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