Lightleap by Lightricks Reviews

by GameDrop

Lightleap has a lot of nice features and is easy to use. But it’s yet another app locked behind a subscription paywall. How many subscriptions do you have now? Do you even keep track? Who wants 100 subscriptions active on their phone just for the apps? I appreciate devs need to make money, and I also appreciate that unlike many others these devs added a lifetime unlock tier. But I’m not going to dump money into an app that looks nice without a trial period. When are these app makers going to figure out that we want to be able to try out their app, and that means FULLY try it out - including saving. Even if I could save to an area in Lightleap that gets unlocked when I purchase it, that would be better than losing my work. As it is, another app that I would give a good review to, keep on my devices, and pay for, is instead uninstalled.

by KenzieRoseLang

They have changed everything about Lightleap over the last year and it is no longer worth the cost. This used to be my go to app every time I needed to edit something the filters were perfect the way they were they changed that and all of the other editing features that were functional and easier to use were either removed or changed as well. Lightleap is the perfect example of some thing that was already perfect and should not have been messed with whoever is working on Lightleap needs to go back to the way that it was. I’m going through the reviews right now and it looks like you are going to lose plenty of customers who have been regular users for years over the same exact reason that I plan to cancel my subscription. Listen to your users. Stop changing Lightleap , bring back the old filters and features that made Lightleap great, and stop messing up something that used to be great. This used to be the best photo editing app but I refuse to spend my money on it anymore.

by Thrice The Momster

I don’t understand the five star reviews, and I noticed that some of those are actually giving a negative review in the body.

First of all—the “heal” tool that they advertise as being so amazing is really terrible. It gives you some tips to make it work (like making sure to overlap so it can gather the colors to replace the object), but when I was watching the samples, I was trying to figure out how they made the rest of the mountain appear flawlessly and the like. So I thought I’d give it a go… as suspected, it just leaves a blurry mess of color. So I had a picture I needed to blur some stuff on really quick and thought it might be a good one to try. It worked ok for that, but when I went to save the picture it wanted me to go pro. Really? You want me to try this out with the basic features and you won’t even give me some sample saves? I even tried to screenshot it and an owl meme came up with “REALLY? Want your real shot? DON’T SCREENSHOT, SIGN UP FOR this app PRO!” 🙄
Don’t waste your time or money on this one.

by Stormy_20!

This was my all time favorite app! I literally showed all my friends and even shared it with individuals on Instagram ~ I have around 2k followers.

It already had limited features as I’ve had Lightleap for at least a year. I go to edit a picture for my place of work and now everything is limited. The only features available really is the basic editing features such as brightness, contrast, detail, and their so called “magic button” which isn’t really magical at all. They have even locked my “saved looks” from me and I can’t access unless I PAY! I spent a good amount of time on those....

I will give them till the end of the month of November to release back some of the features that makes them UNIQUE or I will just delete Lightleap and advise my friends to do so because there’s other apps. What made this one different was being able to access a limited amount of features for free and the really cool ones you would still have to pay for (which makes sense).

by _jayyyl

I’m not going to say much about the tools and stuff Lightleap has because they are great, but I’ve been using Lightleap for a couple years now and I have a love hate thing with it. I hate that I love Lightleap and have so many different edits saved under it because I would totally delete it and stop paying for it if it weren’t for that. My problem is I am sooo over Lightleap crashing ALL the time! I feel like I can only make ONE edit and then it takes forever to unfreeze and let me do something else. It also always closes out while I’m trying to save a picture or it saves a whole bunch of them at once… there is like no in between. I am so over a picture taking way too long to edit in between the freezing and crashing of Lightleap . I thought it was my phone, but I got a new phone and I am having the same problem. Over it.

by Filtered Riddle

Lightleap seemed to have some great functionality and I would have loved to use it, except every single ‘free’ feature is a one off that’s lost in a see of superior ‘pro’ features and constant pressure to buy the pro product. There was zero attempt at subtly to push the pro product and there is no sincere effort made to let the user deep dive experiment with the product, without paying up front. I’ve paid for multiple photo editing apps and I’m always excited for new options, but the ones I grew to love were those that had a legitimately enticing free product and then pro features that went above and beyond. Unless you’re willing to whip out your wallet from the get go, Lightleap is more akin to an electronics store’s video game kiosk. You can play for 20 minutes but you can’t actually get into it, and there’s nothing to take home and explore.

