“I had to uninstall just now. Can't even open the app without paying for their subscription to use a subpar editing app loaded with AI no one asked for, ads every 30 seconds, and after every photo you attempt to save. Used this app for a…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 521 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
3.4 ★1,218,808 ratings
100M+Downloads
4+Age rating
373 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
The Ultimate AI-Powered Creative Studio
Pixlr is your all-in-one creative companion, designed to transform any photo or video with professional-grade AI tools. Whether you’re designing aesthetic collages, viral Reels, or seamless IG carousel layouts, Pixlr makes high-end editing simple, fast, and accessible for everyone.
Join millions of creators using Pixlr to produce scroll-stopping content. From instant AI enhancements to cinematic video transformations, Pixlr blends precision tools with next-gen automation to give you total creative freedom.
Cutting-Edge AI Tools
Nano Banana – Edit images with nothing but prompts!
AI Video Generator – Generate any type of video!
AI Generative Fill – Add, replace, or modify any part of your photo with simple text prompts.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 3.9.3 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 3.9.3, updated 2026-10-02.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 3.9.3, scanned 2026-10-06.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
3–5 requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
3–9 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 4 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, Google Mobile Ads (AdMob / Ad Manager), Vungle / Liftoff Monetize
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 4
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall with no way past it
A paywall screen ships with no dismiss, skip or 'maybe later' affordance anywhere in the package, so the app's own text offers no way in without paying.
What we saw: Paywall with no way past it: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (1.3% of 521 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 19 distinct reviewers (3.6% of 521 reviews scanned)
In the app's own text: Countdown-timer purchase pressure
The app's own purchase copy attaches a deadline to buying — a countdown, 'offer ends in', 'limited time' — or ships a countdown view on a purchase-screen layout.
What we saw: Deadline pressure in the app's own copy: "Limited Offer"
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 10 distinct reviewers (1.9% of 521 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Used to be about the best free editor for quick and (fairly) easy edits on my mobile. Now limited to 3 edits per today, bombarded with adverts when trying to save and often doesn't even save my edited pictures. Now utterly pointless so…”
“This spp is now complete rubbish. I have used it for years on a subscription service but now, even though i am still paying, i am bombarded with so many ads the app is unusable. Very disappointing.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 3.8.2.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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