Updates
This app is absolutely horrible from when it was 10 years ago. It used to be a place to download fun aesthetic photos and create your profile + collections. Now it’s an editing app?? And profiles don’t exist anymore???? Like if you wanted to do that, create another app and have it integrated into WHI (like Pinterest’s shuffles). I don’t know why this app is continuing to do horrible things like this when I bet there are maximum 5 users on the app a day… Is the point to lose all of your supporters? I don’t really understand. Also, the ads before making this an editing app got exponentially worse too. You guys have only downgraded and now you’re at rock bottom. I remember there were barely any ads and no watermarks, and then there are limits and ads EVERYWHERE. That was a bad experience, so I deleted WHI and downloaded again 3+ years later to find I can’t login to my account. Profiles don’t even exist, and all my nostalgic memories are GONE. What the heck is wrong with these developers ?? It’s so aggravating to do this to an app so many people grew up with. I hope you guys either change the app back to what it was originally intended for or delete it, which is a better alternative than the sad excuse We Heart It has become now… You can’t even like anything anymore :(
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Gone forever
I’ve been using we heart it since 2014, when I was 17. It has always been a safe haven for me to come and be creative and feel like I’m apart of a community. All of that was taken away from me in the blink of an eye. Every picture, every collection, every follower is now GONE. The countless hours I spent interacting with this app, the dedication and hard work of making my special collections is completely swiped from existence. Words do no justice in how gutted I feel. This app was the first time I felt validated on a social platform, unlike Instagram or Twitter. I actually felt seen and appreciated. I felt like I was a part of a community of other teens/women who just loved photos. I will never experience that again, I will never see any of the pictures from this app on any other platform. I doubt anyone a part of the new company will see this review, they’ve made all of WeHeartIt’s social accounts private so that they don’t have to witness our outrage. I hope it was worth investing money into changing the app just to lose like 99% of its users. A complete and utter waste. I want to believe one day they will right their wrongs but given the current state of the world it’s unlikely. Thanks for nothing.
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Genuinely upset about the new update that I am writing my first review
I’ve been using we heart it for as long as I can remember , I lost all my folders, my profile, my posts, and my mutual friends on the app, my articles and other things. Honestly super upset about how much time I spent on the app just for all my data to be erased, I can’t even search things up it’s just endless scrolling on content that Im not even interested in. I decided to delete the app and move on from it unless they do something about bringing back our profiles and folders with the things Ive been loving for years, I don’t care about downloading my “content” from the desktop website it should have never gotten to that point where you delete peoples profiles and folders. I can’t believe that it went from being such an amazing app with many things to do to an editing app, who ever came up with the idea to make it into an editing app has to be fired 👎 it was WE HEART IT for a reason not WE EDIT IT you’ve completely ruined a perfect app that many people loved and made it completely useless and boring in a matter of seconds , I hope that many people who feel the same way are no longer using your app because honestly it’s not even usable anymore.
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what happened???
This new update has completely gutted everything that made WHI special. Like many others, I’ve put years of work and creativity into this site and I have almost 30,000 images I’ve collected over 7 years. WHI was a unique community and Im hard-pressed to think of another site that will fill the gap left behind. Hopefully someone else will see that there is a market for a similar app and make something better that we can use. But for now, WHI is a shell of its former self; just a bootleg Instagram with uninteresting podcasts made for the NPCs of society. There’s no way they thought this would go over well with the community, and I assume they know about the backlash considering their Twitter and Instagram accounts are private. Cowards. I tried to go to my homepage feed after the update, and it looks like a bunch of generic spam images posted by bots, not the usual things I see from accounts I follow. The current WHI audience doesn’t want this, not sure why they’re self-sabotaging like this and essentially giving the middle finger to their loyal community. As a former premium member, I’ll never be supporting these soulless capitalist ghouls again.
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Honestly my heart hurts :/
I was recently praising this app, expressing to a friend how incredible it is for visualizing and how much it means to me. I've been a loyal user of We Heart It for over ten years. I sincerely hope that the creators are actively working to address the issues and restore our data. Interestingly, the desktop version still displays my hearts, collections, and followers, but the search bar has disappeared. I hope they will retain our data on the desktop version at the very least. Currently, there's no compelling reason for me to remain a subscriber, so I have decided to cancel my subscription for now. It's hard to imagine that losing 99% of their user base is their intention, but one can never be certain. However, I can confidently say that this isn't like one of those Instagram updates where people complain but continue using the app. The app has become completely unusable. The homepage now seems to be sorted based on the oldest photo posted on We Heart It, which is very strange. I need answers.
