Retrica

I was excited to see an app that recreated the classic Instagram experience, but... 1) The ads are very intrusive. It's often not clear how to close them. 2) The paid filter subscription nag is obnoxious. If you try to publish a photo with a filter, you are sent to a subscription screen with no explanation. When you use a filter there is no explanation of which are free. 3) Signing up for an account was confusing. I would not recommend this app to my late boomer friends.

This app used to be a 5/5 filter app with ad-free lifetime premium. Now they have moved to a subscription model and if you don't subscribe, ads appear after nearly every picture, making the app almost unusable. I'm switching to an alternative after using this app for years. (Don't bother replying to tell me about your subscription service. I don't want to pay a recurring fee. You ruined your app.)

The new version of the app is very different and why is there a subscription now? I was happy to get the app back because I loved using it, but now, it really makes me miss the old version where my pictures would actually save. Even if I try using the free filters, the subscription ad keeps coming up and my pictures aren't saving! It only lets one particular filter save my pictures. It's actually kind of frustrating to use now.