How to Remove Scratches in Photos in App for Free

Are you unhappy with the scratches in your old photo? Do you want to remove the creases in your photo for free?

Worry no more. I’m here for you. I’m going to show you how can you remove scratches in your photo in an app for free. Before I show it to you, let me show you what are you going to get today.

How to Keep Scratches Away from Photos?

I’ve got eight easy ideas to make sure your photos stay scratch-free:

  1. Proper Storage: Get yourself some acid-free photo albums or storage boxes. These materials won’t break down over time and will keep your photos safe. Remember not to stuff your albums too full, though. Give each photo some breathing room.
  2. Archival Sleeves: These clear sleeves are like bodyguards for your photos. They’re made of acid-free stuff and shield your pictures from dust, fingerprints, and, of course, scratches. Just slip your photos into these sleeves before tucking them away.
  3. Handle Creases: If you already have some scratches, don’t stress. You can often fix them or make them less noticeable. Lay your creased photo flat, cover it with a clean cloth, and gently press it with a warm (not hot!) iron. Use the lowest heat setting and avoid ironing directly on the picture. For more severe creases, check out this tutorial for help.
  4. Ideal Storage Conditions: Keep your photos in a cool, dry spot. High humidity and extreme temperatures can spell trouble for your precious memories.
  5. Matte and Frame: When you’re showing off your photos, think about matting and framing them. Matting puts a protective layer between your picture and the glass, which cuts down the risk of scratches. Framing also keeps your photos flat and safe.
  6. Back It Up Digitally: Make digital backups of your photos. That way, even if your physical copies take a hit, you can always print new ones. Cloud storage services like Dropbox or Google Drive, plus external hard drives, are your pals for keeping digital copies safe and sound.

How to Remove Scratches in Photos in an App for Free?

Let’s see before and after photos first.

Before removing the scratches

After removing the scratches

Didn’t we remove the scratches flawlessly?

To remove creases in pics, we’re going to use a free app. We’re going to use PicsArt.

PicsArt Logo

It’s a free app. You can download it from the Apple App Store or Google Play

We’ve got a YouTube tutorial about getting rid of scratches in photos. I’ll share that video with you first.

 

If you’re into video tutorials, you can watch the one I’ve posted above.

But if you’re more of a reader like me, no worries! I’ll guide you step by step on how to remove scratches in PicsArt for free. So, let’s dive into it! 😊

Step 1 – Open the photo in PicsArt

The first thing we need to do is to open the photo in PicsArt.

Step 2 – Clone to Remove the Scratches in the Photo

Go to Tools > Clone.

Zoom in to increase the precision. Simply drag the photo outwards with two fingers to zoom in.

We’re going to change the Size and Harness of the Clone tool.

Tap on the “paintbrush” icon. Reduce the

  • Size to 24
  • Hardness to 23

How Clone Tool in App Works?

Before we start using the Clone tool to fix scratches, let me explain how it works.

Think of it as a tool that lets you copy one part of an image and paste it onto another part.

The Clone tool has two brushes: the Source and the Target.

First, you pick a Source point, which is where you’ll copy pixels from. Then, you paint over the Target point, which is where you want to fix something, like scratches.

When you paint, the Clone tool copies the Source point to the Target point.

For example, if we want to fix the scratch labeled “2” on the coat in the photo below, we can copy the unscratched part of the coat marked as “1” and apply it to the scratched area. It’s like using a magical copy-paste brush! 😊

Now, start doing it. Here’s a GIF for you.

Step 3 – Keep on Using Clone Tool to Remove All Scratches in Photos

This step takes a lot of time.

We have to repeat this step multiple times to get rid of all the scratches.

That’s why fixing old photos with digital tools can be expensive because it’s a time-consuming process.

AI tools can help, but they’re not flawless. When you print a photo in a 5×7″ or larger size, you might notice some distortions.

Once I fix the scratch on the coat, I’ll also take care of the one on the woods.

I’ll adjust the brush’s size and hardness. You can choose the settings that feel most comfortable to you.

Time to remove the scratches from the sky.

Now, I’m going to fine-tune the photo by removing all the visible scratches.

That’s all! You have removed the scratches successfully in your photo for free.

See the Before and After.

Before removing the scratches

After removing the scratches

Other Apps You Can Use to Remove Scratches from Your Photos

If you’re not a PicsArt user, don’t worry! You can use these other apps too.

The steps are pretty much the same; it’s just that the way they look might be a bit different in these apps:

  • Snapseed
  • Photoshop Express

So, feel free to pick the one that suits you best, and you’ll still be able to follow along! 😊

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Conclusion

  • You’ve just learned how to erase scratches from photos with an app.
  • To prevent scratches in the first place, try out our six handy tips.
  • And if you’re not satisfied with the results, don’t hesitate to give our photo editing service a try. We’re here to help! 😊

Best 25 Free Photoshop Apps For Your Phone

Imagine you just got your birthday photos and you see someone there in the background ruining your photo. You don’t have free Photoshop apps to remove the person, but you do have a smartphone.

