DIY - Hang Out, Create, Share Reviews

The new D.I.Y is a wonderful app. I love the community, the rules, just everything and everyone. BUT, that dose not mean DIY is perfect. No app is perfect. My first suggestion is to actually give penalties to rude D.I.Yer’s. They are out there, you know. There are also some things I would like to be added back. On the original D.I.Y you could search of usernames, posts, etc.
but on the NEW D.I.Y there isn’t an option to do that. PLUS, now you even need photo library access to do challenges. Here’s another thing; posts take LONGGGGG to compress/upload. Anyway, that’s it for now. But don’t get me wrong, DIY is great! It just needs some editing, like any other app. :)

Thank you D.I.Y for responding to others comments and mine as well. I won’t do an email for now, but thanks!

DIY is so fun and engaging your kids can learn a whole bunch of new things! And it totally gives them inspiration in their creativity! I’m a user and I’m speaking from experience, DIY is awesome and it helps kids find other people who like the same things and then I get so happy when I get even one more follower and it engages me to get more followers by posting more and more things! And DIY is so supportive of anyone! and tbh ITS THE BEST THING IVE EVER DOWNLOADED (btw I’m not lying It the best) and I’m not some jerk parent that thinks this is the worst app because you have to pay for it. There is different settings and you can have a free trial for 14 days and you can cancel the subscription and even have up to 4 kids on the same account so you’re not paying for 4 different kids. It’s awesome and it definitely boosts kids confidence and yeah that’s all so I totally recommend downloading DIY! OH AND ALSO… there is these adults on this app that moderate stuff so it’s not inappropriate and is super nice and they delete things that are inappropriate ASAP so no kids can have access or can see things you don’t want you’re kids to see - a person who uses DIY 😁😄😃😀❤️❤️❤️❤️

As an old DYI-er, I loved DIY . It was fun, safe, and overall a fantastic and friendly community. I was on for about three months, but then we got warned about the new app happening. The news spread like wildfire, and concerned me and many other peers. Some thought it was a prank, but we immediately contacted the owners. They did not respond to anyone. The next morning was unresponsive, and just told us when we opened DIY to check out the new DYI, combining DYI and Jam, a similar app. I figured out I had to pay to see all my friends again, after a 2 week (14 day) “free trail.” What enrages me the most is that you must show commitment to wether you are joining or not, not being able to do a free trail and then decide if you are joining the community. This is unfair to people who refuse to or doesn’t have accessibility to pay. It is clear we most likely aren’t getting the old DYI back, and as I come back to try to get back into the community, I refuse to because of the cruel treatment of paying.

~V-Gacha,
An old DYI user.

I really wanted to download DIY so I could get better at my realistic drawings and learn all the tips and tricks for game like Minecraft and roblox! Now, don’t get me wrong, this seems like a wonderful app, but I tried to open some videos for Minecraft and it said I had to sign up or sign in and get 2 weeks free but then I had to pay. Obviously, I’m just a kid and I don’t have my bank account set up to my phone and I wasn’t going to beg my parents to let me just for me to not gain any talent what so ever (because let’s be honest, how many times have you seen a tutorial on something and actually been good at it). I didn’t want to pay money, I just wanted to learn how to draw. This still seems like a really great app for kids and sometimes even parents! But I deleted it because I didn’t want something taking up storage that I wasn’t using. I hope other people who are willing to pay enjoy this! Thanks 😊

This one makes you pay for everything you do, while on the old app everything was free. Why do I have to pay to do something productive! The old format was also WAY better!!! Especially during quarantine when there is nothing to do, we should be able to make crafts for free! On the old app we could sadly comment, post, learn, and earn. I had a couple badges and it was a fun challenge collecting them all. My mom even enjoyed DIY because it got me creative. I liked having my friends on that app too because we’d race to complete badges or we’d talk about it together. Now even if I was willing to pay for DIY, I’d have to convince my friends to wrench out some more money monthly. It was absolutely perfect before...

