Are you a photographer who loves to edit your images on the go? Are you interested in trying out photo editing but aren’t sure how to start? Editing your photos on mobile devices has never been easier!
We’ve gathered a list of the top apps for mobile photo editing. Whether you are looking for an app that is super-simple or one that allows for advanced editing, we’ve got you covered.
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Best Apps For Photo Editing
If you’ve got one of the best camera phones you’ll also want one of the best photo editing apps to go with it.
The best smartphones take incredible images these days, but great though they are you can still get more from them if you also use specialized software. Of course all phones will have built-in apps to crop and enhance your snaps, but that’s only a tiny part of what you might want to do.
For instance, some of the options below can handle RAW files, or remove unwanted elements from the background of an image, or change how they look with seriously clever AI-based filters. You’ll also find options like white balance, layers, exposure and more. And of course there are also fun features such as stickers, plus the ability to share images quickly to social media.
We’re tried every app in this list extensively, to ensure each one comes with the Tom’s Guide stamp of approval. So read on for our selection of the best photo editing apps.
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What are the best photo editing apps?
After testing more than a dozen popular apps, our pick of the best photo editing apps overall is PicsArt. It has a great set of tools, plus features such as AI photo effects, stickers, text overlays, and backgrounds to enhance your photos.
In addition, PicsArt has tutorials and a daily photo-editing challenge to help you brush up your skills, and a library of images you can edit yourself. Plus, the app has a social component, letting you chat with other users and share your photos with them.
If you’re looking for something more comprehensive, Snapseed offers features such as nondestructive editing, curves, RAW image editing, white balance exposure, and a double exposure filter. You can also create layered effects, which you can save and apply to multiple photos. However, it’s geared towards those with some knowledge of photo editing, so there’s a steeper learning curve than some other products here.
And, while Google Photos’ editing tools are on the skimpy side, it’s second to none when it comes to backing up not just your photos, but all your videos, too, and syncing them across whatever device you may have, be it a PC, Mac, tablet, or smartphone.
Be sure to check out all of our picks for the best photo editing apps.
- PicsArt (Android, iOS)
Screens from PicsArt, our choice as the best photo editing app
PicsArt (Image credit: Future/Sally Grotta)
PicsArt is our top pick of the best photo editing apps, because it’s fun, easy to use, yet covers just about all the bases for consumer mobile photography. It provides lots of creative control, excellent image-editing tools and a large variety of attractive filters. In addition, you can quickly select or create fun stickers, combine your pictures into highly customizable collages, add artistic text and share. The full-featured camera module includes pre-capture effects and photo tools.
You can use Remix Chat to share and collaboratively edit photos with the 150 million monthly users of PicsArt, or only with your friends. In-app tutorials are easy to follow, and challenges prompt users to submit their creations based on a specific type of edit or a theme; winners are selected by community vote.
However, ads for PicsArt premium pop up frequently (and annoyingly) in the middle of editing processes. To turn them off — and to have the video editor, plus more tools, filters and content — you have to buy a premium subscription for $11.99 for a single month or $55.99/year. (There’s also a student discount).
PicsArt offers a rich and highly accessible collection of photo-editing and collaging tools for consumer photographers. And it provides lots of creative control while keeping everything fun and lively.
Download PicsArt: Android, iOS
- Snapseed (Android, iOS)
Screens of the Snapseed photo editing app
Snapseed (Image credit: Future/Sally Grotta)
Snapseed isn’t for the casual user, but rather for serious photographers who want or need to spend time creating the best possible image while on the go. As such, it has a full array of top-notch editing tools, including selective edit brushes, plus a nice collection of film-related filters (such as Lens Blur, Retrolux and Double Exposure).
For detail-oriented photographers, Snapseed can be not only fun but also addictive. We enjoyed just wandering through its range of exposure, color, masking and reshaping tools, brushes, and filters as we experimented with different settings. Because the editing is nondestructive, you can always go into the Stack (the layers of edits) and adjust or eliminate any edit (including correcting misspelled text). Or you can use a Stacks brush to apply an effect to only a portion of your picture. In addition, you can save a Stack of edits you’ve applied to a picture as a “Look,” which can then be applied to other photos and shared with other users.