You immediately go to the App Store or Play Store and download some apps. You’ll probably download multiple apps and see which app gives you the best result, but you don’t know which one is the right one for you.

That’s why we compiled this list of the best 25 free photoshop apps for your phone.

What are the eligibility criteria of choosing the free Photoshop apps for your phone?

The only eligibility criteria is that the app must have:

  • More than 1,000 reviews on the App Store or Play Store

This shows that the developer has enough feedback to further improve the app.

What are the ranking criteria of the free Photoshop apps?

We’ve decided to rank the apps based on the following criteria

  1. Rating (highest weightage)
  2. App functionality
  3. App usability
  4. Number of reviews on the App Store

After collecting all the data, we used a formula to rank all the apps.

List of 25 best free photoshop apps for your phone

Here you go.

1. Instagram

App Store download and reviews: 17,100K and 4.8 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Smooth
  • Almost no bugs
  • 30+ filters

CONS

  • Limited functionality

People know Instagram as a very popular photo-sharing social media site but it has a very powerful photo editor also.

It’s a bit hidden and you need to choose the photos to upload and then click on edit to edit the photos.

2. Photoshop Express

App Store download and reviews: 5,420K and 4.8 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Full of features
  • Smooth
  • 30+ filters

CONS

  • Not as good as desktop Photoshop even though it is made by Adobe (the parent company of Photoshop)

There’s no doubt that Photoshop is used as the industry standard when it comes to photo editing software.

This software does a very good job but when it comes to comparing its features with the desktop version of Photoshop, it fails. But I cannot blame the app because mobile phones will always have some limitations.

3. PicCollage

App Store download and reviews: 1,100K and 4.8 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  •  A powerful in-app photo editor and layout tools

CONS

  • Lots of ads

This collage app is perfect for you if you’re still new to creating collages. It even shows you what to do with helpful on-screen instructions. With visual illustrations and arrows, you’ll know where to add photos and where to edit them.

Lots of ads is a deal-breaker here. But after paying for the premium version, the ads will be removed.

4. PicsArt

App Store download and reviews: 348.3K and 4.7 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • The in-house editor is powerful
  • Lots of filters
  • Easily available templates

CONS

  • Deeply integrated with Facebook. Better double-check what you’re editing so that you don’t end up posting than on Facebook.
  • The app crashes often

PicsArt is a super powerful photography, image editing, and drawing app that’s like Photoshop, Flickr, and a professional camera all rolled into one.

The app is also loaded with many artistic features.

5. Instasize

App Store download and reviews: 199.2K and 4.6 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • 130+ filters
  • UI is nice and clean

CONS

  • Only designed for social media posts

Instasize offers fast and easy editing options that can be utilized to make your social media images more eye-catching. With the app, you get a vast collection of filters and a variety of professional editing tools.

There are many apps in the App Store that offer photo editing tools but Instasize lets you resize your photos according to the platform. How cool is that!?

6. BeautyPlus

App Store download and reviews: 162.1K and 4.9 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • The auto-enhance feature is one of the most powerful tools I’ve ever seen.

CONS

  • One cybersecurity news story says that the app may steal your data.
  • Loaded with ads
  • This app is mostly about editing faces and adding makeup

The app does a very good job of editing selfies. It lets you add eye shadow, change hair color, etc. But make sure that you read the cybersecurity news article which said that this app is a threat to privacy.

According to CyberNews, 3 app developers are also apparently guilty of trying to hide their connection: they seem to be separate developers with separate apps, but we discovered that they’re likely run by the same group in China.

7. AirBrush

App Store download and reviews: 117.8K and 4.9 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Perfect for editing selfies

CONS

  • The app is all about editing selfies and adding makeup. It’s not a versatile app that can be used for any kind of editing.
  • Full of ads

The app offers a variety of editing for free but you have to unlock some features by paying. The free tools do a decent job.

If you want to unlock all the features, make sure you’re ready to spend a good amount of money.

8. Prisma

App Store download and reviews: 95.8K and 4.7 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Perfect at turning photos into art
  • 250+ filters available

CONS

  • If you’re looking for a versatile editor that does so many other things apart from turning photos into art, this app is not for you

Overall, we liked the Prisma app a lot – it really reminds us of Instagram when it’s first launched.

Though it’s not exactly like Instagram because it uses a neural network to edit each photo.

10. Adobe Lightroom

App Store download and reviews: 79.7K and 4.8 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Batch editing
  • Support presets
  • Supports RAW format

CONS

  • Need to have an Adobe account

Lightroom CC enables you to use ready-made presets or create your own filters for future projects.

There’s also the possibility to download presets from the Lightroom desktop version, simply changing the file format. This certainly makes Lightroom very popular among professional photographers.

