Our Verdict
I wish Instagram , and conceive theapp hit its 150 millionth photoupload in the first place this month , I ’m sure enough not alone . But the turn of available photo sharing apps — Trover , Photogram , and Color , just to name a few — is so exhausting that when a novel one comes out , it has to be genuinely unique and well - done . Even then , success is n’t guaranteed .
Hello , Kitty : EyeEm ’s homepage features a change background of user picture
EyeEm , launched from theGermany - establish startupof the same name , is a new social photography app that hopes it can occupy a gap in the overpopulated mart . EyeEm ’s basic concept is similar to Instagram ’s : Share your photos with friends ; add up lo - fi filters at will . What ’s unique about EyeEm is its tagging system , which makes it well-to-do to describe exposure and connect with other users who have like photographic pursuit .
Hello, Kitty: EyeEm’s homepage features a changing background of user photos
The app automatically guesses the activity and location of a photo . For instance , I took a exposure of a my computing machine at piece of work and the app mechanically track the image with Checking in , IDG Headquarters , San Francisco , and USA . you could transfer the tags to other action such as , Relaxing , Working , discipline In , hang Out , and Having Fun . After the picture is dilute into your provender , you could take in similar photos by tapping on one of the tags . bug “ San Francisco ” directs you to a feed of all the EyeEm photos tagged with San Francisco , which you could then select to follow .
Photo Feed : Each ticket has its own image provender , so you’re able to see picture based on activeness or emplacement
Like and Share : you’re able to like , point out on , and divvy up a pic easy within the EyeEm app
Photo Feed: Each tag has its own image feed, so you can discover photos based on activity or location
EyeEm also has a great- looking interface . The app ’s home page consist of a camera icon , to take photos , and a feed icon , where you’re able to see pic from the users and tags you ’re postdate . When going through a provender , photos are displayed in thumbnail data format ( declamatory than on Instagram ) against a sullen gray background . you may click a photo to enlarge it , where you will also find oneself a remark thread and the number of likes the image has received . Photos are displayed beautifully , and the app appears more professional than its competitors , the way500pxcompares to Flickr .
While in photographic camera modal value , you may scroll through the ten build - in range of a function filters in real time , before actually taking a photo . I really liked the active feeling of this feature article . Even though these filter are available , what ’s surprising is that most of the photos in EyeEm ’s democratic provender take care filter - spare . A hatful of images are really uploaded DSLR shots , rather than exposure claim with a smartphone .
photographic camera Time : The app get you see what a filter looks like before actually taking a pic
Like and Share: You can like, comment on, and share a photo easily within the EyeEm app
EyeEm has a lot of potentiality , but the app is still buggy . Mainly it ’s slow : images , image feeds , and the in - app tv camera all take a while to load , wee-wee the experience somewhat frustrating . Creating customs duty tag end is also hard , and it ’s impossible to add a tradition image description within the app ( you’re able to , however , do this if you upload images fromEyeEm ’s website ) . If EyeEm hopes to compete with the major photo - partake in apps , it will need to verify it ’s as technically smooth as its interface looks .
[ Alexandra Chang is a Macworld staff editor . ]
Camera Time: The app lets you see what a filter looks like before actually taking a photo
