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My Experience With Hipstamatic X

Now a Lifetime member of the Hipstamatic Makers Club, I installed "X" the day after it was released, signed up for the 7-day free trial. Wanting to experience the app on its own merits, I uninstalled "Classic", then I put "X" to test. After several days, I reinstalled "Classic" and all the HipstaPaks (literally, ALL) I had previously purchased. "X" connected to those purchases and made them available within the app through the Classic Gear button on the Camera Shelf. Once the free trial ended, I still retained my "Classic" gear.

Things I like: (1) the developers are extremely responsive and helpful throughout; (2) Hipstamatic X is strictly a shooter (you CAN edit photos shot within the app); (3) a good UI; (4) quality photos; (5) simple to use. Plus, I can still use "Classic" on its own too. I'm trusting this app will have good support and quality updates.

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Paid 4 App + Almost All Hipstapaks Now U Want a Paid Subscription?!

I paid for this app for unlimited use before they switched to the subscription model. I also paid for every Hipstapak that was ever released minus a few that I didn’t want. Now I need to pay for a subscription every month or year on top of that if I want to use all of the features again?! I spent so much money on this app already and I feel like I’m being ripped off being asked to pay even more after buying the app outright when it was offered. If an app is bought for unlimited use then it should be honored even if the app switches to the stupid subscription model. I should be able to go to Restore Purchases and be able to use all of the features, but no they want more money. Well it’s not going to happen. I will not pay for any subscriptions. I’m going to start a petition for users who bought apps for unlimited use and are now being asked to pay for a subscription to continue to use all the features of an app when we shouldn’t have to because we already paid for the app. I hope at least my favorite photo app Hipstamatic will at least consider honoring the paid app users by letting us click on Restore Purchases to continue using all the features of the app and not just the Hipstapaks we paid for. I gave this app five stars since I started using it, I would like to change it back to five stars when this is corrected.

Going back to Classic

Incredibly counterintuitive UI. Figuring out how to create new presets is unnecessarily sadistic. Get ready to force quit the app half the time you try to assign a preset and it… just won’t. Menus and settings are scattered at random without any thought of consolidating. Yet when it works the filters are solid and my favorite to work with on an iPhone, just like the original. It’s a shame the app itself is too convoluted to be user friendly. Oh yeah, I can’t even change the app icon to the black camera. It just goes back to the H icon. Seriously???

UPDATE: After testing the app out on a hike today, it’s safe to say this app is a disaster. I still have 17 photos “waiting to develop” which is a horrible gimmick if you actually want to see if your picture was decent. I have no idea how I toggled the feature on and off. The whole “shake to develop” feature is tacky and time consuming. Also, just like it’s classic cousin, it focuses on whatever it feels like, so use the basic camera app if you really want something to look sharp. In fact, that’s what I’d recommend doing: take pictures with the regular camera app and add the filters later in Classic. The only thing Hipstamatic cameras are good for is multi-exposure shots.