11. B612

App Store download and reviews: 56K and 4.6 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Good for selfie editing
  • One-click retouch

CONS

  • Lots of ads
  • CyberNews reported that this app could be misusing your data

This app is very similar to BeautyPlus in terms of functionality. I wonder if they’re using the same server in the background to edit the photos because both apps give almost identical results.

Make sure that you read the CyberNews article because it reported that this app may misuse data. It also reported that the country of origin is China.

12. YouCam Perfect

App Store download and reviews: 53.5K and 4.8 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Jack of all trades

CONS

  • Master of none

If you’re looking for an app that does everything then this is the app for you. It lets you edit your selfies, remove objects, apply filters, etc. but the quality is not the best.

You may need to spend some time to fine-tune your edits.

13. Photo Lab

 

App Store download and reviews: 45K and 4.6 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Artistic filters are very nice
  • App is smooth

CONS

  • A limited type of editing. The main purpose of the app is to turn photos into the art.

Think of it as another Prisma. This app makes your photo looks like art. The look and feel it gives to the photos is different than what Prisma gives.

14. VSCO

App Store download and reviews: 34.8K and 4.4 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Powerful photo editor
  • 200+ presets
  • Video editor
  • App is smooth

CONS

  • Most of the good filters are paid

VSCO has a powerful in-house photo editor.

With 200+ presets, I bet you don’t need to find other apps to make your photos look good. The problem is that most of the good filters are not free.

15. PicMonkey

App Store download and reviews: 23.2K and 4.8 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Amazing features for design-related activities
  • Doodling

CONS

  • Pricey

Picmonkey is quite an old tool. It also has a very powerful website for desktop users and the site does the same thing that the app does.

But PicMonkey is basically for designers. Consider using it if you want to create flyers, brochures, etc.

16. Hypocam

App Store download and reviews: 18K and 4.3 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Eye-catchy filters

CONS

  • Not available on App Store
  • Only has black and white filters

Because of the features it’s offering, there’s a good chance that most of its users are amateur photographers.

If that’s the case then the app is missing some really important features like histogram, shutter speed, ISO, etc. which are very much important to them.

17. Darkroom

App Store download and reviews: 15.6K and 4.8 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Edit videos
  • Curves and selective color tools are available
  • Supports RAW editing
  • Batch editing

CONS

  • A little bit buggy
  • Not available on Play Store

Darkroom has been awarded Editor’s Choice on the App Store. So, this leaves no doubt that the app is great.

But I believe that the app is a little bit buggy. When I was editing a RAW format, I could see that moving the sliders weren’t changing the photo. I cross-checked whether something is wrong by editing the same photo that is in the JPG format. And it worked perfectly.

18. Photoshop Fix

App Store download and reviews: 11.2K and 4.7 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Fast
  • Easy to use

CONS

  • Not as many features as Photoshop Express

Adobe also offers Photoshop Express which is quite a powerful app. Yet, Adobe still keeps the less powerful, Photoshop Fix, live.

This app offers limited functionality for things like fixing acne, blemishes, adjusting the tone, etc. For people who think Photoshop Express is too hard to use, try Photoshop Fix.

19. Carbon

App Store download and reviews: 9K and 4.7 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • 50+ black and white filters
  • Photo textures
  • RAW support

CONS

  • Only gives black and white output

Think of it as Hypocam (#17) for iOS. This app does the same thing. It makes a photo black and white and outputs beautifully.

It does not provide colored output.

20. Afterlight

App Store download and reviews: 7.2K and 4.7 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • 130+ filters
  • 60+ textures
  • Supports double exposure

CONS

  • Cannot create your own filters

Like Darkroom, Afterlight has been awarded Editor’s Choice on the App Store. So, this leaves no doubt that the app is great.

The app features tools that are needed for basic photo editing like healing, curves, etc.

21. Visage

App Store download and reviews: 6.1K and 4.2 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Selfie editor

CONS

  • Some better selfie editors are already available for free

Visage is a selfie editor that lacks the features that other selfie editors offer for free.

I think Visage has an edge over its biggest competitors like BeautyPlus and B612 because, unlike BeautyPlus and B612, there’s no report of this app misusing your data.

22. Snapseed

App Store download and reviews: 4.8K and 3.9 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Probably the most powerful photo editor

CONS

  • UI is not at all user friendly

Here comes probably the most powerful photo editor. You can do almost anything with your photos using Snapseed.

I badly want to place it in the top five but its low rating and ultra-complex UI forced me to give it 22nd rank.

23. Foodie

App Store download and reviews: 4.9K and 4.7 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Very clean UI

CONS

  • Lacks many features like skin softening, etc.

If we go by the name, we’d think that it’s an app for food photography. But that’s not the case.

If you like minimalism, try this app.

24. PhotoDirector

App Store download and reviews: 1.1K and 4.5 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • The dispersion effect is present
  • Many tools available for artistic effects

CONS

  • Lacks many features like skin softening, etc.

This app is good for artistic effects like dispersion, animation and double exposure.

If you’re an artist, you will like this app. But if you’re a person who just likes to shoot and post on Instagram, this app is not for you.

