Pixomatic - AI Photo BG Eraser

This has been my go to app for picture editing for a few years now. It was worth $29/year for the fun I’ve had with it. Even if the templates hardly ever get updated. But suddenly a $50 increase?! It’s like you want people to leave the app. I appreciate the fun times I’ve had with your app but I’ll be moving on to a more reasonably priced app that has all the same features. (UPDATE) I went back just to see if they had changed it back to $29. Unfortunately it was the same, until I signed back in and I had the $29 price option again. I’m so happy and wanted to update my rating. Like I said the app has always been lots of fun but $29 is the threshold for myself. $80 was out of the question. Thanks devs for a great app and keeping the same price.

I’ve really had a lot of fun editing all my old photos the last couple of months. During that time I’ve downloaded a good 15 or 20 photo apps. Pixomatic is one of the best. I just love the layout and all of the functionality. So much of the functionality in these apps do overlap and you can find a lot of other apps to do the same thing but I really enjoy their layering system. My only complaint… And the reason I won’t buy, is because they only have a subscribe price. Many of the other photo apps with the same functionality offer a subscription model or a one time price that’s usually in the $70-$80 price range. I would be willing to pay that but I’ll never jump in the subscribe model, because for me personally… I’ve nearly reached the end of my photo stack and won’t be editing nearly as much in the future so if I subscribe I’ll be paying money for nothing except the one or two photos a year I’ll find I need to edit. With a one time price… I know my wife can pull out a box of photos she finds five years from now and I can say… No worries honey! Let me fix these for you! All this to say pixomatic is superb, I hope they consider a one time purchase price in the future, and if you are someone who edits a lot and plans to edit a lot in the future, the current subscribe price is fair and you should go for it. At the very least use the free version because it does give you a lot of functionality. 5 srars.

This seems like the beginning of a powerful editor, but it’s just not ready for daily use yet. To be fair, I’m coming from Photoshop and looking for the mobile equivalent, but this tool seems to be more about composing two images together than actual editing. Tool grouping is also confusing for a power user...for example why is there an Eraser under cut and another Eraser under Refine? Why isn’t there just a general purpose Eraser that works on both with the option to dial down the strength and turn on feathering? Tools are grouped by function; since I know which tool I want, this task based interface feels clunky. Also...why is there a shadow button at the root level? Are people really adding that many shadows that this option couldn’t be hidden in favor of other tools? Layers seem to be a selling point for this app, but I’m used to seeing eye icons next to my layers to show/hide, not tapping randomly on the background. I guess my biggest problem with this software is that they’ve avoided common design paradigms of design software (like the tool pane and instead arranging tools by tasks), and it makes my workflow slower than finding the nearest computer and firing up Photoshop.