Update: their faq page was updated 11 days ago and says “ We’ve added new capabilities to create and edit images, curate your gallery and explore content that will brighten your day. We've done away with profiles and hearting to focus on these new features.
Useless app now. You guys lost me be being so out of touch with what your user base wants, and blatant disregard.
Update: their faq page was updated 11 days ago and says “ We’ve added new capabilities to create and edit images, curate your gallery and explore content that will brighten your day. We've done away with profiles and hearting to focus on these new features.
Useless app now. You guys lost me be being so out of touch with what your user base wants, and blatant disregard.
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what happened???
This new update has completely gutted everything that made WHI special. Like many others, I’ve put years of work and creativity into this site and I have almost 30,000 images I’ve collected over 7 years. WHI was a unique community and Im hard-pressed to think of another site that will fill the gap left behind. Hopefully someone else will see that there is a market for a similar app and make something better that we can use. But for now, WHI is a shell of its former self; just a bootleg Instagram with uninteresting podcasts made for the NPCs of society. There’s no way they thought this would go over well with the community, and I assume they know about the backlash considering their Twitter and Instagram accounts are private. Cowards.
I tried to go to my homepage feed after the update, and it looks like a bunch of generic spam images posted by bots, not the usual things I see from accounts I follow. The current WHI audience doesn’t want this, not sure why they’re self-sabotaging like this and essentially giving the middle finger to their loyal community. As a formerly premium member, I’ll never be supporting these soulless capitalist ghouls again.
I tried to go to my homepage feed after the update, and it looks like a bunch of generic spam images posted by bots, not the usual things I see from accounts I follow. The current WHI audience doesn’t want this, not sure why they’re self-sabotaging like this and essentially giving the middle finger to their loyal community. As a formerly premium member, I’ll never be supporting these soulless capitalist ghouls again.
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this app needs change, I wish i could give it 0 stars
to the makers of this app, you have erased all the hard work of not just me, but many other people. all our photos are gone. this app was once for the aesthetic creators, not you have kicked us out and feeling abused. many of which paid for your services in the past. it’s with great disappointment that most of us will be deleting your app all together and switching to Pinterest. your new business is losing a large majority of your customers. all the time I took out of my life to spend on your app has wasted years of my time. I hope you
understand this is the worst thing you’ve ever done to your company. if you refuse to change it back, you will surely go bankrupt from losing your top audience. as a 21 year old, probably in your new demographic, you failed. nobody wants your podcast or editing we have bettet alternatives for that. your app had a special purpose and you’ve now made it useless, good job. I really hope you come to your senses and fix your wrongs. you really messed up, it’s time to change it back.
understand this is the worst thing you’ve ever done to your company. if you refuse to change it back, you will surely go bankrupt from losing your top audience. as a 21 year old, probably in your new demographic, you failed. nobody wants your podcast or editing we have bettet alternatives for that. your app had a special purpose and you’ve now made it useless, good job. I really hope you come to your senses and fix your wrongs. you really messed up, it’s time to change it back.
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The new update…
Hi we heart it, I just want to express my sadness to see the app change into whatever this new update is. I have been a hearter since I discovered your app in 2012, and now it seems that the whole reason I downloaded and fell In love with the app is gone. What’s the point of being called “We heart it” if we can’t heart pictures? I have used this app to plan my days, and weeks for as long as I can remember, by picture hearting, I also loved the articles as well, I discovered new music, recipes, fashion advice from other hearters…. I built a profile with a following I was proud of and now that’s gone as well. But Please PLEASE don’t change the website!!!! If you change the website I will be forced to say goodbye as is everyone else. I am also very very sad about the loss of articles. I am a writer professionally and I made several articles that I got so many hearts on and I was so proud of myself. But now that is just wiped away. Pinterest is going to be my new app if you make the website the same as the app. I truly will miss this app and it’s uniqueness from every other social media page. I felt noticed and liked here. This was my go to, I deleted Instagram long ago and was okay because I had this. Now it’s also going away. I will miss what we heart it was.
- signed, a broken hearter.
- signed, a broken hearter.
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CRAPPY NONEXISTENT CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Why do you keep replying to people telling them to email your customer support team when you won’t even answer the emails ? I’ve emailed twice about the issue of being wrongfully blocked when I have a premium subscription that I should be refunded for if you can’t unblock me. I have received ZERO response. If you’re gonna tell everyone to email your customer support team then maybe get them to do their jobs and actually respond. I hope I don’t have to contact the BBB over this…….
