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Imgur: Funny Memes & GIF Maker App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Constant reloading??So the app is great but why does the app constantly reload when you switch to another for a moment? Why can this app not be held in the RAM?? Can you fix this because it’s annoying when I have to start from the home page..Version: 2020.14
✓ Imgur used to be greatI’ll start off by saying I don’t use Facebook, twitter, tik tok, etc… I started visiting Imgur sometime in 2013. It was a great place to go for funny stories, tv and movie reviews, or just to take a break from everyday stress. Notice I said “was”. As soon as Donald Trump was elected it drastically changed. Everything was anti Trump. I supported him, but I didn’t use this platform to shove my beliefs down everyone’s throats. I believed it couldn’t get any worse, but I was so wrong. Covid happened. Every other post was either someone screaming “ WEAR A MASK”, or “STAY HOME”, or other such nonsense. If anyone out there wants to be on the only true free speech platform, get on GAB. They’re banned from the App Store because they refused to censor anyone. All internet providers refused to let them operate unless they censored. Again GAB refused and they built a totally independent social media site. Find them on the web and add to Home Screen..Version: 2022.15.0
✓ App is making my battery red hotI love using the Imgur app however recently I’ve noticed that after 5-10 minutes of use it makes my iPhone 11 battery red hot. So hot in fact that I stop using the app in fear that it is damaging the battery or could even cause it to catch fire. This never happened in previous versions of the app..Version: 2021.14
✓ Too politicalI’ve been browsing/using since 2012 and this is the first time I’ve felt compelled to say something. I’ve had this app on my phone since 2013 and I just realized I haven’t opened it regularly in several months or even a year. The politics have just taken over and that was never my initial desire from this community. I downloaded and browsed to see cool posts about gaming, interesting pictures, funny stories, animals, etc. basically anything but politics.. but I have felt so unwelcome by Imgur for a couple of years now because of how the community has become and how it propagates the “us vs. them” mentality. I dont care about people’s political ideologies; I respect everyone’s right to their opinion. But when every other post is a headline demonizing half the population, it gets to be a bit much. I hate that it’s come to this, I miss what it used to be but nothing good lasts forever..Version: 2021.9
✓ Ugh… Again.Every once in a while imgur makes an absolutely awful and unnecessary update to the app. This time; they made ads permanent at the bottom with no way to close them. Absolutely ridiculous..Version: 2021.15
✓ Nothing worksNothing I upload is visible at the URLs the app gives me..Version: 2020.4
✓ Imgur “temporarily” over capacity for over a year…For over a year now, both the app and website have been completely unusable/unreachable with any browser Imgur link as well as just trying to open the app itself. In fact, at this point, I am just flat out unable to access Imgur’s services. Imgur’s app was actually quite nice (for browsing), and the occasional notifications you’d get felt quite kind. Unfortunately, with this overcapacity thing going on for so long, Imgur being the world’s largest database for accessible and shareable digital media is just a myth at this point (and I imagine no longer even possible with the unregistered user change). I do not know if this is a case of IP banning or targeted device exclusion, as this happens about 75% of the time on pc and 100% on iOS, regardless of whether I am connected to internet through mobile (3/4/5g) or a wide variety of static internet access points like routers in different locations. No VPN, tried with at least 3 different ISP’s. Also, this is the web version of the error: {"data":{"error":"Imgur is temporarily over capacity. Please try again later."},"success":false,"status":403} . TL;DR: Imgur App and website forever inaccessible, not worth downloading or using an app for a service that basically doesn’t exist..Version: 2023.13.0
✓ Battery drainerSince the last update, Imgur has been eating up the battery and heating up my iPad to the point that I have to stop using it. Lots of freezes too..Version: 2022.06.1
✓ Horrible AnymoreThis site is awful now. It’s one big far left circle jerk. I used to love coming on Imgur and used it since the very beginning. It was always good for a laugh. Now every post is just hateful garbage. They hate conservatives, women, and fat people (specifically fat women) with such unbridled rage that it will really blow your mind. I’m a woman and the incels are thick. I finally deleted the app a while back and haven’t thought about it much since. If there’s a post where a woman gets punched in the face you’ll hear a lot of MRA slogans like, “Equal rights means equal lefts!” Seriously??? If your opinions differs at all they’ll set upon you with the most vile attacks ever calling you a racist, smooth brain, idiot, etc. anything they can think. Become part of the hive mind and don’t think for yourself at all or question anything and maybe you’ll enjoy this singular thought cesspool. I’m off to greener pastures..Version: 2021.13
✓ App doesn’t load the feedSince the announcement of the new owners have come in,the app is terrible. It doesn’t load any links that my friends have shared with me. When I click on the app on iOS, it doesn’t load any content. Its just a blank wall. I’ve deleted and reinstall the app and it will display properly again but the following day, it will be blank again. What’s going on?.Version: 2021.16
✓ Great App has a few problems though. Minor but great.Honestly. Used to love the app. It seemed like a good alternative to FBs drama and IG’s fakeness but I’ll tell you this. It’s all a lie. It’s like reddit combined with FB, IG and Twitter but worse. People can spam images and basically farm points like there’s not tomorrow. I’ve been on a year and got 13,000 points. Roughly 300 comments and 10 images the entire time I’m on. Guy joins 3 months and posts 20 images a day and farms 64,000 points. The people are okay in the main area. There’s no sub areas so everything goes into mainstream basically creating a giant trash pit of sad stories, memes, political pictures and other things that you’ll realize. I could this find on Facebook. Another thing is the letter count. It’s so awful. It’s like Twitter’s and it can get annoying when you’re in a discussion with someone and you can’t say all you have to say on one thing. Overall I’d say, check it out but also get reddit and join one of there communities and compare the 2. Quantity vs Quality is how I see it..Version: 8.5
✓ GUICan we just go back two update on the GUI? Wasn't a fan of the previous one and this one is even worse especially with the upvote, downvote and share stuff staying at the bottom of the screen until u get to the comments. Plus the text size and and the grey should have just stayed the same thoughout..Version: 5.10
✓ Battery HogThis app desperately needs some performance tuning and profiling as it hits the cpu hard and drains the battery quickly. The phone runs hot and the whole app feels jerky. Must be a bug or some kind of performance regression. This is on an iPhone 11..Version: 2021.15
✓ Poor ratingI don’t really understand the purpose of the site..Version: 2021.9
✓ Something is wrong with this appNormally I love this app and enjoy using it. With a recent update, however, something is very broken. Browsing the Imgur app for 30 minutes will destroy 40% of my iPhones battery and make the phone noticeably hot. Looking at power use in settings no other app is even in the same ballpark as this one. Hopefully they’ll fix whatever they did soon. Until then I would avoid it..Version: 2021.9
✓ Ads, ads everywhere ads. Slow and buggy because of it.I don't mind ads, but when they're everywhere and they make the app buggy as hell, I'm turned off. The app gets worse with every release, trying to stuff more ads in, and slowing it all down. Content is over curated by mods too now, so pretty boring often..Version: 2021.16
✓ Please stop asking to turn on notificationsYou shouldn't ask it every time when I run the app. Very bad UX!.Version: 2.6.4
✓ RefreshingI love imgur, but what annoys me is that anytime I exit the app for 1 minute so it’s running in the background it refreshes the whole feed. It’s frustrating and has been and issue since the app was released, when is it going to be fixed Sarah?.Version: 2020.5
✓ Latest iPad update layout change not greatAs a left handed person I found the left side scrolling navigation wonderful. The new iPad layout (landscape mode) really misses the mark. There’s two huge grey bands of nothing and three columns of small thumbnail images to navigate. Pretty ordinary..Version: 5.12.1
✓ 110% Censored, Biased, and UndeletableCensored content. Very limited labelling. Censored topics & subjects. Biased political rhetoric and propaganda tool. Undeletable comments. Ultra-Wokes & Unsophisticated folks’ platform. Go for Reddit instead, you’ll have plenty more..Version: 2024.01.0
✓ Absolute rubbishJust updated to the latest version because gifs wouldn’t play, and now no content will load, except for the ad. So I guess staff won’t care since they still get their revenue..Version: 2021.18
