# Shine: Photo Sharing — user reviews > 24 indexed App Store user reviews of Shine by Sunshine AI, Inc., rated 4.55/5 from 194 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shine-photo-sharing/id6469663904/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shine-photo-sharing/id6469663904.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 165 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 16 ## Newest reviews (8 of 24) ### 5/5 — Great idea and great product *2024-03-30* Fast and easy way to share photos! **Developer response:** Thank you for your review Harmony4ha! We hope you continue to use Shine for all your photo-sharing needs! ### 5/5 — Great way to share family photos *2024-03-27* Been looking for a way to share family photos and archive . **Developer response:** Hello Fussy11, Thank you for your review! We’re always looking for ways to improve, so please do not hesitate to send us your feedback. ### 5/5 — Game-Changer! *2024-03-26* Such a genius concept and so convenient for sharing photos while traveling with a group of friends! 👏🏽 **Developer response:** Hello rhiannon sergienko, Thank you so much for your kind words! We hope you continue to create and share memories with ease through Shine! Kind Regards, The Sunshine Team ### 5/5 — Sunshine Photos *2024-03-26* Sunshine photos is an incredible way to connect with friends around an event! It generates excitement and a shared sense of connection. I would highly recommend this app! **Developer response:** Hi EmmaCal6, We appreciate your review of Shine and hope you're having a ton of fun with it! Please do not hesitate to reach out should you have any questions or feedback. ### 5/5 — Easing the collection of memories on trips! *2024-03-25* Fun and easy way to consolidate photos from adventures! **Developer response:** Hello NateWellie, We are happy you are having fun with our app! We hope you continue to make amazing memories with the ease of sharing them! Thanks, The Sunshine Team ### 5/5 — Fast and efficient photo sharing! *2024-03-25* I love how seamlessly event photos are shared with this app. Photos are organized and shared by event and by the people who were there. No need to collect and message for photos! It’s a fun way to experience the event from different perspectives, and from people you aren’t directly connected with outside of the event. **Developer response:** Hello LNhmb, Thank you so much for your review. We hope you've been enjoying your experience with Shine! ### 5/5 — My personal assistant for photos and events! *2024-03-25* I wish I had this app years ago—it’s like a dream personal assistant focused on ensuring my photos are always received, organized, and stored. ### 5/5 — Best event photos tool ever *2024-03-23* I only created an event with time and location. All my Thanksgiving photos taken by guests uploaded to Sunshine Photos immediately after the event. I could post them right away! Love this app!👍 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — so bad *2024-07-13* this is poorly designed, unintuitive, and filled with bugs **Developer response:** Hello sm_2013, Thank you for taking the time to use Shine by Sunshine and your review. We are sorry you have not had a pleasant experience. We are constantly working to improve user experience and would love to hear what issues you have ran into while using Shine. Please reach out to support@sunshine.com. We are happy to help! Thanks, The Sunshine Team ### 1/5 — Marissa should know better *2024-03-29* Shameful to put this caliber of a product out as a seasoned tech entrepreneur. The use case for this app is rare at best. Why compete with shared albums when they already work so well? **Developer response:** Hello jyk595, Thank you for your feedback! We here at Sunshine feel that photo sharing is broken and that shared albums could be so much more. We created Shine by Sunshine to help people get photos more easily (even if you don’t have their contact info) as well as in a more beautiful, curated format (with duplicates removed, etc.). We are constantly working to improve user experience so please do not hesitate to reach out to us at support@sunshine.com should you experience any issues. Kind Regards, The Sunshine Team ### 1/5 — is this app AI-generated? *2024-03-27* it feels like if a michelin-star meal were plated in a styrofoam to-go box i’m having a hard time seeing the value of the technology because it looks so bad and it works so poorly. a better designer will help it’s unusable **Developer response:** Hello jacobsingleton, Thank you for your feedback! We are constantly working to improve user experience and we apologize that yours was less than stellar. We are in the process of refreshing the UI and working on some known issues with the app. We would love to hear about any other issues you were experiencing at support@sunshine.com. Kind regards, The Sunshine Team ### 2/5 — Cool idea but P0 scenarios fail *2024-05-07* Weed out the duplicates, select the best photos, preceeate photo albums based on time & location - this all really sounds good. But when there are gaps in your P0 cases it’s hard to compete with the existing photo sharing giants, where the basic use case works 99.99% of the time. Shine should really focus on reliability of the basic functionality that it offers. **Developer response:** Hello AnjinkyaKher, Thank you for using Shine. We are sorry that you feel we fell short in reliability. Please let us know what P0 cases you have seen. We value your feedback and are working hard to constantly improve Shine. Kind regards, The Sunshine Team ### 2/5 — Horrid design makes app unusable *2024-04-05* This is what happens, when you fire your only designer two months prior to launch. Deleted. **Developer response:** Hello jfh_007, We’re sorry you were dissatisfied. If there’s anything we can do to improve, please let us know. We’d love another chance! ### 3/5 — Great app but core product is lacking *2024-03-29* Shine has a great organization to their app and it’s clear they had a good focus on making a working product. But there’s a few issues. The main problem with this app is it *compresses* your photos. I’m not sharing wedding / formal event / vacation pics with people just so they can get some awful