# UltiMatte - photo editor — user reviews > 74 indexed App Store user reviews of UltiMatte by Artyom Abramov, rated 4.80/5 from 200 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ultimatte-photo-editor/id974767262/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ultimatte-photo-editor/id974767262.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 172 · 4★ 22 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of UltiMatte? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface - ✨ Wide variety of filters and effects - 💰 One-time payment model with no ads - 🎨 Professional-quality editing tools - ⚡ Fast and responsive performance - 🖼️ Excellent light leak effects - 🎯 Simple and straightforward design - 📱 Works well on both iPhone and iPad - 🔧 Manual camera controls (ISO, focus, exposure) - 🌟 High-quality output without diminishing photo quality - 🎬 Grain and texture effects comparable to paid apps - 🔄 Lens distortion correction (barrel and pincushion) - 💎 Free access to most premium features **Cons** - 💸 Some filters and features require in-app purchases - 🎥 Cannot shoot videos, only edit photos - 📸 Cannot take photos directly through the app - 🔍 Limited focusing/blur correction capabilities - ⚙️ Settings can be confusing for beginners - 💾 No save confirmation notification - 🎨 Limited texture variety compared to competitors - 🔄 Settings reset after app updates **Commonly reported bugs** - No save confirmation, edits disappear without notice - Settings require reset after app updates - UI not intuitive for layer management **Most requested features** - Video editing capability - Dehaze and denoise filters - More diverse light leak options (including stars/space themes) - Additional filter presets - Better focus/blur correction tools - Beginner-friendly labels for settings - More texture and distress effect variations - Direct photo capture within the app ## Newest reviews (17 of 74) ### 5/5 — Great! *2019-11-16, version 1.5* Great app, Would totally recommend it ### 5/5 — Great app *2019-09-16, version 1.4.9* Great app to edit photos ### 5/5 — Light leaks *2019-08-19, version 1.4.9* I love the lights leaks so much, they have so many options ! ### 5/5 — 11/10 would recommend! *2019-06-24, version 1.4.9* This is amazing! It shouldn't be free because it has so many options and filters! Great for instagram. Plus they dont shove ads down your throat like every other editing app!! ### 5/5 — Love it *2019-05-13, version 1.4.9* Love it. I’m always looking for something like this. Just wish it did videos ### 5/5 — Good *2019-04-11, version 1.4.9* Good for side pics ### 5/5 — Excelente app *2019-03-20, version 1.4.9* 👍🥰 ### 5/5 — Great filters *2019-03-17, version 1.4.9* Love the filters. ### 5/5 — ( Almost )Everything you need in an app! *2019-03-03, version 1.4.9* You can’t take photos through the app, but the editing tools is Lightroom and VSCO combined! Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Great! *2019-02-20, version 1.4.9* I love this app, it is exactly the photo editor I needed for my photography! It's free and easy! ### 5/5 — Corrects lens distortion, pincushion and barrel! *2019-02-12, version 1.4.9* At last, I found an iPad app that corrects pincushion distortion. Most photo apps offer parallax distortion, but this is the first I’ve found to correct barrel and pincushion, thus earning it a special place in my gallery of apps. Thank you developers! You have saved the pics from my old camera! ### 5/5 — best grain app i’ve found *2019-01-29, version 1.4.9* has filters i’ve paid money for previously and best grain effect i’ve found for free. also easy to navigate. ### 5/5 — iPad user *2019-01-14, version 1.4.9* Works just fine. Lots of free tools. Easy to save to your photos. ### 5/5 — Is really a good app *2018-12-08, version 1.4.9* I feel in love with this app ❤️😍😻🥰 ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2018-10-29, version 1.4.8* Very nice app! ### 5/5 — ;) *2018-10-10, version 1.4.8* honestly this app is very nice I really like it! I love to edit and this is totally an app for me! :D ### 5/5 — So coool *2018-10-07, version 1.4.8* You need to download this guys. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 3/5 — Good *2019-04-03, version 1.4.9* It's ok but definitely could be better. I don't know why these photo editing apps can't offer us a focusing option. They can write code for everything except focusing blurry pictures. I mean there are some that claim to but they're not very good at it. ### 3/5 — Pretty ok; less than originally hoped *2018-05-29, version 1.4.5* Moments after writing this I saved an experimental edit to do more but didn't see a confirmation. That's right- no confirmation means no save. It's no where. I'll do another and see what's up. Textures are less versatile than I hoped. Previous betrayed by Afterlight had leaks and distress of different colors, intensities and rotations. Distress could inverse. Filter names are more useful than initials because they give more to hang meaning to. _______________________________________________________ I thought I was savings layers but 3 - scratch, leak, filter- under an experimental flare so UI isn't intuitive. Still, some nice options. Maybe I don't need to buy AfterLight 2. I used AfterLight all the time, they released 2 and AfterLight vanished. I felt they stole it from me so I keep writing about it. ### 4/5 — Awesome *2024-01-14, version 1.5.2* Awesome I enjoy it very much ### 4/5 — Something slightly different! *2020-01-20, version 1.5* I like this app. It has tremendous ease of use and a huge selection of photo effects to choose from and play with. I’ve only had it a couple of days so I’m sure I’ll be back with an updated opinion as I find more little treasures within☺️👍🏻 ### 4/5 — Great filters! *2018-01-17, version 1.4.2* I’m only now learning how to use the many filters offered. Rating may change once I get all of them figured out! I do like having so many options ! I may have to check out the store soon! Cool app! ### 4/5 — LOVE IT *2017-05-23, version 1.3* Basically all of the over priced editing apps all together and free. I love it:) Just wish they gave more filters!! ### 4/5 — Very good! *2017-05-10* The filters are quite satisfactory even though it's limited but it's enough.. this app also gives editing features like your a professional photographer..... so all in all i really recommend this app. So far there is no problems with this app and also no ads. Thumbs up to this 👍🏻 PS. Also i was hoping that the filters would all be free ### 4/5 — Fairly Simple *2016-11-19* the app is fairly easy to use, it just takes some learning about some of the settings. Would be 5 stars if it had labels for beginners! ### 5/5 — Nice! *2024-04-09* Easy & friendly interface. Gradient scaling is easy and intuitive. ### 5/5 — Good app *2023-01-29, version 1.5.2* Simple and stress free photo editing one time payment and many filters ## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Simple & good *2022-08-08, version 1.5.2* Very simple and one payment to unlock all very easy to use ### 5/5 — Outstanding *2022-07-07, version 1.5.2* Dehaze & Denoise would be welcome..hint hint👊😁 ### 5/5 — Simple app *2021-10-06, version 1.5.2* Nice simple app that has a one time payment and it’s not over the top just a simple editors and nice layout ### 5/5 — Best free light leaks *2020-10-08, version 1.5.2* Beat free light leaks and great photo editing capabilities! ### 5/5 — Nice app *2020-06-19, version 1.5.2* Nice app ### 5/5 — Awesome *2020-03-25, version 1.5* Awesome ### 5/5 — User friendly *2020-01-23, version 1.5* Not difficult to edit pics with this app ### 5/5 — Good *2019-12-13, version 1.5* Great --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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