We are going to be reviewing the best photography apps for the Iphone. Please remember, we want you to feel free to discuss new apps that you’ve discovered or even let us know if you feel that our list is missing a certain app (no matter how long it took you to find it—we’re only as good as our users). So, sit back and grab some coffee, tea or any kind of caffeinated beverage and get ready to enjoy a review of your favorite photography apps.
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Best Apps For Iphone Photos
- VSCO: More than 200 filters for quick photo editing
If you want to quickly edit your photos with beautiful, professionally designed filters without a lot of fuss, check out VSCO. There are more than 200 filters to choose from for all types of photography, from landscapes to portraits.
Save your favorite VSCO presets to use again and again or combine them to create your own unique looks. VSCO is one of the most popular photo editing tools for Instagram, and the results are truly stunning.
VSCO on the App Store
- Gemini Photos: A photo gallery cleaner for iPhone
The more storage your iPhone comes with, the harder it becomes to keep your photo library clutter-free. That’s where Gemini Photos comes in. With this app, you can tackle photo clutter in bite-sized pieces. Gemini Photos will start by helping you find duplicate photos, then will go on to find and delete blurry shots and help you choose the best of similar shots so you can delete the rest. Using the Gemini Photos app weekly is a great way to keep your photo clutter to a minimum.
Gemini Photos on the App Store
- GIF Maker: Convert your photos and videos into GIFs
Are GIFs a part of your everyday conversations on social media? If you answered “yes,” then maybe it’s time to stop searching for the perfect GIF and start making your own. GIF Maker is a free app that allows you to turn your favorite photos or videos into one-of-a-kind GIFs. With it, you can create loop-style videos, add custom text, adjust the frame speed, and add beautiful filters before sharing. Now, all you have to do is find your best GIF-worthy shots.
GIF Maker on the App Store
- NightCap Camera: Take stunning long exposures with your iPhone
NightCap, a great night camera app for iPhone
NightCap, one of the best photo apps for iOS
If you’ve been playing around with low-light photography, you will love NightCap Camera. This app allows you to shoot long-exposure photos, time-lapse captures, and star trails with an array of settings that are easy to use.
NightCap’s Long Exposure mode is great for amazing motion blur effects in low light. It also has an ISO Boost feature that allows for a 4-times higher ISO setting than any other app, producing bright photos in very low light. NightCap is a fun app for more advanced photographers who want to experiment with new techniques and settings.
NightCap Camera on the App Store
- Snapseed: A free photo editing app for all types of photography
Snapseed, a free iPhone photography app
Snapseed, one of the best editing apps for iPhone photographers
Snapseed’s editing tools are free to use and provide professional-quality effects that are as simple as they are beautiful. Choose from a range of ready-to-go filters or fine-tune your edits by using powerful tools like HDR Scape, Healing, or Brush features.
Snapseed is one of the easiest photo editing apps available — the tools are intuitive to use, and even if you’re a novice photographer, you can dramatically improve your shots. Check out our Snapseed tutorial to master all of its tools.
Snapseed on the App Store
- Adobe Lightroom CC: A photo editing app for professional photographers
If you have been taking your photography seriously for a while, you probably have some experience using Adobe Lightroom on your computer. Now, you can take those professional editing tools and use them on your iPhone.
The Adobe Lightroom app uses an interface similar to its more powerful desktop editing software, and if you already use Adobe’s Creative Cloud, you’ll have access to your entire photo library on your phone. The Lightroom app is free to use with in-app purchases. If you aren’t already a subscriber, there are a variety of packages available for photographers.
Adobe Lightroom CC on the App Store
- Adobe Spark Post: Perfect editing app for creating quick graphics
Adobe Spark, an editor app for iPhone
Adobe Spark, one of the best iOS apps for photo editing
Another of the many photo apps for iPhone by Adobe enables you to create quick promotional projects to post on social media.
With Adobe Spark, you can make collages and add custom-colored borders and text overlays. You can also make custom posts for all of your social media platforms using a personalized color and font palette for easy edits, or you can choose from a variety of templates that are ready to personalize and post.
Adobe Spark Post on the App Store
- Camera + 2: A camera app packed with advanced features
Despite the hardware and software upgrades that make new iPhones awesome, manual controls are still lacking on the native Camera app. That means if you want to play around with long shutter speeds, aperture, or ISO, you’ll have to install a camera app that can go the extra mile.
Our recommendation is Camera +2, which enables you to utilize all the features of a fancy DSLR on your phone. You can virtually change lenses, set your shutter speed, focus manually, and shoot in RAW for maximum editing capabilities. This is an advanced camera app for experienced photographers and can be downloaded for $3.99.
Camera+ 2 on the App Store
- Airbrush: Best selfie app for iPhone
AirBrush, a retouching app for iPhone portraits
AirBrush, one of the top photo apps for iPhone
While Airbrush is a great general photo editor, it really excels at perfecting selfies and portraits. Before you post your photo on social media, edit your selfie to get rid of blemishes, smooth out wrinkles, and even out your skin tone.
