# Recipes for Filters & Presets — user reviews > 401 indexed App Store user reviews of Recipes for Filters & Presets by Thomas Tsopanakis, rated 4.80/5 from 864 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recipes-for-filters-and-presets/id474003191/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/recipes-for-filters-and-presets/id474003191.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 751 · 4★ 89 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 3 ## What do users think of Recipes for Filters & Presets? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🎨 Lots of editing tools and filters - 💻 Comprehensive set of features - 🖌️ Powerful photo editing capabilities - 🤖 Intuitive and user-friendly interface - 🌟 Impressive for a student-developed app - 🔍 Detailed and accurate controls **Cons** - 🔍 Difficult to precisely adjust some controls - 🎨 Limited variety of filters and effects - 🔀 Lack of masking or layering capabilities - 🔄 Inconsistent undo/redo functionality **Commonly reported bugs** - Occasional crashes or freezes - Compatibility issues with older devices **Most requested features** - Add more filter and effect options - Implement masking and layering tools - Improve precision of adjustment controls - Add support for landscape orientation - Provide more border and frame options ## Newest reviews (17 of 401) ### 4/5 — Gut auf den ersten Blick *2021-12-12* Ich muss noch weiter testen um mir eine Meinung zu bilden. Man wird nach einer Minute zum Bewerten aufgefordert… ### 5/5 — Must have App *2020-06-22, version 2.3.1* Easy to use, great effects, five stars! This is my go to photo editing app ### 5/5 — Great App-Lots of tools packed within *2019-11-25, version 2.3.1* It’s been years now and I STILL put this on any new iPhone I get. iPad too. Simply great app with all the basic photo tools & filters you need without extra fluff or eye candy. No banners, no “pro” edition, just a great no-nonsense editor. ### 5/5 — Favorite photo app *2019-11-12, version 2.3.1* This is the only app that offers such an array of choices for adjustments and tweaks and changes. My favorite is probably the curves which I use all the time. ### 5/5 — Great app *2019-11-09* This is the best photo editing app I have come across in ages. Really easy to use and heaps to choose from. Thanks ### 4/5 — Great all-purpose photo editor, Thyra *2019-10-29, version 2.3.1* App offers a wide variety of photo adjustments. I especially appreciate all the skew options (hard to find these in other apps). I’d definitely give it 5 stars if it were available in landscape mode for iPad use. Developer, please consider. ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2019-07-12, version 2.3.1* There are so many functions. Really great! ### 5/5 — should be ok everybody’s top 5 photo app list *2019-06-21, version 2.3.1* ,,, ### 5/5 — Excellent *2019-05-04, version 2.3.1* Great ### 5/5 — App-Store Treasure *2019-04-10* To find a full app which works flawlessly, enhances creativity and remains fully free without in-app purchases? Photography lovers - snap this up! On my recommendation, there are now many other fans of Thyra - all of whom are happy users. ### 5/5 — Great idea! Highly recommend *2019-02-03, version 2.3.1* This app did exactly what I needed and was super easy to use. Try it out, you won’t be disappointed! ### 5/5 — So Well Designed *2019-01-18, version 2.3.1* Very versatile effects. Stable easy to use interface. GREAT FEATURES! ### 5/5 — Minimal maximal Top *2018-12-08* Sehr gut und eine Vielfalt ein Einstellungen und Effekten. Neben Gamma, Exposure, Shadows etc, auch verschiedene Halftones, Distortions, Spiegelungen und Farbfilter. Außerdem kann man ein Histogramm sehen und die dominanten Farben mir deren Bezeichnung. Ich habe vieles nicht aufgezählt, was in anderen Apps als Standard geht... ..zeichnen kann man auch noch... Dabei die Farben aus der gesamten Palette wählen und auch Fotos als Background... Daraus lässt sich dann quasi etwas herauszeichnen (wie ein Overlay mit Maske ) Das einzige was ich mir noch wünsche ist LANDSCAPE weil ich eine Tastatur benutze und hochkant nicht cool ist. Das würde aber einen Stern Abzug von 10⭐️ bedeuten ### 5/5 — Nice app, easy to use *2018-11-15, version 2.3.1* Quickly apply edits and filters are ice. Would like to have adjustment slider for the filters but they’re mild enough that they’re not overwhelming and look natural. Thanks for the hard work on this, ### 4/5 — Easy to use *2018-06-16, version 2.3.1* Recently discovered this app and used a handful of times. So far, love it because it is easy to use. It is broken down into different sections so that it’s not overwhelming. I intend to use far more often. Great job! ### 5/5 — A brilliant app... *2018-04-03, version 2.3* ...deceptively simple, but does a lot. It is easy and intuitive to us. ### 5/5 — A photo app I keep coming back to *2018-03-20* Really can't fault this useful photo app, one I keep coming back to despite having hundreds of apps. It has a great set of basic tools and more unusual ones such as the colour and mirrors options. Highly recommended. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sadly it no longer works. *2017-11-26, version 2.2.1* For some reason this app no longer enable me to save the edited photo. ### 2/5 — Only one complaint *2018-12-15, version 2.3.1* Overall it’s a good photo editing app. BUT every 5 seconds (no exaggeration) this thing pops up asking me to review the app. It got in the way of actually editing the photo I was working on. It’s ironic that the constant nagging to get me to review the app is what made me give it a poor review. It’s almost as bad as having ads pop up constantly in other photo editing apps. ### 2/5 — Great Photo Editor *2018-06-18* A simple uncluttered UI, packed with tools and filters (all included), and no nag screens or ads. The devs nag screen begging for a review pops up even after I left a review so only 2 stars until he stops this nonsense. ### 2/5 — gut *2016-11-14* Einfache Bedienung, gute Ergebnisse. Doch man wird quasi genötigt die app zu bewerten, nach jedem bearbeiteten Bild kommt eine Aufforderung dazu. ### 2/5 — Initial Opinion.. *2015-11-26, version 2.0* Have only just downloaded this App. Easy to use...tick; variety....tick....I look forward to experimenting in more depth..Well done.. I want to give this App 5 stars as it is by far a wonderfully easy and creative App. There is no other like it ...I have searched. However; it tends to freeze a lot and when clicking on tick...takes a long while to move to next function despite a very competent internet connection. In addition I do not know how to add text without the 'insert text' being removed from the picture. At times my text is in top of this. Please... I would encourage you to keep working on it as it is a sure winner if you can improve. Well done on design ### 3/5 — It. Must. Have. Layers. *2022-01-26, version 2.3.1* Jan 2022 I'm trying apps w/text & fonts. This seems to have … one, let me count… yes, one font unless you're using a faux "font keyboard". I may be It has the same bokeh as Gloomlogue and may as well have the same as who knows what other apps. Can't you do better? Add rotation to this or Gloomlogue? Or both? I don't need hearts but crisp overlay/underlay* lights that can be blurred, multi color … that would be handy. I have the color overlay and monochrome ~yawn~ in other apps but maybe not a lot of people do but could you spice it up a little anyway? There's one I can push to glow white in some margins at decently high contrast- it's an artifact, not intentional. I'd like to see subtle effects like that. It probably shouldn't be extreme. Gloomlogue is good. Thyra hasn't earned a spot on my phone for a year, at least. *Masking ___________________________________________This is one of those apps that should be able to do great things and I just can't interpret the icons. Maybe I should Google instruction but I feel like apps should be more straightforward than that. I should be able to find out what things do or ask where something is within the app instead of looking at it and thinking "wasn't that supposed to do amazing things? Why do I feel like that's a single purpose app?". ### 3/5 — Not the best, but not bad. *2017-02-01* I love the diversity of editing options available with this app, but it could use a bit of work regarding the amount and types of filters available. Pretty much all the photo editing apps out there do the same things...it's nice to see a little more variety every now and then. Overall, it'll do pretty much anything you need it to do. If the filter you desire isn't available via this app, it at least offers the tools to make it yourself. I have tons of photo apps...I've owned and tried just about all of them at some point and I only keep the ones I think I'll use. And this is one I'll keep. ### 3/5 — Filters *2016-11-20* Good app, great filters. Easy to use. Developer might have a future at this. ### 3/5 — Photos *2016-10-24, version 2.2.1* A good variety of 'useful' effects ### 3/5 — Fun *2016-05-19, version 2.2.1* Great app to play around with and make good looking pics ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great all around photo editor! *2024-03-15* This photo editor does everything you need it to. It’s better than any of the big name apps I’ve downloaded. It lets you skew your photo so you can fix it if something’s crooked, and I have t seen that in any of the others. ### 5/5 — Thyra *2023-04-18* Love this app it’s simplicity it’s self, so easy to use. Can highly recommend it. ### 5/5 — Image editing app *2023-04-10, version 2.3.1* Stellar image editing app. The best I’ve worked with to enhance photos. Also, best creative borders. ### 5/5 — Unusual *2023-03-03* There is so much creativity in this app. Its actually a fascinating process as there are so many variations to deal with. Used intelligently this app has an immense potential for a creative artist. Well done whoever put this together. ### 5/5 — Love the app. Would landscape mode *2022-10-02, version 2.3.1* Love the app ### 5/5 — Love it. *2022-08-11, version 2.3.1* I can get very creative with this app. Mashing up photos and making them into something completely different it’s a breeze. ### 5/5 — Ótimo *2022-01-28* Ele tem um efeito halftone excelente e ótimas opções para edição de fotos. Recomendo! ### 5/5 — Totally awesome *2021-07-05* Nice and easy UI, so many options; heaps of manipulation and really fun to play around with and end up with a photo so unique and amazing! Thank you :) ### 5/5 — Favorite picture app yet... *2021-01-30, version 2.3.1* I have several photo apps, but this is the only one that allows me to do the general and numerous things I prefer. Thank you ### 5/5 — Creative photo editing *2020-12-31* This is a really useful app. Has many easy-to-use features. Very intuitive interface. Many options for creative photo editing. I love using it to add personalized greetings to my own photos to send as part of a birthday wish, new year greeting or other special message. Saves to camera roll. --- *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 2026-09-08.*