Meitu

I'm lowering my review to 3 stars for a couple reasons. First of all I do want to say I love the filters, frames ( though there's a serious lacking in variety for non vertical), text, stickers and I even got VIP. That said, they now have yet another tier of subscription which is required if you want to do things like background cutout. Their cutout ai detector is incredibly bad and you basically have to cut it manually. Other apps are much better at this. Once my sub expires I am not renewing.

The latest update removed the "Clear Sky" AI art filter, which was my favorite one. Please fix this and add it back! Without that filter, I feel no need to continue my VIP subscription. I would also appreciate the option to choose my original 3 AI art filters, rather than it be locked to those 3 terrible choices straight up. Edit: CLEAR SKY is back! Yay!

I'm so old I remember when nothing in this app was behind a paywall. I don't use Meitu often but every time I come to edit a picture, yet another filter/sticker/brush that was once free is behind a RIDICULOUS paywall. I'd happily get VIP if it was a one-time purchase, Meitu has the best filters and extras for editing photos, but at some point eventually everything but the bare-basics are going to be subscription dependent. Really, really disappointing & will never be worth $9.99/month 🙄