# Slideshow Maker with Music + — user reviews > 211 indexed App Store user reviews of Slideshow Maker with Music + by SHADOWSOCKS TECHNOLOGY LTD, rated 4.50/5 from 10,134 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/slideshow-maker-with-music-plus/id1559491381/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/slideshow-maker-with-music-plus/id1559491381.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 8,291 · 4★ 599 · 3★ 279 · 2★ 169 · 1★ 796 ## What do users think of Slideshow Maker with Music +? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to use - 🤩 Great for creating slideshows - 💯 Saved me in a pinch **Cons** - 🔒 Can't download own music - 🔍 Lack of instructions/tutorials - 🐛 Crashes and glitches - 💰 Subscription issues/hidden costs **Commonly reported bugs** - Slideshow not saving/exporting properly - Crashes when using too many photos - Cuts off parts of photos **Most requested features** - Add own music - Customize slide duration - Ability to copy/edit existing slideshows - Video integration ## Newest reviews (18 of 211) ### 2/5 — 😡😤😭😡terrible *2026-08-11, version 1.6.0* unless you use the free trial and pay, you can’t do anything. I’ve tried top to bottom. this app is useless ### 1/5 — Glitchy and turns off *2026-07-05, version 1.5.2* Not a good app. Tried to make a short graduation slideshow and couldn’t download because it would glitch out and exit the app. Waste of money ### 1/5 — Terrible *2026-06-27, version 1.5.2* Useless waste of time ### 1/5 — Knocking me off *2026-06-17, version 1.5.2* It gets glitching and knocking me off. I have to keep restarting from the beginning ### 1/5 — Don’t get. You can’t unsubscribe *2026-06-16, version 1.5.2* This app will not allow me to unsubscribe. And guess what the helpdesk message will not be delivered too. You’ll be stuck paying your money to this ### 1/5 — Boo *2026-06-14, version 1.5.2* Ridiculous amount for a week of a trial ### 2/5 — Poor editing *2026-06-11, version 1.5.2* Editing is limited ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-06-09, version 1.5.2* I unsubscribe to the app and I keep getting charged for the renewal I want my money back. ### 1/5 — Waste of money. *2026-05-31, version 1.5.2* App keeps closing when trying to fix pictures and trying to export it ### 1/5 — Not able to export *2026-05-28, version 1.5.2* Starts the process to export and glitches out half way to completion. Don’t waste your time! ### 1/5 — Ridiculous *2026-05-25, version 1.5.2* App keeps crashing everytime I try to download video ### 1/5 — App closes out during export *2026-05-23, version 1.5.2* Shuts down during play and downloading. Wasted time and money using this app. Can’t save my slideshow to my device. ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing *2026-05-22, version 1.5.2* Won’t let me download. ### 1/5 — Won’t allow edits *2026-05-21, version 1.5.2* Shuts down during play and downloading. Wasted time using this app. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-05-16, version 1.5.2* Kicks me out of app ### 2/5 — Waste of time *2026-05-15, version 1.5.2* Spent lots of time loading photos and it just lost them and closed. ### 1/5 — Hard to cancel *2026-05-12* Expensive and hard to cancel subscription ### 1/5 — Never able to use because it crashes!!! *2026-05-10, version 1.5.2* I paid $14 only to never be able to use my slideshow because it would crash every time I tried to download it. Would not recommend! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Too slow and not exporting my video *2026-08-25, version 1.6.1* Waste of money ### 1/5 — Frequent crashes *2026-08-20, version 1.6.0* Annoyyyyyinggggg ### 1/5 — Bad bad *2026-08-15, version 1.6.0* 1 choose 2 times and got erased ### 1/5 — Do I like it *2026-08-13, version 1.6.0* Don’t like it everything is pay to win I hate this ### 1/5 — Unable to save *2026-08-12, version 1.6.0* Previously I had a good experience but with my new slideshow I am unable to save or share. It times out. ### 1/5 — Don’t *2026-08-06, version 1.6.0* Awful choices of theme and music!!! ### 1/5 — Kicked me out twice *2026-07-25, version 1.5.2* No thanks. Put in too much time and then got kicked out twice. I’m done. ### 1/5 — It says "Try For Free", and then it automatically shows "Subscribe" for $6.99/week to continue *2026-07-19, version 1.5.2* Clearly a scam. ### 1/5 — App issues *2026-07-10, version 1.5.2* Won’t let me save a video… gets to 90 % exported and exits the app. ### 1/5 — Glitchy and full of ads that are difficult to close or minimize *2026-07-07, version 1.5.2* Trash ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Loved this *2026-07-11* This was the easiest app I’ve ever used. it was easy to add my photos and it was easy to exchange a few photos. The music was easy to add. ### 5/5 — Cute fun and easy to use *2026-06-18* Tried a few photos and add stickers with music already uploaded. Very cool and easy to use. ### 5/5 — Fredo music play music play music *2026-03-06* Pippaluke ### 5/5 — Slideshow Maker with Music + *2026-03-03* I liked this app, because it was super easy to download photos and super easy to download your own music to the video. Where the other apps that I tried were very complicated, the only thing I would do to this app is add some better stickers and frames, and of course some other background’s ### 5/5 — Mohammad Sirajuddaula *2026-01-27, version 1.5.2* Good ### 5/5 — Very Good App *2025-12-31* Love it, wish I can make more incremental changes to the speed to slow or speed up the video! ### 5/5 — Slides with music *2025-12-20, version 1.5.2* Not very adept at technology, but I figured out how to make a slideshow of my Christmas decor with music very easily ### 5/5 — So grateful! *2025-12-12, version 1.5.2* Thank you for the free trial. This is an excellent app. You guys have to give it a try. ### 5/5 — Great *2025-09-25, version 1.5.2* Awesome way better than video up ### 5/5 — Horrible *2025-01-16* You can’t download your own music so don’t even try. I hate this app --- *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.*