Snapseed’s excellent traditional tools and nondestructive editing make it one of the best photo editing apps for serious photographers who want or need to spend time fine-tuning their pictures. The app is free and there is no premium version.
Download Snapseed: Android, iOS
- Adobe Photoshop Camera (Android, iOS)
Screens of the Adobe Photoshop Camera photo editing app
Adobe Photoshop Camera (Image credit: Future/Sally Grotta)
Adobe Photoshop Camera is one of the best photo editing apps due to its AI, which applies special effects and photo corrections before or after you shoot with your phone’s camera.
Photoshop Camera uses filters, called “lenses,” to apply special effects or make adjustments to color, lighting and clarity. But what makes Camera special is the use of Adobe Sensei which automatically identifies the type of photo (portrait or landscape) and creates masks for key aspects, such as a face or the sky. So, for instance, the sky lenses can change the color of the sky, add or remove clouds, and even add the appropriate reflections in a body of water, without affecting other portions of the picture. In addition, some lenses have “sprites” — smart objects that can be pinched, zoomed and moved within a Sensei-identified area of the picture. That makes it possible to position and resize lens-placed objects (such as planets or clouds). And some lenses have small animations, like shooting stars or a blasting-off rocket ship.
The iPad version of Adobe Photoshop has a few clever desktop features, such as the refine edge brush, which lets you better define an object you want to select, and rotate canvas. Both features are touch-enabled, too.
Adobe promises that it will add new lenses (all free) on a regular basis, some created by celebrity artists and influencers. Since each of the lenses has variations (accessed by swiping right or left), you can have hours of photo adventures. PS Camera is a delightful app that is essentially push-button photography, even though you can make some adjustments to the effects. As such it will appeal more to fun-loving photographers, rather than pros or serious amateurs. The app is free and there is no premium version.
Download Adobe Photoshop Camera: Android, iOS
- Pixlr (Android, iOS)
Screenshots of the Pixlr photo editing app
Pixlr (Image credit: Future/Sally Grotta)
Pixlr is one of the best photo editing apps for the casual photographer who wants to do just a bit of fine-tuning, perhaps add some neat effects and then share on whatever social networks are on their phone. The intuitive interface is easy to master, so you can get right into the fun of playing with your pictures.
Pixlr has a nice variety of easy-to-use photo adjustment tools, without overwhelming you with choices. This includes brushes to apply selective edits (such as darken or undo). The libraries of special effect filters, overlays, and borders are fun and generally attractive. The cartoonish stickers are varied and fun. Quickly create collages, using preset layouts or designed templates that allow you to shuffle your photos, as well as zoom and move them within the placeholders.
The premium version ($1.99/month or $11.99/year) turns off the ads and provides lots more content (stickers, overlays, borders, and fonts). While serious photographers might find Pixlr’s library of editing tools too shallow, casual users will enjoy the app’s easy creativity.
Download Pixlr: Android, iOS
- Adobe Lightroom (Android, iOS)
Screenshots of the Adobe Lightroom photo editing app
Adobe Lightroom (Image credit: Future/Sally Grotta)
The mobile version of Adobe Lightroom (iOS and Android) is part of a cloud-based workflow that includes storage of your entire photo library and access to the full-resolution files (original and edited) on all your devices (mobile, laptop and desktop). So, when purchased with the entire Lightroom system (starting at $9.99/month), you’re buying into a powerful photo-processing ecosystem that provides professional-level control and quality. However, if all you want is a top-notch photo app on your phone or tablet, the standalone Lightroom Mobile is free, or you can pay $4.99/month for a Premium subscription that gives you 100GB of storage space.
Lightroom Mobile is a great learning platform. Its ever-growing library of interactive tutorials will teach you to edit your images like a pro. And that’s good, because the feature set is quite deep, with dozens of tools to work with exposure, color, selective edit, filters and such. The vast majority of edits involve slider controls, with quick responsiveness so you know exactly how the adjustment affects your picture. What’s more, the edits are non-destructive, so you can always return to your original image. In addition to the intuitive social sharing, Lightroom has a Discover area, where you can see animations of the steps other photographers and artists used to create their best images. Plus, you can contribute your own edited pictures to Lightroom Discover.