✓ Truly disappointed.The ads are getting ridiculous. I get that they need to make money and I have no problems with that but the ads are just getting more and more invasive. First, they just popped up below the posts. After that, they popped up between images in longer posts and comments. That second one is where it started getting bad. They’d redirect me from imgur even when I didn’t tap them and the app would cause my phone to heat up and lose battery life. Once they fixed those issues, they started putting ads between posts on top of all of the other ad placements. Now, they’ve added new ads that play sound without being tapped and the old malicious ads are back again. I love imgur and its community but the app is so loaded with malicious ads, I’m uninstalling it..Version: 8.4
✓ Resolution downgraded until image selectedI can’t see an album in original resolution; while that might be ok in SOME cases, where it may be a 4K image or something, it gives me horrible quality images for everything. I have to click on each image individually to see it in the original resolution. I read a lot on imgur, and it’s extremely annoying to have to press each image individually to do this..Version: 8.4
✓ Turns your phone into a small heaterImgur is the best app I’ve found for turning your iphone into a small heater. Sometimes there’s an update that breaks this functionality, and my phone stays very cold. However, that problem is usually fixed very quickly. I’ve noticed some changes with the ads, and I’m now able to warm my entire home again with the heat the app causes my iphone to produce. I can’t recommend Imgur enough as the best free phone heater app you can find. I’m assuming it’s the ads and other special sauce that makes this possible, so keep up the good work at adding more ads and data mining! I hope to one day open the app to just ads. ADS! as far as my little fingers can scroll. Then I will be able to provide enough heat for my small village..Version: 2022.12.0
✓ 👋App bad😡.Version: 9.3.1
✓ Bad programming/UI, has gone downhill in recent yearsImgur was one of my favorite places to upload and share pictures, but in recent years they’ve made this process increasingly difficult. First, they took away the ability to edit images; simple cropping, adding lettering, drawing, etc. why? Now, it’s impossible to add pictures from my uploads to separate albums. If it isn’t, it’s incredibly difficult to find. Speaking of which, the UI is awful. I get that this Imgur is going for a more social media approach and that’s their prerogative, but you don’t have to disable image editing tools. That would make an image sharing app better lol. I found out how to edit my albums(delete photos,rearrange) in the app, but it isn’t intuitive and takes forever to get to work. I have no idea why these changes have been made. Hoping to hop on elsewhere that’s more like the old Imgur..Version: 2021.6
✓ Won’t accept emailed codeTrying to sign up for app and as many do it sends you a code to your email which when entered says it’s expired so sends another and this does the same thing and goes on and on and on....no further progress made.Version: 2020.4
✓ Not terribleThe app presents very slow loading times compared with the browser version. GIFs take minutes to load, while the front page preview loads instantly..Version: 2020.7
✓ IPhone gets really hotLove Imgur and its content. But since using the app recently my iPhone 13, running iOS 16 gets really hot when using Imgur. Not with any other app. What is going on? A bug? Are you guys running bitcoin mining in the background? Can't keep using this app until this is fixed.Version: 2022.12.0
✓ AdgurSo laden with ads now, and now 9 times out of 10 it just freezes upon opening. Great work..Version: 2021.17
✓ Doesn’t workApp forces you to create an account before you can do anything. It then fails every attempt to verify a 7 digit code it automatically sends to your phone in order to fulfill the account creation process. Can’t setup account. Can’t use app. Useless..Version: 9.4
✓ WhyWhy does it have to open the app every time I go to imgur on safari. If i want to use the app I will use the app. If I want to use safari keep me in safari. Please give us the option..Version: 8.10
✓ Inferior to the mobile websiteI look at imgur for images not for comments. If I want comments I’ll look at reddit. The problem with the mobile app is that each post is cluttered with other annoying and unwanted information such as comments, links, and tags and there is an unwanted toolbar persistent at the bottom of the screen. The result is that only 50% of the screen is dedicated to the actual image. Also, on the website, if you click the ‘view more’ button, it expands the the additional posts inline. The app takes you to a different page, requiring going back and forth a lot. Personally I hate this and much prefer the contiguous browsing experience of the website. All in the app provides an very unpleasant image viewing experience. As an aside, that you can no longer hide the ‘view in app’ button on the mobile website is pretty effing obnoxious. How bout this- make the app better than the website, catering to my and I assume others desire to view images more fluidly..Version: 7.1.1
✓ Getting too hot, literallyDon’t know why, but after the recent release my phone is getting hot while using the app. Noticed it a few times now, not burning but getting uncomfortable and eating through battery life..Version: 2021.13
✓ Long time userI’ve been a member of Imgur for 7 years and I still find it’s the main place I go to scroll. However the most recent update forces the app to reload if you leave it for more than about 10 seconds which is SO FRUSTRATING because if I switch apps because someone messaged me or I want to look something up about a post, when I go back I lose my place in the feed and have to scroll through what I’ve already seen to get back to where I was. I’m also an iOS developer and I know there’s always a ton of unintended functionality that comes with app development, especially with iOS 14, so this might not be something that is even being tracked or thought of for UX. But it is the worst bug right now in my opinion and is very disruptive to the normal user experience.Version: 2020.11
✓ Latest updateLove Imgur but the latest update is cumbersome & sticky on my iPhone 6. I can no longer browse with ease & it’s putting me off using it because it’s so frustrating to scroll. If there is an new update then it needs to be soon (possibly back to previous iterations) otherwise the ‘community’ will be leaving in droves rendering the new ads counter productive!.Version: 6.2
✓ DisappointingI feel bad giving this app this rating, but I feel like I have to based on what it is these days. I used to get on Imgur when I was having a slow or rough day to laugh at some memes, smile at wholesome content, learn a new thing or two, and just generally enjoy some interesting and entertaining content. Those days are over. You get on now and the posts just make you more depressed than you already were. Half the posts are political BS and the rest isn’t what it used to be. Why did it have to come to this? It’s not what the platform was intended to be. It should be a lighthearted corner of the internet. If you lean left politically, you might like it. If you lean right, you’ll be mad at what you’re seeing but laugh. If you’re a true moderate not enticed by the identity politics of today, you will hate it like nothing else to see this is what the world has come to..Version: 2020.13
✓ PoorBeen a user for 9 years and I finally give up. Just keeps crashing. Goodbye, Imgur, was fun while it lasted..Version: 2022.15.0
✓ App refreshes after every time I close it ripHonestly probably gonna just switch to reddit full time, this is infuriating.Version: 2020.12
✓ Common questions like ....It’s great for subjects but to obtain photo copies i can not find a menu which would solve most problems , other than being lost for information , it ‘s very good. On - ya..Version: 2021.6.1
✓ Keeps giving me a notification badgeI’m not sure why but the app keeps getting a notification badge as if I have a notification I haven’t checked yet, but when I go into the app there’s nothing? I think the badge is telling me I have something new in my feed, which I find kind of annoying because I have to actually open the app and clear it even if I’m not interested in looking. Ended up uninstalling the app because of this..Version: 6.2
✓ Used to be great!Used to run fantastically on my phone, now it lags like anything a few posts in. Better off using the browser version..Version: 6.2
✓ Keeps crashingApp keeps crashing..Version: 2022.14.0
✓ They found a way to cram in more adsUninstalled the app after the latest update ads a whole page ads in between the normal posts on top of the banner ads that are on every post. A lot of these ads are malicious and try to install tracking apps on your system. Don’t want to risk it on my phone as well as my computer..Version: 6.1
✓ Why is it still crashing?Loved this app for years and years, but it’s still freezing every 1-6 posts. What’s going on? It’s making it unusable and there’s no replies to any other comments about the issue..Version: 2021.18
✓ Constantly freezeStarted recently the app just freeze a lot when using the app.Version: 2021.17
✓ Can’t edit postsThis bug it’s been going on for quite some time now. I can’t edit any of my posts to add, remove or organise media. I submitted a ticket when this happened and I was hoping your latest update to have fixed it but it’s still there. Fix it, please!.Version: 2024.03.0
