Previously, to post-process photos, you had to use graphic editors on your PC. Nowadays, you can give your photos a more impressive look right on your smartphone. And 15 programs for Android from our selection will help you with this.
AirBrush
AirBrush offers a variety of selfie retouching features. Remove pimples, whiten teeth, smooth skin, remove red eyes, and more.
Want to blur the background of your photo? Use the “bokeh” mode – it will easily process the background, creating a depth effect. Another Airbrush feature is the camera function. It allows you to edit a photo before taking it. That is, point the camera, edit the frame and only then take a photo.
Pros:
- Wide functionality for selfie retouching;
- Convenient bokeh mode;
- Pre-processing a photo in camera mode.
VSCO
VSCO has a large set of professional tools. Here you will find a number of functions for detailed manual adjustment.
But if you don’t want to bother with “separate toning” and other subtleties, presets for one-click processing will help you.
VSCO stands out from its competitors with its “recipes” — sets of ready-made settings that you can borrow from other users. You see a beautiful photo from someone, copy its settings and apply them to your own.
Pros:
- A set of professional tools for deep processing;
- A set of presets for one-click processing;
- “Recipes” with settings of other users;
Cons:
- The free version only saves one “recipe”;
- The free version does not include most of the presets.
Google Photos
The Google Photos app has evolved over the years into a great tool for manipulating photos. You can adjust saturation, contrast, brightness, hue, temperature, highlights, and shadows.
Google Photos’ advantage is its “noise removal” feature. It works well even with night photos.
Another distinctive feature is that the software is installed on most modern gadgets by default.
Pros:
- Very user-friendly interface;
- Top noise removal.
Cons:
- Some features are only available in the paid version.
Bazaart
Bazaart allows you to easily remove the background, replacing it with any other. Not the most popular feature, but this photo editor will save all those who need it.
Do you like stickers and decals? Then you are in the right place too — Bazaart has a set of graphic elements for styling your photo.
The standard parameters are still there: correction of saturation, exposure, hue, contrast.
And for those who want to process a photo faster, there is a set of filters.
Pros:
- background replacement function
- sticker set
- many fonts for text over photo
- a set of presets for one-click processing
Cons:
- there are too few stickers
- some features are only available in the paid version
Pixlr
This app is a bit unlucky with its name, but it allows you to adjust many parameters of the photo. Exposure, contrast, temperature, brightness, and so on.
You can crop the frame, rotate it, draw something, add text or censor a fragment with pixels.
Pixlr’s best feature is the “Sheaf” feature. With it, you choose which colors to keep and which to eliminate. For example, surprise your friends with a red car on a black and white background.
Cool:
· a set of professional tools for deep processing
· a set of presets for one-click processing
· ability to create collages
Not cool:
· advertising in the free version
Adobe Lightroom
A famous photo editor with advanced settings. Lightroom removes defects and unnecessary objects in the frame. Allows you to work with perspective and optics, adjust detail and apply effects.
Portrait lovers will appreciate special presets for different skin types. There are also ready-made styles for landscape shots.
Special thanks should be given for the video tutorials that are integrated into the software. Lightroom is what a beginner who wants to become a pro needs.
Cool:
· a set of professional tools for deep processing
· a set of presets for one-click processing
· automatic correction of defects
· availability of video tutorials
· sync with other devices where Lightroom is installed
Not cool:
· few retouching tools
· work with layers is not supported
· Some RAW file types are not supported
PicsArt
PicsArt is a mobile analogue of professional photo retouching programs. Photo cropping, background removal, gradient adjustment, curve management, working with masks and layers – this is not a complete list of PicsArt’s functionality.
Draw on your photos, create collages, attach stickers.
PicsArt even has an editor for working with video recordings.
Cool:
· wide functionality for retouching
· background replacement function
· ability to work with video
· Pre-processing of a photo in camera mode
Not cool:
· advertising in the free version
· you can save a photo to your smartphone’s memory only in the paid Gold version
Snapseed
Another convenient software, suitable for both beginners and enthusiasts of photography. Snapseed is similar in functionality to Adobe Lightroom.
