The default photography app on your phone can do a lot, but they still don't have many more advanced tools for creative photography. Below are the best photography phone apps for Android and iOS.
1. Snapseed
Free on iOS and Android
Google-owned Snapseed offers a wide range of exposure and color tools to make edits to your images, but also has a variety of filter options, from classic styles to modern, powerful HDR looks strong. You can layer effects to create some interesting edits on your images. And the biggest advantage of this application is that it is completely free.
2. Adobe Lightroom
Available on iOS and Android, some functionality is free or $5/month for full access
Adobe Lightroom remains an industry standard for professional photographers, and the mobile version is no different. You won't find stickers, animations, or any emojis here, but you'll have granular control over your images and the same set of tools you'd find in Lightroom on desktop. This is the most used app for editing images on iPhone and iPad, especially because images sync in the cloud, allowing you to start on one device and continue on another.
3. Adobe Photoshop Express
Free on iOS and Android
Photoshop Express has many of the same features you find in Lightroom, including exposure, contrast, and color editing options, but removes some of the professional tools and cloud sync features. especially eliminating registration fees.
This is a great tool for editing images for best effect, but you'll also find plenty of great options for overlay filters and textures, as well as tools for creating cool collages. .
Adobe Photoshop Express doesn't produce the same burst of creativity as the other options on this list, but it's a reliable editing app at a price that's hard to argue with.
Available for iOS and Android, $8/month or $30/year
Prisma doesn't handle sophisticated filters and basic image editing. Instead, its quick filters will turn your images into cool artistic creations. The results are beautiful effects and many filters are inspired by artists like Salvador Dali and Picasso. Filters are very powerful and although you can adjust them, not every filter will work for every image. Some filters are better suited to portraits while others work well especially with landscape photos.
But it's fun to experiment, you'll find a truly creative photo.
Available on iOS and Android
Bazaart's collage and montage tools let you combine various elements — from photos, to text, to graphics — and layer them all to create a complete work of art. It has tools that allow you to instantly erase the background behind a portrait subject to place a new background or layer multiple effects. It also has lots of templates to create beautiful collages for Instagram Stories.
There are so many ways that you can try and combine different images together that the only boundary will depend on your level of creativity. Visit Bazaart's Instagram page for inspiration.
Android only
Like Bazaart, Photofox has powerful tools for removing objects from the background, allowing you to combine new backgrounds or apply cool effects. Many users especially like Photofox's Dispersion effect, which makes your subject look like it's breaking into particles, as well as the horizontal stripe and double exposure effects that overlap two images.
As with Bazaart, there are endless possibilities for what you can do by layering and combining different types of images, then applying various effects to each.
Available on iOS and Android, free with limited functionality or $20/year with a 7-day free trial
Instead of offering stickers and animated GIFs to Snapchat enthusiasts, VSCO is all about more artistic film color filters. The app comes with a ton of presets, including an interface designed to emulate classic rolls of film from Fujifilm, Kodak, and Ilford. VSCO also has a wide selection of black and white filters, making it a great option to experiment with if you love your moody monochrome photos.
8. PicsArt
Available on iOS and Android, free with limited functionality or $48/year for full feature access
PicsArt has a wide variety of editing tools available to you, from basic adjustments like exposure and contrast, to cinematic color grading and dramatic filters that help transform your images. works of art that resemble paintings. There are plenty of options for both tone and face shape in selfies.
PicsArt also has an Instagram-style social sharing element, if you're interested in that, but some people are mainly interested in the editing options.
