4.2
out of 5
103K Ratings
I don’t leave reviews often, especially when the app pops it up. But let me say!!! I’m someone who judges apps on a few things. 1) is it easy to use? I often download apps that say they’re easy to use and then have a bunch of extras tucked in, which clutters the app and makes it hard to use. I can say easily that this app markets itself as easy to use and it’s, in fact, easy to use. I didn’t even have to google how to use it LOL (I’m 23, sometimes these apps really are extra). 2) is it aesthetically pleasing? Apps that have pop ups every few seconds, that are too plain or overbearing, etc. are what I come across a lot. I thought slideshow was going to be tacky at first, but it’s beautifully designed! 3) is it worth it? Apps that cost money make me hesitant, especially when it’s a free app that makes you pay once you’ve downloaded and make an account - normally I would swipe out and delete the app. But I was like “2.99 really isn’t that bad! And it’s a free trial, I can always cancel if I don’t like it” - but I’m thoroughly enjoying it! Thank you, this app made my life so much easier!
I downloaded this app, and when opening the app, a person is presented a screen wanting you to choose a free trial or pay for a subscription.....in very small print it states that after the “free trial period” you will begin to be charged a subscription fee. It immediately made me feel uneasy, because I did not want to pay for a subscription...I deleted the app before even trying it!!May I suggest that you CLEARLY describe this as a “Trial” before people download it... I was totally taken off guard when I opened the app and then had to make a decision....I was expecting and looking forward to a fun, creative experience, and maybe, just maybe, this app could have been the experience I was looking for, but I never got to try it...I am sure that lots of people have that uneasy feeling when presented with that screen that makes you “commit” to pay...I look for no hassle, easy flowing apps when I download something.
Hello, we regret to hear that you were not satisfied with your experience on our app but we appreciate your feedback and the time you took to share it with us. The app can be downloaded completely for free and along with the free download we offer a free trial to all users, so you can, in fact, experience the full potential of the app before committing to paying for the subscription. The free trial is meant to give you some time to check out all the features and functionalities the app offers so you can make up your mind on what you think about the app and whether you want to keep using it and pay for the subscription. However, if you are not satisfied with it, don't worry, the trial can easily be cancelled simply by following these instructions: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and warmly welcome any feedback or questions you may have. Feel free to write us an email to reviews@bendingspoons.com, we'd love to hear from you.
It took me over 30-40 tries to create this video. First, 3-4 hours of editing trying to figure out which pictures and/or videos weren’t able to sync up since it wouldn’t let me create a video no matter what combination of media I tried. Then I tried to add music from another app on the video, transferring the song to several apps before I had to just buy it on iTunes. I started making this video almost two weeks ago, got so frustrated I had to keep going back and forth trying and trying to figure out the source of all of these problems. So, I finally got a baseline of a video I could edit and finally got the song I wanted on the video. After that, I tried to use one of the transitions offered on the app between medias. Every. Single. Time. I used a transition, it not only wouldn’t load but also crashed the app so everything froze. Halfway through this process there was an update to “fix bugs” but alas nothing worked any better than before. After 20-30 tries of adding a transition and finally just failing I completely gave up and saved my mediocre video that ended up costing me $6.50, having this app a little over a week for something I should have been able to make for free. 0/10 recommend.
I started a free trial of this app almost a year ago. It was $2.99 after that so I assumed it was per month like most normal apps. I started to notice that it was popping up more frequently in my Apple Account. THIS APP WAS CHARGING ME $2.99 *****A. WEEK.*****that was not the agreement after the "free trial." That could have been food for my kids. Gas money. Anything but this ridiculous app. I am beyond angry and disappointed. I did not see anywhere that they would be charging $2.99 A WEEK. THAT IS NOT NORMAL. these thieves are sitting back making all this money off of innocent people that just wanted to make a quick slide show. WHAT A JOKE!I am so disappointed that I didn't notice this sooner. There is absolutely no reason why anyone should be paying $2.99 a week for this poor quality app! I made a few videos earlier in the year. Who in their right mind would be paying $12 a month for this app?!! Definitely not worth $12 a month. I will be contacting someone in regards to this bait and switch situation. What. A. Scam. The sad thing is, when I am looking through all the bad reviews, you give the same standard response. You won't be getting away with this much more. I expect a partial refund. I will be contacting Apple to co sided removing this service from their App Store. ALSO YOU CANNOT LIST THIS AS A FREE APP. IT WAS FREE FOR 2-3 days.
