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9.8/10Based on App Store ratings only

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Finding a free photo for a post or page is the main job of Unsplash, an image library whose pictures can be used in personal and commercial projects without asking permission. Bloggers, designers and developers browse it on the web or in an iOS app, or pull images through an API, and an Unsplash+ subscription adds a separate curated library.

Ratings

About the Tools.us.org score

A weighted average of the published ratings below, shown out of 10 in the header above.

Based on App Store ratings only, 13K ratings.

How we calculate this

Each source counts by its number of ratings or reviews, capped at 1,000. Score = 2 × sum(rating × weight) ÷ sum(weights), rounded to one decimal. Inputs are published ratings out of 5; a missing source is left out, never counted as zero. A composite of published scores, not our own test.

Included: App Store 4.9 (weight 1,000).

  • App Store

    4.9/5

    13,055 Ratings

    US · iOS

    Checked 6 Nov 2026

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What users say

Summary of 87 App Store reviews, 10 Nov 2024 to 29 Oct 2026 (counted from the reviews)

Reviewers who like the app mention enjoyment of the app and recommendations to others, use for writing, images and creative work and free use without paying. Reviewers who complain mention bugs, crashes and features that stop working and the latest update and the changes it brought.

Top praises

  • Enjoyment of the app and recommendations to othersmentioned in 35 of 87 reviews
  • Use for writing, images and creative workmentioned in 18 of 87 reviews
  • Free use without payingmentioned in 9 of 87 reviews

Top complaints

  • Bugs, crashes and features that stop workingmentioned in 5 of 87 reviews
  • The latest update and the changes it broughtmentioned in 3 of 87 reviews

Best suited to: People who value enjoyment of the app and recommendations to others.

How it is counted: fixed keyword rules read each review's text, and no model writes the claims. A review counts once per theme and can mention several. Praise is counted in reviews rated 4 or 5 stars, complaints in reviews rated 1 or 2 stars. The reviews are the 87 that Apple's public review feed returned; the feed returns a window of reviews, not all of them.

Updated 5 Nov 2026. Supporting reviews: App Store

Facts at a glance

FactValueSource
Free planFreemium: a free plan existshelp.unsplash.com/en/articles/2612315-can-i-use-unsplash-images-for-personal-or-commercial-projects, checked 5 Nov 2026
Free trialYeshelp.unsplash.com/en/articles/6980832-unsplash-free-trial-faq, checked 5 Nov 2026
PlatformsWeb, iOS, APIhelp.unsplash.com/en, checked 5 Nov 2026

Pricing & plans

Model

Freemium

Free plan available

Trial

Yes

  • Licence excludes compiling photos to replicate a competing service

  • Download All button is for Unsplash+ subscribers only

  • Ad-free browsing is part of Unsplash+

  • Unsplash+ is billed as an annual subscription at a standard rate, but the help centre states no amount for it

Source: help.unsplash.com/en/articles/2612315-can-i-use-unsplash-images-for-personal-or-commercial-projects, checked 5 Nov 2026. Notes: help.unsplash.com/en/articles/6980832-unsplash-free-trial-faq, checked 5 Nov 2026

Features & platforms

  • Free images for personal and commercial projects

  • No credit or permission required from users

  • Unsplash+ subscription with a curated image library

  • Collections for organizing saved images

  • Multi-seat Unsplash+ for Teams plan

  • Image API for developers

  • Web
  • iOS
  • API

Sources: help.unsplash.com/en/articles/2612315-can-i-use-unsplash-images-for-personal-or-commercial-projects, help.unsplash.com/en/articles/6536895-what-is-unsplash, help.unsplash.com/en, help.unsplash.com/en/articles/14534549-what-is-unsplash-for-teams, unsplash.com/developers, help.unsplash.com/en/articles/6536919-can-i-access-unsplash-content-on-the-app, checked 5 Nov 2026

Alternatives

  • Pexels

    Carries both photos and videos, with a licence page stating that attribution is not required and that edits are allowed.

    pexels.com

  • Pixabay

    Shares images, video and audio under one content licence that allows free use without attribution and adaptation into new works.

    pixabay.com

  • StockSnap

    Releases its photos under a CC0 licence, with the licence terms set out on a dedicated page.

    stocksnap.io

Sources: pexels.com/license, pixabay.com/service/license-summary, stocksnap.io/license

Also in Stock media on Tools.us.org: Pexels, Shutterstock

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