# WaterLili Lite- WaterColor Fx — user reviews > 72 indexed App Store user reviews of WaterLili Lite by esDot Studio Inc, rated 4.40/5 from 560 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waterlili-lite-watercolor-fx/id1317506102/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/waterlili-lite-watercolor-fx/id1317506102.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 387 · 4★ 89 · 3★ 42 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 28 ## What do users think of WaterLili Lite? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎨 Excellent watercolor effect quality - 👍 Easy to use interface - ⚡ Fast photo transformation - 🎭 Professional artistic results - ✨ Variety of artistic effects available **Cons** - 🐛 Crops/cuts off top portion of photos when saving - 🐛 Gray bar appears on saved images - 📱 Not compatible with newer iOS versions - 📱 iPad compatibility issues - 💰 Deceptive upgrade pricing model - 📢 Excessive ads in free version - 💳 Paid upgrade doesn't work after purchase - 🚫 App abandoned/no longer maintained **Commonly reported bugs** - Saves only half or partial image in vertical format - Top portion of photo grayed out or missing when saved - App crashes or won't load on iOS 15 and newer - Paid upgrade version incompatible with devices - Watercolor template doesn't scale properly for large files - Image cropping occurs unpredictably regardless of orientation **Most requested features** - Transparent PNG export option to remove white background - Full-size watercolor paper template - Update to support latest iOS versions - iPad Pro compatibility - Fix image cropping issues before implementing paid features ## Newest reviews (16 of 72) ### 3/5 — Not completely compatible with ipad *2023-09-28* The free one is fun, you have to watch a few ads, but it works for a limited few things. I found the upgrade to a paid app. Give you a notice it is not available for ipad as of yet. I am using OS17, they haven’t caught up with it yet. Too bad. I would gladly pay for an upgrade, when it becomes available. I have their Fotor program, which works just fine, but you have to scale your file down a little or rotate it horizontal, to save it, or it cuts off the top a little. ### 2/5 — Don’t upgrade *2022-12-11* I got this app, and chose to pay the money to upgrade it to unlock everything and then it said the app couldn’t be used so I wasted my money. DONT UPGRADE!! ### 2/5 — Good app but very shady. *2022-11-13* I hate apps that don’t mention any kind of an upgrade or extra charge in the description before you download it. ### 2/5 — Way too many ads!! *2022-06-11, version 1.0* Fun app but ads are constant and annoying! Deleting app ### 1/5 — Gray area unacceptable *2021-06-12, version 1.0* Like the effects but won’t be purchasing the upgrade since the free trial is tainted with this gray rectangle on the top. Can’t trust the app, will move on.😒 ### 1/5 — abandon ware *2021-05-18, version 1.0* Sadly I bought this and it doesnt load on latest version of ios. ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2021-05-10* It crops your image Anywhere It Pleases, chopping off heads Willy anillo and I am assuming that in order to see your entire image that you need to pay to upgrade to the pro version ….as I said , Disappointing. ### 3/5 — Ads *2021-03-14, version 1.0* Too many Ads. ### 4/5 — Love this app, but *2021-01-24* This was my favorite app and I paid for the upgrade, but the new upgraded one won’t work on my iPad. I guess it requires more power than my first generation iPad Pro. So unless you have a newer iPad don’t waste your money like I did! ### 3/5 — Grays top of the photo *2020-12-06, version 1.0* The photo is great hut when you save it it’s grayed so unusable. ### 1/5 — I don’t know about the paid app free one is really bad *2020-10-20* Don’t waste your time it’s pretty bad and doesn’t even let you save the full picture you edited. It cuts it in half. This is what a call a hook and bait app to get you to buy the other one. Garbage. ### 2/5 — Problem saving finished art. *2020-09-23* Art looks great! Would have upgraded but the app wouldn’t save the whole photo. The top half was always missing. If you know how to fix that I’ll download it again since I defeated it. ### 4/5 — Good app *2020-07-15* Wish there was a way to save as transparent png so the white background can be removed. Request to the developers to add that feature please! Thanks. ### 1/5 — Needs fix. *2020-04-07* Nice effects but When saved the top portion of the picture is