✓ Progressively declining functionalityI understand the needs for ads, but why does the usability of the app progressively get worse with every release? Is there some grand plan which will become apparent at the right time? Currently it seems to lock at about 30 images; once you scroll beyond that it bounces back to image 30. Why?.Version: 2024.02.0
✓ Good site horrible appAll the app does is crash and freeze and heat up my phone until it nearly explodes.Version: 2022.12.0
✓ Imgur is great, but this app is trashMy iPhone starts to get hot in a few minutes, if I keep going, it becomes practically useless. Imgur, fix your app. Edit: I paid for ad free and the gif search still doesn’t work. Random crashes started..Version: 2022.12.0
✓ Used to be goodThis app used to be great and provide a tool for passing the time. Now it crashes after you swipe roughly 10 times, chews through about 40% of your phone battery in 15 minutes and there are ads everywhere.Version: 8.0.1
✓ A veritable graveyard of unfunny and uninteresting.Now, I understand fully that everyone has their own personal interests and hobbies and subjects they like to pursue. I encourage people to keep up with said interests regardless of how I personally feel about them. It’s not my business why they like something, and as long as they’re happy then what’s the bother? Imgur is the exception to this rule. Imgur is the massive, unwieldy echo chamber of stagnant comedy and the same five DIY videos plastered across its face for the past four years- I know this because I stopped using the site four years ago. I spent fifteen minutes perusing the app and was summarily disappointed. There were no new ideas, no growth, no changes for the better. I even got obtrusive ads that played music while browsing, something I was told years ago shouldn’t happen at all! It just wasn’t fun. There was no appealing features, nothing to draw my interest. Just the same jokes as always, the same unpleasant interface, and the same laggy app that overheats my phone after five minutes. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is soured..Version: 2021.11
✓ Such a badly designed appI can stream 4K on other apps but I can’t load a 20k gif in this app. Totally useless. The coders should be embarrassed. Please someone make a real app to access Imgur content. Besides the loading limitations capped at 20k/min speed, every third image is an ad nowadays anyway. Horrible experience. I use to use Imgur, now I just hate the experience every time. There seems to be a drive to profit from ads above all else. On the iPad Imgur app the bottom set of tabs including share and account / profile are obscured by ads! Literally Imgur app developers have chosen ads over your ability to share and create content. Priorities. Update: this app is just ads now. Someone please make an alternative to this trash.Version: 2023.23.1
✓ What’s up with the new performance?One of my favourite apps, now it’s barely usable, constantly freezes, device heats like crazy while using it and you can’t even scroll the comments and I’m not using an ancient device. I would go back to 5* if it returns to work smooth like before..Version: 2021.11
✓ Propaganda MachineImgur is a propaganda machine built to hide political agendas’ between funny videos and pet pictures. Mainly liberal propaganda and hate against most organised religion. Passing the view that the users are fair and tolerant but in reality if you don’t agree with their opinion then you get vote off the site. No room for discussion..Version: 2020.12
✓ Constantly refreshesApp just constantly refreshes if I leave the app to do something else. If swipe to see all my open apps and go back to imgur it restarts and I lose my place. It’s driving me insane and it’s basically impossible to use.Version: 2020.14
✓ Just Let Us Use Desktop AlreadyIf you’re on mobile, they force you to use the app, but the App (at least my version) doesn’t even let you view your own profile unless you donate to Ukraine, and even then if you click the donate link, the whole App crashes. So great, you can’t use Imgur except for browsing. Just let use go to Imgur on mobile! The app cancels out a bunch of desktop only features, so it’s inherently worse without the crashes..Version: 2022.07.0
✓ Adverts and shocking performanceThis app now stinks of dontcareitis. An unclosable ad frame is just the start. If you can ignore that, the app constantly stops accepting inputs as if it’s frozen. This is on a new iPhone 13 too. It’s inexcusable to have such a bad performing app this day and age. RIP imgur..Version: 2021.16
✓ Intrusive addsI’ve been using the app for 3 years. Since I was first introduced to Imgur more and more advertisements have been added to the platform. While this is annoying for users, it is to be expected and is not a major problem on its own. However recent adds are particularly bad, intentionally designed so that the user accidentally opens them while swiping through posts. For me this is the last straw. I have uninstalled the app and cannot recommend it to anyone in its current state. In the past I would have been happy to pay a premium fee to support the app and bypass adds, but at this point I have zero good faith left. I hope that the app improves in the future for remaining users..Version: 8.6
✓ It's the app, not the siteThe imgur site itself is an awesome platform. It is the gold standard for meme sharing and banter. My issue is with the app. The app itself is awful. First, if you back out of the app for even 5 seconds, it automatically refreshes itself and you then have to scroll back through everything you've just spent 10 minutes looking at yo get where you were. And this is IF you can ever get back to that point. This is a setting you cannot change. Second, it is constantly giving me the notification bubble and I will visit every screen and there aren't any notifications. This happens all the time. Finally, they ask you to pay money for an ad free experience but half the ads are imgur ads trying to get you to pay to skip ads.. lame..Version: 2021.4.1
✓ Banned with no reason or message?Have had an Imgur account for at least six years, but am now banned without warning or reason. Like most things, it hasn’t gotten worse as time goes on..Version: 2021.14
✓ Used to be my favorite..I was a standardly Mobile user for IMGUR, but with the new adsly incorporation it’s become unusable. The ads provided crash the app, are a trap for your fingers and you feel like you’re trying to tiptoe around tripwires to not click an ad. They’re bright and flashy in comparison to an app that usually is darker so you feel flashbanged and it can be disorienting. (Yes brighter than the memes, and a lot of the ads auto play and are strobe light flashy) I had to uninstall. I really hope IMGUR chooses different placements for ads and picks a better provider or I can’t ever use it again, and it saddens me because I love it. It was my place to get memes but it’s unuseable now. I may return in a few months when they update and see if they’ve fixed these issues and update this review, but as someone who’s been on IMGUR mobile since close to the apps creation(and before that on the website) if they can’t fix these errors this will be a parting of the ways. I really hope that doesn’t have to become a permanent reality. I’m not asking for all ads to be removed, but please IMGUR, pick a different company or manually choose which ads to place. The promoted ad pages and the “post” style ads were fine, but the comment banners and blocks are ludicrous and ruin the experience completely..Version: 2022.09.0
✓ AdsHad the app for ages but now it has a constant ad banner down the bottom of the screen that you can’t close out of. Deleted the app. I don’t need that. iOS version..Version: 2021.15
✓ Awful AppThe main issue is that everyone can comment on my pictures and I am unable to comment anything at all. My comments are instantly being removed for no reason. I wasnt harrassing or spamming anyone. On top of that, the extremely negative community is reason enough to just log right back off. Bunch of nerds obsessed with memes and hating on anyone doing something positive. Sad.Version: 8.13
✓ Leftist circle jerkJust a bunch of adults acting like kids. Preaching tolerance but hating anyone or anything with a differing opinion. Great app if your into politics all of one type though. You will fit right in if you follow the echo chamber that is social justice. Honestly the NPC’s just ruin everything on the internet. Don’t believe me download it and see for yourself..Version: 2020.12
✓ I remember the time imgur...Was made to eliminate the terrible media hosting of reddit. Now it's worse. And this app is aids, just ads everywhere. There is more ads than content now. I hate it when friends share imgur links now. You can't even use your browser without it trying to force the app download on you. And the devs are way too terrible to know how to do proper deep linking, which still takes you to the app store when you already have the app. Billion ads, 0 competent devs....Version: 2023.01.0
✓ Back In My Day...Dear Reader, Back in 2012 when I first became a member of imgur, the site was a great get away. It was a fantastic way to unwind after work for 15 minutes get a few laughs and continue with my day. It was efficient, straightforward, and fun. Now, though, it’s loaded with ads and slower than any app I’ve ever used. It starts off alright, but slows down 2-3 images in. After that it’s slow to transition from one .gif to the next. God forbid you run your finer over an ad. It’ll sit there and spin for a minute then load up an ad you care nothing about. At this point, you have to close the app completely and restart it, assuming you want to continue dealing with it. Back in my day it was fun. Back in my day it was efficient. Back in my day imgur was the place to be. Now it’s inefficient and a reminder of how the internet (a reflection of the world) just isn’t what it once was. There’s usually animals, so that deserves a star..Version: 7.1.1