by TomA2

I don’t even care about layers, but this is missing too many of the basics.
No touch up tool! Seriously?
No bokeh for portraits. Why?
No vignette options (just more or less dark).
No levels.
The sky replacement tool is nearly as good as desktop—and earns the first there stars alone—but there’s nothing more to this that you can’t get for free in Photoshop Express or any number of other free apps.
And the HDR mode is pretty weak IMO. It needs a wider range. It currently works about as well as, but no better than, SmartHDR in the built in cam. You still need to manually adjust even moderately challenging scenes.

If the developers addressed the above shortcomings, I’d pay for this just to have the connivence of having everything in one app. But since I still have to use other apps for basic touch-ups, no. In fact if there was any indication that these features were forthcoming, I might even spot the cash upfront.

I’m not expecting complete Adobe Lightroom functionality. However, for this price you should really be also able to do adjustments in just a specific area of the photo, not only globally (like Lightroom does).

by Yalaxa

I like Lightleap, and I think it is really good. But it’s a bit sickening that it won’t let you access over half of the features without having to pay a very large amount of money. They call the upgrade “Pro”, but I’m a professional already, without the upgrade. I won’t pay any money, I’ll never give in. I suggest that you should not get Lightleap if you don’t want to pay for the upgrade.

A good thing is that it never makes you watch ads.
You can also send a link to someone else. If they get Lightleap , you will earn points, that you can use to get free pro exports. I haven’t tried that yet because I’m not exactly sure how. Photography is my strong suit, not sending links. I just wish it wouldn’t charge sooooo much. Other than that, it’s really good, and fun. But I’ll just say this to the inventors, “PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE PEOPLE HWO ARE NEVER GOING TO JOIN PRO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE FUN!” Thank you kindly.

by Froggie<333

The free version is a decent photo editing app, with a handful of unique filters and some solid editing tools. But the available tools are pretty similar to the adjustments you can make in other free apps. I think it's worth having the free version for an extra handful of editing options, but unfortunately all of the features that really set Lightleap apart require a monthly subscription.
Personally, I didn't see much that made me want to commit to that. If I'm going to edit a photo professionally, I will go ahead and use photoshop on my desktop. I'm already paying an arm and a leg for that subscription, so I wasn't really interested in adding this one. If you could make a one time purchase for Lightleap (that did not cost $60) or if you could pay by individual feature/filter, I would be more impressed.
To me it wasn't worth the price, but maybe to others it's a good investment. Note: They do have their subscription fee on sale right now!

by DargoBruno

I really don’t know how well this works vs other editing software because I lost confidence in Lightleap before I finished my first evaluating session. Lightleap demands money so often I concluded that there is something wrong.

It’s like the company calling my cell and emailing me constantly telling me I need to buy a warranty for my car. Maybe they have a great warranty with super customer service. But I doubt it. Maybe the time I listened to a pitch on a timeshare I missed out on a great deal. But I doubt it. Maybe the people constantly trying to get me to buy trinkets and stuff in Mexico were offering me an amazing deal on a quality product. But I doubt it. See the trend here? I got the same feeling the one and only time I tried this software.

If this is really so amazing I see no reason for the developers to emulate the sales tactics I used for examples in the previous paragraph. As such, I’m moving on to other editing software for my needs. Maybe I’m missing a deal but, because of this reason, I doubt it.

by Skline1

Pretty cool concept but has major limitations. If you just want to remove an object or person you hat is far away and the background is not complicated then Lightleap works great but if he person you are removing is close up or touching another person you will get very distinctive artifacting. I tried removing a person on a pier. The wood behind him was totally messed up where he was removed. When water or sky was the background it worked really well if you are never going to zoom in or view it bigger than 3x5. This would be a great starter for Photoshop. Remove something with Lightleap then export and refine on Photoshop. It would probably save you quite a bit of time. In all, nice novelty but no real world application. Save your money. Upgrade is definitely not worth $60.

by Clever Wolf (soundcloud)

