Painteresque Reviews

This is my favorite photo filter by far and I have them all. I would give Painteresque 10 stars if I could!

Used on the right pictures and with judicious restraint it makes textures really pop. I particularly love this app for stone, wood, foliage and fur. Simply stunning on most textured objects. It does not look good on smooth surfaces such as skin or sky.

Props to Simon Funk for making such a fantastic filter app. Please consider making this app available for as an app for the Mac. I would love to be able to easily use in in conjunction with Photoshop. Right now I’m doing this but it is cumbersome to have to import the photos between the iPad and Mac

This was my first photo effects app when it came out in version 1. I loved its simplicity - turning me from a so-so snap shooter into a creator of art works I loved. I still go back to my earliest edits with appreciation, and some of my friends like them best. With version 2 I have more control thanks to the fine tuning option. Today I use this app mostly as one stage of my effects as there is nothing else quite like it. Thank you for an inspiring app that has more flexibility than first appears and does what it does with no fuss and beautifully. It's worth every penny. Well done.

Want to edit .... You get a tiny little picture of your photo in a box, up at the top. You can barely see what's happening until you hit done. Each step, have to hit done, then wait while it loads. You spend 90% of time waiting for stuff to load. Same with a preset. Doesn't scroll through. You have to load each and everytime. There are so many other apps out there that are far better than this mess.

Hands down my most favorite processing app now for several years in a row!! Absolutely stunning and amazing with nature portraiture, landscapes and architecture!!
Great fine-tuning options too!
No other app has this level of aesthetics in the resulting image!

A one of a kind image processes. Nothing else does this kind of magic. This is unique and the results are beautiful. You will learn quickly what works and what does not. Landscape and architecture are consistently amazing.

Paintersque is my number one favor ! Many people asked me how to do that !
I use my iPhone 5 all time , just shoot and Paintersque and send. That is real easy. I will frame many picturesque pictures.

I use it a lot for surf photography. It can transform a marginal shot into an amazing one. Even if the original is out of focus. It really brings out an entirely new perspective on one’s photos. Love it!

Finally updated and works great and super fast with iOS 8. Such a fabulous app. Works great for pets and for cityscapes.

Great app. I particularly like the this app 2 for a watercolor effect. Easy to use for a new dimension to your photographs.

Easy to use. Turns good photos into great pictures!

Upgraded to iPhone XS Max. App no longer saves images after processing.

Hate all the choices I find them very amateurish at best! Waste of money!

UPDATE pleaseeeee!!!

The 2.0 update with "Style" function is unbelievable! The ability to get under the hood and fine-tune the settings and save presets (plus the addition of several useful stock presets) makes this a whole new ball game for this app.
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this app is original and different--the kind of boutique-y app you get after you have all your core editing tools and you're looking for some special pizzazz. It provides an output that's riveting and unlike any other.

As a Photoshop user for 19 years (used to its price, plus plugs $) I'm always game to spend a couple of bux to try an innovative iOS app like this app. As with all other fx apps, I don't look at the output as final; I subtly layer it into the image. And again, when this app hits the mark, it's a beautiful sight!

As a painter, I can't say this app images are discernibly painterly--even in an "-esque" fashion, but that obviously takes nothing away from this app's extreme utility.

No matter how you slice it: recommended. And a big cigar to the Dev!

best,
Nick Rusko-Berger
painter, photographer, illustrator

ruskoberger d otco m
IG: ruskoberger

With 20+ apps that change photographs into art, I thought I had everything and then I discovered this app. The basic 2 styles produce the "dirtied" image that looks like a lithograph. With a few exceptions (very light images, faces, and images without detail) the style is amazing and creates images I've blown up to 17x13 and look like true illustrations. The Rainbow, Mars, and Portrait are my least favorite styles, but when you find the photo for them, they work like magic!

In my wishlist for Painteresque are more levels of this app style, adjustable effects, layers, and edges. Get this!

I hesitated in buying this. I wasn't sure it would give me a great result. After reading some reviews, I gave in. Sure, this is a unique photo edit which sometimes produces a great result, but often times, it just misses the mark and photos look ugly. There are no adjustments to try to tweak a better result. You get what you get and that is it. I've tried several pics in the few minutes I have had it and none looked all that great that would persuade me to keep this in my photo edit group. I'll try a few more shots but, looks like this one will be gone soon. Painteresque needs a few more features to keep up with so many other apps that offer more editing creativity.

I'm losing sleep at night playing with Painteresque! I just can't wait to see what the next image will look like.

Painteresque does exactly what it says. No operator intervention required. No adjustments, etc. Pick an image from your albums or take a shot with the built-in camera, and after a few seconds, voila, a beautifully rendered "painting". Yeah, they could have mucked it up with frames, and filters, etc., but there are already a lot of apps to do that. Keep it simple! Do one thing and do it well!

Very stable, handles loading and processing of 12mp images without even a hic-up, AND saves to the original image's resolution. What a refreshing change from some of the garbage being marketed as "hi-res". This is the real deal.

The renderings of flowers and plants and antiques, is especially stunning. Very nicely done!

I have lots of photo adjusting apps. I like the output of this simple app a lot!! I have now done gobs of pictures -- I like every one. Gratitude to the programmer!! Really!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 It is true there are no settings, BUT THAT IS THE AMAZING BEAUTY OF IT. I CAN TURN PICTURES THAT I NORMALLY WOULD NOT USE INTO "NORMAN ROCKWELLS" by just loading them into this program! Moreover, the more cluttered the background of the picture is the more Rockwell-ish the picture becomes. It is a simple program with a beautiful outcome.

Limited use. It's kind of a one-trick pony. It turns your photo into one type of painting in seconds, which is very cool. The painting is a high quality image that applies to almost any photo you choose, but there is nothing to do with Painteresque. No settings to adjust, no anything. It just does what it does and then it's done. I miss doing something to get my "art."

Painteresque quickly and simply produces some great results with both color and black and white landscape photos.
Because of the type of output it produces I wouldn't recommend it for portraits but that said, I have amassed over 70 photo apps and this is definitely one of my top 5, a consistent go-to.
Anytime I have a nice landscape I create a this app version of it!

I can't even explore the possibilities of Painteresque. It crashes Immediately.