PhotoLab - AI Photo Editor Pro reviews
What users love and hate, from real reviews
An AI photo editor with templates for transformations and avatars: a once-beloved toy now criticized for losing its free generation and pushing aggressive subscriptions.
What users love
Layered effects are the reason fans stay
Happy users love the rich set of effects and templates: you can layer effect upon effect for scrapbooking and portraits, and the premium AI is praised as some of the best they've seen.
I like to layer effect upon effect to get some of the best photos. These are great for scrapbooking, family portraits and annual school photos
degenerative AI options on the premium version are outstanding, some of the best I've seen
effects are great but I paid 15$ for vip version
An addictive toy with years of loyalty
A loyal core sticks around for years: people call it incredibly entertaining, say you "lose track of time" enjoying it, and note the free templates are exactly what nudges them to subscribe.
when I open it, I don't want to go out! It is extremely entertaining, attractive, its templates are always up-to-date and new
this is an amazing app, you can really lose time it's so fun
I love this app it takes you to places you never, but they are a lot of vip
Turns ordinary photos into "beautiful" ones
The transformation effect is the emotional hook for many: users say the app makes them beautiful, praise the picture quality, and find it easy and even kid-friendly.
I was very ugly but this app made everything so beautiful
it's a great app for customizing pictures easy to use kid's friendly and great quality in pictures
The perfect one I've ever tried. it's so good
What users hate
Charged right after a "free" trial
The single most common complaint: users start a 3-day trial and get charged almost immediately or after day one. They call it a scam, demand refunds, and threaten to report it.
i subscribed 3days trail version but my money got debited from account
This app is scam, they will offer you a 3 day trial and after seconds of clicking the free trial a 539 pesos deduction was charged on my account
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A 3 DAY TRIAL N THAT IT WAS FREE FOR 3 DAYS, AND **THEN** PAY
The free AI generation is gone
Long-time users (3-10 years) are leaving: the ability to create unique AI images for free was removed — including the beloved "Dream Manifestor" — and everything is now locked behind paid templates.
They got rid of AI creation of unique pics. You're forced to use the few templates they've decided you'll like
The latest update, they removed the ability to do it free. The dream manifesting is gone
especially DREEM MANIFESTOR, which is no longer available in the new version
Already subscribed, yet still billed weekly
Even a yearly plan doesn't help: users say weekly ~$10 charges keep hitting on top of it, and cancelling doesn't stop the billing.
be aware I subscribe to this app for $100 a year and it's still charging me $10.71 a week
I already canceled this app but today they took another weekly payment out of my cash app
they get $10.99 USD weekly where it was reasonably priced $4.99 USD monthly
Charged for an app they never even used
A cluster of complaints is about money vanishing with no interaction at all: charges only surface in a bank statement or Google Wallet, sometimes twice.
didn't even now this was on my phone never showed as a app.. but charged me 10.00$ TWICE before I saw it on my statement card that was saved in my Google wallet
MY DAD'S BLUE APP ARE LOSING MONEY EVERY WEEK AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT COME FROM BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN CLICK YOUR VIP
Please return my money because i never subscribed any weekly VIP
No VIP, no editing at all
Almost nothing is free anymore: users say the app is all VIP sections, and even basic editing or a haircut can't be done without paying.
this app only have vip sections you can't edit the photo without the vip thing too boring
everything is not free, I wish there is free to use for those who did not subscribe, pls make the haircut free
Someone can't use the app without upgrading it
Quality didn't rise with the price
The price went up but the output didn't: users call it a toy rather than a tool, see "too much AI", and compare it unfavorably to free Gemini.
This used to be amazing! Now it's overpriced and the widget/icon is misleading
not working well, not a tool but a toy. but potential is great
i can't search for what i want and it is not real enough it's giving too much AI vibes
The AI confuses gender and swaps the wrong face
Recognition misfires: filters pull a female face toward the male side, swap the idol's face instead of the user's, or output the wrong skin tone.
tried the chinesedrama filter. but app keeps pulling my face to the male side. I'm female!!
my face change with some idols face... can't be chsnge the girl faces
It's dark skin,I'm not dark skin I don't like this result
Too few male and couple templates
The template library skews female: men and people wanting couple or mixed-race photos lack options and ask for a filter and more variety.
full of female picture templates, hard to find male templates add a filter please
can be better if it had more options for couple photo editing for all races
nice app for everyone but if it had selfie photo option it's will be better
The content stopped refreshing
It used to delight with new pictures and videos every couple of days — now users say it just repeats the same few templates and shows nothing new.
it provides pictures and videos every two days 🤔🤨but now I have not been seeing any new pictures or videos
app is just keep repeating few pictures features, nothing else, very disappointed by this app
once a up on time this app was really good