Lightroom Mobile is a top-notch photo app for anyone serious about getting the very best out of their photographs. But it may be overkill for folks who don’t want to spend the time doing more than a quick brightening, crop or special effect before sharing their pictures.
Download Adobe Lightroom Mobile: Android, iOS
- Instagram (Android, iOS)
Screenshots of Instagram
Instagram (Image credit: Future/Sally Grotta)
Instagram has more than 850 million users for good reason: its focus on the quick, uncomplicated sharing of photos and videos on social media is a winning formula. Its intuitive interface offers a fast path from taking a picture or video through simple edits to posting simultaneously on multiple social networks.
Liking and sharing posts, sending and receiving direct messages, and generally engaging with others are Instagram’s primary activities. In fact, the most important metric (which businesses and influencers use to monetize their Instagram accounts) is your engagement rate, or how many people view and like your posts. And many of the recently added features include tools for gauging and improving your engagement rate. This includes the ability to remove “ghost followers” (those who don’t engage with your posts) and tracking which individual hashtags attract more views and likes. A nice security feature now lists all emails that Instagram has sent you recently, so you can verify what’s really from Instagram and isn’t a phishing attack. And Instagram addicts have gotten a bit of help in breaking the habit — the app now tells you how much time per day you spend on it.
Instagram frequently adds and removes features and tools, which confounds some users and excites others. But the one constant is that it continues to grow in popularity.
Download Instagram: Android, iOS
- Google Photos (Android, iOS)
Screenshots of Google Photos
Google Photos (Image credit: Future/Sally Grotta)
Google Photos is the only photo app that we consider a necessity for any mobile device. If you’ve ever lost all your media files when your phone died or was misplaced, you’ll understand why. While it only has minimal editing tools, Google Photos organizes your photos and videos, offers easy sharing and — most importantly — automatically backs up your entire image library to the cloud. From there, it seamlessly syncs to all your devices where the app is installed. That includes Apple phones, laptops, tablets and desktop computers; Windows computers, and all Android devices.
Google’s photo-editing features are designed to require very little input from the user, and as such are quick and simple. For instance, the only user-controlled sliders you get are to adjust color, light and contrast (pop) on the overall image. It also has a handful of filters with a slider to control the strength of the effect. Google Photos has its fun side, too. For instance, it automatically generates animated GIFs from photos you take in batches.
Google Photos is also one of our top choices for the best photo storage and sharing sites. Just bear in mind that it no longer offers unlimited storage: any photos you upload will count against your free 15GB Google Drive limit. If you want more space, you’ll need to pay for it, with prices starting at $1.99 a month for 100GB.
That caveat aside, Google Photos is a must. Just download it, set it up and let it do its thing in the background.
Download Google Photos: Android, iOS
- Pixtica (Android)
An image of Pixtica displayed on a smartphone
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Pixtica doesn’t do much that you won’t find in the other best photo editing apps, but it’s rare to get all this in one place — and in such a gorgeous, user-friendly package too.
This Android-only app offers complete control over every aspect of photography, from ISO to shutter speed to focus, while live filters, panorama, HDR, stickers and hyperlapse modes give you plenty of creative options.
A paid version adds more filters and higher resolutions, and unlocks various other options, but the free one will be plenty for most people.
Download Pixtica: Android
- Prisma (Android, iOS)
Screenshots of the Prisma photo editing app
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Prisma offers something a little different from most of the best photo editing apps, in that it’s built around stylistic filters inspired by real artists. While plenty of other apps use filters — not least Adobe Photoshop Camera slightly higher up in this list — Prisma goes all-in on the art side of things, enabling you to turn your photo into mini-Picassos or Van Goghs. And it really works, using clever AI to apply the effects with uncannily accurate results.
There are more than 300 filters to use in total, but lots of them are locked behind a paywall; you can pay $1.99/week, $7.99/month or $29.99/year to open them all up. A premium subscription also gets you access to HD processing of your images. Once a filter has been applied, you can easily add a custom background or make further tweaks to exposure, contrast and other settings, save them to your phone or share them with others. Plus, new filters are regularly added to keep the app feeling fresh.
