waifu2x 4+

The OG anime biggerizer we all needed!

I remember ios 6 when it was a pain to just browse our waifus but now we can upscale our H on our phone to 32k for no reason?! YES PLEASE! Don’t be depressed fellow weebs one day you’ll have a job to pay your favorite artist that phat $$$$ but for now you can upscale her to what res with where shame??

On a serious note the app is great wothout giving users too many controls while still giving some flexibility, even more “casual icons” for the closet weebs. For the dojin readers a folder feature is available 😉😮‍💨 that alone is worth money if you ask me 😅😳

Thank you for making this dev <3

Model Loading Time Problems

I have been using Waifu2x in IOS for years now with its latest updates and the various improved scaler models but never I had any issues before of literally waiting for them to even start processing the image file regardless of what resolution it is up until just recently. Whenever I refresh the app or turn on my moderately powerful hardware iPhone, it always loads the chosen models first every single time. The main issue is that it takes over a minute just to finish loading a model. I have been using practically the same exact settings before and after I upgraded to a new phone yet it doesn’t make a dent in the annoying long loading times.

It’s not something that brakes the app for its main purpose on what is trying to do but hopefully, this will get patched soon and it’ll make it easier for us to not wait this long to change even over a single image/video than it should. Around five-second load times when choosing a model at least would be very much tolerable regardless that the software app didn’t have any loading times before I made this review.

Developer Response ,

It’s a technical limitation. The newer models are too large. If you are using an old device it will take a long time for iOS to load them. On an iOS device released recently it should take less than 5 seconds. Nothing can be done in the app as the model loading is handled by iOS.

Needs Work

This MacOS app does the basic functions as expected however there is no information on how to upgrade or how get the full version despite the app clearly stating that upgrade as possible and that it will remove the "trial "labeling to provide full feature set.
***In the developer response, they state there is no full version yet in their very own app it's littered with gold lettered "trial" badges on different options and there's literally a paragraph description claiming that you have to upgrade to get the full version. So clearly this developer doesn't even know what's in his own app!! In addition reviewing an app it's not complaining. It's called a reviewing. Perhaps being less offended and more knowledgeable about your own app would benefit you greatly and provide a better product for users.

Developer Response ,

There is no such thing as “full version” in this app. Therefore no “upgrade” here. Are you looking for another app that has nothing to do with this one?

Update: Well I know there is another very similar app which DOES have a “full version”. This app only have an unlockable item. I thought you mean that app instead of this one. If you would bother sending a feedback email instead of complaining on the App Store I’d even be happy to send you a video tutorial.