“Full page ads ruined the experience — -”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 512 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-07.
4.7 ★277,594 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
330 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Welcome to VSCO — your complete photography platform solution for unmatched photo filters, AI photo editing, video editing, portfolio sites, client workflows, and community. VSCO is where photographers turn pro.
Get access to a premium AI photo editor that provides precision and quality. From editing with our photo presets that match your style to delivering stunning client photo galleries, the VSCO photo and video editing app is a seamless way to run your photography business in one place. Download the VSCO app today.
VSCO APP FEATURES:…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
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 461.9.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-07 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 461.9.0, updated 2026-09-24.
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 fewer than 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
80–89% 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
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
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.
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: Raised by 43 distinct reviewers — 8.4% of the 512 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
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 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 22 distinct reviewers (4.3% of 512 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Price keeps rising
The price of the paid tier has been raised on existing users.
What we saw: Price keeps rising: raised by 15 distinct reviewers (2.9% of 512 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Ads ruined experience — I used to love VSCO and used it to post on more than instagram. But the ads have completely ruined the experience and I don’t even want to scroll on my feed anymore. It reloads after each ad, meaning you have to…”
“Way too many ads… — You can only slide 4 pictures at a time and then an ad that makes you sit and load pops up. Honestly went from a great app to barely worth spending time on.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 461.9.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown9
Lowest$0.00
Highest$69.99
Monthly Plus$9.99
Monthly Pro$14.99
Yearly Plus$39.99
Yearly Pro$69.99
Distortia Pack$0.00
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