25. Lens Distortions

App Store download and reviews: 1.1K and 4.7 ⭐

Pricing: $0.00

PROS

  • Layer based photo editor
  • 400+ effects

CONS

  • Targeting amateur photographers
  • Not available on Play Store

If you’re an amateur iPhone photographer who likes artistic effects then you should try Lens Distortions.

This app does make beautiful use of lights and has some very artistic effects.

That’s it. This is the list of the best 25 free Photoshop apps for your phone.

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10 Best Photo Editing Software for macOS in 2020

Your hunt for the best photo editing software for macOS has brought you here. Our rating and ranking process for the best photo editing software will clear all your doubts and give you the clarity to choose which software you would work best with.

The software which you want may depend on the type of task which you want to perform. You may need the best photo editing software possible to do a professional-like touchup to your photos, or you could be a newbie trying to learn basic editing for your social media, or you could be searching for the best software to manage your photos and do basic editing. Do not worry, we’ve covered all the possibilities for you here. Even if you’ve got a Windows device, we’ll let you know which software is good for your cross-platform use.

Related: 25 best photo editing apps for your phone

Here we bring you the 10 best photo editing software for macOS.

What are the criteria for choosing the best photo editing software for macOS?

Our criteria for choosing 10 best photo editing software for macOS was:

  • Functionality
  • Features
  • Overall user experience
  • Ranking and rating

What is the ranking criteria for choosing the best photo editing software for macOS?

We lined up about 30 photo editing software and rated and ranked them. Our rankings were based on their functionality and usability they provide to users. To give you unbiased rankings for the best photo editing software for macOS, we also searched for their rankings on other websites and agencies. The rankings were then made by comparing how often they were chosen in the best photo editing software lists, and what their rankings were on those platforms. We also used our ranking algorithm to give you this list of the best photo editing software for macOS.

List of the 10 best photo editing software for macOS

1. Pixelmator Pro

Pixelmator is a popular image enhancer for many Mac users as it offers a good blend of modern and simple visualization, multi-layer capabilities, and powerful features that take image editing to a whole new level.

Pixelmator Pro comes with a new ML-Enhance mode that uses professional artificial intelligence with a 20 million photo catalog, automatically adjusting each color correction. Like Luminar, this feature gives you a great place to start making customized repairs to your photos. There’s also a denoise feature that removes noise and pressure sensors in images.

Pros:

  • Machine Learning enhances several features
  • Quick selection and repair tools are decent
  • Flexibility with raw editing features

Cons:

  • Export options are limited
  • The dark, monochrome interface may not have good visibility

2. GIMP

The GIMP or GNU Image Manipulation Program is full of features and allows you to customize your own images.

Gimp offers a large collection of advanced tools that no free software editor can boast.

It has many upgrade options such as clone and cooling brushes, layers and channels, intuitive selection tools, multiple transition tools, and, of course, color correction controls.

Gimp is one of the most powerful image enhancement tools and is loved by many users for its price and flexibility.

GIMP also comes with a problem that most open source applications encounter: the UI looks old and useless. GIMP is one of the most difficult to use editing apps you’ll find on this list.

Pros:

  • Easily expandable
  • Feature-packed
  • Opens almost any image file

Cons:

  • The interface is a little cluttered
  • Hard to learn

3. Luminar 4

Luminar 4 is a full-featured pro photo editing tool for Mac and it’s also very easy to use.

It comes with over 60 filters, some of which use artificial intelligence, to enhance your photos with just one click.

It works much better with photography and good shooting.

You have access to all standard image editing tools such as masks, layers, radios, color correction, and more.

You can use them to make changes to your photo in your photo just as you would any other photo editing app.

Sorting lets you get really close to your final result with just one click. From there, you can make minute changes to find the perfect result.

Pros:

  • Integrated image catalog
  • Non-destructive editing
  • AI sky replacement

Cons:

  • Drastic interface changes from V3
  • Appearance and style lack subtlety
  • Still no virtual copies

4. Affinity Photos

This app features professional tools and supports almost all popular file formats including JPG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, PDF, PSD, and RAW images.

It comes with all the basic photo editing tools you can expect in a photo editing app such as eye removal, scanning, sorting, painting and drawing tools, color correction tools, masks, filters, and more.

It also has an unadjusted UI with clearly marked tools that are easy to find and use. Play, manipulate, edit, and create Affinity Photos whether you’re a serious graphic designer or just someone looking to do basic editing.

Pros:

  • High-powered photo editing
  • Raw processing within the workspace
  • Editing of very high resolution in real-time
  • Can read, open and edit Photoshop PSD files

Cons:

  • Difficult to learn for beginners
  • No 3D or internal vector tools
  • No custom workspace

5. Adobe Photoshop Elements

Photoshop Elements gets a lot of powerful features from the regular Photoshop, however Elements only makes it easier for Amateur photographers and enthusiasts.

