Prequel: Photo & Video Editor

This used to be my favorite app just for the filters alone, i mean it’s beautiful and there’s one for every type of videos. BUT it’s definitely not as friendly to free users as it used to be. For example they removed the ability (star next to filter) to know which filter is free, now if you want to know you HAVE to select it which is quite annoying. What disappoints me the most is that some old filters which used to be free aren’t anymore. And i have to say the free filters now are just mediocre at best, i feel like most of the free filters are has too much effects which makes it harder to blend into your project and lacks the subtlety that the nice filters have. So far you have to admit the product is quality and if you are a content creator it’s a must have only if you pay for a subscription. But as a casual free user that only use it once in a while i think it’s not as beneficial. I dont really use the other features so i can’t speak in that. Just wish the devs see this and improve the free version like it used to be.

If you want to use any of the ACTUAL good stuff, you need to pay for the stupid premium. It was only about a year ago where I used one of my favorite effects that give off a film/disposable camera sort of look. However, recently— as in like 5 mins ago— when I tried to use it, suddenly I’m brought to the premium screen???! Like why??? I never had to pay for it before???? So after I realized I couldn’t use it anymore I tried to use a different effect, tell me why I pressed one , that DIDNT have the little star next to it, which lets you know that an effect or filter is premium, and i immediately get sent to the premium screen!!!! I’m so annoyed! I always thought this app was a go to for effects and filters even though a lot required premium but now it feels like if you want to use anything you HAVE to get premium. Now,I’ve been seeing the developers/company reply to other recent reviews saying that there are “300” free filters but 1. Doubt it’s 300 since if you press on an effect you have different variations of that effect and the majority have the premium star next to it and 2. it’s usually the worst variation that’s free and and If they are free effects they’re usually outdated or ugly. The only reason it gets TWO stars is because at some point this was a really nice app to use. Get if you want to pay is basically what I’m saying but I’m sure you can find free options.

I wanted to compare to FaceTune so I downloaded for the free trial,app wouldn’t open so I deleted and redownloaded still wouldn’t open so I deleted! Because I had tried twice to download I was concerned about being billed so I immediately went into my subscriptions and cancelled! WELL a week later I get a call from my credit card company that my payment was declined and would be charged a $28. late fee, when I checked my account I was so angry to see Prequel had taken 2 payments of 4.99 and that is why my the payment for my credit card declined for insufficient funds! Oh but it gets better, when I went into my Apple account to request a refund there was no record of the payment so I couldn’t even request a refund! So after days of trying to get a human on the phone I found out the reason there was no record of the payments is because Apple hadn’t billed me! SOMEHOW these people got my banking info and billed me directly from their company NOT through my Apple account ! So again! Trying to find out how to even contact them directly has been a nightmare and I had to move my money to my savings because they are still billing me for weeks now,that has also been i nightmare because all my bills ( like my credit card) are set up through that account! Oh and did I mention I have a yearly subscription to Facetune so I’m not like one of those only uses the free trial but never purchased, but since Prequel wouldn’t even open I figured it wasn’t worth the aggravation, If I had only know how much worse it would get!