✓ Misleading and annoyingAdvertises itself as a GIF maker but has zero functionality in creating a GIF and when you try use the mobile site version to convert a video to GIF it just crashes. Pathetic waste of time.Version: 2023.23.1
✓ Last update broke the appThe last update broke the app in that if you went to the bottom right tab to try and upload something, the app would crash 100% of the time. The devs didn’t bother fixing it. I waited a while, and ended up reinstalling. Seems to have fixed it for now so give that a try if that’s happening for you too..Version: 2022.08.0
✓ I refuse to give you my phone numberI refuse to give you my phone number. Quite simply - you don’t NEED it and it’s none of your business. I will download this program once that is no longer required. Otherwise - no thanks..Version: 9.3
✓ Very buggy.It’s rare that I can load an entire gallery without some sort of error message. Uploading is worse, and editing rarely works..Version: 2024.02.0
✓ Fun place to come if you love adsThis site has turned into a festering hellscape of ads. What a shame that imgur was sold to such a unscrupulous company..Version: 2021.17
✓ Abusive experienceI got it and thought hey cool. Posted one video and was flooded with trolls and mean comments. Can’t find way to report and don’t post and they delay me. Don’t use this app it’s users are trolls wanting to bash and gets you going. Bunch of kids thinking their cool but using it to bully people. Had to hide my video and can’t defend myself on the delays I am getting because there trolls are bullying and instead is hearing both sides, I am being harassed over a TikTok video. To the team do you watch the users because, I shouldn’t be harassed or bullied and delayed when, I am not the one doing wrong. I just posted a Damn post so disappointed won’t tell anybody to use this app. Get a real app where they watch people. And I usually don’t give bad reviews because I could never make an app. But I won’t use an app that allows this bullying to go on. I posted and two seconds later, I was rushed in..Version: 9.3.1
✓ Slow and battery drainingRecent update means that the app quickly begins to lag whilst my iPad battery gets very hot and drains quickly. It’S either caused by the recent inclusion of additional posts by OP or some nefarious process running in the background. Either way, time to start looking for an alternative..Version: 2021.11
✓ It’s broken!!!!!Imgur has worked well for me for years but it’s completely broken now. ‘Oops we could not find that request’ every time I want to view any galleries I’ve created. I can’t edit or access what I’ve posted anymore. I’ve spent so long adding things to different galleries and losing access to it for no fault of my own is heartbreaking. Please fix your site. Thank you.Version: 2023.12.0
✓ You can’t upload images from your camera rollWho designed this? I just wanted to host an image for reddit. I have to follow 5 different topics. I try to upload the image from my camera roll and I can’t..Version: 2022.08.0
✓ Ads are still covering my buttons…Ads have started covering the app button icons… still cannot do anything?.Version: 2023.23.1
✓ You interrupt app use for ratingsYou get 1 Star..Version: 8.6
✓ Used to be goodFull screen ads that pop up when you aren’t even touching your phone. Ads that hijack clicks. Crashes for me a few times a week. Political posts that are hard to escape from, even with 30 filters configured (why are untagged posts allowed to get to the front page at all?). Images that had already loaded just disappear from the comment section until you exit and reload a post. Navigating back from a post can cause the list to jump and items to get duplicated. I’ve sent in problem reports and uploaded my logs for some of these issues, but they still keep happening. It doesn’t seem like the company still cares about making an enjoyable product since they got acquired. I hope I’m wrong and just unlucky. I appreciate that ad-free is so inexpensive, but it’s hard to want to subscribe to something so buggy when I’m only here for laughs..Version: 2023.19.0
✓ Apps freezingPlease fix, app now freezes and only way to unfreeze is uninstall and reinstall :(.Version: 2021.16
✓ More Ads With Your MemesYes, Emerald is a thing, but I find it annoying and concerning that regular users are being pushed more and more ads. The latest update to the app now shows, in addition to the standard ad bar at the bottom of the screen, an ad at the bottom of the post before you reach the comments. Don’t forget, this is on top of the ad that shows up if you click to see more comments. So, every single post you see will have at least two ads, more of you open comments or scroll down the page. This is also all on top of the full-page ad you’ll see every 5th post. Moreover, Imgur is known to use less-than-ideal ad network providers, which opens up a whole other set of security concerns. Nice job guys..Version: 2022.04.0
✓ Latest update is not greatI like the app but the latest update is quite irritating, because everytime I leave the app and go back to it in a few mins, it takes me back to home and then I have to scroll down to pick up from where I left. Anyway you could fix that, please?.Version: 2020.12
✓ Lacking basic featuresThe Imgur app on other platforms allows images to be shared to the app via share sheet equivalents. For some reason this app lacks that basic functionality which was, frankly, the only reason I installed the app to begin with. That, plus the bloated app taking over my browser whenever I click on an Imgur web link, are why this gets a 1 star and uninstall from me..Version: 2020.13.1
✓ Notifications“Ohh look 9 notifications” opens app “no notifications”. The app also auto follows random users and spans your notification centre..Version: 5.10
✓ Basically malwareI have loved Imgur for years. Was basically my only form of social media and was my escape from reality with dank memes and a constant stream of quality OC including wholesome uplifting content that helped me through tough times. Everything changed when they introduced the app. I tried really hard to just get through it and figured it was just growing pains but it’s been years of an absolutely terrible app experience and has gone from seemingly incompetent to now being malicious. This app cripples your phone. There’s multiple posts showing how many trackers and data mining features accompany downloading it. It absolutely wrecks my battery and crashes almost constantly. Then after using their users to harvest data they are now pushing a premium service to make more money. They have historically had some of the best content creators on social media and now it’s just a malware app that jams ads down your throat and bricks your phone. Too bad I really enjoyed my time..Version: 2022.08.0
✓ An actual detriment to even have downloadedMy main problem with the Imgur mobile site is that it massively downgraded the quality of images, which is annoying for normal pictures but is actually crippling for your ability to read any text on the images that’s somewhat small. Zooming in or opening the image in a new tab do nothing to help. I assumed downloading the app would let me see things in full resolution. It’s annoying that you need to log in and select topics of interest. The fact that it tries to create a feed for you makes it feel like the app is trying to force you to treat it like reddit or a social media site where you just scroll through an infinite feed. That’s not what I and most people use Imgur for, and it’s just an awkward thing. Even beyond the minor annoyances, the biggest issue is that it doesn’t at all improve the quality, and it prevents you from opening anything on the mobile website by automatically redirecting you to the app. This second part is a huge problem because the only actual way to view images in high quality is through the “request desktop website” function on the safari browser app, which you can’t do if you have the Imgur app downloaded because it won’t let you open the Imgur mobile website at all, meaning you can’t switch over to the desktop site to actually view your images. So needless to say I’ve deleted the app and am actively searching for an alternative to Imgur that isn’t such a dumpster fire to use on mobile..Version: 2020.11
✓ All about that add revenueInsane amount of adds - we’re talking multiple adds on every page that load three times as fast as the post itself.Version: 8.11
✓ Burns though my batteryDon’t know why but this app on my iPhone 11 gets red hot after about 10min and drains the battery!! Even worse when just on mobile data….Version: 2021.13
✓ I miss the old appI loved this app back when i discovered it like 7 years ago. So many great memes that made bad days a little better. But slowly things have gotten worse and worse. I didn't really mind they changed the way the app looked, or moderated it a little strictly compared to years ago. My problem with really started when adds were implemented into the app. I understand the need to generate revenue but when an add can randomly start blaring sound either in my ears if i have headphones on or the the phones speakers then there comes a time when you have to ask, is there other places i can look at the same stuff that does not annoy me to do so? I think I'm done with this app and hope they figure it out..Version: 2022.09.0