Hi, it really makes us sad to hear about your experience and know that you were not satisfied with it. If you haven't already canceled your subscription, we suggest you do so by following these instructions: 1. Go to your phone Settings > iTunes & App Store.2. Tap your Apple ID at the top of the screen, then tap View Apple ID.3. Scroll to Subscriptions, tap it and then tap the subscription that you want to cancel.We apologize for the confusion that has arisen about our subscription policy. We confirm that the app can be downloaded for free and tried for free while continued use requires a subscription, that can be canceled at any time following the steps above. You can find this information—along with additional details—in the description of the app on App store(under “Subscription Info”). Lastly, we'd like to tell you that any requests about refunds have to be addressed directly to Apple(find more info here https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204084). We hope this will be of help to you but in case you have further feedback or doubts we'd be happy to assist you personally and invite you to send us an email to reviews@bendingspoons.com.
I am giving this app only two stars for the following reasons. I used this app a few weeks ago to create a slideshow for Instagram. That part was pretty great, I was slightly annoyed that I had to put in my card info for a free trial when I knew all I wanted to do was create one slide show but I figured I could create it and then delete it and cancel my subscription unless I needed to make more at that time. It took me a few days to create the slide show (not because of the app - just searching for images) and before deciding to use this app I tried out a few others. I thought this was the best for a simple flip through slideshow with music. I created it and then tried to cancel my subscription but I could not find a “settings” option anywhere in the app. I then assumed that this was one of the free apps and not one with a free trial. I later realized I was being charged weekly for this - which I did not want. I am writing this review in order to find help on how to cancel my account and get my money refunded if possible since I am unable to cancel my account. The slideshow maker itself was great! I am unhappy about the user experience overall after creating the slideshow - please help. Thanks, Alaina
Hi Alaina, please follow these instructions to unsubscribe:1. Go to your phone Settings > iTunes & App Store.2. Tap your Apple ID at the top of the screen, then tap View Apple ID.3. Scroll to Subscriptions, then tap it.4. Tap the subscription that you want to cancel.We're really sorry about what happened to you and we want to follow up with you personally. Please write an email to reviews@bendingspoons.com. Also it warms our hearts that you think our app is the best slideshow maker on the App Store ❤️.
It has taken me about 6 hours to work on a project and it has a lot of flaws. It deleted my project 6 times and I had to restart. I wanted to make a slideshow from my mom to show at her birthday party, but with all The delays I had to give it to her late, and the show wasn’t given. I saw the video of the preview of the app and I thought hey it looks cool and hopefully it works like it shows. I downloaded it and first thing I was asked was for a membership and it said it had a seven day trial and I thought hey maybe I’ll try the seven day trial and if I like it all use the same app for my brothers birthday too. It took me six hours and six different tries to finally come up with a good slideshow that was only three minutes. It takes too much effort for such a simple task, so I don’t like it. But that might just be me who knows. What I do know is that after paying the membership you can’t get out of it because there is no main screen there is no home screen it just shows your gallery and that is it you cannot unsubscribe from this it is basically money being stolen from you every month even after the membership. You can’t and subscribe to it. The seven day free trial is fake and this is all a scam for a cheap knock off flipagram.
Hi, we are sorry to receive your review and know that our app did not meet your expectations. Firstly, we want to tell you that you can end your free trial at any time by following these instructions: 1. Go to your phone Settings > iTunes & App Store.2. Tap your Apple ID at the top of the screen, then tap View Apple ID.3. Scroll to Subscriptions, tap it, and then tap the subscription that you want to cancel.It is also regretful for us to know that you found the app difficult to navigate when creating your slideshow. We want to make the app the best possible version for our users, and therefore, we would be very grateful if you could share any further details about how the app can be improved. Reach us by dropping an email to reviews@bendingspoons.com.
I hate apps like this…that you can’t use at all unless you subscribe free trial which goes into auto subscription or not. Especially when you give access to stuff like this… first thing they ask is to grant access to all your photos, so fine. Then uploads it. Then tells you can’t do anything unless you sign up. Then even reading back the description it says subscribe to get the features they list like it’s an upgrade or something like you can do at least something at all without having to agree and subscribe. Nope. Completely useless unless you do. It’s so deceiving especially the way this one is worded even though didn’t really read until after lol but so isn’t clear you have to do anything. I have no problem signing up for subscriptions or buying apps, i upgrade the ones i use a lot all the time but this is automatic delete not going to be tricked into downloading and then uploading pics to say nope can’t do anything. So deceiving. Deleting immediately. Don’t download unless you have no problem signing up to do anything or will waste your time can’t stand these types so irritating
Hi, thank you for sharing your opinion with us. We confirm that you are requested to pay to use Slideshow. The app is the result of a lot of hard work and time by many talented people who are constantly working to improve it and make it the best possible version: that’s why we prefer to ask our users to pay for a subscription, so as not to interrupt your precious creative work with bothering advertising banners and to push the quality of the app higher and higher. However, we gladly offer you a free trial useful to try out all the functionalities before committing to payment. We would like to respond personally to any further feedback you may have. Feel free to send us an email to reviews@bendingspoons.com.