I am a diyer and I like DIY but I used to LOVE jam. I wish it was still JAM and went back to the old app. It is more confusing now. I like the challenges in it though. But I don’t like that there are only like 2 MODs now. It used to be like 10. And I miss the Loren videos for the packs.
I have been on this app for about 3 years now. And I love it but I wish it was JAM. DIY is very confusing now. I wish it was more simple! And I wish there were more mods. But I know that the old JAM is not coming back.
Now onto the good side. this app is an overall good app. It has soooo many fun challenges to do! And there are so many amazing supportive people on it! I would rate DIY 8+. I am 13 and it is still an amazing app. I got it when I was 10. DIY is so kid friendly and awesome. Overall I would give this app a 3 star and JAM a 5 star. Although JAM is gone!

This is a great app! My name is aviator! On DIY of coarse! This is an amazing app, and I think it’s great! But why do I have to pay for sharing my hard work? It’s so worth it and I don’t argue at all for that!

Another thing is that there ARE bullies on this app, such as rose milk and peach milk. They have made several people leave and I think that needs to change! Some words aren’t allowed to be commented and that’s a great pro! I do think words like hate, awful, heck, ext. y’know, words that describe such hate!

I do like the fact that u don’t get the notification for when u get a new follower! It causes kids/teens to not think about what other people think about them!

Another con is that kids get treated differently🤭! BC of there age, skills, ext. a girl lcdraws, I she posts mostly things from the internet and I post one thing and kids say to take it down!

Even with those flaws I love DIY and recommend it to everyone! 🤩

I saw an add for this and decided to download it. I read the reviews but just thought there were premium features. No, the entire app is payed. As soon as you open DIY it asks you to pay or start a free trial. It looks awesome but sadly, I can’t try it. I bet it’s really fun and a good app but you shouldn’t market it as free. If you are going to have a app with no free features which is advertised as free, then there is going to be a lot of disappointment and bad reviews. I just think you should make it payed on DIY Store instead of tricking people and getting their hopes up. I hope you do well, but this is a big problem. Maybe some day I will be able to try it— but I don’t think I will. Have a great day, but please think on my suggestion!

Thank you!

After this app and JAM merged, honestly it’s not the same. I understand why they did it but they kind of ruined DIY . They also link zoom classes in it where kids share their faces without parental permission and it’s gotten to the point where it’s just not as good. The interface is messed up and it’s not as good as the old one either. You get notifications every time someone you follow posts, likes your post, comments, etc. so I can’t even see when someone tags me on anything anymore. It’s an okay app, but I wouldn’t really recommend it.

I’ve considered taking my subscription off, and I probably will soon, but I honestly want to see if they fix anything on DIY . They also have a lot of bugs that need to be fixed. I don’t know, it’s just not the same.

I have been on JAM for about a year now and it’s AMAZING! They are making awesome improvements, and so many new packs do try out! Although it costs money... it’s totally worth buying because you learn new things and you can do your dream job by doing one of these lessons!
But to the creators to JAM... maybe add some challenges to JAM! Like a weekly art challenge, or try and cook food with this ingredient! And the winners could either get a prize sent to there house or a collection in DIY ! It’s just a idea, I see that DIY is still in development so do take your time on it to make this the best app anyone could be on! 🤗

I've haven't been on this app for a while, but there are some problems I've seen. First of all everything takes a while to load, and there are a LOT of glitches. Also, the mods only see a few of the things going on, and especially for this app users with a lot of followers. There was a person who was being rude to me when I had like 3 followers, and nothing ever happened, even after I tagged mods. Other than that, DIY is amazing, and I would recommend it! a The challenges are all fun, and you can get personalized suggestions. Thanks this app!