For even bolder effects, you can use Airbrush to add volume to your hair, enlarge and brighten your eyes, and whiten your teeth. Whether you want to fine-tune imperfections or change your look entirely, Airbrush will work wonders on all of your selfies and portraits.
Airbrush on the App Store
- Lumos: Plan your shots based on the sun and moon
Whether you’re capturing the landscape, planning a portrait session, or just want to photograph whatever catches your eye, it can be very useful to know where the sun and moon will be during your shoot. Lumos is an affordable sun and moon tracker that allows you to visualize the path of the sun and the moon using virtual reality. This intuitive app can predict the position of the sun and the moon at any time, on any day, in any location.
With Lumos, you can set notifications to alert you to the times of the sunrise and sunset, different phases of the moon, the golden hour, and more. You can plan shoots based on location and time of day, and even in remote destinations far in the future. Lumos is currently available for $1.99 on the App Store.
Best photo editing apps for iphone free
- Snapseed
Available on iOS and Android | Free
Best for: Advanced photo editing on a mobile device.
Snapseed Photo Editor App
Google’s Snapseed packs a punch, rivaling desktop photo editors with its huge range of features and an intuitive interface.
Just like you’d expect, this free photo editing app comes with a range of preset filters. However, unlike most apps, you can edit these filters and even create your own from scratch.
It also has all of the classic tools, such as cropping, straightening, frames, text, vignettes, etc. And the sharpening feature does the job without making the image look grainy.
Then, things get interesting.
Snapseed has precision masking, which allows you to edit the depth of field – photographers often do this to make the background blurry and bring the foreground even more into focus.
There’s also a “Selective Adjust” tool. This lets you select a specific area of your photo and adjust the saturation, contrast, and brightness of that single point.
What’s more, the photo editor app saves your edit history, so you can amend your previous edits at any point.
- VSCO
Available on iOS and Android | Free
Best for: Classic-look filters.
VSCO Photo Filters App Free
Like Instagram, VSCO combines a camera, editing tools, and an online community.
But it’s all about the filters.
This free photo app provides a set of stunning filters that make your photos look like they were taken on an analog film camera. These soft and subtle filters add a touch of class to your photos compared to many heavily filtered Instagram presets. And you can also adjust them via a simple slider.
Of course, the app also has all the standard editing tools, like adjustments, cropping, borders, and vignettes. You can also use VSCO to adjust the exposure, contrast, temperature, or skin tones.
Once you’re done editing your photo, you can share it with VSCO’s community or to another social network – like Instagram! The app even lets you share on WhatsApp and SMS using the in-built sharing feature.
- Prisma Photo Editor
Available on iOS and Android | Free
Best for: Turning your photos into artistic “paintings” and “drawings.”
Prisma Photo Filter App
OK, sure – most filters that turn photos into “drawings” or “paintings” are downright awful.
Prisma is the exception.
This free photo editing app uses artificial neural networks (whatever that means), which “enable users to make photos appear like they were painted by Picasso, Munch, or even Salvador Dali.”
Give it a go – you might be surprised by how much you like it. You can pay to access additional filters, but there’s a generous set provided free of charge. In total, there’s more than 500 creative filters you can choose from.
Prisma also has its own online community similar to Instagram’s. So, once you’re done editing, you can share your image to your Prisma feed, save it directly to your device, share it on any social media app, or send it via email or messaging.
- Adobe Photoshop Express
Available on iOS and Android | Free
Best for: All-around photo editing.
Adobe Photoshop App Free
Adobe Photoshop Express takes many of Photoshop’s best photo editing tools and squeezes them into a mobile app. And despite providing plenty of advanced features, this free photo editing app is easy to use on a small touchscreen.
Just upload a photo from your device, take a new one with the camera, or use an image from your Adobe Creative Cloud account, and then start editing.
It has all the tools you’d expect – cropping, red-eye correction, brightness, contrast, saturation, filters, borders, etc. However, the best part is its selection of smart filters. These filters automatically correct common issues, such as color temperature and exposure problems.
Before you can use Adobe Photoshop Express, you’ll need to sign up for a free Adobe ID account. When you’ve finished editing your photo, save it directly to your device or share it to other marketing and social media apps.
- Foodie
Available on iOS and Android | Free
Best for: Taking your food photos to the next level.
Foodie Free Photo Filters App
Everyone has been guilty of taking pictures of their food at some point. Foodie embraces this impulse and helps you take your food photos to an entirely new level.
The editor is somewhat similar to Instagram’s – except that all of the 30 filters and editing features are set up with food in mind.
Plus, it helps you line up the perfect bird’s eye shot and makes the colors pop.
Bottom line: If you take pictures of food, you need this free photo editing app.
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