Downloaded this free app and then deleted it the same day because it wasn’t what I wanted. Imagine my surprise when I found out my card was being charged for a monthly subscription for the paid version of this app. So beware if you even download this app you are apparently agreeing to the paid subscription. To be honest I felt very cheated and scammed. I had the app on my phone for less then an hour, yet I was charged every week $5 for almost 2 months! When I finally figured out what was happening I was livid. The only way to unsubscribe (even though I didn’t technically subscribe, they tricked me) is to go into settings and click on like 10 different things until you finally get to this secret page where your subscriptions are. Very disappointed with the sneaky underhanded way this app steals money. I was not refunded for anything past 30 days so thanks for stealing from a mom of 4! They really need to make the subscription app separate from the free app and stop trying to scam people. Shame on this app! Do not download! Would give 0 stars if I could
Hi, thank you for sharing your feedback and experience with us. First we would like to reassure you that there is no way any app can charge you without getting your authorization to carry out the transaction. You need to explicitly confirm a transaction with your Apple ID password or with your fingerprint before anything happens. If it, indeed was possible for any app to charge you money without your authorization, you would be more than justified to be outraged. Also, please note, that you can find the instructions to unsubscribe by tapping the "i" info button in the app or by following these instructions: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039. We're sorry about what happened to you, and we want to make it up to you by offering personalized help. Please write an email to reviews@bendingspoons.com if you need further help!
I was looking for a slideshow app to recap what an incredible year 2018 was. I had the app for a day and completed my slideshow the same day I downloaded the app. I then noticed that a charge of $2.99 came out of my account and saw that it was from this application. I then deleted the app and not a week later two more transactions of $2.99 came out of my account. I called Apple very upset about all these transactions because I’m on a very tight budget and they walked me through how to unsubscribe the app. I was pleased with the video I created and the simplicity of using the application, I am just very upset about the weekly charges that are not well explained what so ever once you download the application. If you think the app is worth $2.99 a week, go for it! But if you’re on a tight budget and need to watch every penny, make sure you unsubscribe the application. I have yet to find the information that says that they will charge you weekly, I’m sure it’s in the fine print, but very well hidden.
Hello, thank you for sharing this review with us. We are sorry to hear about your experience. We'd like you to know that you can find the cancellation instructions as well as terms of subscription in the app: simply tap the "info" button in the top right corner and you'll find all the information. Please don't hesitate to contact us by sending an email to reviews@bendingspoons.com - we'd love to assist you personally with any doubts you may have.
I am done with my “free trial”! DO NOT CHARGE ME AS I’M DONE AFTER TWO DAYS OF NOTHING BUT FRUSTRATION! You are falsely advertising this is a free app and it is not! This is bait and switch! The app kept shutting down every time I was in the shuffle or edit photos mode. It never saves anything you do and you have to START AGAIN EVERY TIME IT SHUTS DOWN! I tried for hours to do a birthday video for my friend that took most of the day and I don’t have many days off from work. IT SHUT DOWN EVERY TIME! I Even took the photos from an album I created to make it as easy as possible. Now it is the NEXT day which is the day AFTER her birthday and I tried ONE MORE TIME! It just shut down AGAIN! I won’t ever use this app again. It’s deleted from my phone! I really miss the ease of flipagram. It saved along the way and this shut down and losing everything you did NEVER happened! I’ve now downloaded iMovie which has ZERO PROBLEMS AND IS AS EASY TO USE AS FLIPAGRAM WAS AND IT IS FREE!!! I don’t want to be charged a penny so please make sure my “free trial” covers the two days I tried to use this crappy app! I’m done!
Hi, from what you describe you had an awful experience and we apologize for that. We've been hard at work fixing bugs and the app works much better. It even saves your progress so if something bad happens you can start again from where you left off. Still, we feel very bad about what happened to you, and we want to address this issue personally. Please send an email to reviews@bendingspoons.com: we'll reply in no time.