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PhotoPills
PhotoPills S.L. · 1,494 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 21 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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"user"
5 negative reviews mention this · 24% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Learning Curve. This app is great if you dedicate lots of time and watch lots of videos. Otherwise, the steep learning curve will overwhelm the casual user." - SamwithNoNickName
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"photo"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Lousy app. Do not buy this app unless you are interested in astrophotography. It has more useless information than you can imagine. It deserves zero stars." - xj6 aficianado
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Learning Curve
This app is great if you dedicate lots of time and watch lots of videos. Otherwise, the steep learning curve will overwhelm the casual user.
👎🏼 usability confusing
What the heck is this garbage
Very confusing user interface and complex workflow.
I tried several videos and still so confusing.
Terrible
I had to hand calibrate everything every time. Then it would change again. I was facing east and it was convinced I was facing NW and would not let up. Waste of time and money
Difficult to learn
This app almost seems schizophrenic. It’s difficult to learn.
Would not help
I recently got another phone than what my original purchased app was done on. On all my other apps - they helped out to get me my purchased apps on my new phone. This one was only one that wouldn’t :( Disappointed, they could have done something. Not wanting to spend another $10 on an app I already purchased.
Not user friendly
Hard to navigate
SCAM
I downloaded this app because I seen someone review it on tiktok and just opened it once and closed back out, then a few hours later I get charge for $11.99 saying I subscribed which I 100% know I didn’t. They won’t even let me get a refund.
Lousy app
Do not buy this app unless you are interested in astrophotography. It has more useless information than you can imagine. It deserves zero stars.
Privacy
There's really no need to personally identify me for any reason. Please consider changing your privacy policy.
Alignment is way off
I have been using g this app for years but it has been off in calculating where the milky way will rise and where the sun and moon will align with a particular spot I want to photograph. So keep this in mind you will most likely have to make a mad scramble at the last moment. This they need to fix…I calibrate the app everything I use it so it’s not that.
Cannot take photos with this app
Trusted blogs who said this was best for night photography. Except it doesn’t allow you to take photos. Only PLAN on best places and times for night photos. For the non professional photographer like me this app is a bust and they don’t allow refunds. What a waste of money.
Does not work for photos
I bought this app to take photos of the stars. It does not work like that it is only a schedule for events. It won’t take photos.
Worst interface ever
The developers have no idea of what a human interface is. The app is needlessly complicated and not nearly intuitive. It is supposed to be an aid not a puzzle.
Where to unsubscribe
I want to delete this I do not want any part of this. Where do I do this they keep it a secret
Feedback button is dead
Just tap it and it doesn’t do anything
Convoluted
Stupidly complicated with features hidden in convoluted steps. Tutorials? How to photograph like some brain dead idiot trying to capture 1980s Kodak contest. I want instructions on the app not found on the app got to search YouTube for self important dimwit spewing how great just give info…
The problem is it’s so convoluted every time I need to use it I need to speed hours refreshing my understanding of the app. Pay for an app to be bombarded with their own ads/articles. After a year of owning I regret the purchase
The problem is it’s so convoluted every time I need to use it I need to speed hours refreshing my understanding of the app. Pay for an app to be bombarded with their own ads/articles. After a year of owning I regret the purchase
User unfriendly
I know the name of my subject, several kilometers away, but I don’t know where it is in the map. There is no way I can search by landmark name. Looks like the only way to do it is to zoom the map, see if the landmark can be found, and then drop the pin.
Needs modern photo planning features
This app hasn’t had anything significant added to it in like 3 years. Other photo planning apps have better features now. I wouldn’t recommend spending $10 on this.
Photo pills calibration
Calibration for the moon is way off. Makes planning photography of the moon for a specific location impossible.
Photo pills
Not user friendly!!!!!!!
Sentiment summary
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