EDIT: received an initial response telling me I’m permanently banned and there’s nothing they can do about it. Fine. At this point I’m over using the crappy app with the scummy staff anyway. But they have gone unresponsive again (surprise surprise) after I’ve asked for a refund. And no, Apple will not issue the refund. They told me to contact the weheartit developers directly. They must not know I have a better chance of talking to God himself.
I guess I’ll keep emailing 🙄🙄🙄
EDIT: received an initial response telling me I’m permanently banned and there’s nothing they can do about it. Fine. At this point I’m over using the crappy app with the scummy staff anyway. But they have gone unresponsive again (surprise surprise) after I’ve asked for a refund. And no, Apple will not issue the refund. They told me to contact the weheartit developers directly. They must not know I have a better chance of talking to God himself.
I guess I’ll keep emailing 🙄🙄🙄
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Ridiculous guidelines
Bro I’m so sick of tired of these ridiculous guidelines. Is anyone actually managing them or is it all robots??? Cuz the most normal pics will get removed “violating guidelines.” This is so stupid & it’s ruining my collections. I’ll be creating an aesthetic, well thought out collection & then all the sudden half the photos are gone… none of them are even in violation. It’s literally like selfies, photoshoots, or an aesthetic photo of boba or something… there’s nothing inappropriate about any of the photos you remove. Your guidelines are ridiculous & too strict. Sometimes I can’t even post my own graphic designs without them being removed 2 seconds later, and once again they don’t violate guidelines. They’re not copyrighted, they don’t show anything inappropriate, they don’t have cuss words on them, etc etc etc.. PLS FIX THIS. I’m so tired and over it. Is there anyone in development that still cares for this app anymore?? It seems like you just gave up on it.
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Love It, Hate It, Accept It
I’ve been a member of WHI since the website was launched over ten years ago and, in that time, there have been a lot of changes. The recent change in ownership has brought with it both positives and negatives, but my biggest take away is - Love It, Hate It, Accept It!
The original concept that we loved remains at its core, but it is often overshadowed by the little things that we hate. There are ads with occasional glitches - and I’ll be the first to admit that I bought WHI Premium to avoid that. The major point is that the current WHI is here to stay and, while the new owners take feedback, there will be little change if any at all. The “Latest Updates!” on their main account are from 2018 and there is rarely any changes to the app or website. The current state will probably be permanent.
I still love this app and, with over two hundred collections, I doubt I’ll delete it any time soon.
Pros:
- Over 10+ Years of Images
- Neatly Organized Collections
- Fun Articles Feature
- So. Many. Photos!
- Social Media Layout
- Easy Nevigation
Cons (With Premium);
- No Messaging System (with remnants of the previous that they will not remove)
- No Reorganization System in Collections (so the order you add them in is the order they remain in)
- Glitchy Trophies (with no assistance from support to address)
The original concept that we loved remains at its core, but it is often overshadowed by the little things that we hate. There are ads with occasional glitches - and I’ll be the first to admit that I bought WHI Premium to avoid that. The major point is that the current WHI is here to stay and, while the new owners take feedback, there will be little change if any at all. The “Latest Updates!” on their main account are from 2018 and there is rarely any changes to the app or website. The current state will probably be permanent.
I still love this app and, with over two hundred collections, I doubt I’ll delete it any time soon.
Pros:
- Over 10+ Years of Images
- Neatly Organized Collections
- Fun Articles Feature
- So. Many. Photos!
- Social Media Layout
- Easy Nevigation
Cons (With Premium);
- No Messaging System (with remnants of the previous that they will not remove)
- No Reorganization System in Collections (so the order you add them in is the order they remain in)
- Glitchy Trophies (with no assistance from support to address)
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Laggy/Glitchy
Hey, I’m a fellow user of ‘WeHeartit’ and I absolutely love this app! It’s so fun!
However, I am having one main issue. I’ve had this app for a while but it’s super laggy/glitchy whenever I go on it. I’m not sure if it’s the app itself or if it’s my mobile phone. I am an Apple user but I tried everything I could to try and solve the problem. Nothing has worked so far. I tried restarting my device, closing all other apps, deleting my themes, etc.
It seems like this is only a problem if you’ve had the app for a while. I remember having an old account on another device and it worked nice at first then the issue started after a while. It did the same with this one. I’ve tried just ignoring it but it’s too annoying to handle anymore.
Again, there’s no way that it could be my device. It’s got to be something with this app.
