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PicsArt – Photo & Video Editor is a super powerful photography, image editing, and drawing app. The first PicsArt app was launched in November 2011 on Android devices. iOS version was released two years later in 2013. Till now, there are over 150 million creators in PicsArt community around the world. The app allows app users to bring creativity to life by making professional-level collages, designing and adding stickers etc.  It is one of the world's most popular apps, with reportedly more than 1 billion downloads across 180 countries.

In total, 11,820,740 reviews are found in Google play store with 4.0 stars rating. There has been 1,000,000,000+ installs and it has also been collected in the most authorized "Editors' Choice" list. While in Apple app store PicsArt is ranked No. 8 in Photo and Video category with 4.7 stars rating by 1.1M users. The app is rated as 12+ on iOS App store and “Teen” in Google play store due to occasional mature content.

In the latest update version, the developers of Picsart AI Photo Editor and Video have fixed some recently discovered bugs and errors based on suggestions and feedback from users. While bugs are inevitable in constant iterative updates, the team promises to make adjustments and optimizations as soon as problems are discovered.

PicsArt users can create beautiful photography and digital art as well as share within the community. Just like Photoshop, Flickr, PicsArt has its features deeply integrated with Meta. A full Flickr-like Web experience is a component of PicsArt. Tons of clip art is included with the app to slap on top of your image. Most of it are free, but some require in-app purchase. It also holds contests where everyone has an equal opportunity to showcase their work. User can enter thematic contests, be listed as an artist in the community if their work stands out. 

However, negative reviews flooded in after latest update from a lot of long-time users, they complaint that they could not save their work without becoming a paid subscription member. User now can’t use the editing tools as they used to if they decide not to pay for the subscription. 

Pros

- Showcase one’s creativities and get recognised by online community.

- Great photo editing app; Easy and intuitive to use.

- Interact with like-minded artists is funw.

- Sophisticated app with more functionality than you ever expect by incorporating AI enabled features.

Cons:

- A lot of sexual and graphic content can be found in the app.

- Membership subscription charges is too high and monthly model is not suitable for causal app user.

- Social networking is not safe for young people.

- Pop up ads is messy and annoying.