pixiv

Eduardo Michel

9 months ago

Pretty good. Does what you'd expect, such as uploading media, viewing it from others, etc. Easy to favorite and collect. Searching is done with tags. It does try to auto translate some tags, which makes it easier to see the Japanese side of things, but it's not that great. Searching in Japanese itself is superior. I just wish the artists were better about tagging their art. Searching itself could use better tools, such as searching your own favorites with more than 1 tag

Illyasviel Tensei

1 year ago

I've been on pixiv as an artist for about 2 years now. I love the site for it's ease of finding other artwork, and the potential for growth. The tagging system is very good too. If I had any complaints, it would be that the website is oversaturated with AI artworks that aren't always tagged as AI, and I've found no way to sort to make it so they don't show up. Not a deal breaker, but it can be hard to find genuine art some days when I'm scrolling though 5 minutes of AI sludge.

Tommie Thompson

4 years ago

Great mobile port of the site. Good tagging system, good community, great art. Settings allow easy nsfw access if that is your preference but is able to be safe just as easily. Pretty much any browsing experience is good, whether just going through new posts or bouncing around related art. Recommend premium as well but it's not necessary either.

A Google user

5 years ago

It's an alright app. I use this app to view pictures (as it should be), but it feels like I'm viewing text since I have to scroll for a user's pictures. I like how every time I like one picture, 4 more of the same character(s), from the same user and sometimes, it could be the full set of pictures that I liked. If there's one thing I wish could be fixed, would be the "videos", or gifs, or whatever you want to call them; point is, they take forever and they can't be searched (not too sure on that)

A Google user

4 years ago

I love this app. It's got a ton of great art from talented people. The user interface is a bit to get through though. For instance you can search by tags but using more than one will return less results, because it's looking for posts with both. On top of that you can mute certain tags which is nice but when you go to apply that setting all the listed tags are untranslated and since a ton of the artist are Japanese can make it difficult to know which.

HOLISH XXX

3 years ago

Wonderful app for those looking to find art help, other artists or just to spend time! Few bugs I've experienced, only one being that sometimes you cannot click hearts while I'm in the home tab. Doesn't make anything negative, easy fix to just click on the image and heart it like that! Would love to see a dark theme in the future, or even different colored themes to make the scrolling more personalized? The brightness hurts my eyes a bit, but you get used to it! Awesome app.

Rikenzu Plays

3 years ago

Its a nice app, but its missing some key functionality, like the forums and direct messaging. Its not fun having to navigate the website to use those functions, especially as an American user, seeing as almost the entire site is in Japanese, and Google Chrome doesnt like translating webpages. At the very least, a messaging function needs to be added in. The app is supposed to make things easier, not harder.

Charles Skinner

3 years ago

App won't let you log in. Even if you just changed your password and everything it just stays stuck on log in squeen. It's been a problem for almost a year now and has never been fixed. It has now been 2 years. Still locked out of the app. They used to gave a secons app that worked but they kicked everyone off of it. Now i am forced to have the version that does not work!

A Google user

4 years ago

It's a really great app for looking at art when your tired of the fanart on deviantart and just want to see something a little less convoluted in terms of looks (sort of) than the art on artstation (whatever they post, thats's their occupation so they are hoing to be good at it). Either way, if you're just looking for art to attempt to draw or just want to come up with crazy ideas in your head, this should be one of your top picks.

Shadonic

2 years ago

There have been too many times when the app just stops loading pages. I know it's not my wifi since every other app works fine using wifi or data. The funny thing is the same pages that won't load in the app WILL load in a browser page. There's no point in having the app if it doesn't work and forces you to use the desktop version. I'd use the desktop version if that's what I wanted. This app is hot garbage. Other people have made way better pixiv clients.

Nolan Carey

4 years ago

I really love the app, as it is my main source of fanart. It has a lot of amazing stuff on their and the whole experience was enjoyable. Well, until recently. The English severs have been acting up for the past week and what used to take 5 seconds, now takes 5 minutes. It's slow, annoying, and just an overall negative experience. It would be nice if they could fix it soon, as it sucks for it to be like this.

Gideon Garcia

2 years ago

Decent app, but I find the web Browser a lot more capable and manageable when it comes to settings and features. Examples being the "Like-button", it's not present on this app. Also the mute tag settings isn't as robust. As for the application itself, there's alot of great art here, but there are certain genres that I was very uncomfortable with. That is why I wish the phone app has alot more capability to muting certain tags.

David Cunningham (BioCreatorZ)

2 years ago

The app only returns "Illustration not found" despite the content very well being in existence when accessed through browser. The app and browser page are so functionally different and the inconsistencies are really annoying to deal with. Edit: So I did a bit more digging, and it turns out I had to switch on a specific setting that was switched off. The only reason I even had this problem though is because I couldnt seem to access it on the app. Regardless, my feelings remain unchanged.

ginger ale

3 years ago

Very good app of Pixiv, but it is still lacking in some of the features that the website provides. Mainly in the search engine. The site allows for you to filter for all, all ages, and R18 works. The app does not (that I have seen) have this feature. The site also shows a red tag on the icon of the work that tells that a work is R18 before you even click on it. Please update with these features to make it a good alternative. Thank you!

Sam Lanotte

3 years ago

It could use a few improvements to make finding liked images much easier. For example, the collection filter is useless, as it only has options for "public" and "private". I suggest adding a feature that allows people to enter tags the same way as the search bar. This will reduce the time it takes for me to look for a piece that I liked a long time ago that is not buried under 200+ other works.

Dragon Gomez

8 months ago

I've been using the app for quite a while, and I absolutely love it. One thing that I wish the app can implement is the ability to search through specific liked content while in the main search section, as well as having the ability to change settings normally only accessible on the PC version on the mobile version as well.

Nick Ballard

5 months ago

A Amazing App, I've been using pixiv for years now, and I love it. There's a large variety of artists and styles readily available. It easily connects to other websites such as X or others. I've found almost everything on here, and it stays up to date. It even hosts a good verity of other language artists. Easy to understand interface and simple format. The search filter system is easy to use and navigation is a breeze.