Overall, I have nothing negative to say about this app. It’s one of my favorites but I have now switched to another app due to this problem I’m having. That’s why I feel like ‘WeHeartit’ only deserves three stars. I hope this gets fixed eventually.
However, I am having one main issue. I’ve had this app for a while but it’s super laggy/glitchy whenever I go on it. I’m not sure if it’s the app itself or if it’s my mobile phone. I am an Apple user but I tried everything I could to try and solve the problem. Nothing has worked so far. I tried restarting my device, closing all other apps, deleting my themes, etc.
It seems like this is only a problem if you’ve had the app for a while. I remember having an old account on another device and it worked nice at first then the issue started after a while. It did the same with this one. I’ve tried just ignoring it but it’s too annoying to handle anymore.
Again, there’s no way that it could be my device. It’s got to be something with this app.
Overall, I have nothing negative to say about this app. It’s one of my favorites but I have now switched to another app due to this problem I’m having. That’s why I feel like ‘WeHeartit’ only deserves three stars. I hope this gets fixed eventually.
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Disappointed
I’ve been using this app for years and decided probably about a year ago to step up to a paid account. I absolutely loved it. I finally found a place where I could share my interests with others and interact with other people that had the same interests I do. However, about a week ago, my account was blocked. I never hearted inappropriate content and I took breaks in between. Because I love this app so much, I tried to make a couple more accounts to keep up with my interests and friends I made. But we heart it blocked those as well, despite me not even being able to heart many images at all. It’s really unfair that my account was blocked when I followed and respected the guidelines. I can no longer even access we heart it. I just want to be able to get my account back or create a new one to be able to enjoy the app again, as I never promote inappropriate content. I’m about to cancel my subscription. I’m frustrated and I’m extremely disappointed.
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Disappointed
Old users will understand this review. We used to be able to download unlimited amounts of images without being bombarded with ads and watermarks. But these days, ever since ‘WHI Premium’ came out, the developers thought it would be a good idea to limit what OLD USERS COULD ALREADY DO, and add it for “premium members only”. I think I speak for everyone using the app that this is unfair. It’s almost as if WHI made their app worse on purpose, so that they could make money off of ads or people who purchase the subscription….which to me, is a terrible way of attracting more users. It’s really a shame because besides the recent updates, WHI is a unique app that a lot of us appreciate for its algorithm but I am very disappointed in what they did.
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This app used to be Gold
Not sure what has happened with WHI but I am disappointed beyond belief. There are ads EVERYWHERE and the app keeps crashing. You can only download photos with a LIMIT!? This app used to be better than Pinterest to me. But it’s impossible to use now without having to pay a subscription. And it crashes every 30 seconds and I have to restart the app. This is insane and I shouldn’t have to fork out money for a better experience. What happened to caring about your product and the consumer? Putting a watermark on photos that don’t even belong to the app!? I have been a user for YEARS and this is the worst I have ever seen this app. Switched over to Pinterest for a better experience. At least update the app to the new iPhone update, fix the bugs, and cut back on the ads. If I have to watch a add to download or swipe I shouldn’t have to have a limit on the amount of photos I save
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Not like it used to be
This app used to be really popular and I had discovered it years ago from Tumblr. On the older versions there were no ads and uploading images didn’t come with a watermark. Since the app had a data leak some years ago my account that I had for years had gotten hacked without me knowing, I contacted weheartit and they chose not to give me back my account when it’s evident that it’s hacked. It’s pretty dissapointing when I put years into an app that my mini blog was also important to me. This app should definitely have stronger security measures such as logging in with face ID or two factor verification to prevent this. I made a new account but so many ads pop up it’s almost hard to enjoy it anymore. The good thing I will say about the app is that it is still good to use for inspiration and has nice images. That is about it, but I do not find the app as fun anymore especially since my old account is hacked.
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Great Idea for an app… poor execution
I’ve used this app for years and have loved it! but I have some serious bones to pick with the developers: the functionality of this app has somehow gotten worse over the years— which is a rare feat in app development. The app lags constantly, it makes my phone overheat, and it will randomly freeze and force quit at least once every time I try to use the app. The ads are overwhelming. I understand having ads is a necessary evil these days (even though it managed to be ad free for years back in the day) HOWEVER, there is an ad every 2-4 posts which is insane. And there’s a banner ad at the bottom too. And there’s an ad (sometimes multiple) if you try to download an image. It’s so much that it’s hindering user experience. My advice to the team is to try to make the ads less obtrusive and integrate them seamlessly into the feed. Another issue I’d like to address is the “image not available” placeholder appearing where you’d saved an image no longer available in a collection. Why show me that? Why not just remove it from the collection or hide it? I’m pretty sure this is a recent update thing because I’ve never seen it happen before. It really ruins the aesthetics of the collection, at least give us an option to hide it. Please please please listen to your user base!! None of us want to abandon this app but it is so hard to use these days!