In the “Tool” menu you will find the following parameters: sharpness, RGB curves, white balance, highlights and shadows. Also available is contrast adjustment, blur, perspective editor.
Fans of pre-made templates will definitely appreciate the pre-made templates, of which there are quite a few.
Cool:
· a set of professional tools for deep processing
· a set of presets for one-click processing
· very user-friendly interface
· the ability to compare an edited photo with the original in one menu
· no paid version!
Not cool:
· work with layers is not supported
Inshot
The name of this application was translated as “Photo Editor – Photo Montage”.
It offers over 200 built-in filters + 1000 different effects. If you want, you can dig into Inshot for many hours.
There are so many templates and their settings that you can implement almost any idea. Curves, HSL, cropping, glitch effects, retouching, blurring, overexposure — create until you get bored.
For a mobile application, this is very cool functionality.
Cool:
· huge set of presets and effects
Not cool:
· some features are only available in the paid version
FaceApp
The perfect software for selfie editing. With its help, you can hide skin defects, apply makeup, enlarge your eyes and lips, and change your hairstyle.
Want to have some fun? FaceApp lets you make your face look younger or older, grow a beard, or change your gender.
Background replacement, noise removal and filters for instant retouching are also in place.
Another find is the automatic search for selfies in your smartphone gallery.
Cool:
· wide functionality for selfie retouching
· a set of presets for one-click processing
· background replacement function
· ability to create collages
· Automatic selfie search
· the software works without an internet connection
Not cool:
· some features are only available in the paid version
· watermark on photos in free version
Photoshop Express
The younger brother of the famous program from Adobe. Despite many simplifications relative to the original, Photoshop Express is an excellent solution for working with photos.
Here you can adjust absolutely any parameter of the photo. There is no point in listing all the possibilities – there are too many of them.
What makes Photoshop Express unique is its cropping feature with pre-made templates for social media and printing. There is nothing like it anywhere else.
Cool:
· a record set of professional tools for deep processing
Not cool:
· most functions are available only in the paid version, the price is 399 rubles per month
Light X
Another photo editor with simple parameters, without unnecessary complications.
Change the background, correct the color, add captions and stickers, crop photos, combine them into a collage – everything is easy and fast.
Light X is probably the best choice for inexperienced beginners. Especially for selfie fans: you can remove moles, pimples, whiten teeth, dye hair.
Corpulent users will appreciate the figure correction function.
Cool:
· wide functionality for retouching
· figure correction function
· background replacement function
· very user-friendly interface
· ability to create collages
Not cool
· some features are only available in the paid version
Photo Lab
Photo Lab is a set of tools for basic manual processing and automatic retouching of photos.
The toolkit is very limited. Instead, there is a huge library of stickers, emoticons, splash effects, and designer presets.
Be sure to check out the set of custom filters. There are many of them, and they are constantly being updated with new options.
Or create yourself. Create your own preset, share it with users and track its popularity.
Cool:
· huge library of effects
· ability to create your own presets
Not cool:
· lack of basic photo processing settings
· inconvenient interface
· logo when exporting in the free version
Remini
This selection couldn’t do without a neural network. Remini is advanced software with an emphasis on artificial intelligence. No manual settings – only AI.
Remini algorithms increase the resolution of the image, adjust brightness, saturation, and contrast.
There is an “artistic mode” – restore photos, turn them into sketches, color them as you wish.
But no more than 5 photos per day are free, you will have to pay for the rest.
Cool:
· Excellent work of neural networks to improve the image
· the ability to restore old footage
· video enhancement function
Not cool:
· unlimited use only in the paid version, 399 rubles per month
Motionleap
If your tastes are very specific, try Motionleap. The app allows you to make a gif animation from a photo. For example, make the clouds in the background move.
Motionleap has a simple interface, and the photo comes to life in a few seconds. Just select the object in the photo, specify the direction of movement and speed.
If you don’t like the background, change it to another one – Motionleap has a large library of templates.
Cool:
· function for creating gif animation
· background replacement function
· very user-friendly interface
Not cool:
· some features are only available in the paid versio