Download Prisma: Android, iOS
- Facetune 2 (Android, iOS)
Screenshots showing the Facetune 2 photo editing app in use
Facetune 2 (Image credit: Future)
Facetune 2 remains the best photo editing app for retouching portraits. Using sophisticated intelligence, it goes beyond skin smoothing and toning and teeth whitening; for instance, its makeup tools, contours with subtle color, shadows and highlights. I particularly like the ability to turn a serious expression into a more appealing smiling portrait. The simple slider controls allow you to increase or decrease the intensity of the effects. You can even alter your portrait in the camera’s preview before you snap the picture.
Unfortunately, if you don’t buy the premium version of the app, you can’t use some of the more interesting tools. These include changing the background, sky or eye color, removing blemishes, or using the touch-up tools (such as removing eye bags, reshaping eyebrows and face structure, or adding skin glow).
The premium version costs $1.99/month, $35.99/year, or $69.99 for a one-time purchase, which is quite pricey. Still, the free version is a powerful tool. Download it to easily improve your portraits and selfies.
Download Facetune 2: Android, iOS
- Afterlight (Android, iOS)
Screenshots of Afterlight
Afterlight (Image credit: Future)
Afterlight 2 is designed for those who want to spend time editing individual photos. The tools for color, exposure, composition and structure are rather comprehensive, including layers, curves, and selective hue. The stickers are simple but varied, and text includes numerous fonts; both can be edited for color, opacity, placement, size and rotation. In addition to multiple levels of undo and redo, you can use the history screen to rollback your image to a specific stage. Or, you can use the layers screen to select, edit or delete a particular edit.
The interface is generally easy to use, after an initial confusion about a couple of non-standard icons on the home page. Unfortunately, a significant number of the tools and options, not to mention more than 130 filters, are available only if you buy a membership for $2.99/month, $17.99/year or $35.99/lifetime. Also, the Android version isn’t as advanced as the iOS version.
Download Afterlight: Android, iOS
- VSCO (Android, iOS)
Screenshots of the VSCO photo editing app
VSCO (Image credit: Future)
With its focus on traditional photography, VSCO has a good variety of photo corrections and adjustments that produce nice quality results, including film-emulsion-type filters. It can even import RAW files. However, its feature set isn’t as comprehensive as some of the other best photo editing apps. For instance, it doesn’t have selective edits, text or special effects, And while you can choose your border color from within your photo, the only type of border is a rather clunky one that will create a square photo format. Still, you can save up to only 10 “recipes” — lists of edits done to a photo — to use on other images. VSCO’s camera also offers a nice array of pre-capture controls (only in iOS, not Android), including selective focus point, and manual control over white balance, ISO and exposure.
VSCO has a community of users and influencers (“VSCO girl” is an actual meme), but don’t expect the kind of interaction you have on Instagram or other social networks. On the other hand, it’s easy to post photos from VSCO to any network that’s on your phone, though only one at a time. Any photos you post to your VSCO profile are public even to those who don’t have a VSCO account, and the only privacy settings relate to sharing your photos’ location settings.
The free app is limited to basic edit tools (still images only) and ten presets (filters). For $19.99/year, you’ll have access to a video editor, more than 200 presets, advanced editing tools (such as HSL and borders), still and animated montage tools (including layering), weekly photo challenges, and more robust learning support (tips, tricks and tutorials). VSCO is a photographer’s tool that creates quality results, with the tools that it offers.
Download VSCO: Android, iOS
- TouchRetouch (iOS, Android)
Screenshots showing the Touch Retouch app in use
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Google’s new Magic Eraser tool has got plenty of attention since it arrived on the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones, but it’s hardly the first app to remove unwanted objects from photos. In fact, TouchRetouch has been around for years, quietly ridding your images of photobombers or unsightly background features. It’s incredibly easy to use: you simply paint over the object you want to remove and click the friendly “Go” button — and just like that, it’s gone.
