Lightleap by Lightricks

I have left a review on this before but as it was never resolved and has since become much worse I’m going to update it. I left my original review at the bottom. I pay for premium on almost all of Lightleap’s apps. This app is my main one, and I am growing more and more frustrated. This app now crashes every time you apply a new addition of edits to your batch. Then when you open it again and go to export it crashes again. It has taken me DAYS to finish a client’s session when in reality it could have been done in HOURS if they would fix this. The last review I left they reached out to me via email and asked a couple questions. Once I assured them that the app was updated and did everything they asked they ghosted me. It has not got better, only worse. And not to mention the few times they’ve charged me TWICE for the same month a handful of times. It is maddening that I have yet to be helped with this. If you’re thinking of using this, for the love of god don’t pay for it. A free app crashing is whatever. Something someone pays for is bad business. This would be a five star app if it would just stop crashing. First review- I paid for premium. I have access to all filters, presets, overlays etc. And can also group edit. BUT it is VERY irritating how often I’ll be working on a set of photos and it CRASHES. Especially paying for this app every month along with all the other apps the company has made. You would think it would stop crashing after all the “bugs” they’ve “fixed”. This app would be perfect but the crashing is so irritating I’m about to ask for my money back. Every photo set I work on it just crashes and then I have to open the app again. Every time I try to save photos it crashes. Would have gave it five stars if it wasn’t for the constant crashing every time I try to save the photos.

I do a little photography and this is an AMAZING app for editing my photos. I mean it’s really cool. But even if you aren’t a pro member you can’t even stick with the limited edits they allow you to use. It’s still trying to milk money even if you aren’t using it’s unlimited edits, because you can’t even save the photos you practice on just to experiment with the app. I used a couple of my photos to see just how much I’d really like it, and I really like it..but then as I attempted to save, it was telling me I had to go pro..like really? Just to save the edits that the app allowed me to use WITHOUT going pro, I can’t even save them? So in order for me to be able to save the photos I edit I have to pay. I just don’t think it’s worth going through that. I’d be okay even having advertisements pop up and them saying I have to pay for the ads to be removed. Versus saying I have to go pro just to save the photos I edit even though it’s limiting you enough.

I love this photo editor, it is truly an “all-in-one” one stop shop for all your mobile photo editing needs. The only thing I would like to see added (and if it’s already in it, then forgive me - I hope the creators would tell me how and where to find it), is a way to fade blemishes? For example, I have Face Tune on my phone and Photoshop on my computer to get rid of pimples and help perfect complexions on portraits. If I had that feature here, I wouldn’t need the FaceTune app. Adding a “brush” feature” where one could essentially “wipe away” unwanted blemishes, would make this beyond #1 editor in my book. I know there are other ways you can kind of do this, with lowering the contrast and detail a bit, brightening the image if possible or softening it, but again, if you really want to focus on the face and not touch the rest of the image, this feature would be amazing. Another idea, something as seen in OnOne Camera RAW (which is a desktop photo editor), but to be able to brush detail and light/color enhancement onto the human eye. To “zoom in”, on a portrait, and lighten/brighten the eye, even perhaps give a bit more detail? This feature in that software is called very simply, “magic eye fixer.” Anyway, that’s my two cents. Otherwise - I have the pro version and I love it. Thanks for making a great app!