BEAM: Magic Photo Editor 4+

Fantastic photo editor

This app truly deserves more recognition for its simplicity, ease of use, and powerful functionality. It offers the best background and object remover I’ve ever used—fast, precise, and incredibly accurate. What makes it even better is that it’s completely free, with minimal to no ads, making it a true treasure in a crowded market. The developers have done a fantastic job, and I sincerely hope they gain the recognition and revenue they deserve. In my opinion, this app is perfect, and I hope more people discover this hidden gem.

Suddenly charging after being free

I get why they have to charge, but this wasn’t the way to do it. It’s been free since I’ve downloaded it months ago. And if you think 5 free uses a day is good, you’re wrong. As much as this app works great at succeeding in implementing the changes you request, it takes so much trail and error to get an output that is what you want.
And sometimes, you never get what you want, and have to make other adjustments with other editing tools then bring it back in in hopes it finally understands you.

Lot alone the giant watermark on the images now.

And unless I missed it, I used this app probably at least weekly. I would go through periods of days of constant use and then a few days break, then back at in. But I know I was just using it recently and I don’t recall knowing about this change until 1 day I went to try to get a photo extended, and after 5 attempts of failed extensions, it had the pop up to join the club. This is not the way to tell people that there “isn’t a paywall” paywall.

Update: pay attention to all the reviews raving about it. It’s prior to the paywall and usually rave about the “no cost” aspect. This was a deceitful switch for ratings by waiting until it had a good rate standing while it developed and created a following, and then do this

Developer Response ,

Hey - thank you so much for taking the time to write such a thoughtful review - and we’re so sorry to hear the daily free users are not enough for the type of creative work you’re doing with BEAM. We’re constantly trying to improve - so we hope that with every release, the 5 free uses will get better and be enough to get the exports you want. But we’re listening ~ and we will let the team know for some users it’s not enough. If you have any particular tools you’ve had trouble with, please email us at BEAM@piccollage.com and we’ll see what we can do! Ultimately, AI tools cost a lot of money to run and we couldn’t afford to keep BEAM completely free forever :‘) we hope we can reach a compromise where everyone who needs to gets to use BEAM’s tools! Joe, Team BEAM x

Great app and totally FREE

Beam has all kinds of robust features that can enhance your photos They also have a removal tool to take out unwanted items out of the photograph. The best filter they have is this x-ray filter that makes your photo look like an x-ray . Well, it’s a seasonal filter. They have told me that they are going to re-implement it. I sent him an email about it and they actually responded. I can’t tell you the last time an app developer has to a comment. I left in an email. So if you wanna make your photos pop, this is the app to download. And it is totally free. There’s no hidden charges or fees or anything like that. You just get an app that makes your photos pop and give them the wow factor.

Developer Response ,

Hey! Thank you so much for your kind words and thoughtful review. The BEAM team really appreciates it. 'Golden hour' is our newest and most experimental Beta effect and so any feedback on how to improve it is, well... golden! 🌞😎✨

If you have time, we'd love to hear any further feedback or questions you might have. You can email us at BEAM@piccollage.com any time - we'd especially love to hear which filter turned your photo into a masterpiece (so we can make more filters like this, of course!)

All the best, Alice (Team BEAM 🌞)