# Zoetropic - Photo in motion — user reviews > 178 indexed App Store user reviews of Zoetropic by Zoemach Tecnologia LTDA ME, rated 4.30/5 from 306 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zoetropic-photo-in-motion/id1365268892/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zoetropic-photo-in-motion/id1365268892.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 221 · 4★ 28 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 33 ## What do users think of Zoetropic? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface - 💡 Creative motion effects and cinemagraph functionality - 🎨 High-quality visual results when working properly - 💰 Affordable one-time purchase price - ⚡ Fast processing and quick saves (when functional) - 🎬 Professional-looking cinematic effects **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent app crashes during export/save operations - 📉 Significant quality degradation of images (reduced to 1280x720) - 🔄 Persistent crashing when adding music/audio - 💾 Inability to save files reliably - ⚠️ App crashes at specific progress percentages (30-85%) - 🖼️ Low resolution preview makes editing difficult - 🚫 Limited export resolution options (no Full HD or 4K) - 🔐 Misleading subscription/payment prompts despite paid version - ⏱️ Extremely slow save times on some devices - 🎞️ Motion effects not visible when shared on Instagram - 📱 Performance issues on older devices (iPhone 5, 5s, 5c, 6) - 🔧 Outdated app with infrequent updates (2+ years without updates as of 2023) - ⚫ Black bars/artifacts appearing on edited content **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes during video/GIF export process - App crashes when attempting to add music or audio - App crashes when saving to camera roll - App fails to save projects and videos - App closes unexpectedly during rendering - Black screen appears before app exit - Image quality degrades significantly upon loading - Mask tool feedback not visible (should show red highlight) - Cursor lag with mask tool (4-6 second delay) - App crashes at specific resolution settings (768x768) - App crashes on iPad when adding music - App won't load past opening page - App crashes immediately upon launch - Lifetime purchase not recognized, still prompts for payment - Black stripe artifact on left side of images - App freezes when selecting songs from iTunes - Motion effects not visible when shared on social media - App hangs during import process (70-85%) - Export limited to low resolution despite high-quality source **Most requested features** - Full HD and 4K export resolution support - More overlay options and effects - Image stacking capability (layering multiple images) - Brush tools for better editing control - Built-in photo editing features - Better audio/music integration - More motion effect varieties (boomerang, pulsating, etc.) - Improved preview quality during editing - Color adjustment tools - GIF export format support - Better tutorial and documentation - Ability to save projects for later editing - Instagram-compatible motion format ## Newest reviews (14 of 178) ### 3/5 — Love it but keeps shutting down *2025-04-02, version 2.0.21* Really like the app but sometimes it just stops working and shuts down. Then wont load after reopening app ### 4/5 — Need to be able to stack images. *2023-11-13, version 2.0.21* If I can add one of your images on top of my image, I should be able to add one of my png files ### 3/5 — It does what I want except… *2023-10-06, version 2.0.21* I paid for the lifetime but it’s not allowing me to use anything without prompting me for a payment. ### 4/5 — The app crashes *2023-05-06, version 2.0.21* My fav app all time it crashes on the ipad Hope 2 see an upgraded version on ipad and supports more quality ### 2/5 — Travandoooo muito *2022-10-23, version 2.0.21* O meu esta travando muito , meu celular e um iPhone 11 porque será ? ### 1/5 — Crashes at about 30-50% *2022-09-08, version 2.0.21* iPhone X and it doesn’t work. Don’t waste your time. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2022-08-24, version 2.0.21* No matter how many times I try, it will not save my images. I’ve only had the chance to work on one image since I installed the app but I can’t even see how the app works because the image won’t download :-( ### 1/5 — Не сохраняет проект в галерею! *2022-08-18, version 2.0.21* Программа перестала сохранять проект в галерею, выключается на 85%. ### 3/5 — It was great until I tried to save the photo *2022-07-18, version 2.0.21* The app worked great. The first picture I saved came out super clear and nice, it also downloaded onto my photos pretty quickly. After the first photo, every time I try to save another one, it always glitches me out before it’s able to save. Such a nice app idea, but it isn’t usable. ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing *2022-06-15, version 2.0.21* Everytime I try to save a memory. The app crashes midway through exporting ### 2/5 — Works, but… *2022-05-30, version 2.0.21* For what it’s worth, it keeps crashing. I deleted some apps, cleared some space, lowered the video export quality, and it still crashes. I don’t know how many times I have to keep exporting just to get a successful export. ### 1/5 — Troppi bug *2022-04-29, version 2.0.21* Premetto che ho la versione a pagamento.. app non funziona appieno, la qualità del video in contro all’immagine caricata è scarsa.. non arriva nemmeno al full hd.. una volta che carico l.immagine, sebbene sia pulita, si crea sul lato sinistro una striscia nera che è fastidiosa in quanto sporca il floating.. inoltre se provo a ingrandire, una volta che cerco di salvare il video l’app crasha e non mi fa salvare nulla.. ### 3/5 — Help *2022-04-14, version 2.0.21* It crashes from the app while recording. I need help with this problem please!!! ### 1/5 — Issues with downloading to personal gallery *2022-03-16, version 2.0.21* Oh I really wanted this app to work but unfortunately it doesn’t, needs some work with ease of prompting the app to upload completed project to gallery , it took me a good 10-15 minutes before I figured it out and once I did it would start transferring process and get to about 45-50% and then the screen goes black and exits the app and takes me back to my own personal homepage. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Aplicativo ultrapassado *2025-11-15, version 2.0.21* Eu tentei … ### 1/5 — Was soll das? *2025-06-17, version 2.0.21* Jahrelang problemlos damit gearbeitet. Plötzlich kann ich keine Bilder mehr laden obwohl ich das Programm damals gekauft habe!. Muss ich mich etwa dafür jetzt registrieren? Was soll der Unsinn!?! ### 1/5 — Crashing *2023-11-04, version 2.0.21* Very frustrating. It keeps crashing and won’t save any of my videos. ### 1/5 — Only exports in very low resolution *2023-10-28, version 2.0.21* The app functionality is great, unfortunately it degrades the quality of images to 1280x718 which looks super blurry, and makes the app basically useless if you want any semblance of quality retained in your images. A real shame because otherwise the motion effects are quite good and well implemented. As of Oct 2023 the app hadn’t had an update in 2 years so guessing it’s no longer going to be improved so wouldn’t recommend to sink any money into it unless the fundamental image quality issue is solved. ### 1/5 — Leider … *2023-06-08, version 2.0.21* stürzt die App beim Export ab. Entwickler ist informiert. Ansonsten wäre die App prima. ### 1/5 — Fechando na exportação *2023-03-03, version 2.0.21* Olá pessoal tudo bem ? Acredito que comprei o app, mais estou tentando exportar um vídeo e não estou conseguindo, poderia me retornar nesse e-mail com a resolução do problema? Com urgência!!!! Fico no aguardo!!! ### 1/5 — App ótimo porém com bugs *2023-02-10, version 2.0.21* Amei o ao porem não está salvando os projetos Desepcionado quem sabe algum dia arrumem esse bug ### 1/5 — Unbrauchbar *2023-01-14, version 2.0.21* Stürzt sowohl auf iPhone als auf iPad beim Speichern ab. ### 1/5 — Crashing *2022-11-27, version 2.0.21* The app is crashing when it’s generating ### 1/5 — crashes on iphone 11 *2022-11-21, version 2.0.21* looks promising, too bad it crashes all the times while exporting the video. had to delete it. iphone 11, ios 15.6 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this *2025-07-14, version 2.0.21* Easy to use… ### 5/5 — Super *2024-10-21, version 2.0.21* super easy to use. very good price. But needs more overlays. ### 5/5 — Sensational App *2024-02-18, version 2.0.21* Easy to use and generate high quality results. ### 5/5 — Fácil *2023-03-21, version 2.0.21* No lo conozco ### 5/5 — Crash *2022-11-20, version 2.0.21* When the resolution is 768x768, it clashes Please fix it ### 5/5 — Kayıt *2022-02-07, version 2.0.21* Yaptığım çalışmaları yaklaşık 3 gündür kayıt edemiyorum yardımcı olursanız sevinirim teşekkürler Saygılarımla ### 5/5 — สนุกมาก แล้วก็ไม่เหมือนใคร *2021-12-09, version 2.0.21* สุดยอด ### 5/5 — Zoetropic *2021-11-10, version 2.0.21* Nice app. ### 5/5 — Ótimo *2021-04-29, version 2.0.14* Ainda em teste ### 5/5 — Nice! *2020-10-04, version 1.53* Best --- *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 2026-06-10.*