✓ Doesn’t workIt just stopped working one day. Tried a fresh install a few times and that didn’t work either. This has happened over multiple versions of both iOS 15 and the imgur app itself. Poked around in settings to see if it was something specific to Data usage or WiF…nope. Would be nice if it worked again but after weeks I give up..Version: 2021.15
✓ BadThis app used to be good before it got taken over by politics.Version: 2021.17
✓ Long term userI have been part of the imgur community for ~10 years. The app continues to get worse and worse. Changing the swiping to scrolling was the last blow so I’m peacing out and deleting the app..Version: 2022.11.02
✓ Ads ruin everything againEvery single update lately adds more ads in various places. Below posts, below comments, halfway through comment threads, halfway through pic dumps, after every 3 posts, and in the grid view. Every single spot they could have squeezed and ad in, has an ad. Ads play audio without permission so you have to be sure your phone is muted at all times. Now the ads load videos randomly that then open a full screen video player without asking which is disgusting enough on its own but it also locks out swipe gestures so you have to find the x button to close the video or literally force close the app because the ad locked it up and hijacked all control. User experience is no longer given any thought, it’s now “ad experience”..Version: 2022.06.1
✓ Slow and Battery DraimI’ll gladly update this once they fix it, but I have an iPhone 13 Pro Max, and within the last month Imgur becomes almost unusable. It lags so bad you have to swipe a few times to go to the next image, and I can watch my battery drop by a percent a minute and the phone gets extremely warm. No other app does this and if I force close Imgur and reopen it, it’s fine for a bit and seems very snappy, but within five minutes or so starts to slow down again. It’s almost like the app is loading and caching all these new ads and not releasing it when you go to the next image so the phone is trying to maintain a hundred instances of the ad in the background. Just a guess anyway, there’s some correlation since the new ads were added and since closing it completely and reopening gets it working well for a bit, something is sticking and not releasing resources..Version: 2022.12.0
✓ Good app, annoying notificationsApp is good, but I regret allowing banner notifications because it randomly reminds you that the app exists by notifying you with stuff like "corgi butts" and "check this prank out 😂". Just annoying..Version: 5.10
✓ Eh.The mobile version is currently extremely arduous to use and has been for the last few weeks. Very glitchy, slow and painful to interact with. On the positive side, it’s got very few nazis and lots of good people..Version: 2021.17
✓ Update and “you don’t have permission”After the recent update I keep getting the message that I don’t have permission to upload images or video clips, or “unable to decode response error -1”. Why? Terrible update as people lose functionality..Version: 2024.02.0
✓ Was a favorite before they crapped ads everywhere.What the af were they thinking with the ad placement? Looking for ads with no ‘X’? image-grrrrr has got you covered. Try rotating your screen to get a wider view? The ad is now half the screen! Brilliant devs and management team..Version: 2021.17
✓ Ad havenAds all day everyday. Turn off notifications, still get random trash pushed in notifications..Version: 2020.4
✓ App continually made worseUsed the app and Imgur for nearly 10 years. Lately it is becoming dreadful. Static ad banner bar at the bottom of the screen, combined with a new big header so half the screen is clunky menu and ads. Freezes periodically. Points don’t update without an app hard reload. Think I’ll be moving elsewhere for my memes. Real shame the company appears to have sold out so badly from what it once was..Version: 2021.16
✓ Do you like ads?It used to be alright with having an ad at the bottom of every post, and then every 10 or so posts another swipe through ad. Now putting an ad every 5 photos in dumps is crossing the line. It’s impossible to enjoy any post with more than 4 photos because your experience gets ruined by seeing ads pop up. They aren’t just small bars too, they are the same size as the photos. Instantly takes you out of the memes and laughs and into a bad mood. Ads are understandable but not like this. Worse than free to play games..Version: 7.0
✓ Warning for those with GADThe images posted are pretty good, funny, creative, wholesome, depressing. But the community is equal parts caring as it is downright aggressively toxic and blatantly ignorant. If you have severe case of GAD and depression like i do, avoid it. Because it's going to effect you in a lot of negative ways detrimental to your recovery..Version: 8.4
✓ Great content but app slows terriblyStill great Imgur content (apart from aggressive ads but whatever). Main issue is that after ~5 mins of use the app starts to become very slow. Terrible scroll performance, hanging etc. also makes my phone hot so something is wrong there. On an iPhone 13 Pro this seems pretty bad.Version: 2022.14.0
✓ Leftist MouthpieceImgur is a leftist garbage propaganda website. It used to be a lot of fun, cat videos, dog memes and smokin hotties in bikini’s all over the front page. Now it’s just an “Orange Man Bad” website. These people are so bitter and eaten up with radical leftism, they cannot help but spew propaganda. If you try to bring up an opposing view point you’re post or comment are downvoted. These downvotes effect your account, and once you reach -200 points your account is banned from commenting or posting. So if you do not support radical left wing communism and you offer a different viewpoint or argument, you’re silenced. Try mentioning how communism was the most dangerous ideology of the 20th century and is responsible for the death of nearly 100 million people. All facts. The Antifa/communists will downvote you, insult you with vile and vulgar threats and even death threats. This is all supported by the radical leftist moderators and creators of the website. It’s disgusting and I’m sure this review will be deleted as well..Version: 2020.11.1
✓ Absolute tragedyThey prioritize cramming ads down ur throat but not basic site maintenance. So many ads, it barely loads at all and just freezes for several seconds no matter your internet speeds. If u scroll by an ad it will open the link if you, even by accident, touch the link while scrolling. And there are so many its impossible to go 5 seconds without an entire site loading at random. Comments won’t be posted at random so you can’t ever finish talking to someone. Id be embarrassed to be associated with the site. Id give 0 stars if it let me. It was fine in the beginning but whoever is in charge now couldn’t care less about running the app. Id say fix it, but we all know they either don’t know how or are completely uninterested in running a community.Version: 2021.18
✓ Extreme leftTaken over by liberal extremists. They will ban you if don’t support their ideology..Version: 2023.23.1
✓ A political cesspool of propagandaLike the majority of liberal ran social media apps this is a cesspool of extremely biased, one sided propaganda masquerading as an entertainment app. It’s only useful function is as an image hosting tool to share images on other, much better forums. Other than that, it’s complete garbage for the typical angsty, edgy zoomer that dreams about destroying everyone that doesn’t fit her/his narrow, warped worldview, and is just searching for an outlet for their hate. Unlike some apps that are moving away from political drivel, this one is only doubling down on it. Not only that, but the posts are getting more and more extreme. People are actually celebrating the deaths of those that disagree with them, praising pedophiles and encouraging violence against any and all dissent. Not only that, but even the memes that are promoted are all political, and it’s clear so much of this content is generated by bots. People wonder why others are so toxic. Apps like this are your answer..Version: 2023.07.0
✓ Would be 5 starsPicture quality good, easy interface, but if you click on an imgur link in safari/chrome, it forces you to the app! Annoying!.Version: 8.8
✓ Too PoliticalImgur used to have very wholesome and inspiring stories that would cheer up ones day. Now it headlines constant political posts written by edgy teenagers that promote violence and bullying on literally anybody who doesn’t fit whatever twisted leftist version they perverted on here. Because whatever this is on this app is not true leftist. I have seen posts promoting violence on not just police officers but their FAMILIES too and even posts that idolize convicted pedophiles as heroes. If you try to have any form of a debate with someone you will get downvoted by the rest and eventually banned from commenting or posting. I don’t know who they have monitoring these posts but it is atrocious that they allow such hate to be headlined on an app that they themselves advertise as being a place where everyone can come together. If they want the app to get better to what it once was they need to filter the system so that everyday normal users can find what they want without having to sort through hateful posts that were written by toxic people..Version: 2020.13.1