grayed out. I see you fixed this for the Upgrade Version, but not for the free version. Not very nice. It’s no good if you can’t save what you have created. The paid version doesn’t offer any advantages except for additional covers.....and the Fix! I’m disappointed.. ### 2/5 — Pretty good. *2020-02-22* I’m enjoying playing with the free version of this app on my new iPhone 11. But there is one thing which needs to be fixed. The watercolor paper template is not full size. I prepare my photos for processing in the app to 8”x12” at 200 dpi. Then I save them to my phone and run them through Water Lili. The watercolor paper template is not big enough for my file. Half of it makes a nice diffuse pattern, but the rest makes a weird streaky pattern which is really obvious on skies. Also the problem with a third of the conversion not being saved in the vertical format is not fixed in the free version. It’s easy enough to work around, just by rotating the file a quarter turn before processing, but I’m wondering whether that’s a benefit of paying. Anyway in general this app is lots of fun and quite effective, even on my phone. I’m sure it would be easier to tune if I had a Pad,too. ### 1/5 — Saves half *2020-01-27, version 1.0* It renders only of of the image.And rest is blank ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work w new iOS *2025-12-02, version 1.0* Developer needs to update ### 1/5 — Won’t save *2024-04-04, version 1.0* It’s an OK program till you want to save the image. ### 1/5 — Why does this cut off the top of photo? *2023-08-21* Lovely, perfect editing. My photos look impressive…until they are saved. The entire top portion of photo is gone. Is there a fix for this? Plus, I am unable to upgrade in the USA, and must watch endless ads. ### 1/5 — Cuts off a big portion of finished product *2022-08-02* Absolutely loved it until I realized that when it would save it to my photos, it would chop off a big segment of the “watercolor”. Assuming that is intended since I’m not the only one reporting it, the designer should state that you can only practice with it and you have to buy it in order to save your whole watercolor. please let me know if you have fixed or changed this, as I will change my rating to 5 star. ### 1/5 — No longer supported by developers *2022-05-16* On iOS 15 attempts to run the app is blocked by a “needs to be updated” warning. It’s specifications here claim iOS8 and above so YMMV. The app is not mentioned on the developer’s web site. Sad, because it was quite useful until the wheels fell off. ### 1/5 — Waste of money! *2022-01-27, version 1.0* Downloaded this app, To my phone and ipad. Paid for ‘upgrade’ 2.99 and its not Compatible. With my ipad or iphone. Worthless. ### 1/5 — upgradeさせてください *2022-01-07, version 1.0* フルバージョンをお金を出して買ったのに、アップグレードが出来ません。せっかく素敵なアプリ見つけたと思って速攻で買ったのに…。ちゃんとアップグレードして使わせてください ### 1/5 — Too many ads, pro version doesn’t work *2021-11-06* I was happy with the pro version I paid for, but it hasn’t been updated to work with the latest iOS. I downloaded this lite version, but there are so many ads and features blocked it’s super frustrating. Very disappointed. ### 1/5 — Can’t save pictures *2021-10-30* It works well to edit a photo, but you can’t save your work to your phone - everything is saved with a big gray bar across the top. ### 1/5 — Update required *2021-09-10, version 1.0* Please update so I can use the app I have purchased. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Easy *2025-07-02, version 1.0* Transforms photos to abstract watercolors ### 5/5 — Review *2021-09-29, version 1.0* Turn mondane into beautiful! ### 5/5 — Impressive app! *2020-05-09, version 1.0* Easy to use. Straight away convert picture to watercolor tone, amazing quality. Thank you for creating such quality product! :) ### 5/5 — Nice app! *2020-02-27* An easy way to turn photos into painterly works of art! Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — Fun app *2018-12-30, version 1.0* Fun ### 5/5 — Great app *2018-06-27* Enjoy making watercolors from photos. ### 5/5 — So beautiful *2018-01-28, version 1.0* This app is professional app ### 5/5 — Wonderful App *2018-01-23, version 1.0* So easy to use and the result is fabulous ### 5/5 — Pro *2018-01-22, version 1.0* Love the artistic water colour effect My photo looks so beautiful on insta ### 5/5 — Waterlily photo editor *2018-01-20, version 1.0* I like this app,after use this app my picture become more beautiful --- *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 2026-08-15.*