Bad UI leads to ridiculously bad Reviews
First of all, the good: the pictures provided are of decent, if not amazing quality and utility, high resolution, with good variety, although I HAVE seen better collections. This App has TWO major User Interface flaws, or inconsistencies, which lead to a bunch of exaggeratedly Low Ratings; and then a few Users figure their way past the UI Problem, or ignore it, thereby giving the App an Inflated Rating. The resulting Average 3-Star Rating is about right, but for the wrong reasons.
The App allows you to intuitively Select a Picture to Zoom in on it, and then Swipe to view the Picture on either side, UNTIL you get to either end of the NINE-Picture Thumbnail Page. Then you have to Exit BACK to the Thumbnail Page, to move Backward or Forward to the next Thumbnail Page, NOT by Swiping in either direction, but by pressing the Arrow buttons at the bottom of the page. THIS is why several Reviewers MISTAKENLY state that the Free App only provides 9 free pictures: they just got thrown by the inconsistency of the UI! The Developer needs to correct this issue in two ways: 1) allow Users to Swipe between Thumbnail Pages, not just use the Navigation Arrows; and 2) allow Users to continue Swiping to the next Full Size image, while zoomed in on individual pictures, BEYOND the end of each Thumbnail Page, to avoid having to return to the Thumbnail Page every nine pictures. Note: AVOID the shortsightedness of ANOTHER, competitive, Wallpaper App, by backing out to the SAME Thumbnail Page as the LAST viewed picture, rather than the Original Thumbnail, where you first zoomed in. Its really annoying to flip through all those Thumbnails in search of the individual picture where you left off.
One last point, and while not a major issue in many circumstances, it becomes one in mine, because my iPhone is FULL: this App takes up more than 3x the space of the NEXT largest Wallpaper App I have, and almost 10x the size of EACH of the next two Apps! If it werent for the bloated size, I might be tempted to hold onto this one, in hopes that the flaws will shortly be addressed; but I have little choice but to Delete it at the moment.
All things considered, 3 Stars seems about right for this App. But you can safely ignore the 1&0-Star Ratings: these Reviewers just gave up too easily and/or werent paying attention! And hopefully, the Developer will correct these issues shortly.
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