20 Best Photo Apps for iPhone and Android

The 21st century is a time of innovation and fast-paced content. Even old-school people aged 60+ now have a smartphone with a good camera and capture meaningful moments in their lives. Bloggers, or opinion leaders, have gone much further than that. They create unique photos, collages and videos. They even use their mobile phones to take photos for websites.

Of course a usual photo without studio light and processing looks a little bit raw. But how do bloggers manage to fill them with colorfulness and make such an amazing retouching as for the cover of a glossy magazine? No, they don’t take dozens of courses in photography and photo correction. They have a set of apps they work with day in and day out to create the perfect image.

In this article, you’ll find a selection of photo editing apps for your smartphone. They are all free, but offer a comprehensive range of features, filters and capabilities. All of the following apps can be downloaded on both Android and iPhone.

Snapseed

Snapseed is a free professional photo editor from Google. It combines simplicity with a variety of features for photo editing. Among these features you will find not only standard tools like cropping or straightening, but much more! The editor will allow you to apply text, make stickers, create stunning collages and much more.

One of the most significant tools is “spot-correction” – allows you to remove unnecessary objects in a photo, and smooth out surfaces. It’s the equivalent of a paintbrush in Photoshop. Girls often use this tool to make their skin look perfect and flawless.

VSCO

VSCO is another powerful tool that users can use to edit photos. In essence, it’s not just a photo editor, but an entire social network with editing tools and the ability to communicate with other users.

The main option of this app is filters. Some of which are available for free. Users can get even more filters by taking out a paid subscription, but by trying out a test period first. In case the premium seems irrelevant to you, you can cancel the subscription at the end of the trial period.

Why recommend VSCO?

• Over 200 presets to enhance your photo’s uniqueness. There are even vintage filters from Kodak, Agfa and Ilford.
• Users benefit from enhanced editing tools.
• The app even includes the ability to edit videos, create a moving collage and more.
• Images can be edited and collages can be made using exclusive tools like HSL and Borders.

If you wish, you can post the photo to the VSCO community feed and collect feedback on your work. If you’re an active Instagram user, the application allows you to share the picture directly to the desired social network. Without any additional manipulation with downloading. You can also send your collage or video from the app to WhatsApp or by regular SMS.

Prisma Photo Editor

Have you seen the avatars on social media with the page owner’s image in the style of a 2D drawing? Have you ever wondered how they are made? It’s unlikely that everyone has commissioned cartoon images from some artist. If you fancy doing something similar again, Prisma Photo Editor is the answer. 

The application combines neural networks and artificial intelligence, which is why the pictures are done so well. 

Prisma will allow you to create masterpieces, as if they had just been taken from the easels of Picasso and Dali, absolutely free of charge. The creation of pictures is easy, even very entertaining. You can choose from over 500 filters for your creativity. And if you like, you can show the whole Prisma community your masterpieces. Or simply save them on your smartphone or add them to another social network.

Adobe Photoshop Express

It’s hard to imagine anyone who has never heard of Adobe Photoshop. The tool is used by photographers, graphic designers, web designers and many other artists. The new version of Adobe Photoshop Express is a free, fast and easy-to-use tool that lets you put your creativity to use.

The mobile version of the application offers a wide range of features that are easy to use on a smartphone. To access the functionality, the app will ask you to create an account or log in to an existing one. You can use an existing account from the desktop version of Ps, or sign in with a social network account. Immediately after logging in with your in-app account you can start editing the image.

You can then remove objects, add a new object, a sticker or overlay another image. Of course the functionality doesn’t stop there, there are also built-in filters, templates for collages and different fonts for adding text to the picture. You can save the image in different sizes and extensions. You can then share the image on your social networks or even use it for business.

Foodie

If you’re an active Instagram user, you’ll find Foodie very familiar. Its editor is as similar as possible to Instagram’s built-in editor. This tool will be useful for flick makers, as there are more than 30 filters available for food shots. For maximum results, we recommend checking out the ‘smart guide’ feature for capturing food and other compositions from above. This app will help you create juicy food shots.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC

Adobe Lightroom CC is another equally worthy modification of the Photoshop editor for mobile devices. In the app you can crop photos, change the aspect ratio, and do processing using filters and various effects. In addition, you can work with curves directly in the application, make professional colour correction and make point changes in the photo.

An important feature of this application is the possibility of working with RAW files, which are of a high quality and are usually used by professional photographers.

There are also additional features in the app. But you can get access to them by subscribing to Adobe Creative Cloud. The following features are available to the user: Restoration Brush, Selective Photo Correction, Geometry, Cloud Storage and Adobe Sensei.

Bottom Line

To find the best free photo editing app for you and your brand, you need to first define your goals and then test some photo editing apps to find the right one for you.

For best results, it is better to use one or two photo editors – it is better to become advanced in one app than to have mediocre skills in many.