Pinterest vs Instagram

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R9] Pinterest 3/5 · US Loved it, really sad that there is so many ads: I have had this app for years but with the new updates, it is constantly filled with post generated by AI. You are able to turn some of the AI generated content off but now I have noticed more ads. It very saddening I miss the old Pinterest.
2. [R19] Pinterest 1/5 · US Too many ads and AI: Used to be one of my favorite apps but it is unusable now because of the amount of ads and AI slop rather than actual creative inspiration and projects
3. [R55] Pinterest 1/5 · US SO MUCH AI: I LOVED Pinterest for so long but now it is overrun with generative AI slop. Incredibly disappointing for a site a lot of creatives use to allow and push such harmful content.
4. [R64] Instagram 1/5 · US Random features and useless AI: The AI features and random new additions are so goddamn annoying. We don’t need an AI chatbot, we don’t need AI avatars, and we don’t need whatever “instants” are
5. [R2] Pinterest 4/5 · US Please Fix Update: My favorite app but I am so sad about the new update. My board sections are so hard to access now, it's not very user friendly! The old format was perfect, please fix.
6. [R34] Pinterest 1/5 · US Go back to old update.: I will be complaining about this update until you go back to what it was before. You had absolutely no reason to put the search bar at the bottom and to where I can only search something up if I’m already viewing the pin. You put the notifications at the Home Screen so every time I get a notification I have to leave the pin I was viewing. This whole update is extremely anno
7. [R36] Pinterest 3/5 · US the widget doesn’t work anymore! please fix!!: i love pinterest and i use it all the time, but the widget on my home screen doesn’t work anymore. i noticed that my widget (which is supposed to cycle through different pins once every hour) was stuck on the same picture for multiple days. i tried to delete and redownload the widget, but now it doesn’t give me the option to edit the widget!! i can’t
8. [R81] Instagram 3/5 · US Glitches: This app is good and all but, there’s been major glitches lately, you see whenever I open the back I noticed I got a notification from direct messages and I checked there’s nothing there and when I went back to the main section the 5 selection on the bottom is gone I tried to refresh but nothing worked
9. [R4] Pinterest 1/5 · US Terrible bugs: I ran into this issue upon logging in on my laptop. After typing in the CORRECT credentials, the site not only logged me out on all devices but also reset my password. I wish I was making this up. Now, not only do I have to log back in on MULTIPLE devices, but I also have to set up an entirely new password. Highly upset.
10. [R20] Pinterest 4/5 · US Logged me of for some days: I liked it but after awhile it started logging me out and would let me in for a couple of days.
11. [R51] Pinterest 3/5 · US PINTEREST PLEASE FIX THISSSSS!!!!!: I absolutely love Pinterest and have an account and post on there and go on it 20 times a day for outfit inspo, random funny stuff, nail ideas, art stuff, but one random day it logged me out and it won’t let me log back in. I forgot my password but ik my email and whenever I try to log back in, it says that it sent my password to my email, but I never got it. I’
12. [R61] Instagram 1/5 · US Mass suspension: Instagram is a really amazing app but the mass suspension going on by the ai reviews is really concerning and frustrating. I got my ig account @au10entiko, perma suspended after it was doing amazing with reels and post. I was getting a lot of views and likes, and one day I get suspended for a reason that wasn’t even close to being true. I hope you resolve this issue, and I hope t
13. [R10] Pinterest 1/5 · US BEGGING for an AD-Free Option: THERE IS AN AD EVERY TWO PINS NOW. I genuinely hate this app. And maybe people arent leaving reviews but they are talking about it on social media and they’re all in agreement: the ads have gotten INSANELY out of control. The app is almost unusable which is really really sad. This was once such an enjoyable ap and it’s been destroyed by capitalism just as everything
14. [R31] Pinterest 1/5 · US Ads, Ads, and You Guessed It…More Ads: Pinterest has become virtually unusable due to the amount of ads. I see one actual pin for SIX ads. The ads are hypersensitive and open if you get even CLOSE to them. Pinterest is no longer the enjoyable, creative platform it used to be. Now it is largely a platform for ads. It’s easy to tell that Pinterest no longer prioritizes the customer experience, becau
15. [R49] Pinterest 2/5 · US Unbearable amount of ads: Ads are unbearable. You scroll through your feed and you find yourself looking at more ads than pins you are interested in. This used to be my favorite app, but it is very hard for me to even open it any more knowing i’ll open the ads to that many ads. If I wanted to look at that many ads, I would look at the newspaper.
16. [R73] Instagram 1/5 · US Way too many ads: Every 2-3 post is an ad. And the other one is an influencer selling you something. So that makes 33-50% of the content you see to be ads. Also the worst AI I have ever seen so far is the Meta AI. And now it’s in everything.
17. [R37] Pinterest 1/5 · US All they do is report you: You can’t save pins (they report you for copyright infringement). Why have that option if you aren’t allowed to do so? You can’t look at tattoos, bikinis, piercings (nothing salacious)…they report you for everything. Pinterest is using AI for this and you will get popped on years old saved pins. I get reported 5-10 per week for old pins I have saved. Legit, nothing wrong
18. [R52] Pinterest 1/5 · US This app is bad: Once i put in my age it says am not eligible like i am over 13 why arent you letting me in that just shows that this app doesnt know what its doing🙄
19. [R58] Pinterest 1/5 · US Greedy: Pinterest just got greedy to the point this app doesn’t even work the way it used to. Between everything being an ad or AI there’s no point of using Pinterest anymore. Get your inspiration from TikTok like the rest of the world.
20. [R82] Instagram 1/5 · US Support sucks bad: I’ve been waiting for a week to get care minimum help. I am very unhappy with instagram.