Prequel User Reviews

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Has turned into a con

Purchased a yearly plan. Prequel proceeded to make most presets as AI, needing credits to be purchased to use them. The original value has decreased substantially as not a lot is left that does not use AI rendering the plan and the app useless if users are not prepared to constantly pay on top of plans for generation credits.
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Not even a 3 say trial!

I can’t see how an app can’t or wont let people use the app as a free trial. I hate it that it doesn’t help other about it.
Very unfair

Make you force subscribe up front

A long “survey” process to get you to allow subscription. I pass

Used to be good.

I loved this app with my heart and soul. But then literally EVERYTHING became a cash grab. Even just a filter is “pro”. I will be deleting this app after using it for years. Today was my final straw, when I went to go edit photos and figured I can’t use a premade filter, so I adjusted the settings to my photo and saved my adjustments, when I went to go download my photo, I had to pay because it was considered “pro”. Absolutely ridiculous, do not download this app unless you want a headache and a waste of your time.
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Scam

This app is full of scam tactics, subscribe to even use the app, then more money to use anything with credits. The amount of reviews of this app that are 5 stars is a clear indicator of fake reviews

not worth it

Heavily ai enhanced photos lol

Garbage

They changed the Ai component to credits to make more money, even after paying for a subscription, now you also need credits.

Don’t wast your money

This app is a scam. They need to be more transparent about what are they charging you for.

AI slop

This app is built almost entirely on AI effects and filters, but you’re not getting anything close to what you’re paying for. At $6/week or $48/month, it’s more expensive than most AI platforms, yet delivers significantly worse results.

Everything they advertise across Instagram (the G7X filter, AI retake, Film 35, Golden Hour, Backlight, Colour Relight, Selfie Cam, Polacam) looks nothing like what you actually get in the app. The effects are poorly applied, overly processed, and often borderline unusable compared to the promotional content.

Most of their “coveted” features are AI-driven (easily 90% of the app), and despite already charging a subscription, they operate on a CREDIT system. That means you’re paying twice—once for access, and again per use. On top of that, your photos are uploaded and processed through cloud-based systems involving third-party AI, which raises serious concerns about how your data is being handled.

Performance is another issue. A single effect can take anywhere from 30 seconds to several minutes to render, only to produce results that look synthetic, overblown, cartoonish, and unnatural. Sometimes no changes are made at all, and after 8 minutes, you’ve wasted valuable time for nothing. Because your only option is to click a button, you have no control over how that effect is rendered either (the retake effect decides what changes with zero user input, for instance). I can’t imagine editing multiple photos with 10 minute pauses for a single effect, preset or otherwise.

If you want anything realistic, quality, or true to life, this isn’t it. There are far better (and more honest) programs available. Try Lightroom, VSCO, Tezza, anything before this hastily-adapted, substandard toy.

It’s hard to believe the influencer hype around this app is genuine. I doubt any creator is vouching for it without incentivization.
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Not good

Not worth the price

new update

The new version ruined the effects of the filters they looked so much better and professional before and this now looks underwhelming as far as the lighting effects go

Loved it until

I’ve paid for prequel for years. I loved it and gotten incredibly insane beautiful photos and editing made easy. But now you have to pay even more. I’ve discontinued my renewal. When it’s done it’s done. Makes me sad.

Lame expensive app

Would not purchase this app bc you pay for it then have limited amount of pics you can edit or you have to pay more that’s so stupid

Have to pay for everything

It won’t let me save anything without paying . Idk it’s no point tbh

Paywall is expensive

Doesn’t make sense to pay for the subscription when there is tokens to use the other premium filters, I could just tune my photos through the photo app in the phone, cancelling after using it for my trip

Extremely Buggy!

I cannot edit videos easily, I cannot trim, move, delete videos properly, sequencing is lost, buggy

Borderline Criminal Behavior: Bait and Switch

So yeah, the app is cool but they’re using the most disgustingly unethical marketing tactics. They present the features and prompt you to purchase a full subscription, and as soon as you do, you’re informed about AI credits (over 80% of the platform uses AI credits). Now every generation that you create consumes anywhere from 20 to 60 credits. And get this your entire yearly store is 320 credits. So about 10 images.

Incredibly scammy and honestly, they should be held liable by the FTC for cheating customers. Apple should de-platform them.
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Not good

Makes it look nothing like you once you use the filter

Erm.. credits??

So I saw this on Instagram and, like most people, thought, “Ah, so that’s how everyone gets their photos looking so amazing.” Naturally, I downloaded the app.

Of course, there’s a subscription, so I paid £4.99 for the one-week trial. I had a play around with a few different filters to see what it was like, only to get a message literally minutes later telling me I’d run out of credits and needed to buy more to keep using some of the effects… or wait a week for them to renew.

Hang on… I’ve just paid for the week’s trial! That’s pretty ridiculous, to be honest.
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Inability to use on Snapchat

I am unable to use this app to share streaks on snapchat, this started today