I have installed all of the lightricks apps because they are super detailed yet easy to use once you start working on a project. Lightleap seems a bit older as I see aspects of Pixeloop that I imagine came from Lightleap. As a photo editing tool there are great ways to enhance an image for sure, I just wish so much that you could insert text into a photo. That is my only qualm. I enjoy all of these apps and the ideas that they inspire me to act on quite a bit. My Instagram posts are feeling more unique each time I use one of these tools to adjust an image I want to post. Thanks for a great group of editing apps. Hope this review helps gain more users who want to explore a more creative side of boredom.

by Khemmer

After emailing back and forth with someone from Lightleap , I stumbled upon a way to access the photos again. If you tap the camera on the top, take a picture, it will then bring up the window asking permission to access photos and all your photos will become visible again.

I’ve had a paid subscription to Lightleap for two years now and have loved the beautiful photos I’m able to create. But with the last couple of updates, I am unable to access my photos. When I open Lightleap , it tells me it needs access to my photos and has a button that says “Let’s do it”. When I tap the button, it takes me to my settings, but doesn’t have an option to allow access to my photos. So I am cancelling my subscription and going to try to find another app that works consistently. Which is disappointing because I really like Quickshot. I tried emailing the company and didn’t get a response.

by Jeshanah

My only complaint about any of these apps is the fact that they’re all separate. I started out using Photofox (now Photoleap) and thought that by upgrading to the bundle I’d have access to all the features from within a single app, but since they’re all individual, it’s a bit of a hassle for me to jump between them to complete a single project. It’s not a dealbreaker, and they all offer wonderful features, but as someone who relies on this editing suite to create a lot of content it’s pretty frustrating. Artleap and this app don’t really offer enough features to justify separate apps in my opinion, and I still prefer Photoleap to all the rest put together. Again, great app but wish it came as an upgrade option to Photoleap instead of a whole separate app. You decide!

by Didi3104

I purchased the Quickshot Pro app and fixed up my first photo to where it looks really good. Then, I tried to export the image to my photo stream. Lightleap quits on me whether I choose to export the photo as a copy of the original or just replace the original image. I can’t save the image anywhere. What is going on? I paid money for this, and Lightleap clearly states that there are no refunds on subscriptions. I finally found my way to the developer’s site, and under “contact us,” there are simply mailing addresses for four overseas offices. No email addresses, no phone numbers, no e-messaging options at all. I’m supposed to wait for a reply by international mail addressing my issue, which they’ll probably feign ignorance of or blame on my device?!?!

by Fmdhc

It’s a good app, but I think that I will be shopping around for a different editing app. (Any suggestions?) I tried this after I used PicMonkey, and both apps seem a little expensive to me. I make mini movies, and use apps to edited the cover for the movie. I only use an editing app once or twice a month, and I don’t feel like it would smart to put money into something I only use once or twice before paying again. Maybe do a weekly purchase, if that’s possible. I feel like that would be more useful to me. I totally understand if adding this doesn’t benefit your business and decide not to add it. Otherwise, it’s a great app and if you do quite a bit of editing, this would be a good app for you.

by Jordansayso

I love this photo editor, it is truly an “all-in-one” one stop shop for all your mobile photo editing needs. The only thing I would like to see added (and if it’s already in it, then forgive me - I hope the creators would tell me how and where to find it), is a way to fade blemishes? For example, I have Face Tune on my phone and Photoshop on my computer to get rid of pimples and help perfect complexions on portraits. If I had that feature here, I wouldn’t need the FaceTune app.

Adding a “brush” feature” where one could essentially “wipe away” unwanted blemishes, would make this beyond #1 editor in my book. I know there are other ways you can kind of do this, with lowering the contrast and detail a bit, brightening the image if possible or softening it, but again, if you really want to focus on the face and not touch the rest of the image, this feature would be amazing.

Another idea, something as seen in OnOne Camera RAW (which is a desktop photo editor), but to be able to brush detail and light/color enhancement onto the human eye. To “zoom in”, on a portrait, and lighten/brighten the eye, even perhaps give a bit more detail? This feature in that software is called very simply, “magic eye fixer.”

