Bugs Found in Remini – AI Photo Enhancer for iOS
Remini is an AI-powered mobile application, specifically designed to enhance and restore old photos. This innovative platform can revive cherished memories with just a few taps on your device.
Delving into its functionality, Remini not only improves photo clarity but also provides color enhancement and facial reconstruction, making it a powerful tool for photo restoration. These advanced features, along with its user-friendly interface, make it a go-to solution for bringing history back to life.
Our QA engineers conducted a bug crawl of the Remini – AI Photo Enhancer app for iOS. During this examination, we identified bugs that could degrade application performance or affect the overall user experience. Join us as we share our findings, which could help refine this digital photo restoration platform.
‘Oops! something went wrong’ error is displayed after selecting ‘Caricature’ filter
Severity:
Major
Steps to Reproduce:
- Launch the app.
- Select the ‘job Caricature’ option in the top navbar.
- Select the media.
- Tap the ‘Caricature’ filter in the ‘Editor’ section.
- Observe the error message.
Environment:
iPhone 15 Pro Max (26.3)
Actual Result:
‘Oops! something went wrong’ error message is displayed after selecting the ‘Caricature’ filter.
Expected Result:
The ‘Caricature’ filter should be applied to the selected media file without any errors.
Selected ‘Gender’ in ‘Profile’ is reset after navigating between multiple profiles
Severity:
Major
Precondition:
- The user has at least three profiles.
- One of the profiles has no generated photos.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Launch the app.
- Tap the ‘Settings’ icon in the top right corner.
- Navigate between profiles.
- Observe if the ‘Gender’ selection remains unchanged.
Environment:
iPhone 15 Pro Max (26.3)
iPhone 16 (18.2)
Actual Result:
The selected ‘Gender’ in the ‘Profile’ section is reset after navigating between multiple profiles.
Expected Result:
The selected ‘Gender’ field should remain unchanged after navigating between profiles.
Lag in Media picker's response; temporary unresponsiveness after tab navigation
Severity:
Minor
Steps to Reproduce:
- Launch the app.
- Tap the ‘Images’ icon in the ‘Enhance’ section.
- Navigate to the ‘Photos’ tab.
- Navigate to the ‘Videos’ tab.
- Repeat these actions several times.
- Observe that the buttons become temporarily unresponsive.
Environment:
iPhone 15 Pro Max (26.3)
iPhone 11 (26.2)
Actual Result:
The media picker opens only after multiple taps, and its buttons briefly become unresponsive when navigating between the ‘Photos’ and ‘Videos’ tabs.
Expected Result:
The media picker should open immediately after tapping the ‘Photos’, ‘Videos’, or ‘Images’ icon.
‘Discover new styles’ section does not open media picker when clicked
Severity:
Minor
Steps to Reproduce:
- Launch the app.
- Scroll down to the ‘Discover new styles’ section.
- Tap the ‘See all’ button.
Environment:
iPhone 15 Pro Max (26.3)
iPhone 16 (18.2)
Actual Result:
Tapping the ‘Discover new styles’ section does not open the media picker.
Expected Result:
The media picker should open upon tapping the ‘Discover new styles’ section.
Application of ‘Enhance’ feature turns freckles into vein-like artifacts
Severity:
Minor
Steps to Reproduce:
- Launch the app.
- Scroll to the ‘Enhance’ section.
- Upload a photo of a person with visible freckles.
- Apply the ‘Enhance’ feature to the photo.
Environment:
iPhone 15 Pro Max (26.3)
iPhone 16 (18.2)
Actual Result:
After applying the ‘Enhance’ feature, facial freckles are transformed into vein-like artifacts.
Expected Result:
After the ‘Enhance’ feature is applied, freckles should maintain their natural look, while the overall skin tone or lighting of the photo should undergo enhancement.
Overall, the app delivers strong AI photo enhancement capabilities and provides noticeable improvements to low-quality or blurry photos with minimal user effort. The one-tap enhancement flow is simple and accessible to non-technical users, making the product highly engaging. However, during testing, I encountered several usability and stability issues that negatively impact the user experience. These could be remedied with comprehensive QA testing.
