# UVScan — user reviews

> 14 indexed App Store user reviews of UVScan by Datinf GmbH, rated 1.00/5 from 3 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/uvscan/id409359852/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/uvscan/id409359852.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 0 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 3

## Newest reviews (2 of 14)

### 1/5 — Useless

*2011-05-04*

This App froze on my phone so after i paid for it, it was useless. Complete waste of money and time.

### 1/5 — Waste

*2011-03-08*

Doesnt save images or explain anything, just takes a pict then adds the uv image & you have no idea if it's accurate. Useless

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Not worth it

*2021-10-02, version 2.0*

It just over exposes your skin and turns up the contrast

### 1/5 — A Joke

*2017-05-16*

Not worth it. Just a joke. Not of any professional usefulness

### 1/5 — Worthless

*2016-12-27*

This app is worthless. Don't waste your money. It's like it just takes a picture and makes it greyscale. I don't believe it shows sun damage at all.

### 1/5 — Con artist

*2016-07-11, version 1.1*

Not a UV camera at all

### 1/5 — Don't buy

*2015-05-02*

My idiot friend told me to buy this. I'm now suing him for $2.99. This app is as useless as my friend.

### 1/5 — Ugh! THIS IS ALL A LIE PEOPLE!

*2014-08-27*

I bought this for $2.99 and now after I read the reviews I realized this was a lie. At school, I learned that glass and sunscreen are suppose to show up as black, but they don't. So basically this is just a black and white filter. Ugh! Should've read the reviews first 😠😡!

### 1/5 — bogus

*2014-08-26*

This doesn't show sun damage. It's a black and white filter. The people who invented this are either morons or crooks. Probably both. Both glass and sunscreen should show up as black and they didn't on here. I wish I would have seen the reviews. I only saw that it had "no ratings" which lead me to believe that no one had written a review. It was until after I purchased this and went to write a negative review did I see the other negative reviews. I have never rated or reviewed an app before, FYI. This is bs.

### 1/5 — Terrible!

*2014-08-15*

This app is a total rip off! It is not a uv camera as uv cameras pick sunblock up as black. This is just a back and white filter. Would give 0 stars

### 1/5 — App is rubbish

*2014-01-13, version 1.1*

App is rubbish

### 1/5 — Awful

*2013-04-23*

No better then black/white option on photo software.

## Most praised reviews (2 highest-rated)

### 2/5 — Not just a BW filter

*2016-07-08*

People who are saying this is just a black and white filter are wrong. The dev team is basically cycling through all the pixels in the image and finding edges in pixels values then flagging them as distinctive features.  BW filter would have made my skin white on the plains of my face not dark or spotted. This app indeed is picking up on the differences between my skin pixels and it actually did show me the most damaged part of my head and shoulders (décolletage) as extremely damaged. In the original image it showed up clear and flawless.

### 2/5 — No substitute for a Woods lamp

*2012-02-09, version 1.0*

This app is cool for the everyday consumer who would like to get a sense of their photodamage, but it cannot show you the damage below the surface of the akin the way a professional product in a physician's office can. It's not a substitute for a Woods lamp or the brown channel on a Visia.

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