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Response from developer
Hi there ghgcftkovcty. We're sorry to hear that you're having these troubles. We've been trying but we've been unable to reproduce the issue that you're having. We'd like to learn more about what you're experiencing if you wouldn't mind contacting Support in the app through Settings > Contact Us with more information. Additionally, we appreciate your feedback about the ads and the placeholders and we'll be sure to share it with the rest of the team.
OG User here!
I’ve been on WHI since the beginning & have enjoyed being apart of their growth over the years. I’ve always had a paid account, which is so worth it! Eliminates the ads & just a smoother experience. Highly suggest just forking over the $20/yr fee!
I own an online boutique & always need random artwork for my instagram feed to “flow”. This app has more unique images than Pinterest, which is ridiculously saturated. I’m starting to notice WHI is beginning to become this way too, which I really wish they’d have a better system of kicking duplicate images people post. Never fails when I search for “sunflowers” for example- I’ll see the same exact sunflower image 2 dozen times while scrolling thru the thousands of others.
Also, I hope they can tweak their search feature to include either images or users, as it’s sooo saturated with I guess Asian pop singers? I’m not familiar with this, but it seems that’s what normally appears first in almost all of my searches- no matter what I search.
Other than those minor things, this App is awesome! I can’t help but hesitate posting this review, as I almost don’t want more users to be using the same unique images I’m finding! Being selfish here, but it’s the truth! The internet is clogged as it is!
I own an online boutique & always need random artwork for my instagram feed to “flow”. This app has more unique images than Pinterest, which is ridiculously saturated. I’m starting to notice WHI is beginning to become this way too, which I really wish they’d have a better system of kicking duplicate images people post. Never fails when I search for “sunflowers” for example- I’ll see the same exact sunflower image 2 dozen times while scrolling thru the thousands of others.
Also, I hope they can tweak their search feature to include either images or users, as it’s sooo saturated with I guess Asian pop singers? I’m not familiar with this, but it seems that’s what normally appears first in almost all of my searches- no matter what I search.
Other than those minor things, this App is awesome! I can’t help but hesitate posting this review, as I almost don’t want more users to be using the same unique images I’m finding! Being selfish here, but it’s the truth! The internet is clogged as it is!
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Visually Impaired? This app might not work for you.
Although this app has a lot of cool features that make it look nice and help folks make it their own, as a person with a significant vision impairment, I found the user experience to be stressful and exhausting. Although the pictures are big and (simply) splashy, the fonts are either too light in weight, too light in color, too small or all of the above. People with impairments in their vision need fonts with steady heavier weights and darker colors because they offer the contrast we need to help us see! Sometimes even a mild change in the fonts weight or color can help us A LOT. There was also not enough contrast on the buttons, and not having predictive text on the tags as well as a small area to type them in was a stress as well - even on the iPad where there is much more screen real estate, I’d stop using the app and feel eyestrain or have a headache. Oh well! Like I said, this was a fun app to try. And it does have a lot of cool features for folks who don’t have to be concerned about the same things that I, or others with vision loss, do.
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terrible app
I cant even log into my account after the new update. I try to log in and it tells me to log in through google instead which I try to do and it redirects me to google and then it crashes. So i’m just unable to log back into my account and it won’t let me make a new account. And even before the new update, I was not enjoying the app as much as I used to. I do not appreciate getting an ad everytime I download a picture and then on top of that having to deal with the watermark. It doesn’t matter if we get 10 free pics a day without the watermark, those pictures do not belong to you in the first place so why do you get to place a watermark on it? This app used to be so much better without all the millions of ads and watermarks. You are just trying to force your users to buy the membership. Some people don’t have the money to do so and you need to be considerate of that. I promise you adding millions of ads and watermarks will not make users buy the membership but instead drive them away from the app altogether, like myself. And now I can’t even get back into my account? Do better.
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Response from developer
Hello! Would you mind sending an email to hello@weheartit.com so we can assist you with this issue? Also, if you're a power user and loves to download photos, we recommend upgrading to We Heart It Premium. This will address your watermark concern and support us in developing the app. Thanks!