Admittedly, it’s not always 100% successful, and definitely works better on shots where the unwanted object is on a relatively plain background, but for the most part it does the job, and at just $2 it’s hardly going to break the bank. There’s also a tool for removing straight lines such as wires.
Download TouchRetouch: Android, iOS
How to choose the best photo editing app
The field of photo-related apps is very crowded and competitive. So when one app comes up with a popular feature, others quickly jump on the bandwagon. For example, Snapchat’s success with its photo and video messages that quickly disappear has generated copycats.
In general, though, the best photo editing apps tend to fall into two categories: Those intended for everyday consumers, and those geared more towards professional photographers or prosumers. We’ve included both types of apps on this list, but it’s worth assessing your needs before choosing an app.
As is the case with most apps, the majority of the best photo editing apps give you a certain number of features for free, but you have to pay a monthly or annual subscription for the full suite of features.
How do photo editing apps compare to desktop alternatives?
The best photo editing apps are ideal for quick edits on a phone, but what extra functionality do you get if you use the best photo editing software on a desktop or laptop?
Well obviously that depends on the specific apps and programs. But in general, you can break down the differences into four key areas:
Size of display
If you’re editing a photo on a phone using an app, you’re necessarily going to be viewing it on fairly small screen. Even on a tablet, you’re not likely to be above about 10 inches — whereas most laptops tend to start at 10in and go up to 15 inches or more. And with desktops, you can obviously go far bigger still. When making detailed edits, a bigger screen is always going to be preferable.
Control methods
On a phone or tablet you’re generally going to be using your finger, or possibly a stylus or Apple Pencil. On a desktop or laptop it’s more likely to be a trackpad or mouse, plus keyboard. Both have their advantages and which you prefer may depend on what you’re trying to do or what you’re most used to.
Complexity of features
Desktop photo-editing software will usually offer a richer photo-editing experience than an app option. To take Photoshop as an example, the app version gives you an excellent array of photo-editing options, but you’re not going to be using layers and doing complex cutouts with it. For most people, an app will include the main editing tools you need, and desktop software may well be overkill — particularly if all you want to do is brighten up a photo and share it on WhatsApp. But if you intend to do something a little more creative, full-fat desktop software will win out every time.
Price
Most of the best photo editing apps cost are either free or cost no more than a few dollars. Many of the entries in our list of the best photo editing software cost a lot more!
How we test the best photo editing apps
The apps represented a wide range of focus and purpose. So, when we developed our test scripts, we made sure that we judged and rated each app based on its own strengths and weaknesses, as they relate to what the app is meant to do.
All apps were tested for:
Quality and accessibility of the interface.
Ease of use.
Number and quality of features.
Ease and versatility of sharing.
How well it achieves its stated purpose (such as photo editing or backing up).
Other aspects that we selectively tested, depending on the app, are:
Versatility of photo import.
Versatility of camera module.
Photo-editing capabilities, versatility and ease of use.
Ease of use, power, flexibility and fun of collaging tools and other projects.
best editing app for android
Modern smartphone cameras have given everyday people the tools to take professional-quality photos and videos. With each new phone upgrade, smartphone cameras’ quality and ease of use continue to improve. Today, cell phone cameras can take photos and videos that match the work of thousand-dollar cameras.
As the quality of Android cameras improves, the need for easy-to-use, professional-level mobile editing apps continues to rise. New video editing apps hit the Google Play store almost weekly, but with so many options available, it can be challenging to know which programs offer the advanced features you need and which ones fall short.
We have compiled a list of the top five video editor apps for Android phones, tablets, and Chromebooks. Continue reading to learn about the best Android video editor apps and which will best suit your needs and skill level.