✓ It gets worse every timeLet me first correct the description: Imgur is not the easiest way to discover spicy memes. There is a fresh batch of spambot posts every minute. Your phone is about to get slower, hotter, and most definitely less funny. Recent updates have proven the company has loss regard for its users and focused a little too much on how the can extract money by making viewing posts less user friendly by the minute. I understand that this is a free app and a business model must make money, but beware of floating ad bars, adds between every few posts, adds in the middle of threads, and so on. And they aren't just ads; they are intrusive, prompt users to download malware on the regular, show pornographic images, and freeze a post when they fail to load (which, again, is a common occurrence). When I joined a few years ago, I would have, without a doubt, given Imgur 6 stars. This is the only way we are able to speak up, as posts challenging the company are deleted within the app itself..Version: 7.1.1
✓ Ads are illegally auto opening and downloadingThe company was bought out by an ad company and suddenly there is an unremovable ad at the bottom of the screen which takes up enough of the screen that I can barely watch videos fully anymore. Ads are auto playing sound. Ads are even AUTO DOWNLOADING ADVERTISED APS this can not be legal! Ads will auto open as if I have clicked them when I haven’t even touched my screen. The app is so unstable it’s impossible to browse sometimes. This is disgusting. I am disabled and this app helps me a lot when I am unable to do anything but be in bed. Please fix this..Version: 2021.17
✓ “Cannot Decode”I have had this app for over 6 years and it’s definitely gone downhill. I get the error “cannot decode” on half of the images so GIFs will not play or pictures will not show up. Then I’ll be scrolling for awhile and it’ll just stop uploading picture all together - just gray. It’s not my wifi or connection. I’d also agree that it stopped being funny memes or new content, it’s all political crap. It’s annoying because I use it before bed to just wind down and used to see cats, peoples cool hobbies, etc and now it’s America politics, war, abortion rights, etc. I can no longer look at “new content” or else that’ll keep my wide awake. I know Imgur has made an effort to get away from this with sponsored content weeks for pets, hobbies, etc but it just hasn’t worked..Version: 2022.07.0
✓ Imgur site moderators must be highly evaluated before site moral improvesThe paid moderators are worthless. Propagating a far left-wing mentality that constantly flags and disregarded anyone else of a different mindset, all the while suspending/banning users for the most mild of comments,that are made across all posts (all the while even having the same verbiage used in the same easy to access community accessible gif bank). There is absolutely no middle of the road, no fair and just, in the scrutiny of issuing warnings, only that which please the individual paid moderator, and nothing that even begins to reflect that of the whole community. Until an actual even-keeled and just biased is shown, will I ever begin to stop issuing these one star reviews..Version: 2022.09.0
✓ Can’t even use the search feature.Trying to use the search feature on the app just straight up doesn’t work.Version: 2022.11.02
✓ Taking forced advertising too farJust removed this app from my phone when a video ad completely took over my entire screen and even trying to close the app just kept it playing in a smaller window. I have no idea what the ad was even about as I was too busy freaking out over the app taking phone control away from me..Version: 2020.14
✓ Auto refresh drives me insaneIf you leave the app or your phone times out, the whole app refreshes and you start from the top. Beyond frustrating.Version: 2020.14
✓ Impossible to UseFor several years now, the app has been progressively getting wide and worse. It’s too the point bias that regardless of the device I’m on, I have maybe 5 minutes before the app stutters and crashes. That entire time it’s making my devices burning hot and draining battery like nothing else I’ve ever used. That’s when I’m not getting punted to external sites or the App Store by increasing intrusive ads. The app is simply unusable, and over the course of YEARS it’s clear Imgur is either incapable or unwilling to provide its users (and their ad revenue) with a usable app experience. Even using their website, it’s nothing but crashes and hangs and failures to load, when ad loading doesn’t jerk the page location around almost continually. I’m not sure what Imgur’s aversion is to not tormenting their monetary base, but it’s ridiculous and a wholly broken model. And now they want us to buy paid subscriptions? Why should anyone pay a single penny for something you can’t even access without hours of frustration and a dead battery in an hour? This is simply a complete failure of an app, and a complete failure of a company to provide any kind of reasonable user experience..Version: 2022.09.0
✓ Nothing is showingLiterally i can’t open any post and the support is not helping..Version: 9.3.1
✓ 0 starsLiteral cancer. I just want to upload images not sign up on a spam list with my social media accounts. Who programs and releases this kind of garbage? Shame.Version: 5.10
✓ Enjoyable community but the app experience is terrible.I've used Imgur consistently for years, as an app to share photos and videos it's top notch. There's also a quirky community there which is a delight to participate in, but the app experience for that is consistently poor. If you told me there was no feature testingas part of the release process I'd be inclined to believe you; just browsing posts will generally work, but we keep getting updates that resolve and then reintroduce app crashes while doing things like: switching from portrait to landscape mode, zooming in on an image, or clicking to view posts in your notifications. The bugs that plague participation in the community are even more frustrating. Every other update will break your ability to respond to comment notifications, normally by reintroducing issues that had previously been addressed but every now and then we get a new and novel disappointment. Sometimes you'll get a "could not find post" message; sometimes (currently) the app simply crashes after clicking the notification to view the response. We've also had it direct us to some kind of cache expiry error that forces you to kill the app process to recover from. Oh, and if there's a notification stream to check when you relaunch the app I haven't found it, they're just gone into the ether now. Which brings us to the next issue - say you wanted to find a post you'd seen previously or responses to your comments inside a post without using the notifications or comments feed that often don't work; it's not fun. Not only because there's no sorting preference or indication that helps direct you to your past comments, which are all collapsed and resorted for this fresh view, but also because it's often next to impossible to even find a specific post unless you commented in it or favorited it. The search functions are effectively useless for this and keeping you away from stuff you've already viewed might be part of the mission statement. Not sure what's happened in the last year or two but the quality of the service and the functionality of app itsekf has been on a downward trend for a while and it's only getting worse. It's a shame because Imgur used to be a bit of a diamond in the rough..Version: 2023.22.0
✓ Very anti-Trump, posts get removedOnly pro-democrat statements are allowed to be posted. I notice that anything written positively about Trump is downvoted to oblivion, which seems to be the norm since it is so tightly connected to Reddit. Pro-Trump facts in the comments section are removed (yes, the wall has over 400 miles built and not the rhetoric that it never went up). Reposts are all too common with the reposter not giving credit to the original poster. Too many posts of their pets passing away that it is like a Facebook post and artists showing their creations with a link to buy to avoid actually paying for true advertising. Too much of the same old. With my rankings aside, I do enjoy some things that are posted and you can be alerted of new posts from someone that you follow..Version: 2020.11.1
✓ Extremely slow/stops workingApp is just extremely slow and laggy after swiping through a few images. Works fine upon opening but after a couple of images it would start to slow and become unresponsive. Would just hang half way between swiping inbetween photos and eventually freeze up all together. Currently on iPhone 6..Version: 6.3.1
✓ Too Many Adverts!!We used to be able to close them, then they became permanent. They used to appear occasionally, now they’re all the time. AND NOW they’re in between the post and comments on EVERY POST! Just awful. I hate them so much, even if I saw something I wanted (which I never have) I would never click on it..Version: 2022.04.0
✓ AnnoyingI need to delete this. I can’t find the delete button..Version: 2022.14.0
✓ No Copy optionThe mobile website says it's easier to share via the app, but it's not, really. Through Safari I have the option to hold and copy the image. This app makes me fully open the menu and download the image and any other sharing option is tedious..Version: 2020.4
✓ App is still brokenI love Imgur and have been an avid user for years, but the past few weeks I’ve had to delete and reinstall every time I want to use it. I know I’m not the only one experiencing these issues and it’s been going on so long that I don’t understand how the problem isn’t fixed yet!.Version: 2021.17