over compressed image. I want them to get the HIGH quality original pics. Also this app strips all the metadata from your photos. So any photos your friends download from this app will be stripped of the time they were taken, the camera they were taken with, the location, basically all kinds of good stuff you can use to organize your photos later. This app makes everything a headache. The developers focused on efficiency and cost savings rather than actually making a good product experience, and that’s kind of sad. I wish they would have a paid version and then they keep all that extra, because I don’t want people to get bad quality pics, I would rather they get no photos at all than ugly photos they can’t do anything with. **Developer response:** Hello sean-sull, Thank you so much for your feedback! We hear you loud and clear and are working diligently to make sure everyone receives high-resolution quality pictures and not lose the magic of those memories. Please rest assured that we have the images in full resolution, and when your friends download images that is what they receive. We will also be approving the photo viewing experience in the app. Do not hesitate to reach out to support@sunshine.com should you experience any other issues. Kind Regards, The Sunshine Team ### 5/5 — Shine Photo Sharing *2025-07-26* Photo sharing ### 5/5 — Lanika *2025-07-01* iPhone ### 5/5 — Powerful photo Tagging! *2024-12-26* My friends are notorious for hoarding photos, and it often takes ages to get pictures they've taken of me. But Shine's photo tagging feature solves this. Shine automatically uploads photos from events, and after my friends tag me, the app gently reminds me to request those photos. This seamless process eliminates the endless "Hey, can you send me that photo you took?" texts. With just a few clicks, I can easily reclaim my photos and enjoy the memories captured by my friends. **Developer response:** Hello Galaxy96er, Thank you so much for sharing your experience! We're thrilled to hear that Shine's photo tagging feature has made it easier for you to collect those special memories without the hassle. It's great to know that our seamless process is helping you stay connected to the moments captured by your friends. We appreciate your feedback and are so glad Shine is making your photo-sharing experience more enjoyable! Please do not hesitate to reach out to us at support@sunshine.com with any issues or additional feedback. Kind regards, The Sunshine Team ### 5/5 — Smart clustering makes photo management easy *2024-12-26* Shine is a delightful app that truly makes photo sharing a joy. It's a must-have for anyone who wants to easily share photos with loved ones and keep those precious memories organized. As someone who constantly snaps pictures but rarely has time to sift through them, the clustering feature is an absolute lifesaver. It intelligently groups similar photos, making it incredibly quick to find the best shots. **Developer response:** HI jruns7, Thank you for your wonderful review! We're so glad to hear that Shine is making photo sharing and organizing easier for you. The clustering feature is designed to save time and help you relive those perfect moments, and it’s great to know it's been a lifesaver for you. We appreciate your feedback and are thrilled to be part of your photo-sharing experience! If you have any additional feedback or questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at support@sunshine.com Kind regards, The Sunshine Team ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love it! *2024-12-03* Shine's AI capabilities are a total game-changer for photo sharing and management. It effortlessly organizes my photos, highlights the best shots, and even helps me recover lost photos from friends. It's especially fun to use Shine's face tagging feature, which is so spot-on, making it easy to tag and share photos with the right people. I'm excited to see what great photos get shared to our family stream this holiday season! **Developer response:** Hello Lady Freire, Thank you so much for your kind words! We're thrilled to hear that Shine is making photo sharing and management easier and more fun for you. We're especially glad you're enjoying the face tagging feature—it's one of our favorites too! We can't wait to see all the amazing photos shared this holiday season. Thanks for being part of the Shine community and if you have any other feedback or questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at support@sunshine.com ### 5/5 — Photo sharing made simple! *2024-08-21* This app really does let you stay in the moment while it captures all your special memories! It’s easy to set up and makes photos sharing after an event effortless. I’m excited to continue to use it with friends! **Developer response:** Hi 4rsm, Thank you so much for your review! We hope that your experience with Shine has been nothing short of stellar and that you continue to use it for all your photo-sharing needs! Cheers! ### 5/5 — Automated albums & easy to share! *2024-05-16* This app is fantastic - powerful, easy to use, intuitive. This team is putting together slick solutions to pain points I (assume many of us!) we run into with the volume of photos on our devices! **Developer response:** Hello QEDBoss, Thank you so much for your thoughtful review! We hope you are enjoying your experience with Shine by Sunshine! Please do not hesitate to reach out should you have any feedback or issues. You can reach us at support@sunshine.com. Kind Regards, The Sunshine Team ### 5/5 — Simple app! *2024-04-03* That works really well for its use case. Would love to see it expand to auto group albums based on not just events, but also other factors like people, activity etc. ### 5/5 — Shine *2024-04-02* It does a great job of organizing!! **Developer response:** Thank you for your review Zobad20! We're so happy to hear that Shine is doing a wonderful job at organizing your pictures! ### 5/5 — Beautiful! *2024-04-01* This is so cool. Helpful and fun at the same time. Whole family is smiling! **Developer response:** Hello Mo-ism, Glad to hear you're enjoying Shine and we thank you for your review! --- *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 2026-06-10.*