So I thought I was gonna have fun with DIY but every single thing you touch you have to make and account. And I was like ok, I’ll make an account. But then when I got to the end it said I needed a subscription, like why make a game free if you need a prescription? And all the activities looked really fun. So that disappointed me. It doesn’t even give you an option if you want a presciption or not it makes you get it. Usually prescriptions are for VIP’s. So then I just deleted DIY . Even though I didn’t even get to use it, I’ll give it 3 stars for looking, and probably, fun. But yes 3 stars for not being able to get an option. So if you change this I’ll be looking out. Thank you for your time.

As someone who is interested in art and writing, I was very surprised when I found out that DIY costs money to have fun. I have a quick suggestion that will include making money, but not aggravating people like me who won’t spend money on an app. You could make a special pass. That pass would be very important and quite helpful, frankly. This exclusive pass could grant whoever has it access to extra tutorials, more voyages, and much more! You could have a star next to your profile or a crown. Just make some stuff free this app. Or forget making money from people. I’m going to give this a 2 stars and none higher until you fix this money issue that’s making over 100 people get mad.

Some of my three year olds favorite things are legos, machines, and science experiments. We watch the videos together and even though he’s not old enough to make the slimes by himself or build the cardboard machines he loves the videos and then he loves me setting up the projects for him to interact with. I love the LEGO, strange science, and invent your own machine courses and I’m excited to check out a few of the others. I’m so happy to have such well done lessons for him and I to both enjoy when we need an activity. Even after one week I’ve seen his inventiveness with his toys multiply.

I love this app because it teaches kids how to do many things and is a safe place to make mistakes I love all the awesome mods they are so cool and my favorite part about this app is that you get the post and comment on people’s post it’s just amazing right so if you see this hi! And if you didn’t download DIY and I don’t know if it’s a good App or a bad app it’s a really good app and it’s really safe for kidsAnd The mods are people who keep this app a safe place for kidsSo if you want to download his app totally do it and if you were wondering yes I am a DIYer I hope if you download DIY you love it

DIY is SO great. I’m an active user, and and I love this so much! Two years ago before I got on here, I really wasn’t an artist at all- but I feel like seeing other kids’ art inspired me to draw more, and now that’s a huge part of my life. It’s completely safe for kids of all ages, and not just safe, but I think it can really help them find their creativity! Especially with all the new live challenges, challenges, and courses- it’s really great :)

All right so I am a child right so then I’m trying to click on the art thing so I can go and do the art part but then when I try to click on the first one or whatever when I want to click on it says money so I tried a different page yeah OK even the one that I put you in that I tried to go to the live things every single day I can find everything cost money so if your child getting it and your parents really never said that they were going to get it for you but you can download yourself yeah I don’t water and don’t waste your time you’re a little it’s gonna waste all your money on it and you’re not on the bag it was from an app then it really isn’t free so it’s scamming you to get you to buys stuff

I have had too many problems on this app recently and I would like to share a few in hopes that you can work to make this app better. First is that there are to many unrelated projects under some challenges. It isn’t nice to have to dig through cat photos to see a couple of projects that actually fit the challenge description. Back when I first joined this app projects had to be approved by mods and so it was much less common to see unrelated projects. Another thing is that on the lego challenges a mod stated themselves that it was allowed to use lego sets? Seriously people? I hope that these things can change soon.

It is so fun you get followers you can do fun stuff series your profile where you can do all kinds of stuff make your bio and profile picture there’s this app TV you can watch shows you can do challenges my favorite are the lives you can go on zoom Then there a courses pick a course and then you can keep practicing it in the last you can check everybody who posted photos or videos and see who liked or commented on your photos or videos

Hello!! Well, I was really looking forward to watch on this and make an account. My mom made me an account, putting her email and more stuff we had to put. I chose my nickname/username, made an account, and put a profile picture of an cute aesthetic power puff girl thing- lol. But.. it said we had to pay!! And all those days of asking my mom to get this for me. I was very disappointed, maybe it was just for me though because nobody in the reviews said they had to pay. But I’m still disappointed, please make it free to make an account, watch the videos, and make some. Thank you for reading this!! I hope you can fix it.

