Prequel: Photo & Video Editor

• Aesthetic Editor ( ) — $34.99/year ($2.91/mo) (derived from the IAP title)
• Prequel Gold — $5.99/week (derived from the IAP title)

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

• Free download · core features require a paid plan
• In-app purchases: $0.49 - $49.99 per item
• Subscription

Last verified 31 Aug 2026

4.7 341895 ratings · App Store

1. 2/5you need premium for EVERYTHING

   If you want to use any of the ACTUAL good stuff, you need to pay for the stupid premium. It was only about a year ago where I used one of my favorite effects that give off a film/disposable camera sort of look. However, recently— as in like 5 mins ago— when I tried to use it, suddenly I’m brought to the premium screen???! Like why??? I never had to pay for it before???? So after I realized I couldn’t use it anymore I tried to use a different effect, tell me why I pressed one , that DIDNT have the little star next to it, which lets you know that an effect or filter is premium, and i immediately get sent to the premium screen!!!! I’m so annoyed! I always thought this app was a go to for effects and filters even though a lot required premium but now it feels like if you want to use anything you HAVE to get premium. Now,I’ve been seeing the developers/company reply to other recent reviews saying that there are “300” free filters but 1. Doubt it’s 300 since if you press on an effect you have different variations of that effect and the majority have the premium star next to it and 2. it’s usually the worst variation that’s free and and If they are free effects they’re usually outdated or ugly. The only reason it gets TWO stars is because at some point this was a really nice app to use. Get if you want to pay is basically what I’m saying but I’m sure you can find free options.

   xCrystalAngelx · 30 Aug 2026

2. 2/5why are so many things premium??!!

   so i downloaded this app with my friends one day, and i was obsessed. i came across the anime filter and used it all the time! the pics turned out really well and i loved this app like most of my day was on this app. the anime filter was by far my favorite and kinda the only one i used. after a while, i stopped using this app for around a month. and when i came back i was like, “oh, the anime filter!” and looked for it. and when i found it, to my surprise…it was premium. IT WAS THE ONLY FILTER I USED. i wouldn’t care if every single filter was premium i LOVE the anime filter! it worked so well and it’s better than the other filters i’ve used. but ofc, it’s premium. i also enjoyed the fantasy filter. and you guessed it, premium. all the other cool filters? premium. litteraly EVERYTHING? yup, premium. CAN YALL CHILL WITH THE PREMIUM?! i honestly loved this app like last year or two ago but when you made all my favorite filters premium, you don’t know how disappointed i was. and you might be like, “well, buy the premium!” yeah that’s kinda hard when your not allowed to spend money on apps. if the free filters were actually GOOD and everything wasn’t PREMIUM, this would be five stars. but sadly, this gets a two. i’m disappointed but will keep checking to see if they actually get good filters soon. please add some good filters back to the free!!!

   novemberbenber · 30 Aug 2026

3. 1/5Stay away SCAMMERS

   I wanted to compare to FaceTune so I downloaded for the free trial,app wouldn’t open so I deleted and redownloaded still wouldn’t open so I deleted! Because I had tried twice to download I was concerned about being billed so I immediately went into my subscriptions and cancelled! WELL a week later I get a call from my credit card company that my payment was declined and would be charged a $28. late fee, when I checked my account I was so angry to see Prequel had taken 2 payments of 4.99 and that is why my the payment for my credit card declined for insufficient funds! Oh but it gets better, when I went into my Apple account to request a refund there was no record of the payment so I couldn’t even request a refund! So after days of trying to get a human on the phone I found out the reason there was no record of the payments is because Apple hadn’t billed me! SOMEHOW these people got my banking info and billed me directly from their company NOT through my Apple account ! So again! Trying to find out how to even contact them directly has been a nightmare and I had to move my money to my savings because they are still billing me for weeks now,that has also been i nightmare because all my bills ( like my credit card) are set up through that account! Oh and did I mention I have a yearly subscription to Facetune so I’m not like one of those only uses the free trial but never purchased, but since Prequel wouldn’t even open I figured it wasn’t worth the aggravation, If I had only know how much worse it would get!

   mjay-9 · 30 Aug 2026

4. 2/5They are swindling you

   Too late did I realize by clicking the “trial” subscription that you would be charged weekly and NOT monthly the 5$ amount. In the beginning I believe it to be intentionally phrased to swindle the consumer. I doubt this company actually cares. I buy apps because I don’t mind an investment to purchase an app is no big deal to me. But I signed up for the subscription, which said a 1/week trial and then your subscription will begin within 7 days at 5 dollars. Now some re might come on here and blah blah but it is deliberately misleading. What they meant by 7days was that EVERY SEVEN days they’d charge you 5 dollars. It took me two months to realize because my other purchases were grouped in with it in notifications (another feature I’m sure they bank on because they probably make the most money on people who get it and then remove it after a few months.) I doubt they actually care and I know how iTunes works they won’t refund nor gonna bother trying. Overall this app is great if you like spending that much money. They do have a yearly option and some other stuff which I did want to purchase if after one month I enjoyed the app. However after spending 40$ on it (my bad but they definitely intend you not to notice.) I just can’t bring myself to spend another 28$ for the yearly.

   BananaSilver · 30 Aug 2026

5. 1/5Costs more than Netflix

   The pricing is pretty ridiculous. $5 a WEEK? A streaming service with hundreds of shows is about $7 a MONTH. The developer costs for a bunch of photo presets cant possibly be comparable. Thing is, if it was a one time purchase, I would gladly pay for a preset bundle if the price were reasonable. I would even pay .99c to unlock just 2 or 3 that I used to use frequently. If there were more presets released in future updates I could see myself paying a small amount to unlock those if they were interesting enough. But a subscription service for photo presets is just silly from a consumers point of view. With a different model I might give this app some money but now I’m just going to use it way less and never drop a dime. It’s a photo editing app, it’s very replaceable. There are hundreds on the App Store. There are free art apps that you can make almost the exact same adjustments, just not in preset form. It’s easy and worth it to teach yourself the editing skills. Also, why are some of the presets that are premium labeled with stars, and others aren’t? most presets seems available, when they aren’t. If I could just see which ones were free I’d be more inclined to use the app, even with the more limited selection. It’s just a waste of time pressing every preset without a premium star only for a pop up for the subscription service to load up, again and again. It’s deceiving if this is on purpose, and if it’s a bug it’s just plain annoying. Anyways, I enjoyed this app at one point in time but I see that time has passed.

   emamamamamamamama · 30 Aug 2026

4.5 390826 ratings · Google Play

1. 5/5

   it's very gorgeous look like 🎀

   Bhumi Bhumi · 1 Aug 2026

2. 5/5

   awesome

   ESSANU ZEIDU · 1 Aug 2026

3. 1/5

   best

   Aman Imam · 1 Aug 2026

4. 1/5

   nic

   Rohit Dhurwey · 1 Aug 2026

5. 5/5

   i hope u don't lock all the filter 🔪😊

   Abraham Ravina · 1 Aug 2026

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