Anyway, that’s my two cents. Otherwise - I have the pro version and I love it. Thanks for making a great app!

by NicoleCocoDixon

Lightleap makes you pay prior to actually being able to use. I wish that was the complete opposite, what was advertised and all of the options you could do with your photos is NOT what Lightleap does. It is by far the worst app I have ever used for editing photos, ESPECIALLY because I paid for this horrible app. There’s nothing I can do to my photos except adding a sky, and some typical everyday FREE edits I could use on a generic app. Highly disappointed. Going to unfortunately have to delete and NEVER use again. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A APP TO EDIT YOIR PHOTOS ANS ACTUALLY DO THINGS WITH YOUR PHOTOS DO NOT PURCHASE, I REPEAT DO NOT BUY OR ENTERTAIN THIS “APP”

by Daniella Hendri

I was reading through the reviews and it was the first one that caught my eye and they were talking about how in order to save whatever picture I edited I had to buy the pro package. Well I decided to try it out for myself because I needed to take someone out of my picture, and to my dismay it was in fact true that you had to go pro to save. I have a point I promise, but anyways I tried to do something which I know that works every single time. I have been outsmarted this time. Anyways just so anyone else thinks the same way I do, don’t screenshot it, it will not work. But hey can y’all like change that? We shouldn’t have to pay to save pictures that you guys say we can save without having to pay? That would be great:)

by R.L. Moss

I never write reviews but I had to on this one. I’m somewhat of a professional photographer in the fact I owned a video production company for 25yrs and shoot pics at 24-60frames a sec everyday! Lightleap is extremely easy and user friendly! It works as intended and once you know how Lightleap responds you can tailor your shooting accordingly to get the most from it. Can I create the same effect on a computer in photoshop? Absolutely. Can I do it in 5secs? Not a chance! Lightleap can and I highly recommend it for the cost. It’s IS a monthly/yearly subscription to get all the filters but for me it’s worth it. I take hundreds of pic on my iPhone Xs Max every week or so. The camera on it is superior (in almost every way) to even my Canon 7D! You’ll love Lightleap!!!

by Emeralddragonfly

I almost deleted Lightleap right off the bat as when you first open Lightleap it goes right to paid subscription page and takes a minute to figure out to close out of that to get to the actual app. Then once you get there, you only have a few “free” enhancements which you can do on most edit features on your mobile device or even the free apps like Lightroom mobile and others. If it was like $15 or less to outright purchase as a one time offer would look at it more serious to purchase. If your willing to purchase their full price then yes you will get some really cool edits that is quick and easy.

by ChNdTa

I don’t know if it charged me or not but if so I would very much appreciate it that if I did get charged to not get money taken from me for something I didn’t even purchase. I just downloaded to try out, maybe see if it was something that I liked, and it’s alright but I don’t have money to sit and pay for a app when I can do this in real life.
I tried to back out of it instead of make any kind of purchase , I didn’t agree to any purchase but Lightleap is in my purchases for whatever reason. I’m not paying for something I’m not using like that just for future reference if I do get charged I’ll be back lol, but great app good job and thank you guys

by Hsv_guy

Lightleap is amazing. The sky effect alone is almost worth the money, and the other adjustments are also superb. Possibly the only editor you need, except for three problems that make it very hard for me to use.
1) Photo extensions are not enabled, so it can’t be called up from within Photos.
2) The edited photo can’t be put back into the album from which it was imported.
3) Most problematic of all is that the date is changed when you edit a photo, which presents a huge issue with Photos and especially with Google Photos.
Bottom line, as much as I love the features and effects, the workflow is too cumbersome. I won’t be paying for Pro.

by Class Action Lawsuit?

Love Lightleap guys! BUT, as my title indicates, you really, REALLY need to develop an eraser for the sky! It already exists in the strobe camera so the technology already exists! I appreciate the IPad update, but this seriously needs to be your next “big thing” since most folks are willing to pay for the sky replacement feature! Especially pro-photogs such as myself who would rather not deal with Lightroom and Photoshop’s process of doing the same thing! One more thing: ability to shoot RAW would also make Lightleap more price worthy and probably downloaded more on a consistent basis!!!

by Nyccheeto

I've enjoyed using several photo editing apps from Lightricks Ltd. but experienced problems over the Christmas holidays with their Quick Pro app. I was pleasantly surprised that they replied to my email with a genuine response: they provided an explanation, a link to refund (if I wanted) and an apology along with a promise to fix the issue.
Final outcome: Lightricks Ltd. delivered! They followed up with another email letting users know the bug was fixed and Lightleap works (and very good too!).
Great customer service such as this will retain my support. I'm glad to once again have my working daily "go to" Lightricks Ltd. Photo Apps folder to rely on.