✓ Terrible on IosThe gifs take so long to load, regardless of my internet speed. I'm constantly just waiting for the spinning wheel and nothing. I've tried over the last few years and it never works. So sad..Version: 2021.13
✓ Backgrounding App is a nightmareI like to browse Imgur for a few posts at a time. Recently, if you so much as swap to another app to answer a message, going back to Imgur will refresh the entire application and lose your spot. Good luck finding your place again and say hello to a grand new order full of posts you’ve seen before. This makes the app pretty much unusable and leaves the browser version the only choice..Version: 2020.14
✓ What happened to simple photo hosting?UPDATE- Now you have to choose 5 things to follow to finish signing in. It can't be topics you choose either, you have to choose from the extremely limited pool of options they give you. Total garbage. I am going to look for new hosting options. I miss the days when imgur was a traditional photo host that allowed you to just upload pictures and organize them into albums. Now you can't do anything with your albums on a mobile device and have to make a social-media style post rather than just upload a picture. I'm sure this app is technically fine, but it completely misses the mark in its feature set. The desktop website is headed the same direction. I guess it's time for me to find a new hosting service..Version: 2022.11.02
✓ Last few updates cause constant crashesI’ve been using this app for years and it’s been so slick. But the last few updates, and pretty much when the full page ads started being introduced, it now freezes all the time, crashes, closes itself, and is completely glitchy. Had to revert back to using a web browser on my phone. Can’t use it for more than a few minutes before a crash..Version: 6.1.1
✓ Like the website not the appAccounts shouldn’t be mandated. I shouldn’t have verify a cell phone number just to look at cat memes, silly..Version: 8.13
✓ V 7.0 is disruptive and unenjoyableTL;DR: Do NOT download. Image flow is ruined. Imgur was always a good piece of entertainment when on break. However, the new ad placement ruins everything about it. Posts that rely on flow and continuity are broken up by advertising. The change in awareness actually LESSENS the amount of time spent in the app..Version: 7.0
✓ Broken on iPhoneThe app seems to be ok on tablet but it’s shockingly buggy and broken on iPhone. I’m actually impressed by how badly they screwed things up, especially considering it used to be good. It wouldn’t be nearly so irritating if they didn’t also sabotage the site on mobile so you have no CHOICE but to use this garbage app..Version: 2022.12.0
✓ App Burns My PhoneThis review is about the app. Imgur itself it great, I love it. Even though I love Imgur, I don't like using this app often because it absolutely chews up my phone. After just about 15 minutes using the app, it devours a quarter of my battery percentage; my phone gets hot to the touch; my performance drops to insultingly low levels. But it all stops when I close the app - and the website doesn't do this. It really makes me wonder if something else is being done in the background, beyond just loading images. Why can I stream hours of movies, be on video calls, and play video games, yet nothing I can do with my phone comes anywhere close to how much the Imgur app kills my phone? It is, quite frankly, ridiculous..Version: 2022.14.0
✓ Unhinged liberal propaganda machineThe app works fine for me, and I don’t find the ads particularly intrusive for a free app with a huge amount of content and hours of entertainment value. However; The community is literally the worst I’ve ever come across. The amount of liberal, anti republican, anti straight and anti anyone without serious mental health issues propaganda is absolutely insane. Constant false and misleading articles from dubious sources, name calling, abuse, threats of violence and massive amounts of bullying for anyone who disagrees with anything said is standard practice. You can still enjoy some of the funny stuff, as rare as it is these days (liberals have no sense of humour), but heed my warning and do not engage with the rabid and utterly vile user base..Version: 2022.01
✓ The new format is… not good.Was a dedicated imgurian for years. The new updated format is clunky to the point where I deleted the app. Imgur: if it ain’t broke don’t fix it..Version: 2022.11.02
✓ App is fine, community is awfulHonestly, most social media has its bad side, I fully expect that everywhere. But this community is really bad. You literally can’t post anything without at least 5 people harassing you within minutes. I like the app. It’s cool. But the people make it unsafe and downright depressing. They really need to stop people from spam commenting and harassing others. If that happens then I’d definitely rejoin it..Version: 2020.13.1
✓ Basically a free bullying appThis app is basically a get hate app. Anything you post gets rude comments and apparently there’s a rule that If you post a selfie people are allowed to hate on it. There is no option to block people or report them. It’s unsafe and ridiculous. Either sort it out or remove the app I’ve not cried so much for a while till tonight!.Version: 6.0.1
✓ Baffling lack of basic functionalityAs a standalone app, I’m sure Imgur works fine, but attempting to open a high-resolution image that you found through another service seems to actually be impossible. I found a reddit post with an image I’d like as a wallpaper for my phone. Some users recommended setting the imgur website to desktop mode for a high-res version, but that option has apparently been removed from the web version. Hitting the “open in app” button simply opens the apple store, trying to save the image to my account just tells me that the browser version has been discontinued, and searching the exact title of the image returns no results. Even with the exact imgur URL for the image, there is no way to access it through the app. This should be a simple process. The “Open in App” button should just open the image, but it somehow fails to do even that..Version: 8.11
✓ Gifs not loadingHaving problem where all gifs and most pics will not load while on wifi. Have tried on different wifi networks. Used to work perfectly.Version: 2.1.2
✓ Pros and ConsPros: • Lots of communities. • Plethora of Images. • Ability to set post to “public” or “hidden”. • Useful for linking things in Discord/Reddit • Friendly UI • *Refer to other reviews for more Cons: • Stolen posts from other sites • Stolen content without source • Can find the same things on Reddit • Not so friendly community (personal experience) • Bots/Trolls • Few unique posts • *Refer to other reviews for more IMO I use the app for uploading pictures so I can link them in other sites if I can’t post an image directly. It’s helpful for that alone. You can find about ~85% of the same content on Reddit and other sites. So if you need an app for showing images to others through a link then this app is just right for you. Otherwise, I would suggest using other sites for forum style things since Imgur isn’t really best suited for it. I encourage you to test it out though and see how it feels for yourself. (2 star because I’m honestly fed up with the community in general and how as a newcomer I was treated poorly as well as how most of the content is stolen and doesn’t give credit).Version: 2020.7
✓ Excellent appMakes it so easy to upload images from your phone to the internet, which you can then access from your PC. My only suggestion is to add a white (light) theme for day use, which can sync with iOS’s dark mode..Version: 2020.7
✓ Keeps my hands warm thoughI love imgur, but after about 10 minutes of use this app becomes sluggish, it then causes my phone to heat up rapidly, and the battery drains at about 1% per minute. I’m using a new phone (iPhone 14 pro) with the latest iOS and latest app but it’s been doing this for weeks. While I appreciate the hand warmer in these winter months, I’d appreciate if this issue could be fixed. Imgur is the only app I’ve found that causes my phone to heat up. Don’t make me go back to insta 🙏.Version: 2022.15.0
✓ DownvotesEverything will get downvoted unless it’s some stupid cat meme I swear. Posted my wardrobe and shoe collection in a album because Reddit doesn’t allow you to post more then one photo (it was for a fashion thing for: Men’sFashionAdvice) and I’ve gotten like 12 downvotes and someone commented “this isn’t real, where are the underwear’s with holes?” because I had jeans with rips in them....Version: 2020.4
✓ Not getting my phone numberWithout even checking your product you want my phone number. That’s so invasive & you’re not getting it. Email verification is sufficient for most apps..Version: 2022.09.0
✓ Days goneImgur used to be fun, then it went towards the money and more and more ads. Constantly trying to push its users to use the “updated view” which looks hideous (kakis meme here) and reacts terribly. I joined Imgur back in 2010, back when it was more of the Wild West but still tried to maintain its PCness. The users had more control and you didn’t have an ad trying to sell you on a terrible movie or a new blender or XYZ. The app runs terribly it crashes and it now forces users to put your phone number into it so that it can “verify” your account. I can tell you that I put a fake number into it, with no previous contacts, the number I didn’t use for anything had for 10 days before putting into the app and a day later got an automated call. Imgur. I. Am. Done. No faith in you, you sold out on your site, sold out from what you were made for, sold info and have an awful app..Version: 2020.11.1