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5 Best Android Video Editor Apps in 2022
PowerDirector – Best Overall App
Adobe Premiere Rush – Best for Creative Cloud Users
KineMaster – Best for Experienced Editors
Funimate – Best for Vertical Editing
InShot – Best for Social Media Content
Best Video Editing Apps for Android Comparison Chart
Top Benefits of Video Editing on Android Devices
How to Edit Videos on an Android Device
Best Free Android Video Editor App
Android Video Editor App FAQ
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- PowerDirector – Best Overall App
The best full-featured video editor and video maker. Add titles, transitions, effects, music, emojis, filters, and much more. More Info >
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- Adobe Premiere Rush – Best for Creative Cloud Users
Easily shoot, edit, and share videos with this all-in-one professional video editing app. More Info >
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- KineMaster – Best for Experienced Editors
A robust Android video editor with lots of powerful tools, downloadable content, and more. More Info >
5 Best Android Video Editor Apps in 2022
- PowerDirector – Best Overall App
PowerDirector App Interface
Compatibility: Android, iOS
Overall Rating: 10/10
Key Features:
Edit and export videos in up to 4K resolution
Produce fast-forward or slow-motion videos with speed adjustment
Fix shaky cam footage with video stabilizer
Produce eye-catching intros with animated titles
Tons of audio effects in voice changer
Replace background with green screen editor by using chroma-key
Create stunning double exposure effects with video overlays and blending-modes
Unlimited access to a massive royalty-free stock library
The Editor’s Choice PowerDirector is truly the best Android video editor. This awesome app comes with a wide range of features that allow you to craft the perfect video from start to finish—all on a phone or Android tablet. And at such an affordable price point, we couldn’t think of a better option for hobbyists or amateurs wanting to create professional-level videos.
Editors Choice 2021 – PowerDirector
PowerDirector features an assortment of easy-to-use editing tools such as speed adjustment, keyframe controls for transparency and positioning, animated text and titles, and video stabilization. Filters, overlays, and blending modes allow you to create amazing effects, and the app’s green screen chroma-key editor makes changing your background a breeze.
PowerDirector App – Blending
This app also features a range of precision tools to splice scenes, rotate videos, and control brightness, color, and saturation. The free version comes with hundreds of built-in effects ranging from glitch to emboss. Upgrading to premium gives you more advanced templates and editing features, but we found the free version to suit basic needs well.
The free version comes with hundreds of built-in effects ranging from glitch to emboss.
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Try it for free below and see why PowerDirector is the Android video editor app on this list.
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- Adobe Premiere Rush – Best for Creative Cloud Users
Adobe Premiere Rush Interface
Compatibility: Android, iOS
Overall Rating: 9/10
Key Features:
Multi-track timeline
Auto reframe for social media
Built-in professional camera functionality
Adobe is known for its photo and video editing software and Premiere Rush is the obvious evolution of that. It gives you all of the features you would need to create a quality video on your phone at a price point.
Premiere Rush uses a straightforward drag-and-drop interface that allows you to add titles, background music, overlays, and other video effects with ease. The platform’s multi-track timeline will enable you to edit multiple clips and videos, which is ideal for picture-in-picture and split view effects.
One of this app’s best features is its built-in professional camera functionality. You can film your videos right in the app, making it easier to edit multiple clips together.
This special effects app is convenient for YouTubers, TikTok creators, and social media influencers. It includes unique features that help you optimize your videos for these platforms—you can resize your videos from landscape to portrait and adjust aspect ratios to best fit your social media page.
Most of Premiere Rush’s features are free, but upgrading to premium gives you access to advanced audio features and Rush’s premium content library. For social media influencers, subscribing to premium even lets you automatically reframe your clips to fit the most essential parts in your new aspect ratio.
Overall, Adobe Premiere Rush is an excellent app for intermediate editors who would like to use a range of advanced features right from their phones.
- KineMaster – Best for Experienced Editors
Kinemaster Interface
Compatibility: Android, iOS
Overall Rating: 9/10
Key Features:
Frame-by-frame cropping
Multi-layer effects
Immersive audio presets
Keyframe animation
If you are an advanced video editor with years of editing experience, KineMaster is a popular choice among professional YouTubers and social media gurus who want more advanced editing features. This app includes all of the basics you would find in other apps, as well as a wide range of professional editing tools and effects.
KineMaster allows you to adjust the color and enhance the image quality of your videos with the touch of a button. You can add voice-overs, background music, and other sound effects with ease, and its volume tools elevate your audio to studio-quality.