It includes a number of effects and filters, as well as automated editing options to improve brightness, color balance, and exposure, and even fix closed eyes and reduce the effects of camera scratching.

In addition to all of these great features, Photoshop also offers editing methods for beginners, intermediate users, and professionals.

For beginners, they will probably like faster mode, because it focuses on the important tools for improving your images faster by improving color, lighting, and other basic settings. Guided Mode provides central users with a step-by-step guide with professional features such as artistic effects, skin tone correction, and background restorations.

Expert mode gives you full access to powerful programming features of the app and is perfect for creating great images.

Pros:

  • Retouch performance is the same as Photoshop
  • Easy to learn
  • Numerous tutorials
  • All RAW formats supported
  • AI technology for more powerful guided edits and auto creations

Cons:

  • Some aspects are unclear
  • Elements Organizer can’t integrate with iCloud Photo Library
  • A limited selection of included patterns

6. Fotor Photo Editor

The Fotor Online Photo Editor is full of features that make creating great photos as easy as pressing a few buttons on your computer. It’s free to use and offers a moderately priced version with upgraded capabilities.

Getting started with a photo editor requires you to sign up for a free account. Once that’s done, you have access to a variety of tools that allow you to edit your photos and create beautiful collages and images using their large selection of templates.

With this photo editor, you can easily change the contrast and color of multiple items of washing, crop out images, add borders, move and change your photos, add different text, use various filters, and much more, all from the easy-to-use toolbox on the right side of the app. You can even create collages for your photographic art!

Pros:

  • Smart filter and effects
  • The easy photo collage tool
  • RAW file converter

Cons:

  • Not very feature-packed
  • Not suitable for creating artwork from scratch

7. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

If you need a simple and efficient way to process, touch up, and display multiple catalogs or hundreds of images, Adobe Lightroom is one of the best photo editing software. A powerful, yet easy-to-understand, animation tool for editing. Photographers, pro photographers, and painters use Lightroom how traditional photographers use black.

Best of all, Lightroom automatically saves your photos to the cloud and lets you organize them using the same or similar Lightroom interface, whether you’re using your phone, tablet, or computer.

Pros:

  • Excellent photo editing tools
  • Full-res backup on the cloud
  • Auto-tagging of generic keywords
  • Great interactive tutorials

Cons:

  • Can’t rename a photo or edited version
  • No side-by-side zoomable comparison of images in the library

8. Apple Photos

This app has easy-to-use editing tools such as filters and Smart Sliders. In addition, it has a Markup tool, which can add text, shapes, and create drawings and signatures. Other tools include Light, which is used to unlock hidden information; and Return used to compare with the original type.

Photos surpassed all other Mac image editing software in its integration with the iCloud Photo Library.

This excellent center allows users to fill their libraries, not their devices. This is done by keeping photos and videos compatible with other Apple devices, such as iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Watch. This integration works in such a way that, for example, an photo taken by the iPhone is immediately available to other devices.

Pros:

  • Intuitive, slick interface
  • Face recognition
  • Plug-in support
  • Neat tricks for iOS Live Photos
  • Good sharing options

Cons:

  • Auto-albums not editable
  • Filters aren’t adjustable

9. Photolemur 3

Photolemur is relatively new in the photo editing market but has all the potential to gain the likes of professional photographers and beginners.

It works with Artificial Intelligence and Photolemur 3 is a baseline enhancement tool for all images, which means it makes all your edits in no time.

It has the simplest interface, with only a few buttons and sliders to adjust to your tastes while viewing the before and after results.

All you need to do is select the image you want to enhance, drag and drop, or import it using the import button, and let the program do the enhancements. After it’s done, you can compare the edited version with the original image by using a before-and-after slider and, if you want, change the skin tone or widen the eyes using additional add-ons.

Pros:

  • Fast and simple image processing
  • Batch processing unlimited images
  • Extensive image format support including RAW
  • Good exposure and white balance results

Cons:

  • Some images lack sharpness
  • No zoom tools

10. Google Photos

Google Photos is a popular cloud storage service for photos and videos. Google Photos may be useless when it comes to photo editing, but it does a great job of storing high-resolution photos and videos with 15GB of free online storage, compared to iCloud’s 5GB.

The editing tools include basic features, limited to selecting simple filters, and slider controls for adjusting brightness and color, as well as tools for cropping, rotating, and adjusting the scale. You can also combine a set of photos to create a collage or slideshow with pictures, but Google Photos’ editing tools are certainly more limited than Mac’s and other photo editing apps.

If you’re planning to take a trip and take lots of photos, then it would be wise to sign up for Google Photos to use that extra space when you return.

Pros:

  • Attractive, ad-free interface
  • Good facial recognition
  • Photo sharing suggestions
  • Basic photo books
  • Good for basic editing and enhancement on the go

Cons:

  • No undo step for editing and blemish removal
  • Sharing suggestions could improve
  • Not for pro-level editing

11 Best photo editing apps for selfies

It’s been a long time and you’re probably waiting to get out of your home to visit places near you.

