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InstaSize: AI Photo Editor
Instasize Inc. · 324,444 ratings · ★ 4.7
4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 42 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"free"
16 negative reviews mention this · 38% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not free. It’s free to download, but you have to subscribe for a free trial. These companies should offer a yearly fee or a lifetime fee. Heck, a limit on how many images you edit would be a great option for people who use this app every day or every…" - Slayed10
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"trial"
12 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not free. It’s free to download, but you have to subscribe for a free trial. These companies should offer a yearly fee or a lifetime fee. Heck, a limit on how many images you edit would be a great option for people who use this app every day or every…" - Slayed10
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"subscription"
10 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Sad :/. I’ve had this app since my highschool days, so approximately 8-10 years and now I am required to have a subscription to remove the background? Are we serious??????" - NickPretzel
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"free trial"
9 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not free. It’s free to download, but you have to subscribe for a free trial. These companies should offer a yearly fee or a lifetime fee. Heck, a limit on how many images you edit would be a great option for people who use this app every day or every…" - Slayed10
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"charged"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Gimmick. It says that there’s a three day trial but as soon as I clicked to try it, it charged me $23. Absolutely ridiculous. Be aware it’s a SCAM" - The Original Bombshell
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"money"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Money. Have to pay to resize an image.. absolutely not. Don’t download unless you’re ready to pay!" - largemouthjulie
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"download"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not free. It’s free to download, but you have to subscribe for a free trial. These companies should offer a yearly fee or a lifetime fee. Heck, a limit on how many images you edit would be a great option for people who use this app every day or every…" - Slayed10
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"without"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "wont even let me use it without paying. literally i opened the app and it wouldnt let me get through the payment screen even though i kept pressing skip. when i skipped, it STILL wouldnt allow me" - unicornfarticles
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"editing"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too many changes. I originally liked Instasize for its ease of use. Now, I can’t find the basic features that made the app unique. It’s like any other editing app now. Sad." - ETReview92
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"into"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "L. Forcing someone into a free trial is crazy" - Eat $&!T
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wont even let me use it without paying
literally i opened the app and it wouldnt let me get through the payment screen even though i kept pressing skip. when i skipped, it STILL wouldnt allow me
resize
it didn’t print my image an bigger
Gimmick
It says that there’s a three day trial but as soon as I clicked to try it, it charged me $23. Absolutely ridiculous. Be aware it’s a SCAM
Disappointed
It will not allow me to skip over getting a free trial. I’ve used this app since highschool and it’s disappointing to see that you are now forced to have a membership.
sucks
always trying to make me start a free trial
Money
Have to pay to resize an image.. absolutely not. Don’t download unless you’re ready to pay!
Too many changes
I originally liked Instasize for its ease of use. Now, I can’t find the basic features that made the app unique. It’s like any other editing app now. Sad.
No AI expansion option + Paywall to even use the app
Not even gonna waste my time with a long review, the app sucks. No AI expander, and have to pay to use it. Awful app.
Sad :/
I’ve had this app since my highschool days, so approximately 8-10 years and now I am required to have a subscription to remove the background?
Are we serious??????
Are we serious??????
Unusable
This used to be a really good app back in 2015 and now you can’t do anything without them ramming premium down your g’d throat. I DONT WANT IT. why do I need to see it 6 times when I’m editing a picture? It makes the app sluggish and it loads stuff that I don’t even want to look at. Crazy! $12 a MONTH for an app? You people are out of your gourds!
EDIT: Crooks!!!!!!!! Got $20 from me by saying I had to use a free trial to use the app!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EDIT: Crooks!!!!!!!! Got $20 from me by saying I had to use a free trial to use the app!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Watermark
Was so good until you added the watermark
Overcharging
I cancelled the free trial and I kept getting charged
Unauthorized charges
Charged me $30 for a subscription I didn’t sign up for
L
Forcing someone into a free trial is crazy
Forced purchase illegal
They forced me and scammed me into a one year purchase without possibility of a refund
AD nightmare
I don’t want your yearly or monthly subscription, that stupid pop up makes your app impossible to use when it shows up every time I edit a photo
Too Greedy Now
It used to let me in for free with no problem but now I can’t even get in without paying for premium like I don’t know what to say
App is garbage now. Subscription canceled.
