options. Like blurring out your messy kitchen in the background of an otherwise perfect picture with the defocus or soften tool. Not to mention whitening your teeth with the lightening tool. There are plenty of preset filters too. Your pics will look professionally done. I've had this app for 3 years now and always use it. This will be your "go to" for your pics. ### 5/5 — Most Frequently Used Photo App *2016-12-30, version 6.7.5* Among several photo apps currently on my iPad, this is the app I tend to open first and to use the most frequently. Most of my Instagram posts have at least a touch of PhotoToaster to jazz them up. Straightforward and simple interface makes using this app a hassle-free experience. ### 5/5 — Has it all *2016-09-28, version 6.7.5* When you capture an image, you're capturing not only a moment, but your feeling associated with it. Phototoaster allows you to transform the image into what you felt or saw along with it. There are so many filters that can work alone, or capabilities to tweak light, contrast, saturation, intensities, frames, and even overlays such as stone, paper, etc. I use it all the time for enhancing pretty much every picture I take. Secrets out! ### 5/5 — Perfect for my needs *2016-07-22, version 6.7.5* Fab app. I use it on almost every photo before I post to any site. Fast and simple way to fine-tune shots to get the look that I meant to get when I snapped the photo. The updates are always fantastic improvements to the existing framework, which I love, rather than trying to cram more and more unless bells and whistles like other apps tend to do. The developers must know they have a great app already, and they seem to just keep making it easier to use to get a really professional looking photo. Clean, versatile, powerful editing app -- definitely the best I have found, and I've tried MANY. I highly recommend it! ### 5/5 — STILL THE BEST! *2016-07-20, version 6.7.5* Since my 1st iPhone - before I even knew what Snapseed was - before I learned how to use any other photo app, I had the pleasure of using the Toaster. When I was a digital novice, it was easy to learn, yet produced results. Others have mentioned that it s good for beginners and also quick editing of good quality, and this is true. There may be apps better suited for professionals, but they are invariably unwieldy, time consuming, difficult for me to use. And I'm not stupid. The Toaster is perfect for my needs. I use it in combo with Snapseed and Photogene for most things. Upshot is - buy it! Actually, I have all the East Coast Pixel family apps, and am pleased to comply with their review request. This latest update is appreciated, as I wanted to choose my own frames or if I even wanted one. The ECP apps are all easy to learn but will not disappoint. If you want captioning, get Title FX & you won't need any other. No matter how many I download, I still use it, since it's the best. And don't get me started about the new one, PhotoMotion - but it is fabulous. ### 5/5 — Best Photo Editor Out *2016-07-04, version 6.7.5* Now I'm starting to get into photography and I've been searching around the app store for awhile, trying out different apps but none seemed to edit photos how I wanted. That is until I came across Photo Toaster, hands down the best photo editor on the app store by far. At only $2 this app is beyond worth the price tag. So I HIGHLY encourage anyone who is looking for a photo editor app to please please please download Photo Toaster!!!!! I cannot stress it enough. ### 5/5 — Awesome photo editing app *2016-06-13, version 6.7.5* I love using this app. I am not a professional photographer, but I love just playing around in the app and seeing the different effects. I do wish though that there were other features like anti blemishes or teeth whitening. Amazing app all the same. Definitely worth the money. ### 5/5 — I'd be lost without it! *2016-05-28, version 6.7.5* LOVE love LoVe; LOVE this photo editor app! It makes my photos go from eh whatever to DAAAAAAMN how the hell did you capture that??!! Love to use it to just fix exposure/lighting and/or color but especially love to use it for adding that extra boost to my "iPhone photography skills" to get that WOW-factor-type-reaction!📸✨✨✨ ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — Fake good reviews? *2016-12-23, version 6.7.5* I've had several editors on my phone (including VSCO) and I am not very impressed by this app. The filters are OK, they're just very basic and can't compete the filters I've already had on VSCO. I hate the interface very much it definitely slows down your editing speed and it makes your fingers ache! For this reason I'd rather keep using just Instagram and VSCO. Don't bother with PhotoToaster, use that money to buy your friend a coffee instead. ### 3/5 — Mixed review *2017-08-07, version 6.7.5* Makes the most awesome photo with the choices, very pleased with that. One of the minor things things is you have to go back in the photo library to chose another photo instead of sliding photos and choosing the one you want to edit. The big problem though when I had done the editing and was going to post on Facebook, it asked for control of camera, and several other things which would give total control of my phone. I denied that control to them. So when I try to post pictures of our business to Facebook I am denied and says go to settings . I did go there but I do not know what to adjust in the settings and no never want to give total control of my phone. So it is useless to me at this point. I am open for suggestions to adjust the settings. ### 4/5 — Adobe Giant Killer? *2020-04-30, version 6.7.5* PhotoToaster brings lots of options and a multitude of original filters, all with a low-stress learning curve, fair price, and generally intuitive interface. You get clean, professional looking photos with ooph. The low price point, modest app size, and great features give you lots of Adobe’s features without Adobe’s fat, slow, and costly apps and steep learning curve. And you don’t have to join the Borg, either. PhotoToaster is good for freelancers, family photographers, and small business owners — anyone who wants quality photos without frustration. There are shortcomings. (1) No access to images in the cloud (meaning you have to either paste them in or have them on your photo roll); (2) Frames aren’t adjustable; (3) The app allows you to mark up photos, but it isn’t clear how to change the markup color from the default screaming pink, or the stroke width; (4) The lighting (lightening?) brush needs work - because it doesn’t; (5) Feature