What’s the best thing about going out again? Taking pictures, a lot of pictures; both sceneries and selfies.

These outdoor selfies also get more likes on Instagram and Facebook.

The inbuilt photo editors are not really good enough for selfies, so you need better photo editing apps for selfies.

Here we bring to you a list of the best editing apps for selfies. A little while ago, I also published a list of 25 best photo editing apps.

What is the criteria for choosing the best photo editing apps for selfies?

The list of best editing apps for selfies was selected based on the following criteria:

  • Ratings on the app store/play store
  • Recommendations
  • Reviews

This will establish the credibility of our listings and help you find out the best editing apps for selfies.

What is the ranking criteria for the best photo editing apps for selfies?

We did an unbiased review and rated each app based on their ratings, the number of reviews, recommendations by others and their ranking by others. These were the criterion for ranking the best apps for editing selfies:

  • Ratings
  • Reviews
  • Recommendations
  • Frequency

 

Now we present you this list of the 11 best editing apps for selfies.

1.   Facetune2

Facetune2 is one of the best apps in the store for making your face look great.

It has features to remove blemishes, retouch, soften, remove pores, adjust skin tone, etc. to make your face look more charming.

Pros:

  • Granular control over facial features
  • Easy to use
  • Try features before subscribing to it

Cons:

  • Subscription can put off some users
  • Photos taken with live preview are softer

2.   YouCam Perfect

YouCam Perfect offers unique features like skin tone improver, collage maker, instant beautifier, body enhancer, and also a social community called Beauty Circle.

This is a feature-rich selfie camera app with advanced image editing and enhancer tools.

YouCam Perfect is available as a free download but it is ad-supported.

Pros:

  • Proprietary instant beautification tool
  • In-app social networking
  • Face-detection technology

Cons:

  • Required in-app purchases to remove ads

3.   Retrica

Retrica is an app that can transform your camera into a retro camera.

It has 55 free filters and 80 filters in the paid version.

It has features like randomization mode, blur effect, timer, and interval shooting.

Pros:

  • Loads of great filters
  • Multi-shot capabilities
  • Video shooting features

Cons:

  • Noise issues in videos

4.   AirBrush

It has a clean and smooth user interface and offers features to remove blemishes, pimples, teeth whitening, smile enhancer and skin tone adjusting.

It also has a blush or mascara feature to add makeup to your photos.

Pro:

  • Makeup feature
  • Editing before taking pics
  • Direct sharing on social media

Cons:

  • Advertisements can be distracting

5.   Perfect365

It offers many features to edit photos including options to try many virtual makeup styles and hairstyles. It has features like eye color, face slimming, blemish correction, and under-eye circle removing.

Pros:

  • One-touch makeup
  • Change face shape

Cons:

  • Sometimes pics look heavily photoshopped

6.   VSCO

VSCO is a great camera and editing app with a half-baked online sharing experience bolted onto the side. The editing tools and filters are better than what you’ll find in many other apps, and most of the experience is free. You only need to pay for additional filters. While the sparse icon-driven UI is initially confusing, it’s easy to figure out.

Pros:

  • Simple Design
  • Good for editing
  • Filters are top-notch

Cons:

  • Crashes sometimes in multi-function

7.   Snapchat

Snapchat is a well-known application that doesn’t need an introduction.

It’s one of the most used social media apps and it‘s also good with filters, lenses, and bitmojis.

Pros:

  • Social networking
  • Instant click and share
  • Filters and bitmojis

Cons:

  • Not purely an editing application

8.   Cymera

The Cymera app allows you to create personalized portraits by using your phone.

It’s streamlined so you can click photos and edit them straight from the app.

You’ll have beautiful pieces of artwork to share on your social media in no time.

Pros:

  • Easy to use GUI
  • Many editing tools
  • Built-in camera functions

Cons:

  • Few built-in effects
  • Few border effects

9.   Selfie City

As the name suggests, Selfie City is made for taking selfies. It has many filters and stickers to make your selfie look great and can be used to take pictures directly. Its filters are named after cities like Manhattan, Seoul, Hollywood, New York, etc.

Pros:

  • Selfie filters
  • Stickers
  • Collage maker

Cons:

  • No specific editing feature for photos

 

10. A Color Story

Most people use A Color Story when they want color filters for pictures.

A Color Story can enhance your social photos with effects, such as color fog and light flares.

Layering multiple effects during editing can make your images truly unique.

Pros:

  • Make custom filters
  • Over 20 free tools
  • Desktop version

Cons:

  • Requires purchase for some filters
  • Confusing Interface

11. Instagram

Who doesn’t know this one? After all, most of the previously mentioned apps are used to make a perfect photo for Instagram.

But Instagram gives you some cool and retro filters that have unmatched quality and it offers some basic editing of pictures before posting.

