HYPERSPEKTIV: Photo, Video, AR

Like a few people who have commented on here, I paid for this app in the beginning and then it turned to subscription-based like many apps do, and instead of grandfathering their clients into the entire app, they decided to make them have to pay a subscription just like all the new customers. I was not happy about this and I contacted the developers. They were very generous and gave me three months free. I was happy with that, because their subscription price was really not that much at the time, and I figured that I do own a few apps that every month I buy an in- app purchase and I could support them because I thought that they would have new features monthly , and that a couple dollars a month will help out the developers bring these new features. No. I stopped paying monthly because the price was far too high for getting absolutely nothing. If you look in the description, it says new filters monthly and access to many different other supposedly fabulous things that only happen if you subscribe. So I subscribed for a few months, and then nothing happened. No filters, nothing. If you look at their version history, they had a bug fix last month. The last update before that was a year ago. then another update I believe two years ago. So, they stopped updating it, but still want you to pay monthly. Nah, I will pass. I despise subscription based apps.

I’ve been a paid subscriber for years, I wanna say since like 2016, and I’ve been on the yearly subscription since it became available. The first couple of years it felt “worth it” because practically every month they rolled out at least 1 new feature/filter. Some time around or just before the pandemic began that changed. No new filters or releases. That’s cool tho, I’d built up quite the library of my own filters I’d created. Then this past June or July every time I’d open the app I’d get between 2-10 minutes before it would freeze up. On some occasions the app would recognize my pressing buttons because it would show the little visual “boop” where my finger had tapped, but the image would remain frozen. I’d then just have to close and restart the app, so I could get another 2-10 minutes. Other times tho, it became completely unresponsive and wouldn’t even let me close/exit the app & I would have to do a force restart. I’d gotten so used to this being the norm for this particular app that it no longer phased me. It wasn’t until I explained all this to a friend of mine & she gave me one of those stares that blatantly lets you know you’re an idiot…that I realized I’ve been paying a not insignificant amount of $ for an app that not only hasn’t released anything new in forever, but has become all but unusable. I’m hoping the developers find a way to fix it because when it used to work, I got a lot of use out of it.

I use many diff photo & art apps, and have for years. It is something i really enjoy doing, especially w my big ipad pro & pencil. But, i have to say upon discovery of this app, out of ALL of them that i use, THIS ONE is my #1 FAVORITE! My ONE complaint is, as of now, it is an iphone app so i just enlarge it for the ipad. But of all my apps, this one, for me, creates the most interesting & original embellishments that turn any photo into art. I love the quality of what is produced where edges are sharp and the algorithm very smart - many look of commercial quality. But i also love how FAST 7 easy it is to edit and scroll through the various filters. Makes it very easy to compare variations of the images so i can quickly pick my fave for the occasion. I use my edits for various art pieces(many of these are frame worthy for a cool, retro or more modern or industrial look! I am a self proclaimed interior designer and currently designing and decorating 4 high end units), but also use this for fun family albums, as well as social media posts! QUICK, intuitive, and well done photo manipulations . Please get an ipad version, & prefer a purchase app model over “subscription”.;)