descriptions need improvement. ### 4/5 — Needs update. *2019-08-06, version 6.7.5* Appears a few years since the last update. Essentially dead? It’s no longer correctly requesting permissions from iOS to access photos. I am sure it’s due to Apple adjusting the process over time. But it’s broken this legacy software. Edit revised back to a 4- uninstalling and reinstalling forces it to re-request and reapply security settings. FYI ### 4/5 — ECP Photo Editor *2017-03-03, version 6.7.5* All in all its a pretty decent editor. As soon as someone figures out a program that recognizes that an image has been enlarged and can fill in the missing pixels that would normally cause the image to look distorted. That program will get 5 stars from me. I don't understand why with all the tech out there these days, why am app such as this hasn't been created? Such an app could also be used as a focusing tool for images that are blurry or out of focus. But all in all the ECP is a very good application.... ### 4/5 — A darkroom at your fingertips-literally! *2016-06-03, version 6.7.5* This application allows me to reproduce, toxins-free, very similar effects to the ones I used to create with toners and bleaching agents during my darkroom years. It's a wonderful photo editor, and I recommend it to anyone who uses photoshop for their digital work, or for those who still enjoy spending a bit of their time in light correction, reframing and darkroom effects. ### 4/5 — Go to photo app... *2016-04-21, version 6.7.5* First of all- I love this app! It is undeniably the first app I go to when I am editing. It has many easy to use options, - and the ability to take a photo and make it as brilliant as your eyes saw it. I also love having the tools in the app to highlight the part of your photo you would like to pop! I have found two things l would like to see improve- first, the app frequently crashes after about 5 edited photos. Second, I would like a retouch/clone tool to remove spots, lines, etc that is not just the blur tool. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Simply the BEST *2023-01-03, version 6.7.5* I have used this app since it first dropped and over the many years I have tried using many alternative apps but I have never been as pleased as I am with this one. It’s a shame it’s not available for download anymore. So many people will be missing out on one of AppStores premier editing apps. ### 5/5 — PHOTO TOASTER POPS UP A WINNER! *2022-07-20, version 6.7.5* Since it’s ‘birth’ I have used Photo Toaster. It was one of the first Apps I downloaded on my iPad. Right from the start it pleased me with its results I obtained, using it for my digital art paintings. The results were great and use was easy to learn. Throughout the years I have never been disappointed with Photo Toaster. I will continue using this fine App and would recommend it. Sincerely, Margaret B. ### 5/5 — Best app for correcting lighting in a single spot! *2022-01-04, version 6.7.5* I have yet to find an app that can beat this one when it comes to editing certain spots on a picture! I was so frustrated until I got this app, and I never want it to go away! It’s helped my Photographs to be that much better! ## Most praised reviews (7 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I Love PhotoToaster! *2021-06-14, version 6.7.5* I’ve been using PT for several years and it’s the best value and tool available to create stunning iPhone pics in a matter of min. When my friends ask me how I can produce such impactful shots so quickly l’m always eager to share the capabilities of my PhotoToaster App. ### 5/5 — PhotoToaster my go to app *2021-05-27, version 6.7.5* I do a lot of social media posting. The PhotoToaster suite of applications are my go to creativity center. I have a zillion apps as well as the complete Adobe suite, but these are so reliable and easy on both my iPhone and iPad... when I have a quick idea... boom it’s going to be through PhotoToaster ### 5/5 — My Favorite Photo App *2021-02-15, version 6.7.5* I'm a semi-pro photog and have over 100 photo apps--many of which I can't live without. If I could only have ONE app this one would be my choice. Big thanks to the developers! This is an update years after I first found this app. Still my go-to app and it remains my fav⭐️ Still true, years later!!! ### 5/5 — Still a “Go-To” in 2020 *2020-06-25, version 6.7.5* I’ve been using both Photo Toaster (and their excellent text on photo app TitleFX) for over 7 years and when I came back to apple this year, it was one of my first downloaded apps. I’m happy to see they’ve not messed with it too much and it’s still the phenomenal photo editor I remember! Updates are always welcome but they need to keep the three filter categories of Basic, Premium and Deluxe and keep every filter in it, as well as all their great frames and extra tweaking options. Fantastic app. Hands down. ### 5/5 — A bit of a learning curve but worth the patience *2020-04-06, version 6.7.5* I have several photo edit apps on my phone - tried them all - most give you basics and you have to subscribe monthly to unlock advanced options, some are annoying and too hard to figure out. I use Lightroom on my desktop for my Nikon pics and was looking for an app to use on IG for my iPhone pics. This app has a bit of a learning curve - there are many options - for a one-off fee- it’s exceptional and worth more money than they’re charging! Be patient- play around - get creative - have fun - it’s a fun app to use! What are you waiting for? Buy it before they realize they could be charging a lot more!!! ### 5/5 — Hands down the best photo edit app *2020-01-13, version 6.7.5* I have been using this app for at least 3 rounds of new iPhones. As an amateur photographer, I have tried several different apps for editing and it never is worth the time. The options are endless and provide everything from clarity & frames to artistic interpretation. I use this almost everyday and could not recommend it more. ### 5/5 — Really good app *2019-11-09, version 6.7.5* I’m a retired professional photographer and I have to say, I use my iphone and PhotoToaster for 99% of my pictures now. I’ve used this app for several years and like others tried different apps but this is my go to app. Now shooting with iphone 10 and if it’s especially promising I’ll open Toaster on iPad Pro and use the pencil to dodge and burn, blur, desaturate, etc. I have photoshop and Lightroom but Toaster does almost everything they do. Well maybe not quite but it’s very good. --- *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 2026-06-07.*