Pros:

  • Free forever
  • Direct sharing on Facebook and Instagram posts
  • Cool filters
  • Video and short video features (Reels)

Cons:

  • More like social media than a photo editor

Best Android Photo Editing Apps to Make a Picture Attractive

Photo editing apps are an excellent way to market your products online on different eCommerce platforms. You can use them on Windows, Android Phones, and iOS. Plenty of applications keep coming every day. Marketers opt for the best one to advertise their products through social media marketing.

Attracting your target audience is crucial for the growth of any business. On the other hand, if you wish to edit your photos for personal reasons, even then photo editing apps play a major role. A good app will help you in fixing colors, removing blemishes, brightening backgrounds, and much more.

Those who are fond of photo editing apps will know the charm of photo objects like customized cushions, mugs, frames, watches, albums, and way more. You may know about My Picture voucher codes for finding high-quality photo gifts. The charm in any of these items comes with the quality of pictures.

Therefore, look through these photo editing apps that are compatible with all types of devices. Prefer the best ones according to your needs and print the best pictures every day.

List of the Best Photo Editing Apps

A lot of recognized photo editing apps with high-quality tools for fixing a photo require a subscription after some days of use. Or else, you may only be able to use a few features from them in their free version. However, these picture editors will bring you the best results without much effort.

Prisma

Among the most popular apps for editing all sorts of images, Prisma is famous for transforming your picture into art. People use it for making sure their photos can look like a painting. It does offer a subscription and users can pay to the app for advance features.

Still, its basic features are more than enough to edit a photo. Marketers can make the best use of this app to turn their product photos into marvelous works of art and promote them.

Also, the app offers a particular Prisma community similar to that of Instagram for sharing edited masterpieces with the app’s community.

PicsArt

Editing pictures for free is enticing and PicsArt enables you to perform your edits on all sorts of pictures. It is one of the most amazing collage makers for your Smartphone. It has special editing tools like clipart library and color effects available in the downloaded version.

It allows users to draw on their photos easily and also encourages them to snap directly through the app. Along with this, you can also make customized clip arts and stickers on every picture.

Making a collage on this app is easy as it offers grids that help in customizing individual pictures within the collage.

Adobe Photoshop express

Adobe is a popular name in the world of photo editing. Marketers, photographers, and all smart phones users are well aware of it. The Adobe Photoshop Express allows users to add text and border to images for free. Also, you can quickly enhance the features of your photos and edit captions for your favorite picks.

It has an additional security feature for the protection of photos on your phone. Most often, new users utilize their auto-correct option to enhance their images.

You can correct distortion, noise, blur, and much more in your photos. It is one of the main reasons; retailers prefer it for product marketing.

Google Snapseed

Among one of the best photo editing apps for android and iPhone, Google Snapseed ranks atop the list. It offers correction features of photos like color, brightness, contrast, and sharpening adjustments. It is flexible for all types of users and also enables cropping, resizing rotation, and straightening of images.

You can make the best use of its healing feature for adding glow and sparkle in the picture or introducing frames in family photos.

The app contains plenty of filters for fun and entertainment. You can edit almost every picture format in this Google Snapseed.

Facetune

The Facetune app is better known as a selfie photo editor and works in portrait form. It is a perfect choice for editing pictures on smart phones. It is common among Flickr and Instagram users and works without Photoshop on the Smartphone.

It allows you to add natural makeup to the picture while fixing the blurs and blemishes in the picture. Also, it entertains by shaping the face with one of its features.

It is not an app for the business platform but photo editors will most likely love it. People can switch to its paid version but, the basic one is perfect and worth it.

VSCO

After Prisma and Instagram, VSCO is popular for connecting picture lovers on one platform by creating one community. It works by combining the camera and editing tools together. This app is all about filters and it offers plenty of them for adding almost every desirable look to the picture.

You can switch to individual filters by sliding over the photos and find the best one easily. Also, it enables users to fix exposures, contrasts, skin tones, and temperature in the picture.

In addition to this, you can make the most of this app and adjust the shape and size by crop feature. People love to share their best edits in the VSCO community.

Photo Collage

Photo Collage is a free collage maker for creating ultimate collages of your choice on Android and iPhone. Use it for making the best of collages quickly by downloading from the Play Store or App Store. The app offers a variety of layouts for enabling users to find the best one.

It provides numerous backgrounds for customizing the collage as much as possible. Also, it has basic photo editing tools for making sure you can shape a picture without switching between the apps.

Additionally, the app allows users to add text and personalize all types of fonts. Add your favorite colors in the photos and enjoy.

Final Thoughts

These are some of the best photo editing apps you can find on the web. No matter if you are an eCommerce retailer or a basic picture lover. These photo editors will help you in giving a professional look to the photos.

All of these are free versions and compatible with almost every type of Smartphone. You can check on all of them and stick to the one you want. Compare the results of each app and finalize the app as per your need!