✓ Terrible app nowThe new imgur app is terrible, the old app had its issues however they pale in comparison to this monstrosity pooped out by the devs. You can no longer upload images (supposedly a future addition), view the images you uploaded before the new update or from the site, look at some favourites (NSFW ones it seems), also permanent portrait mode and the fact it is geared more toward iPhones, the app looks terrible on the iPad TL;DR avoid the app and use the website in iOS chrome if you want to upload images or view images in favourites etc on mobile devices.Version: 2.1.0
✓ They don’t care about the communityThe Imgur Devs seem to pride themselves on having at least decent interactions with their community in the past. There was a kind of trust that the devs wouldn’t do anything to drastic to sellout the users. For example, around a year ago they made a promise that they would never have intrusive advertisements, only banner ads. Well they have either forgotten their promises or have decided that they don’t care about the users anymore, since ads will now show up in the middle of posts. I understand that companies that provide a product for “free” need to make revenue somehow, but this is too far. Making ads in intrusive places where people can accidentally click on them, (yes we know it’s on purpose), will turn users away. Not to mention all the malware and dangerous ads that can appear both on the app and website. I’ve been on Imgur since basically the beginning, and it has gone from a small company that I adored to just another sellout..Version: 7.0
✓ Too political and malwareI’ve been using Imgur for years to share photos via links to other websites that don’t allow you to post an image however I never really engaged with the public content on the front page until recently I clicked a post and another user made a comment disagreeing with something on the left way of thinking and they used their cats as an example which I commented how much I liked that he/she used the cats as a fellow cat person however I then got spammed with death threats and accused of being a right wing bot my account was suspended the next day. When I asked the developer why I was told it was for homophobic and racist behavior. And now I find out the app was taking the most resources of any app in my phone somehow..Version: 2023.17.0
✓ Difficult to go to full-screen; ad-riddenIt’s so difficult to use: full screen is difficult if possible at all. Plus, it’s riddled with ads..Version: 2024.03.0
✓ Resource pigI won’t complain about the content or the users because that has nothing to do with the app itself, and you get good and bad everywhere you go. But for the last two updates or so there’s something happening in the background that just bogs down the phone. It gets hot to the point where the screen gets dim, and it’s exclusively when using this app. My OS is fully up-to-date, using any other app there are no issues, but as soon as this app is opened my entire system is bogged down and gets noticeably hot. There is definitely something happening with this version that shouldn’t be happening. I am aware that others are complaining about the same thing, so I know it’s not an isolated event with my software or phone, and it’s to the point where I browse anonymously through Safari because I don’t have any issues via web, I just won’t login because it doesn’t have the same experience as the app, which of course limits the amount of time I use Imgur. Fix this glitch and my review would absolutely change for the better..Version: 2021.9
✓ AnnoyingWorst interface ever. Stop giving me pop ups I can’t close when I redirect to imgur. Uninstalled. Never wrote a review before. So clunky and trash recommendations. SKIP.Version: 2020.4
✓ Annoying controlsGenerally fine, but very annoying when trying to watch videos. As videos tend to be taller than the screen (because there’s no sizing option) you have to scroll up or down to see some parts of the video, but the app stops playing when you scroll. So then you need to scroll down to see the play button again, but it stops playing if you scroll up again. Very frustrating..Version: 2023.22.0
✓ Link won’t open appThe link on the website to “Open in App” brings me here now, so I figured I’d leave a review..Version: 7.0
✓ A few bugs maybeGood new features with this update but the random mode stopped working. Also the layout isn't as user friendly but overall good app.Version: 2.2.0
✓ Memes, Politics, VitriolLet’s just start off by saying it’s no longer what it used to be. I joined imgur in 2014 after a year or so of lurking. Imgur was in its prime, constant newly shared content, memes, etc. The point based system was addicting and trying to share new and funny things to connect with the community was exciting. Eventually though, it strayed away from being an exciting, open and accepting community to one of a single purpose, “you’re either with us or against us, you either agree with us, or we’re going to erase you from the platform.” I’m not talking about the developers and creators, I’m talking about the community. The community has essentially destroyed what imgur once was. These days imgur is strictly about politics and making sure you’re on their side and you agree with their policies more so than about connecting people and sharing content. If you join imgur I suggest staying off the front page as it is full of anger, hatred and vitriol, if you disagree with someone they will make sure others attack you for what you believe in. Imgur is no longer an accepting community, but a haven for rude and insensitive people looking to tear down whatever it is you believe in..Version: 2020.13.1
✓ Constant freezing and ads opening on their ownFirst off, let me just say imgur is great, I spend a few hours a day on it, but it is so frustrating having to force close the app whenever I swipe down to the comments, as the app becomes unresponsive to any and all touch other than opening and collapsing comment threads. Another annoying thing is ads opening on their own mid viewing.Version: 5.11
✓ App doesn’t work when connected to wifiIPhone 11, app doesn’t load at all when connected to any wifi, I’ve tried multiple different wifis and same results. But app works slowly when connected to 4G.Version: 2021.17
✓ Hopeless - freezes or crashes, not even close to usableThere was a time when this app was good enough - it was never pretty or with a decent UI but it worked to let you do the imgur thing (look at and comment on images, pretty simple). Imgur has been on the downward trend for a while. No improvements to the mediocre app, but gradual problems creeping in and moderators that are strangling the life out of the ecosystem. This version of the app is hopeless and has been for weeks. It will hang for 10 or more seconds frequently, it makes the whole thing unusable. It also crashes periodically which may we’ll be related. Just not worth persevering with it..Version: 2021.17
✓ I’m going to continue to use it, but something has to changeLook, I understand an occasional reboot and losing my place. However, I’m halfway into a comment get a text or look at google I expect to at the very least be on the same image when I get back to Imgur. Maybe don’t have what I had written but at least I can find it easily enough and continue where I left off. But, every single time I leave the app it crashes and resets. For something that resets and changes where and what you were looking at it’s almost impossible to find the image or comment I was trying to reply to. It’s so frustrating and is actually make me angry enough to stop using the app for awhile until I forget and go to use it to forget about time. THIS, is what will make me leave if nothing is done. Or have a history tab so I can go look at what I’ve viewed recently if your gonna crash everytime I leave the app to text or google something..Version: 2021.2
✓ Continuously CrashesApp crashes and freezes since upgrading to iOS15. Deleting and reinstalling the app is the only way to make it work, but it will still freeze after a couple of uses..Version: 2021.17
✓ StupidI got PERMANENTLY banned within an hour of joining for just a kobe meme. It's just all boomer humour and there's actually dank memes on lots of other apps. If you are over 50, get offended easily and love cat videos, this app is definitely for you. Not for youth or people have a good sense of humour..Version: 9.3.1
✓ SpottyThe app works okay, but every update they do some new weird functionality. This time around you can’t look at comments you’ve made previously. Before this you couldn’t l full screen pictures. Not sure if they have QA but it would be nice.Version: 2023.22.0
✓ Once a go to app now barely opening.I used to use this app every day and really enjoyed it. It would be one of my go to apps for filling time and finding content. In the park few days I haven’t been able to load the app at all. If it does open it lags. I have tried turning my VPN off and that doesn’t solve the issue either. At this point I’m getting close to just uninstalling it and never wasting my time with it again..Version: 2021.16
✓ Constant crashesThe app used to be great, but lately it crashes every few minutes. I'll be halfway through a post and it freezes, so I have to force close and restart the app. Highly frustrating..Version: 2021.17
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