The app also includes advanced features like keyframe animation tools to add motion to your layers, along with speed control and premium blending modes. You can export your videos in 4K or 2160p and upload them straight to social media sites.
Subscribing to premium will remove watermarks and ads, open up professional tool presets, and give you access to the KineMaster asset store. However, you can use the app for free for the first few days to try it out.
We think it is a good video editing app for Android tablets because its advanced features are more suitable on a larger screen. However, its clean interface makes adjusting videos on your Android phone a piece of cake.
- Funimate – Best for Vertical Editing
Funimate Interface
Compatibility: Android, iOS
Overall Rating: 8/10
Key Features:
100+ advanced video effects
Good for shooting and editing TikTok videos
Easily loop videos for social media
Add emojis and stickers to your clips
Funimate is a popular video editing app for casual video editors who need a decent selection of features. TikTok users often use this app to edit their one-minute videos because it offers better functionality than the TikTok editing platform.
Funimate includes over 100 advanced video effects, emojis, stickers, audio tools, and cropping options. The app also allows you to create your own effects using the photos on your phone. This could come in handy if you need to broaden your scope of built-in effects.
The app makes it easy to add all of the necessary features to create a viral video. TikTok creators love to loop the end of their videos back to the beginning, and Funimate allows you to easily create this effect through its auto-looping tool. It also includes all of your basic editing features like merging, cutting and trimming tools.
As its name suggests, Funimate is perfect for fun, home videos. While it doesn’t have the functionality to create Hollywood-level films by any means, for hobbyists or beginners it will have all of the features you need to craft your video.
If you like to create short videos packed with exciting content and catchy music, Funimate is a great video editor app for you.
- InShot – Best for Social Media Content
InShot Interface
Compatibility: Android, iOS
Overall Rating: 7/10
Key Features:
Background music features
Crop, trim and cut video clips
Specified video ratios for TikTok and Instagram
Merge multiple clips into one
InShot is a great video editor app for social media gurus looking to create clean videos for their profiles. Like the Intro Maker app, the program features dozens of easy-to-use effects, filters, overlays, and cropping options in an uncomplicated interface that beginners can pick up in no time.
If you’re looking to make social media videos that go beyond the scope of the TikTok or Instagram editing tools, InShot is a possible next step. It allows you to add text, merge two videos, adjust video speed, and even edit your background color with ease. InShot also includes photo-editing tools, making it a one-stop shop for your social media posts.
This app features a range of audio tools as well—you can record a voice-over in the app, extract music from videos, fade audio in and out, and add royalty-free music from the InShot app. It also has over 50 cool transitions, ranging from ghost effects to glitches to light overlays.
InShot does not include any of the advanced features of PowerDirector or other intermediate apps. Beginners will find that this program suits all of their needs and teaches them the basics of video editing without complicating the process.
Best Video Editing Apps for Android Comparison Chart
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KineMaster
Funimate
InShot
Beginner-friendly Yes No No Yes Yes
AI-Powered Tools Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Element Library Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Royalty-Free Stock Library Yes No No No No
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Chromebook Video Editing
Chromebooks have become more prevalent in recent years. These handy portables boost the functionality of a mobile device in a fast, easy-to-use laptop platform. Many schools have adopted these laptops for kindergarteners through high schoolers to use for schoolwork, meaning the younger generation is very familiar with these laptops’ interfaces.
Because Chromebooks utilize the Google operating system, some mobile video apps also work on these devices. Chromebooks support PowerDirector, for example, so you can switch between editing videos on your Android phone and your Chromebook.
Chromebook video editing provides a larger viewing screen and better functionality than editing on a phone while maintaining your editing app’s easy-to-use features.
Android Tablet
Many people prefer to edit videos on their Android tablets instead of their phones. Tablets allow for easy, convenient, powerful mobile editing on a larger screen than a phone would allow. They provide the perfect crossover between desktop editing and phone editing, allowing you to access your tools on-the-go in a more user-friendly screen size.
Android Phones
Modern Android phones come with powerful, high-quality cameras, and many people enjoy the convenience of shooting and editing their videos on the same device. Editing apps make it easy to edit videos on Android phones from anywhere you have an Internet connection, streamlining the editing process.
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