List Of Best 7 Apps For iPhone Photography

Not all of us can become professional photographers; neither can we keep providing every picture to one of the pros out there. The era of smartwatches and iPhones has made lives easier for all of us with emerging technologies and handy apps designed for everyday peeps. Similarly, we iPhone lovelies keep thinking of ways pictures get in control without the involvement of any experts.

The crazy vacation photos you captured with your family are most of the time blurred because of the backstories they carry with them. More probably, you can’t bring a DSLR everywhere, especially when you’re not planning to take any snaps.

Photography is the story I fail to put in words.

Carrying an iPhone in hand is always about photography no matter what you like. The hobby gets interesting every day because we have countless apps that can edit pictures for us. Nonetheless, not every app comes up with all the features possible. For this reason, you need to look into these seven iPhone photography apps that can make you a capture pro in no time.

1. Snapseed (Rating 3.8 out of 5)

Snapseed is one of the best recognized online apps that can entertain iPhone users very effectively. Its latest version is the 2.19.3 and supports iOS 12, iPhone XR, XS and XS Max, iPad Pro 11 and 12.9. With the help of swiping gestures, you can effectively add diversified effects and enhancements to photos anytime.

It lets you rotate, crop, and straighten images for iPhones and also makes it worthy for iPhone users with a free download. It also has brushes and healing tools that can add more to its texture filters. A beginner can quickly get familiar with this app and have fun.

 

2. VSCO (Rating 4.4 out of 5)

It’s properly pronounced ‘Visco’ and is one of the most utilized apps used by iPhone users for editing photos. The latest version of this app is 136.0 that involves the fix to stop crashes. The app is a favorite among pro photographers and is highly-rated among iPhone users. It also comes with the feature of a classical look filter.

Moreover, it’s a free app that has a subscription fee for additional tools and filters. You’ll be enticed to know its subscription can unlock more than 130 filters for you to use anytime you like. It will always let you fine-tune the pictures and effects you’ve added to the photos.

3. Halide Camera (Rating 4.6 out of 5)

Supportive and surprising, the Halide Camera app includes high-tech tools for thoughtful photo capturing. Any user will love to download this must-have app in their sets of latest iPhone models. Appreciably, the app is updated according to trends and has a fast lens switcher in its most recent version 1.15.0 especially designed for the iPhone 11 pro.

It allows you to manually control the white balance, shutter speed, and ISO. You can always review your last few shots quickly with this app and work on live histograms to the peak of excitement. It captures TIFF, HEIC, JPG or RAW for users.

4. ProCam 7 (Rating 4.6 out of 5)

Similar to other advancements and features of photo editing apps, an iPhone user can opt for ProCam 7 with the latest version being 12.1.4. You will be enticed to find out about all the bug fixes and improvements of this app along with its four different photo shutter options like self-timer, anti-shake, screen shutter, and interval.

The app supports seven different shooting mods for adding an excellent touch to your picture and has sixty impossible-to-believe filters. Moreover, the app comes with an attractive feature that adds good background music for you in no time.

5. Enlight Photofox (Rating 4.7 out of 5)

Of all the iPhone apps, this is one of the most artistic. You’ll always find Enlight Photofox to be one of the most recommended iPhone apps of the year  because it has a feature that can turn a picture into a drawing or painting.

Though it’s a paid app, it has the option for photomontages, double-exposure, and tilt-shift. Its best function involves multi-layer creative editing through which you can find any picture in the transparent and blend mode. You can add a doodle onto your image or create impressive graphic designs to your images anytime.

6. Adobe Lightroom (Rating 4.7 out of 5)

Downloading an app with such good ratings, free of cost, has always been an exciting idea. The latest version of this app is 4.4.1, and it has been adding further advancements for iPhone people on every step. It also has an iPad version for iPad users.

With the help of the premium version of this app, you’ll always find exciting features to edit photos. With a single tap, the app allows you to manage magically striking changes to your profile pictures. Its premium version comes with an AI power that harnesses and sharpens people and objects.

7. Instagram (Rating 4.8 out of 5)

Instagram is one of the most utilized apps for photography nowadays. Of course, who doesn’t know about Instagram and use it one way or the anther? A photographer may know all the types of cameras and their use in photography, but anyone will be familiar with the purposes of Instagram along with its benefits for photo editing.

The latest version of this app (117.0) includes a bunch of black & white filters along with a great selection of colorful filters, plus it has sharpening adjustments and high-quality exposure. You will always add the last edit to your picture before uploading it on Instagram. The option of adding boomerang, canvas, collage, and reposting also exists on Instagram.

Conclusion

Using an iPhone is a luxury in itself but handling it is a harder step. You will always find these apps on the app store whenever you plan to edit pictures. Capturing an image is something everyone wishes to do all day; therefore, such apps have always been useful for everyone around the world. As they say,

Photographs are return tickets to moments otherwise gone.

About Shane

Shane Radcliffe is a passionate blogger who writes for the sake of providing information about everything related to the virtual market of today. He works with Couponado, an online coupon website platform, and lets people save time by writing about everything a customer wants. Reading and gaming are his main hobbies.