I used to be on this app so much when I was a kid. I made so many new friends and learned a lot of new things. When I heard there was a new app, I downloaded it just to get some nostalgia of the good old days, and maybe even post something. I gave it four stars because I love this app and it's amazing community and moderators (I'm looking at you, Booky! ❤️) but it's become more like your other app, Jam, which was like a paid version of the original this app. Thanks for all the memories, guys. I hope this app and Jam bring you more success.

My girl loves animation, music, Lego and science. She asked about a summer camp on animation, before we hit our long trip to Asian countries. Trip v. Summer Camp? It’s hard to compromise.
Thanks to JAM, we headed to our trip with a “summer camp”. My girl loved JAM so much that she played along with it everyday and loved the learning experience while we were on the road.
JAM has tutorial videos on all of the topics my girl loves. Besides, it’s so convenient that kids’ learning process won’t be interrupted by summer/winter/spring trips. We love JAM!

I loved the old this app. I had lots of followers, and there were tons of great challenges and amazing things to do. BUT, when I got on the next day, I saw that it was on a new app. I didn’t care at first and downloaded DIY . When it came on though, I saw that I was asking for money if we wanted to be a full member, and I was devastated. I give it a four because, 1, they should’ve warned us, and 2, it is asking for money of which I cannot provide.

I started jam about a year and a half ago. I originally started with the Drawing Bootcamp then later on moved to doing the Secrets of Drawing course. There are many more options of courses but these are the ones that I have tried. The JAM community is very helpful and kind. The moderators make sure that they is a safe community for young kids. No one over 18 is allowed to join, but parents can moderate their kids account. Very fun!

Hi, my name is Isabelle. I am 11 years old and had my moms permission to make an account. But when I got done making the account it said I needed to have a membership to do anything. My mom then said no and now I just lost some hope for curing my bored-ness. But still, thank you for even doing this, creating DIY for others to enjoy and have a better imagination! Well I hope to someday rejoin DIY and hope that there is no membership. Bye and thank you For reading this.

So,
You guys need to fix the trial why not teach for free a lot of parents don’t have enough money to provide this!! Please fix it it is extremely bothering a lot of my friends I thought it would be so fun for a free educational app I am really not happy with it my expectations are not high so this is very low I really think you should change it for kids and adults

If this was too harsh or mean I am sorry but it is true and also my child and me will be waiting for a response well only me but still!

Yes! This is the best app, I use it a lot! But I what’s dot know if you could add a place where you can post some update like only text because I don’t really like posting videos and photos because it can be dangerous, but maybe just like write a small / limited text like
I just did this and it worked out great!
Or something like a small update
I also think you should add a few more subjects like, this app Harry Potter, or movies that many people might like! (I personally LOVE Harry Potter!
I wish this didn’t cost so much because I’m still in my trial and I hope it never ends! 😆😔
But besides this I think it’s great! Thanks for making this!

I’m not very sure if DIY is good or not, but I remember seeing ads, and I don’t remember it saying you have to pay. I cant even play so this is why I made my rating 1 star out of 5. I'm a little kid trying to study and I can’t even do so. I enter DIY happy to be able and to get a chance to play, but then right after I select my Id picture “OH NO! I HAVE TO PAY!”. So everyone that downloaded or downloads this game, be aware that there is paying involved. Thank you for taking your time to read this review.

Hi i am a 11 year old girl that had DIY before it merged with JAM. And DIY was already perfect and free to the use of everyone. This used to be a nice and creative Community. But now many people had to quit just like me because we cannot afford the new update. Please this app many people liked the original and now it is ruined and you have lost HUNDREDS of users. I would not recommend anymore but if they did not change it, I would rate it an 11/10 now I would not even rate it a 1

This keeps my kids busy and surprisingly more away from a screen than I just thought! Video games have been replaced with drawing, building legos and science experiments... and we’re just getting started. So worth it. Thank you!!!