Let me start by saying i was already a subscriber, but the app kept insisting on interjecting windows asking me to pay additional money for new garbage AI features that I do not want and forcing new windows I could not get past, rendering an app I PAY FOR useless. Total bs. Subscription canceled entirely.
A subscription REALLY?
Ridiculous not everything needs to cost money let alone a SUBSCRIPTION never deleted an app so fast!
Worked great, new phone and now no free option???
Making sure I’m not mistaking anything, but there’s not even the limited version that used to be free anymore! It’s trying to make me use a trial, and personally not really too interested in AI expansion, just want mass cropping!
A SCAM
Do not pay or download this app. I did the free trial and canceled my subscription before the free trial was completed and they still charged me $21. I tried to ask for a refund from Apple explaining that I canceled the subscription before the trial ended, and they refused to give me a refund. I even appealed and explain what happened and Apple still decided to not give me my money back.
No free trial
Charges $41 for free trial
App does not work
Downloaded this twice and it will not allow me to grant access to my photos. No point in this app
Charged me for a subscription I didn’t sign up for
& they won’t refund me!
3 day is NOT free
I signed up for 3 day trial and they immediately charged me $19.99 and refused to refund me.
not working
the app is glitching and i just downloaded it
Don’t recommend
Scammm
Scammm
I did not authorize any payment
Not happy
Parts of this app use to be free ;(
FKING TRASH
STUPID FKING TRASH APP MAKING YOU PAY A SUBSCRIPTION FOR AN APP THAT DOESNT EVEN DO ITS FKING JOB
soooo not worth it
used to fine to use, but now it’s absolutely unbearable if you don’t have premium. endless pop-ups, i’m not even sure it’s possible to do anything on this app without premium anymore. and who has the extra income in this economy to spend $15/month on a basic photo editing app? recently switched to inframe, and it’s everything instasize wishes it could be- plus free. definitely recommend that over this burning dumpster fire of an app. would rate lower than one star if i could 👍🏻
Loading
Doesn’t load photos into library
Horrible
I got the subscription, then i uploaded a photo. Im trying to “upscale” it and is nowhere to be seen. Then i go to the website and upscale there. Then when i try to download it, it just takes me back to the app. I had to go into the app settings, then upscale all the way down in the faq. I “upscaled” it and it tells me to sign up when i have a subscription. Where do i even sign up??? I cant find anything on how to. I looked all over. Ridiculous
Terrible
This is just AI, literally, you have to pay a lot of money for it, you can get the same results with gemini, and when you want to resize your photos, which I guess it is what the app is made for, you cannot even select a custom size, it is all predetermined
Not great
Works fine if you want to just fit a picture onto your instagram post but don’t expect the AI to “complete the photo” so that you don’t have an ugly white square around it. Just find a free app to do this honestly. Not worth the money and I didn’t use it
Poor quality
Photos and videos are posted with the worst quality - videos specially - it’s tragic to see hours going into editing and curating and to see an app like this promoting creativity ; but the end result you pay monthly fees for - is garbage quality - your posts seem ok at first - but look back in a month ; the quality dissolves . . . and your memories are as pixelated as your current age
Suppression of speech
This is app InstaSize is a active participant in the suppression of “free speech” aligned with national government regimes. Try for yourself to resize scriptures that speak of Israel as a nation, that is explicit in the foretelling of what's to be.
Ex. Isaiah 8:11-15 the text was directly obscured, repeatedly.
Ex. Isaiah 8:11-15 the text was directly obscured, repeatedly.
Horrible
Freezes. Cant add pictures to edit then when you delete app and re download it wants you to do a free trial but you cant exit that and just edit a picture...
Miss the old days
You have to buy nearly everything on the app now and the glitches during editing are nonstop
App was good but greed is often the root of a downfall
wanna remove ur stupid watermark? think it’ll make ppl buy ur subscription but in fact will make ppl delete this app completely. (like what im about to do) and if i get a dollar for whenever the dumb subscription prompt pops up, I would have 478 dollars by now.
Not free
It’s free to download, but you have to subscribe for a free trial. These companies should offer a yearly fee or a lifetime fee. Heck, a limit on how many images you edit would be a great option for people who use this app every day or every week.
Removed video
Why did the video option get removed. I would have paid to keep. The option of making g the image move was the whole I used app.
Sentiment summary
92%
Positive (4-5★)
2%
Neutral (3★)
6%
Negative (1-2★)