# Shaderific - OpenGL editor — user reviews > 23 indexed App Store user reviews of Shaderific by Gryphos GmbH, rated 4.30/5 from 4 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shaderific-opengl-editor/id510588451/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shaderific-opengl-editor/id510588451.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (7 of 23) ### 5/5 — Amazing *2013-01-02* Love it. ### 5/5 — Terrific! *2012-11-02* I have my own app for testing shaders -- it's very clumsy. Shaderific is terrifically smooth and intuitive to use. Just what I've been looking for. ### 5/5 — Impressive *2012-10-26, version 2.3.2* Excellent resource to further your OpenGL learning ### 5/5 — Great app *2012-10-11* Great app to get a practical lesson on GLSL ### 5/5 — Unbelievable *2012-10-10, version 2.3.2* This is the most impressive smartphone app i've ever seen. ### 5/5 — Cool App for learning and prototyping shaders *2012-10-05* Love the idea! There are a lot of test objects and relevant settings. The ability to write your own shader is also very powerful and that is what makes this such a great learning and prototyping tool. Definitely one of my favorite apps. It would be good to add some sort of GLSL reference or tutorial. -Vik ### 5/5 — Great app *2012-07-16* Excellent app, just starting to explore. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 3/5 — Great App, Needs Maintenance *2020-03-10* I’m getting into shader art for fun, and it’s been wonderful to be able to run my experiments from the couch! This app will become an essential part of my day-to-day practice if it’s still being supported by the developer. The “Request Feature” and “Report Bug” tools in the app are broken, so I’ll use this instead and hope the message gets through! A few thoughts and issues: - I can’t easily render to a high-res 1:1 rect for pixel shader art. I’d like something similar to the Shadertoy setup out of the box. - I named one of my shaders “3.10.20 - Circles” and the app crashed, and now I can’t see that shader in the list of shaders in the app. I like to name all my creative projects with the date, but at least special characters should be handled gracefully! - The code editor needs some love. Specifically, auto-indentation for new lines is a standard feature users expect in a code editor, and having an easy way to comment and uncomment lines is critical – ideally cmd+/ on an attached keyboard. An app like Shaderific is well worth $10 (or more), though I’d be wary of investing in this one if it’s not going to see further active development. **Developer response:** Thank you for your thoughtful feedback. Please check out the latest update which adresses most of the issues. Could you please contact me via https://www.shaderific.com/contact regarding the shader art topic. I do not yet fully understand what you have in mind. ### 3/5 — Buggy *2014-03-31* I bought this for the frame-buffer feature but ui doesn't work. The example works but there is no place in the menus to set that up and even duplicating the frame-buffer example causes the duplicate to break. The color pickers are all cut off on the top as well. Otherwise great I just need to see these two issues fixed then I would rate 5 stars. ### 4/5 — Looks very interesting *2016-11-01, version 4.0.1* it crashes when i lmport obj exported from blender ### 4/5 — Great App *2015-01-23, version 3.4.1* Very handy for trying out little ideas on the go. The interface is always going to be a bit of a challenge on a phone sized screen, but it does the job. ### 4/5 — great app, until you need a custom model *2013-04-05* Really enjoyed learning on the go with the shader app. Going on vacation and wanted to work on the shader for my in game character. Import my model and all the uv's are blown out! Not cool. Please fix UV import! ### 4/5 — Very useful, only one nasty bug *2012-07-20, version 2.1* First off, well done. :-) Larger buttons would be nice in the editor. Nasty bug where it clears both data files when moving between editing and preview. Syntax highlighting would be a brilliant too. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2018-11-01, version 4.3* I love this app! Can use it as an offline shader toy on long distance flights ❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Great for prototyping on-the-go! *2018-01-27, version 4.3* Very cool! ### 5/5 — Text input fixed on iphone 6 *2017-06-10* The new update has fixed all the issues with writing shaders on the iphone 6. Which means the app is now exactly what I need to kill time on my commute. Awesome! **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! The problem has been fixed with the latest update. I would be happy if you would give Shaderific another try...😀 ### 5/5 — Best GLSL editor for mobile *2017-05-16* I've been using this app constantly to experiment with shaders, with 3D models and even full screen running the built in camera to a texture and writing camera effects. It works on my phone as well so I sometimes play with ideas while I am out and inspired! The developer has been awesome, adding several feature requests I emailed in. I love it! ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fantastic app for learning/writing GLSL on the go! *2014-07-22, version 3.3.1* I bought this app so that I could learn glsl and play with it as a source for entertainment while not on my computer. This app does a spectacular job at teaching glsl to newbies such as me. It gives you full access to the vertex/fragment shader and has a wide variety of uniforms and models to use as you wish. I would highly recommend it to anybody looking to pickup glsl or if you are experienced at it, this app will give you pretty much the same development environment as you would have on a full fledged desktop PC. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2014-06-01* Very impressed. Has lots of options and cool features. ### 5/5 — Fun way to learn shader writing *2014-02-04, version 3.1* Recently started learning GLSL and this makes it so much more fun and easy. Can't believe I'm compiling shaders on my phone! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2013-06-29* This app has assisted me in learning shading quite a lot. Also, your icon is genius for iOS 7, it transitions right into the default image. ### 5/5 — Full of win *2013-06-15* A great app for demoing shaders. ### 5/5 — Great tool *2013-05-15* Learning it has been quite a challenge because I am what people would call stupid . So, this app has helped me understand OpenGL and shading in general. 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