by Portsider

There’s a fairly simple way to get around the appalling way they force you to buy the pro version to even SHARE the edit you’ve made. It’s simple, but pretty effective. Pick a photo, add the enhancements that you like, and then simply capture a screenshot of your finished edit. The screenshot is automatically saved to your photos app(ios). You can then open the photo, crop it,and do whatever you want with it, including further edits in the photos app. I’ve found that the native resolution stays pretty much intact this way, and the result looks great. I was going to uninstall Lightleap until I found this work around. I think I’ll keep it now 😀

by Blaze9164

Lightleap is very great in all ways, except for one thing. Lightleap won’t update! No matter how much I try, Lightleap still won’t update. I even just let it update overnight, and guess what? No update! It still appeared in the updates section!
If you guys can help, then here’s some info that you might need to use in order to find the solution: I have a regular iPhone 6, and have used up 25.1 GB. Hopefully that helps with finding an answer.

by Dh..photographer

Great App, easy to use.. multiple options to make you photos look amazing. You can edit them to the extreme by overlaying each option or just make some clean edits, like brightness/contrast, clarity etc.. I use to love Kit-cam which my all time favorite app until I got a new a phone and it was discontinued and not available in Lightleap store anymore. Struggled to find a similar app and this one is exactly what is was looking for. Besides the $20 a year payment.. its awesome, and actually worth the price. You wont be disappointed

by SandeepChakroborthy

I purchased the yearly subscription of Lightleap and very disappointed with it. It’s not worth buying Lightleap.
Whenever u edit the pic using the clouds feature it forms a white thick line on the edges of the buildings, trees and other objects in the pic, which gives out that you image has been clearly edited. The clouds feature does not blend in with the image you want to edit. However sometimes it does, it’s a 30/70 chance. Total waste of my $20.
If u still are desperate to buy Lightleap just for the sake of cloud feature, but the monthly subscription and try it out first.
I don’t recommend Lightleap.

by PeachyAK

I too was initially having challenges with Lightleap. In less than 24 hours - the support team was responding and several glitches were being addressed. As you can see from below I was not a happy camper- however totally ready to change my opinion on Lightleap.
Once I return home there will be a few more suggestions for the developers to consider. For right now! Awesome! ❤️❤️❤️ it.

When you buy something you plan to use it! I purchased just 1 month app. You can use the editing program which has good qualities BUT you cannot save your new photos to your photo file.
I ‘m a member in to 2 Camera clubs, haves photo following of over 28k.

by Insta: Lilred_rooster

I love this photo editor, it is truly an “all-in-one” one stop shop for all your mobile photo editing needs. The only thing I would like to see added (and if it’s already in it, then forgive me - I hope the creators would tell me how and where to find it), is a way to fade blemishes? For example, I have Face Tune on my phone and Photoshop on my computer to get rid of pimples and help perfect complexions on portraits. If I had that feature here, I wouldn’t need the FaceTune app.

Adding a “brush” feature” where one could essentially “wipe away” unwanted blemishes, would make this beyond #1 editor in my book. I know there are other ways you can kind of do this, with lowering the contrast and detail a bit, brightening the image if possible or softening it, but again, if you really want to focus on the face and not touch the rest of the image, this feature would be amazing.

Another idea, something as seen in OnOne Camera RAW (which is a desktop photo editor), but to be able to brush detail and light/color enhancement onto the human eye. To “zoom in”, on a portrait, and lighten/brighten the eye, even perhaps give a bit more detail? This feature in that software is called very simply, “magic eye fixer.”

Anyway, that’s my two cents. Otherwise - I have the pro version and I love it. Thanks for making a great app!

by Sandra Ulrich

All of you that are reading this right now you should literally buy Lightleap it is amazing you could get your own pictures and design it and then after that you could actually save it or actually make it move it’s amazing guys get Lightleap a mediately share a list of family members and friends it’s amazing get Lightleap right now you’ll love it my kids love it too they got it on their iPads I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!